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- 26 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore
University, and Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at HBS. Carol Yu, Founding Partner & Associate Dean, Shenzhen InnoX Academy, served as moderator. “Hong Kong is growing to become an important education... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- September 1995 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Transcape Systems: Creating a Market
Entrepreneurial companies must overcome substantial barriers to create markets for innovative products in industries reluctant to embrace change. Transcape Systems faces this callenge as it attempts to create a market for interactive multimedia software in the... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Applications and Software; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Product Marketing; Information Technology Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Health Industry
Kosnik, Thomas J., and Dave Frampton. "Transcape Systems: Creating a Market." Harvard Business School Case 596-047, September 1995. (Revised October 1995.)
- 30 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Africa Rising: Understanding Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Complexities of a Continent with Professor Hakeem Belo-Osagie
in the orchestra - considerable leeway because they are all superstars in their individual capacities. The students are more than just an audience. They start that way, but at a certain time, they join in the band and make the music more View Details
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
“The SEC’s shareholder proposal rule is being abused by special interest groups to advance idiosyncratic goals that may directly conflict with the interests View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
Dafna Bearson
Dafna Bearson is a doctoral candidate in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research interests lie at the intersection of strategy and innovation. Specifically, her research focuses on intellectual property commercialization strategy in startups... View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
Corporate Sponsorship in Culture—A Case of Partnership in Relationship Building and Collaborative Marketing by a Global Financial Institution and a Major Art Museum
By: Ragnar Lund and Stephen A. Greyser
Purpose: This paper examines cultural sponsorship from a partnership and relationship marketing perspective. It studies a case of how a partnership between two international institutions, a bank and a museum, adds value to both in terms of interaction with... View Details
Lund, Ragnar, and Stephen A. Greyser. "Corporate Sponsorship in Culture—A Case of Partnership in Relationship Building and Collaborative Marketing by a Global Financial Institution and a Major Art Museum." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-041, October 2015.
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory
Contending with that value maximization approach is "stakeholder theory" which says that managers should make decisions so as to take into account all of the interests View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- August 1992 (Revised February 1998)
- Supplement
Star Distributors, Inc. (B)
By: David A. Thomas
Presents the dilemma of Don Waters, vice president of Franchise Operations at Belmont Beverages. Waters must must decide what to do about the conflict between two partners in one of Belmont's franchises. View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Conflict Management; Franchise Ownership; Partners and Partnerships; Distribution Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Thomas, David A. "Star Distributors, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 493-016, August 1992. (Revised February 1998.)
- May 2008
- Case
Thomas Green: Power, Office Politics and a Career in Crisis
By: W. Earl Sasser Jr. and Heather Beckham
The case describes the dilemma of a marketing manager, Thomas Green, who, after being rapidly promoted, is harshly criticized by his boss, Frank Davis. Green and Davis disagree on work styles and market projections. Green believes the sales goals set by Davis are based... View Details
Keywords: Superior ＆ Subordinate; Performance Management; Personal Strategy ＆ Style; Management Style; Conflict Management; Communication; Rank and Position; Personal Characteristics; Power and Influence
Sasser, W. Earl, Jr., and Heather Beckham. "Thomas Green: Power, Office Politics and a Career in Crisis." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-095, May 2008.
- July 2009 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
RiskMetrics Group
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kaitlyn Simpson
RiskMetrics Group, a risk and governance consultancy, had a great deal of influence on U.S. companies. This case examines the history and growth of the company, the governance services it offers, the extent of its impact on shareholders, the controversy surrounding its... View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Risk Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Power and Influence; Consulting Industry; United States
Lorsch, Jay W., and Kaitlyn Simpson. "RiskMetrics Group." Harvard Business School Case 410-008, July 2009. (Revised June 2011.)
- March 2011
- Article
Talking Past Each Other?: Cultural Framing of Skeptical and Convinced Logics in the Climate Change Debate
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
This article analyzes the extent to which two institutional logics around climate change—the climate change “convinced” and the climate change “skeptical” logics—are truly competing or talking past each other in a way that can be described as a logic schism. Drawing on... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Talking Past Each Other? Cultural Framing of Skeptical and Convinced Logics in the Climate Change Debate." Organization & Environment 24, no. 1 (March 2011): 3–33. (Winner of the 2014 Organization & Environment Best Paper Award.)
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
Because pricing is such a difficult and complex arena, it has confounded sales and marketing executives and scholars for centuries. In no other marketing element is the two-sided conflict and cooperation nature View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
existence of passive leadership constitutes a substantial barrier to candid dialogue and debate within organizations. Leaders can and should take concrete steps to build conflict into their decision-making... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands
and wellness consumer. Connection and Inspiration: The Power of the HBS Network Twist’s interest in the consumer experience has been a foundation for her career. After graduating from the University View Details
- 14 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association
The Jewish Student Association (JSA) serves as a resource to develop, inform, support, and enrich Harvard Business School’s Jewish students and those interested in learning more about the Jewish faith and heritage. Open to the full gamut... View Details
- 03 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
“I Can Acquire Important Skills, But Also Gain the Big Picture Perspective of a Founder.”
ideas that hold his greatest interest involve digital marketing, and he has turned to his HBS base for support. “I emailed one of my professors, Mark Roberge, who gave me suggestions for getting started with... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- Web
Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent - Course Catalog
Art. Music. Sports. Entertainment. This course will run over 6 2 hour sessions. There will be an array of interesting outside speakers some of whom will be available for... View Details
- 16 May 2023
- In Practice
After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in March left the startup world reeling. The biggest lender to fail since the 2008 financial crisis, SVB had become the preferred funder of the startup, tech, and... View Details
- 26 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
Rohingya Refugee: Past, Genocide, Future. Preparing for refugees of climate change The study’s results might inform new ways to help the more than 70 million people who have been displaced globally by View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost