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    The Truth About Open Offices

    It’s never been easier for workers to collaborate—or so it seems. Open, flexible, activity-based spaces are displacing cubicles, making people more visible. Messaging is displacing phone calls, making people more accessible. Enterprise social media tools are displacing... View Details
    • June–July 2013
    • Article

    Firm Rivalry, Knowledge Accumulation, and MNE Location Choices

    By: Juan Alcacer, Cristian Deszo and Minyuan Zhao
    The international business (IB) literature has mostly emphasized the impact of location and firm characteristics on location choices. However, industries with a significant presence of multinational enterprises (MNEs) are oligopolistic in nature, which suggests that... View Details
    Keywords: Geographic Location; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Knowledge Acquisition; Game Theory; Global Strategy
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    • 09 Mar 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

    Mitchell B. Weiss has heard it too many times: government doesn't work. Too slow. Too bureaucratic. Too burdened by procurement rules and performance measures. "Some of that is fair, and some of that is unfair, but it adds up over time," says Weiss, a senior... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 08 Sep 2008
    • HBS Case

    The Value of Environmental Activists

    There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
    • Web

    Browse All Articles, Research, & Case Studies - HBS Working Knowledge

    financially sound enterprise as it scales. Harvard Business School professor Rick Ruback and one of the case’s co-developers Joe Higgins discuss the business case for hiring... View Details
    • 03 Jan 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Most Popular Articles of 2010

    Judging by the most-read articles and faculty working papers over the last year, our readers continue to be fascinated by the emergence of social networks and their potential impacts on business and management. Another developing area of... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • 28 Apr 2022
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Team Wins Second Place in MIINT Impact Investing Competition

    competition.” The HBS team’s second-place finish underscores the program’s ability to equip students to become capable impact investors. Through participating in MIINT, business students can learn about mission-driven companies, make... View Details
    • April 2018 (Revised September 2023)
    • Case

    Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation

    By: Stuart C. Gilson, Kristin Mugford and Sarah L. Abbott
    In 2016, a trial began to determine the future of Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation’s $3 billion chapter 11 reorganization plan. The plan called for first- and second-lien-secured creditors to receive new claims representing approximately 98% of the reorganized company’s... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Reorganization; Chapter 11; Oil ＆ Gas; Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Energy; Restructuring; Valuation; United States
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    • May 2017 (Revised November 2017)
    • Case

    Cotopaxi: Managing Growth for Good

    By: Andy Wu and Laura Huang
    Cotopaxi, an innovative outdoor gear business targeting millennials, focuses on profit and social impact. This registered benefit corporation was formed by Davis Smith who coalesced his experiences as a Wharton MBA student along with professional knowledge from an... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social Venture; Benefit Corporation; B-Corp; Retail; Consumer Products; Apparel; Social Impact; Social Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Product Positioning; Social Enterprise; Mission and Purpose; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry
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      What is Disruptive Innovation?

      For the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which industry entrants will succeed. Unfortunately, the theory has also been widely misunderstood, and the "disruptive"... View Details

      • 22 Apr 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: April 22, 2008

      http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207091 China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (A) Harvard Business School Case 308-027 With its dual listings on the Hong Kong stock market and New York Stock Exchange,... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • Research Summary

      How can General Managers Contribute to IT Success?

      US companies are currently spending approximately 5% of their revenue on information technology (IT) each year. Over half of this investment goes to IT intended to change business processes, either within a single enterprise or across several. Hovewer, 30-75% of... View Details
      • 09 Apr 2007
      • Research & Ideas

      Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

      important questions to explore, according to Michael Toffel, a professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit of Harvard Business School. Toffel has conducted extensive research and recently co-organized a conference at... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace
      • 29 Mar 2013
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Entrepreneurs, Firms, and Global Wealth since 1850

      Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones

        F. Warren McFarlan

        Professor McFarlan earned his AB from Harvard University in 1959, and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at... View Details

        Keywords: communications; computer; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; nonprofit industry
        • Web

        Programs & Events - Alumni

        questions about alumni events. Dec 31 TBD Executive Education HBS Campus Investment Management Workshop Acquire insights you can apply to your business as you explore recent changes in the industry, emerging strategies, and best... View Details
        • 03 Mar 2015
        • First Look

        First Look: March 3

        http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-041_1af09bde-47f9-4364-bad6-aaac464be909.pdf   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 715-008 The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity After struggling through the... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

          Emily R. McComb

          Emily McComb is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance Unit at HBS, teaching "Finance 2" in the required curriculum of the MBA program, as well as a co-leader of the HBS Impact Investment Fund in the elective curriculum. Prior to joining the HBS faculty in 2017, Emily was... View Details

          Keywords: financial services; health care
          • 25 Oct 2011
          • First Look

          First Look: October 25

          (C):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211060-PDF-ENG Social Innovation at salesforce.com Christopher Marquis, Marley C. Kornreich, and Bobbi ThomasonHarvard Business School Case 412-049 Salesforce.com recently implemented an... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • Program

          Aligning Strategy and Sales

          Summary A company's sales organization is a core vehicle for implementing business strategy—yet there's often a big gap between the company's strategic objectives and the way its sales organization actually functions. In this program, you... View Details