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- October 2020 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s
By: Tom Nicholas and Christian Godwin
During the early 1980s, young gay men in urban centers such as San Francisco and New York City began contracting a mysterious illness that would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. A diagnosis meant almost certain death, with a less than 1% survival rate. Conflicting... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Policy; Government and Politics; Health Pandemics; History; Rights; Media; Organizations; Business and Community Relations; Religion; Social Psychology; Identity; Prejudice and Bias; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Christian Godwin. "When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Case 821-002, October 2020. (Revised April 2022.)
- 31 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World
suggests that at least some online content creators, namely bloggers, respond to the arrival of advertising revenue by changing what they cover, drifting toward subjects of broad interest—money, sex, and celebrities—to the detriment of... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
clinical psychologists and journal editors, divide a continuous flow of judgments into subsets. College admissions interviewers, for instance, evaluate but a handful of applicants a day. We conjectured that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
HBS Faculty Member Honored
The first-place McKinsey Award for the best article to appear in Harvard Business Review during the previous year has gone to University Professor Michael Porter and Mark Kramer, a senior fellow at the Kennedy School of Government. In... View Details
- March 2009 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
The Guardian: Transition to the Online World
By: David J. Collis, Peter W. Olson and Mary Furey
The Guardian had been an early innovator in online newspapers and had not only become the leading U.K. newspaper web site, but was making strides with audiences outside of the U.K. However, The Guardian had been losing money since 2000, and, in spite of the relative... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Revenue; Newspapers; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Online Technology; Journalism and News Industry; Journalism and News Industry; United Kingdom
Collis, David J., Peter W. Olson, and Mary Furey. "The Guardian: Transition to the Online World." Harvard Business School Case 709-464, March 2009. (Revised June 2011.)
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
conference at HBS that Ramanna is organizing with McArthur University Professor Rebecca M. Henderson will dive into these themes and other ideas to develop and clarify reporting standards. For the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, HBS assistant professor Charles King III investigates whether, indeed, cigarette companies advertise to magazine readers between the... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- Web
Trade Publications - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
Association, 1921-1970). Full text (September, 1921 – August, 1922) available as a networked resource Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine ([New York: Freeman Hunt, 1839-1848). Continued by Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine... View Details
- Fast Answer
Patent terminology: Prior art
Prior art refers to all that is public knowledge including (but not limited to): U.S. Patents and published patent applications Foreign Patents and published patent applications View Details
- 06 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Cheers to the American Consumer
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. A recent Economist magazine includes a... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Narrative Arc
RIGHT AT HOME For Ty Kim, a long career in journalism and filmmaking driven by the power of story (Photo: Christina Gandolfo) When Ty Kim (MBA 2000) joined the television news View Details
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
Publications Managed Globalization: Doctrine, Practice, and Promise Authors: Rawi Abdelal and Sophie Meunier Publication: Journal of European Public Policy 17, no. 3 (April... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
Looking back, how should the company's restructuring be assessed? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811030-PDF-ENG Caijing Magazine (B) Karthik Ramanna and G.A. DonovanHarvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- September 2005 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Agora SA
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu, Vincent Dessain and Monika Stachowiak
Tells the story of Agora, the largest media company in Poland, describing its corporate strategy of diversification since its founding in 1989 by entrepreneurial journalists closely linked to the anti-communist movement Solidarity. Describes in detail Gazeta Wyborcza,... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Competition; Media; Corporate Strategy; Emerging Markets; Journalism and News Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Germany; Poland
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, Vincent Dessain, and Monika Stachowiak. "Agora SA." Harvard Business School Case 706-425, September 2005. (Revised October 2005.)
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
Patenting on the Rate, Quality, and Direction of (Public) Research Output Authors: Pierre Azoulay, Waverly Ding, and Toby E. Stuart Periodical: Journal of Industrial Economics... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Two Sides of the General Re: your June article about General Doriot: As a confused 23-year-old head of a very unsuccessful used-car business who needed help trying to decide between HBS and Cornell Labor School, I was introduced to the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Service with a Smile
Intentions to Quit,” was published in the December 2002 Journal of Organizational Behavior. Not surprisingly, the researchers found that workers who are asked to suppress negative or unpleasant emotions are often unhappy at work View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
Three stories in this issue will introduce you to remarkable individuals who work in strikingly different fields but who share a common passion — the pursuit of ideas that are changing the way others think and act. Gayle Lemmon (MBA ’06),... View Details
- 23 Nov 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Digital Change: Lessons from the Newspaper Industry
- 19 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Are Web Sites So Confusing?
the most popular items (e.g., bread, milk) in the furthest possible place from the entrance; that shopping malls seem designed to make sure you get lost at every single visit; and that popular magazines... View Details
Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Bruno Jullien