Publications

31 Mar 2008
HBS Case

JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis

You don't need to be a frequent flier to know that the friendly skies aren't so friendly anymore. Cramped, overloaded planes, flight delays, and bare-bones amenities are the norm on most of the legacy carriers. But low-cost airlines like Southwest and JetBlue have... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Air Transportation

22 Feb 2015
News

The Smart Way to Create a Transparent Workplace

05 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

Corporate Governance Activists are Headed in the Wrong Direction

concept that doesn't enhance shareholder democracy and, more important, doesn't improve corporate governance. Who Oversees Oversight? That said, there are corporate governance issues that do warrant activists' attention. Virtually all of... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Hinsey

2016
Book

An Easy Introduction to Financial Accounting: A Self-Study Guide

By: V.G. Narayanan

This book is a self-study guide written for someone who wishes to teach themselves basic financial accounting. It is based on a course by the same author that has been successfully completed by thousands of students worldwide. It explains concepts in simple language... View Details

Keywords: Financial Accounting; Introduction To Financial Accounting; HBX; HBX CORe; HBX CORe Financial Accounting; Introduction To Accounting; Accounting

Find at Harvard

06 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Are You a Level-Six Leader?

The central, most telling question to ask a leader is, whom do you serve? Some leaders will tell you, using a popular descriptor, that they aspire to be "servant leaders." The question still remains, however, a servant to whom: to yourself, to your group, or... View Details

Keywords: by Mitch Maidique

26 Feb 2016
News

After years of intensive analysis, Google discovers the key to good teamwork is being nice

August 1998 (Revised June 2013)
Case

Business Plan for Room For Dessert: Adding Unique Ingredients to Life's Balancing Act

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Michael J. Roberts

Summarizes the business plan for a concept restaurant focused on late evening dessert service as well as its subsequent rollout plan. View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Planning; Business Plan; Outcome or Result; Service Operations; Experience and Expertise; Service Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

December 1993 (Revised June 2000)
Case

Kochman, Reidt + Haigh, Inc.

By: Richard S. Ruback and Roy Burstin

A small company faces the dilemma of how to finance growth (i.e., internally generated cash flows vs. outside financing sources). An innovative concept positions the company in promoting a niche within the kitchen-cabinet industry and in looking for an optimal way of... View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Utilities Industry

Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

Keywords: biotechnology; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; internet; nonprofit industry; service industry; state government

March 1998 (Revised April 1998)
Background Note

Charitable Trusts

By: Henry B. Reiling

Discusses the concept of charitable lead and charitable remainder trusts, some of their mechanics, and typical circumstances in which they are used. View Details

Keywords: Financial Instruments

20 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability

co-organizer Daniela Saltzman said that the workshop demonstrated that integrated reporting is gaining momentum. "Business schools worldwide continue to evolve, moving away from the traditional singular focus on the financial bottom line, and allowing the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting

March 1995 (Revised July 1995)
Background Note

Financial Reporting Fundamentals

By: David F. Hawkins

Deals with the basic accounting conventions (or concepts). The five operative statements of financial concepts issued by the FASB are also discussed. View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Accounting

April 2000 (Revised August 2005)
Background Note

Charitable Lead & Remainder Trusts

By: Henry B. Reiling and Catherine M. Conneely

Discusses the concept of charitable lead and charitable remainder trusts, some of their mechanics, and typical circumstances in which they are used. View Details

Keywords: Business Organization; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Taxation; Business or Company Management

07 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

natural gas that were burdened with highly inefficient delivery systems. In time, the company supported his basic concept with EnronOnline, a Web-based trading platform that instantly became the world's largest e-commerce system in 1999.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

AvigatorPhotographer Are Free Trade Notions Repeatedly Victim to Short-Term Thinking? Free trade and free markets are concepts to which many of us, given our training in economics, aspire. But they inevitably fall victim to the varied and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

February 1991 (Revised April 1994)
Background Note

Value of Information

By: David E. Bell

Gives some simple examples to illustrate the concept of the value of information in decision making. Both perfect and imperfect information are considered. View Details

Keywords: Knowledge; Value; Decision Making