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- 02 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
The Cross Section of Bank Value
- August 1, 2022
- Article
The Supply Chain, Explained
By: Willy C. Shih
Why have supply chains been such a mess? For starters, there are a lot more layers than you think. This article describes some common features of supply chains that help the reader to understand how things could have gone so far off track during the pandemic. View Details
Shih, Willy C. "The Supply Chain, Explained." Wall Street Journal (August 1, 2022). (Online Edition, July 22, 2022.)
- December 2023
- Article
Self-Orienting in Human and Machine Learning
By: Julian De Freitas, Ahmet Uğuralp, Zeliha Uğuralp, Laurie Paul, Joshua B. Tenenbaum and T. Ullman
A current proposal for a computational notion of self is a representation of one’s body in a specific time and place, which includes the recognition of that representation as the agent. This turns self-representation into a process of self-orientation, a challenging... View Details
De Freitas, Julian, Ahmet Uğuralp, Zeliha Uğuralp, Laurie Paul, Joshua B. Tenenbaum, and T. Ullman. "Self-Orienting in Human and Machine Learning." Nature Human Behaviour 7, no. 12 (December 2023): 2126–2139.
- Career Coach
Austin Boral
Austin is interested in helping students navigate their careers across social enterprises, management consulting firms, federal, state, and local government agencies, and foundations or non-profits. As a student founder, Austin can ask the right questions about whether... View Details
- August 1989 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Harper Chemical Co., Inc.
A company acquires the rights to a mineral with potential uses in the ceramic and paint industries. After many years, sales are still far below expectations and the company considers selling the whole operation to a potential customer. Rewritten version of an earlier... View Details
Corey, E. Raymond. "Harper Chemical Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 590-027, August 1989. (Revised December 1998.)
- 01 Nov 2010
- News
For Exposure, Universities Put Courses on the Web
- 24 May 2017
- News
One Trick for Getting Bosses to Buy In to Your Idea
- Research Summary
Overview
Andrea is interested in understanding business strategy in today's complex institutional environment. As such, her research interests range from policy to social movement influences. Work so far has focused on the specific topics of corporate governance, private... View Details
- 14 Sep 2015
- News
The Main Reason Trump Shouldn't Be President Is Painfully Obvious
- April 1979 (Revised April 1981)
- Case
Chaircraft Corp. (B)
Discusses the purchase and installation of automated cutting equipment in a medium-sized furniture factory. The equipment has so far failed to cut costs as expected and the management is attempting to discover what the problems are and what can be done to remedy them. View Details
Bourdon, Clinton C., and Margaret B.W. Graham. "Chaircraft Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 679-094, April 1979. (Revised April 1981.)
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
The damaging myth about why we need more women on corporate boards
- 07 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
The Value of the HBS Case Method – Lessons from an SVMP Participant
admission to a school like Harvard was a pursuit far above my head, something I had seen on television but not so much in my neighborhood. I have always envisioned myself as a leader in the business world, with hopes of not just leading... View Details
- 19 Sep 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Say Again? Uncommon Advice for Common Business Problems
iStock Much has been accomplished by business leaders who turned left when told to turn right, who reached for the door instead of for the stars, who hired A when the search committee unanimously recommended B. The following research celebrates such unconventional... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2011
- News
Before You Can Get Buy-In, People Need to Feel the Problem
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Macroeconomic Policy and U.S. Competitiveness
- 06 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors
How "sleepy" or "awake" are you when it comes to your stock portfolio? If you're like most people, you probably don't spend a great deal of time monitoring your investments. So when another company uses stock to acquire a firm in which you hold a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 27 Apr 2014
- News
Hello, Stranger
- 23 Mar 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Experience Markets: An Application to Outsourcing and Hiring
- 20 Aug 2012
- News
Can America Compete?
- March 2000 (Revised August 2000)
- Background Note
Fall Before Rising, A: The Story of Jai Jaikumar (B)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Richard Compton Squire, Sarah Patricia Vickers-Willis and Harry James Wilson
What is the relationship between good fortune, professional success, and a moral obligation to other people? Jai Jaikumar, who as a youth was saved by a shepherd woman after a tragic mountaineering accident in the Himalayas, and who later rose to the top of his... View Details
Bowen, H. Kent, Richard Compton Squire, Sarah Patricia Vickers-Willis, and Harry James Wilson. "Fall Before Rising, A: The Story of Jai Jaikumar (B)." Harvard Business School Background Note 600-048, March 2000. (Revised August 2000.)