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- June 2014
- Supplement
Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Casey Clark
By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Human Capital; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Legal Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
Larkin, Ian, and Karen Huang. "Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Casey Clark." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-047, June 2014.
- February 1994 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Competitive Information Policy at Pratt & Whitney
By: Lynn S. Paine
Officials at United Technologies Corp. (UTC) must decide on an ethics policy to govern competitive intelligence gathering. The flow of competitor information into the Pratt & Whitney division has declined sharply since adoption of UTC's code of ethics. A rewritten... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Corporate Governance; Ethics; Competition; Information Management; Business or Company Management; Law
Paine, Lynn S. "Competitive Information Policy at Pratt & Whitney." Harvard Business School Case 394-154, February 1994. (Revised July 2005.)
- October 2018
- Article
The Operational Value of Social Media Information
By: Ruomeng Cui, Santiago Gallino, Antonio Moreno and Dennis J. Zhang
While the value of using social media information has been established in multiple business contexts, the field of operations and supply chain management have not yet explored the possibilities it offers in improving firms' operational decisions. This study attempts to... View Details
Cui, Ruomeng, Santiago Gallino, Antonio Moreno, and Dennis J. Zhang. "The Operational Value of Social Media Information." Special Issue on Big Data in Supply Chain Management. Production and Operations Management 27, no. 10 (October 2018): 1749–1774.
- February 1991 (Revised February 1992)
- Background Note
Information Technology and Organizations
Applegate, Lynda M. "Information Technology and Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 191-136, February 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
- 2008
- Text Book
Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases
By: Robert D. Austin, Lynda M. Applegate and Deborah Soule
The 8th edition of Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases is written for students and managers who desire an overview of contemporary information systems technology management. This new edition examines how information... View Details
Austin, Robert D., Lynda M. Applegate, and Deborah Soule. Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases. 8th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2008.
- January 26, 2016
- Article
Hiding Personal Information Reveals the Worst
By: Leslie K. John, Kate Barasz and Michael I. Norton
Seven experiments explore people's decisions to share or withhold personal information and the wisdom of such decisions. When people choose not to reveal information—to be "hiders"—they are judged negatively by others (experiment 1). These negative judgments emerge... View Details
Keywords: Disclosure; Transparency; Policy-making; Privacy; Information; Corporate Disclosure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Trust
John, Leslie K., Kate Barasz, and Michael I. Norton. "Hiding Personal Information Reveals the Worst." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, no. 4 (January 26, 2016): 954–959.
- June 1975
- Article
The Information Revealed in Infinitely Repeated Games of Incomplete Information
By: Elon Kohlberg
Kohlberg, Elon. "The Information Revealed in Infinitely Repeated Games of Incomplete Information." International Journal of Game Theory 4, no. 2 (June 1975): 57–59.
- April 2005 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Information Technology at COSCO
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Guoqing Chen and David Lane
Describes the current status of IT applications at the second largest container shipping company in the world: China-based COSCO. Describes the challenges the company has faced in dealing with its development and shows a series of organizational and application... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Shipping Industry; China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Guoqing Chen, and David Lane. "Information Technology at COSCO." Harvard Business School Case 305-080, April 2005. (Revised November 2005.)
- November 1999
- Article
Understanding the Code: State Genetic Information Laws
This paper is a comprehensive survey of U.S. state genetic information privacy laws. View Details
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
Summing Up Those responding to the piece titled "Whither the Information Economy?" voiced opinions that dispel any notion that the so-called phenomenon is an end in itself, or in fact anything more than a means to an end. Which... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 2025
- Working Paper
Choosing and Using Information in Evaluation Decisions
By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Scott Kostyshak and Perihan O. Saygin
We use a controlled experiment to study how information acquisition impacts candidate evaluations. We provide evaluators with group-level information on performance and the opportunity to acquire additional, individual-level performance information before making a... View Details
Keywords: Discrimination; Beliefs; Stereotypes; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Selection and Staffing; Performance Evaluation
Coffman, Katherine Baldiga, Scott Kostyshak, and Perihan O. Saygin. "Choosing and Using Information in Evaluation Decisions." Working Paper, February 2025.
- September 1995 (Revised September 1996)
- Case
Symantec: Redefining the Information Infrastructure
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Applegate, Lynda M., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Symantec: Redefining the Information Infrastructure." Harvard Business School Case 196-011, September 1995. (Revised September 1996.)
- March 1992
- Article
Agents As Information Brokers: The Effects of Information Disclosure on Negotiated Outcomes
By: K. L. McGinn, S. B. White, M. A. Neale and M. H. Bazerman
McGinn, K. L., S. B. White, M. A. Neale, and M. H. Bazerman. "Agents As Information Brokers: The Effects of Information Disclosure on Negotiated Outcomes." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 51, no. 2 (March 1992): 220–236.
- Research Summary
Information and Control in Modern Manufacturing
Ratna Sarkar's research in management accounting focuses on the effect of information and incentives on performance. She has investigated the role of worker empowerment, training and inventory in modern manufacturing settings and her findings suggest that these... View Details
- Article
Value of Information with Sequential Futures Markets
By: Jerry R. Green
The effects of an improvement in information on the efficiency of risk-bearing are studied under various systems of incomplete markets. With sequential futures markets for uncontingent delivery, the welfare effects are indeterminate in sign, except under special... View Details
Green, Jerry R. "Value of Information with Sequential Futures Markets." Econometrica 49, no. 2 (March 1981): 335–358.
- May 2001 (Revised December 2002)
- Exercise
Alphexo Corporation: Confidential Negotiation Information
A two-party, multiple-issue dollar-scoring negotiation exercise dealing with the formation and terms of an IT-industry joint venture. Subordinates have made some progress on several issues but have reached an impasse. Division heads will now attempt to reach a... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Types; Joint Ventures; Conflict Management; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
Sebenius, James K. "Alphexo Corporation: Confidential Negotiation Information." Harvard Business School Exercise 801-418, May 2001. (Revised December 2002.)
- August 1986 (Revised May 1989)
- Case
Honeywell Information Systems (B)
Corey, E. Raymond. "Honeywell Information Systems (B)." Harvard Business School Case 587-072, August 1986. (Revised May 1989.)
- March 1995 (Revised March 1997)
- Case
Information on a SilverPlatter
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Whitney Bower. "Information on a SilverPlatter." Harvard Business School Case 395-136, March 1995. (Revised March 1997.)
- 1975
- Book
The Information Systems Handbook
By: F. W. McFarlan and R. L. Nolan
Keywords: Information Management
McFarlan, F. W. and R. L. Nolan, eds. The Information Systems Handbook. Homewood, IL: Dow Jones-Irwin, 1975.