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- January 2018
- Case
Trian Partners' Proxy Contest at Procter & Gamble
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
In July 2017, activist hedge fund Trian Partners announced that it was launching a proxy fight at U.S. consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble. P&G would be the largest company ever subjected to a proxy fight, as Trian sought to have its CEO, Nelson Peltz, elected to the... View Details
Capitalism at Risk: How Companies Can Lead
Q. Who should take the lead in fixing market capitalism? A. Business, not government alone. The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion,... View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
3 Reasons Engineers Thrive at Business School
engineer (Guy Kamguia MBA 2015), a biomedical engineer (Miranda Shaw MBA 2015), and a design engineer (Carol Rego MBA 2016) to get their thoughts on engineers pursuing an MBA. So, why do engineers thrive at business school? They’re number... View Details
- 06 Jun 2013
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Joseph Auerbach Dies at 96
- 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.)
- 07 Dec 2012
- News
Yo-Yo Ma Talks Innovation at the i-Lab
- 03 Apr 2024
- Video
All In, Everybody In: Community at HBS
- 23 Apr 2012
- News
It Doesn't Pay to Be Yourself at Work
- September 2015
- Supplement
Luca de Meo Speaks at Harvard Business School
By: Linda A. Hill
A video supplement to the HBS case study entitled "Luca de Meo at Volkswagen Group." De Meo, Member of the Board at Audi AG and the former Chief Marketing Officer of Volkswagen Group, speaks about leading innovation and the automotive industry. Recorded at Harvard... View Details
Hill, Linda A. "Luca de Meo Speaks at Harvard Business School." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 416-702, September 2015.
- 20 Jan 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
The Power of Presence at the Podium
- April 2025
- Case
Radical Transformation at Bayer: Dynamic Shared Ownership
By: Boris Groysberg and Gamze Yucaoglu
In 2023, Bill Anderson became CEO of Bayer AG, a 160-year-old life sciences giant looking to strengthen its pharma pipeline, manage debt, and cut through bureaucracy. His bold response: Dynamic Shared Ownership (DSO), a radical model replacing traditional hierarchies... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Business Strategy; Alignment; Innovation and Management; Organizational Structure; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
Groysberg, Boris, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Radical Transformation at Bayer: Dynamic Shared Ownership." Harvard Business School Case 425-061, April 2025.
- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Learning the Language of Product at Duolingo
about (again, see above). As part of my recruiting, I was able to meet on campus with Conor Walsh, Duolingo PM and MBA 2018. Conor gave me context on what it was like to work at Duolingo as well as on the role of a PM on a day-to-day... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- Summer 2016
- Article
Dynamic Capabilities at Samsung: Optimizing Internal Co-opetition
By: Jaeyong Song, Kyungmook Lee and Tarun Khanna
This article presents a clinical study, based on a decade of ongoing research at Samsung Group, which describes how the Samsung Group and its mobile phone division competed successfully in smartphones. The ability to manage co-opetition—simultaneous forces of... View Details
Song, Jaeyong, Kyungmook Lee, and Tarun Khanna. "Dynamic Capabilities at Samsung: Optimizing Internal Co-opetition." California Management Review 58, no. 4 (Summer 2016): 118–140.
- November 2023
- Case
Copilot(s): Generative AI at Microsoft and GitHub
By: Frank Nagle, Shane Greenstein, Maria P. Roche, Nataliya Langburd Wright and Sarah Mehta
This case tells the story of Microsoft’s 2018 acquisition of GitHub and the subsequent launch of GitHub Copilot, a tool that uses generative artificial intelligence to suggest snippets of code to software developers in real time. Set in late 2021, when Copilot was... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Applications and Software; Product Launch; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Web Services Industry; United States; California
Nagle, Frank, Shane Greenstein, Maria P. Roche, Nataliya Langburd Wright, and Sarah Mehta. "Copilot(s): Generative AI at Microsoft and GitHub." Harvard Business School Case 624-010, November 2023.
- February 1999 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
Michael Brown: Negotiating Slots at Foxwoods (A)
The issues of the impending negotiation between the CEO of Foxwoods and the governor of Connecticut over lifting the ban on slot machines at Foxwoods are presented. Reviews the gaming business in the United States, the special history of Indian gaming, the Pequot... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Policy; Negotiation Deal; Business and Government Relations; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Connecticut
Sebenius, James K. "Michael Brown: Negotiating Slots at Foxwoods (A)." Harvard Business School Case 899-234, February 1999. (Revised November 2009.)
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
strategies and their importance for globalization have been scarce. In The Language of Global Success, Tsedal Neeley provides an in-depth look at a single organization—the high-tech giant Rakuten—in the five years following its English... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- June 2009
- Supplement
Executive Remuneration at Royal Dutch Shell (B)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kaitlyn Simpson
At the 2009 Shell annual meeting, the majority of shareholders vote against the exclusive pay package. The B case compares the remuneration committee perspective (and their rationale for using discretion to award the bonuses) as well as the shareholder perspective (and... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Perspective; Energy Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Kaitlyn Simpson. "Executive Remuneration at Royal Dutch Shell (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 409-127, June 2009.
- 12 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Interning as a Software Engineer while at HBS
Today, we’re catching up with Andrea Coravos (HBS ‘17). Before coming to HBS, Andrea worked in private equity at KKR Capstone. She also spent three years at McKinsey in the Houston and then DC offices. This... View Details
- June 2000 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (A)
By: Brian J. Hall, Edward Lazear and Carleen Madigan
Describes a company's changing of its compensation and incentive plan. In particular, it shows how a change from hourly pay to piece rate pay (for windshield installers) affected productivity, pay, and turnover. View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Performance Productivity; Change; Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry; Auto Industry
Hall, Brian J., Edward Lazear, and Carleen Madigan. "Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-291, June 2000. (Revised December 2001.)