Publications

April 2018 (Revised October 2023)
Case

Coco Chanel: From Fashion Icon to Nazi Agent

By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean

This case describes the career of the iconic French fashion designer Coco Chanel who created a transformational business during the first half of the 20th century. Beginning in her early adulthood, Chanel leveraged relationships with acquaintances, friends, and... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Biography; Entrepreneurship; Relationships; Brands and Branding; Ethics; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry

Willy Shih is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration. He is part of the Technology and Operations Management Unit, and he teaches in the MBA and Executive Education Programs. His expertise is in manufacturing, product... View Details

Keywords: aerospace; automotive; biotechnology; communications; computer; digital imaging; electrical equipment; electronics; entertainment; high technology; industrial goods; information technology industry; manufacturing; retailing; semiconductor

14 May 2020
Blog Post

A PRIDE Farewell

When we assumed our PRIDE co-president roles in the Spring of 2019, we could not have imagined the state of the world into which we would graduate. We imagined View Details

24 Mar 2021
News

Intel Puts Marker Down to Grab Chip Leadership Again: Willy Shih

26 May 2016
Video

Harvard Business School Commencement 2016

October 2019
Case

Hony Capital and Jushi Group

By: Josh Lerner, Shai Bernstein and Ann Leamon

Hony Capital, a multi-billion dollar private equity firm based in China, is investing in a subsidiary of Jushi Group, a Chinese company that is one of the world's largest fiberglass producers. The specific project will build a plant in the United States. In this case,... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Investing; Fundraising; Manufacturing; Private Equity; Asset Management; Finance; Investment; Venture Capital; China; United States

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

give-and-take among students, professor, and manager, the class touched on the tension between the romance of... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

April 1986 (Revised June 1986)
Case

J.C. Penney (B)

Penney's assistant treasurer was considering various capital markets issues to finance store modernizations. This case provides the financing terms available to Penney for domestic, current, and zero coupon debt. Eurodollar debt, and nondollar SFr and Yen issues hedged... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Finance; Retail Industry; United States

19 May 2022
News

Cratering Markets Blowing a Bigger Hole in Consumer Psychology

June 2011
Case

Reed Supermarkets: A New Wave of Competitors

By: John A. Quelch and Carole Carlson

Reed Supermarkets is a high-end supermarket chain with operations in several Midwestern states. Meredith Collins, vice president of marketing, visits stores located in Columbus, Ohio, an important region with the largest market and the greatest impact on revenue... View Details

Keywords: Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Brands and Branding; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Ohio

26 May 2022
Video

2022 Welcome Address Jan Rivkin & Jana Kierstead

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

Silverthorne: Why is this book right for the times? Josh Lerner: There are two sets of events that make this book particularly timely. First, there is a keen awareness on the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

29 Jul 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Can Paying Firms Quicker Affect Aggregate Employment?

Keywords: by Jean-Noel Barrot and Ramana Nanda

15 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Writing a Case as a Student at HBS

second year, many students decide to try their hand at writing a case themselves. Why write a case with a professor? In case you aren’t yet familiar with HBS cases, they are the 10-30 page packets upon which almost every View Details

Article

Why Compliance Programs Fail: And How to Fix Them

By: Hui Chen and Eugene Soltes

Firms spend millions of dollars annually on whistle-blower hotlines, training, and other efforts to ensure adherence to laws, regulations, and company policies. Yet malfeasance remains entrenched in the corporate world. Why? Too many firms treat compliance as a... View Details

Keywords: Governance Compliance; Programs; Employees; Training; Performance Effectiveness; Measurement and Metrics

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December 1996 (Revised December 2006)
Background Note

Introduction to Corporate Financial Engineering

By: Peter Tufano

Describes the content of the Corporate Financial Engineering (CFE) course at HBS. Used on the first day of class to let students know what the course will cover and the main ideas to be developed in CFE. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Finance

2024
Working Paper

Open Source Software Policy in Industry Equilibrium

Open source software (OSS) is a form of public knowledge widely provided and relied on by the private sector. To study the effects of growing government involvement in this critical public good, I build a new empirical model where high-tech firms choose software inputs... View Details

Video

HBS Fellowships: Making Dreams a Reality

June 2010 (Revised July 2012)
Supplement

Dubai: Debt, Development, and Crisis (C)

By: Aldo Musacchio, Andrew Christopher Goodman and Claire K. Qureshi

On November 25, 2009, the city state of Dubai stunned markets by announcing that Dubai World, its flagship state holding company, would seek a six month "standstill" on at least $4 billion U.S. dollars of its $26 billion in debt obligations. This case describes Dubai's... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Investment; Emerging Markets; Trade; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Development Economics; Financial Crisis; State Ownership; Sovereign Finance; Business Strategy; Dubai