Publications

March 2003 (Revised October 2003)
Case

Mercury Rising: Knight Ridder's Digital Venture

Captures the efforts of newspaper publisher Knight Ridder to create a digital venture. Knight Ridder proves to be a pioneer in digital publishing, launching the first online newspaper site; builds a network of newspaper sites called Real Cities; and invests in... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Business Growth and Maturation; Market Entry and Exit; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Newspapers; Innovation and Invention; Journalism and News Industry

The book explores the phenomenon of green entrepreneurship from the nineteenth century to present day. The book spans between various industries such as organic food, natural beauty, clean energy, sustainable finance and eco-tourism. It explores the motivations of... View Details

Profile

Paul Scharfman

In a small, undercapitalized cheese manufacturing operation in rural Wisconsin, Paul Scharfman (AB 1976, MBA 1979) saw the opportunity to develop a variety of specialty cheeses that would appeal to the palates View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Retail

06 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?

engaging a therapist, even if everything seems OK. Establishing a relationship and providing historical context ahead of any stressors or crises will prepare both you and your therapist if those events arise. Peer View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

December 2022
Supplement

Driving Decarbonization at BMW - Video Supplement

By: Shirley Lu, George Serafeim and Michael W. Toffel

Videos of Thomas Becker, Vice President of Sustainability and Mobility at BMW Group, in support of the case "Driving Decarbonization at BMW" (HBS No. 123-008) View Details

April 1999 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Motive Communications

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Marco Iansiti, Myra M. Hart, William W Chan and Find Findsen

The founders of Motive Communications, Inc., a recent start-up dedicated to reinventing the support chain involved in the delivery of information technology support services, put in place a development process hinged on extensive customer feedback. As part of this, a... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Customer Relationship Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Information Technology Industry

Web

Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment

Advent International set up the Advent Leadership Academy to accelerate the careers of diverse, high-potential leaders across their global portfolio companies. The 120 executives who have completed the program now have the tools to excel... View Details

February 2006 (Revised September 2006)
Case

Sippican Corporation (A)

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Presents a time-driven version of the Wilkerson Co. activity-based costing case (101092). Faced with declining profits, Sippican Corp. is struggling to understand why it is encountering severe price competition on one product line. The controller collects data that... View Details

Keywords: History; Business Model; Strategic Planning; Cost Accounting; Motivation and Incentives; Resource Allocation; Activity Based Costing and Management; Profit; Business Strategy; Budgets and Budgeting

25 Apr 2014
Video

Pitch Johnson - Making A Difference

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

Flying without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success. “At the end of the day what I'm suggesting is that vulnerability in context is the most powerful thing you can have.” DeLong believes the... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

April 2016
Teaching Note

HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics

By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby

This teaching note is designed to support the teaching of HBS case number 316-013, "HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics." View Details

Keywords: Corporate Culture; Airline Industry; China; Cross-cultural Adaptation; Air Transportation; Business Conglomerates; Globalization; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Air Transportation Industry; China

Profile

Mira Mehta

my goal of supporting economic development in West Africa through the for-profit sector, and participating in the New Venture Competition gave me the confidence I needed to launch my own company directly... View Details

June 1996
Case

Siemens Corporation (B): Corporate Advertising for 1996

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein

Describes the television advertising and presents examples of the comparable print ads, then documents new measurement tools and presents the results of key surveys that address audience awareness. Also includes other relevant activities to support Siemens USA's... View Details

Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Learning; Balanced Scorecard; Operations; Outcome or Result; Advertising Industry

January 2001 (Revised October 2002)
Case

The American Medical Association-Sunbeam Deal (A): Serpent on the Staff Meets Chainsaw Al

By: Ashish Nanda and Kimberly A. Haddad

Facing dwindling membership and looking to increase its revenue, the American Medical Association (AMA) signed an endorsement deal with Sunbeam Corp., a leader in the small home appliance industry, in August 1997. In the deal, the AMA would receive significant... View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Organizations; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States

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2009
Working Paper

Policy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes

By: Katherine L Milkman, Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay and Max H. Bazerman

Policies that would create net benefits for society but would also involve costs frequently lack the necessary support to be enacted because losses loom larger than gains psychologically. To reduce this harmful consequence of loss aversion, we propose a new type of... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Policy; Government Legislation; Outcome or Result; Welfare

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January 2023
Article

Racial Diversity and Racial Policy Preferences: The Great Migration and Civil Rights

By: Alvaro Calderon, Vasiliki Fouka and Marco Tabellini

Between 1940 and 1970, more than 4 million African Americans moved from the South to the North of the United States, during the Second Great Migration. This same period witnessed the struggle and eventual success of the civil rights movement in ending institutionalized... View Details

Keywords: Civil Rights; Great Migration; History; Race; Rights; Prejudice and Bias; Government Legislation

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