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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
As a boy growing up in Milwaukee, Herbert H. Kohl (MBA '58) spent afternoons and weekends restocking shelves in his immigrant parents' grocery store. It was good training for Kohl, who joined the family business after graduating from HBS... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
law firm—more than 7,000 a year—and boasts a success rate of 99.7 percent. The volume of applicants also has other benefits. Synthesizing what it has learned from its clients’ experiences, Boundless has become a clearinghouse for reliable... View Details
Keywords: April White
- August 1997 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (A): The Trials and Tribulations of a Legacy
By: Michael Beer
Describes the process of transforming a recently formed division of Hewlett-Packard. View Details
Beer, Michael. "Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division (A): The Trials and Tribulations of a Legacy." Harvard Business School Case 498-011, August 1997. (Revised July 1999.)
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Books
and skilled people to accomplish what relief agencies could not: an information system and supply chain that managed the flow of relief supplies. IBM’s actions exemplify an emerging business idea: the vanguard company creating synergy... View Details
- April 1986 (Revised July 1986)
- Supplement
Duncan Field (B)
Following the acquisition of a new business, the manager is approached for the "continuation" of a regular payment for services to "insure labor peace" and maintain a parking lot. The case allows discussion of ethical, legal, and practical issues involved. View Details
Stevenson, Howard H. "Duncan Field (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 386-179, April 1986. (Revised July 1986.)
- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
Silicon Valley’s name is dominant in the history of entrepreneurship. So where does that leave other cities that want to get in on the action? On April 13 in Spangler Auditorium, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a panel of area business... View Details
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
University’s Ran Abramitzky and Princeton University’s Leah Boustan—among the most knowledgeable economists on the topic of US immigration—reached a similar conclusion by examining the effects of anti-immigration laws passed in the 1920s.... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- October 1980 (Revised April 1981)
- Background Note
Note on Government Contracting and Methods of Government Procurement
By: J. Ronald Fox
Fox, J. Ronald. "Note on Government Contracting and Methods of Government Procurement." Harvard Business School Background Note 381-026, October 1980. (Revised April 1981.)
- March 2010 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
Carrot or Stick? Getting Paid for Innovation at Tessera Technologies
By: Willy C. Shih
Tessera Technologies has been very successful developing technologies for the semiconductor and mobile device industry, and then licensing them broadly to manufacturers. In addition to licensing patents, it also supplies know-how to help manufacturers move into... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Innovation Strategy; Patents; Courts and Trials; Rights; Mobile Technology; Semiconductor Industry; California
Shih, Willy C. "Carrot or Stick? Getting Paid for Innovation at Tessera Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 610-085, March 2010. (Revised January 2011.)
- October 1980 (Revised October 1981)
- Case
Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (A1)
By: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
McCraw, Thomas K., and Richard S. Tedlow. "Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (A1)." Harvard Business School Case 381-065, October 1980. (Revised October 1981.)
- November 1981 (Revised January 1983)
- Case
Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (B)
By: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
McCraw, Thomas K., and Richard S. Tedlow. "Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (B)." Harvard Business School Case 582-048, November 1981. (Revised January 1983.)
- 18 Mar 2008
- News
Election ’08, HBS Style
Barack and Hillary haven’t made it to the HBS campus this year, but that’s okay — last week, I dropped in on four pairs of first-year MBAs hoping to serve as co-presidents of the Student Association (SA). The candidates went head-to-head with each other in Spangler... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
business or the military A case study in responsibility—in business or the military Lance Batchelor Similarities between submarines, the classroom, and the boardroom Similarities between submarines, the... View Details
- 13 Jan 2014
- News
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
(MBA ’01), a 34-year-old, well-connected political neophyte and the only Iraqi war veteran running for Congress as a Republican. “Having a guy who was on the ground and had an extremely active role in Iraq, and who came back and made a lot of money in View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation
the Strategy Unit of Harvard Business School. The case caught the attention of Luo and Alberto Galasso, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, who have together looked at the impact of changes in liability... View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
will seem quaint in comparison, say the HBS alumni behind the nonpartisan group, Reform Elections Now (REN), who gave a virtual presentation to the HBS Club of Dallas in early September to educate and engage business leaders on the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
non-bank lenders. Rather, regulators should carefully consider which aspects of bank charters should apply to online lenders with an eye to ensuring soundness of the activities, and recognition of the vital innovation new entrants are bringing to small View Details
- August 2004 (Revised June 2008)
- Case
Debating the Expropriation of Mexican Oil
By: Geoffrey G. Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani
In 1938, the Mexican government expropriated the assets of foreign oil companies. Explores the legal and moral arguments in favor of and against expropriation. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Globalized Firms and Management; Government and Politics; Business History; Lawfulness; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; Mexico
Jones, Geoffrey G., and R. Daniel Wadhwani. "Debating the Expropriation of Mexican Oil." Harvard Business School Case 805-011, August 2004. (Revised June 2008.)
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Preparing Future Leaders for Tomorrow’s Challenges
Enriching the MBA Experience Through Curricular Innovation In its first century, Harvard Business School created the pedagogy that has come to define management education around the world. The case method, adapted from Harvard View Details