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  • November 2019
  • Case

Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs (Abridged)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and W. Carl Kester
In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
Keywords: Markets; Stock Shares; Value Creation; Business and Shareholder Relations
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  • 10 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

forthcoming HarperCollins Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level By: Sebenius, James K., R. Nicholas Burns, and Robert H. Mnookin (with a forward by Henry A. Kissinger)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Break the Rules of How Business is Done

stepped up their game by revamping the offer letter. CEO Henry Ward decided that, being in the business of equity management, they should excel in helping job candidates and new employees fully understand... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
  • February 2016 (Revised July 2017)
  • Case

An Australian Ballot for California?

By: David Moss, Marc Campasano and Dean Grodzins
In early 1891, California lawmakers were considering a plan to reform the state's elections through the introduction of an “Australian” ballot. Under this new system, candidates from all qualifying parties would appear on official ballots, which would be printed by... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Ethics; Political Elections; Laws and Statutes; Change; California
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  • August 2013 (Revised November 2013)
  • Case

Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (A)

By: Willy Shih

This case explores the very different paths taken by the Ford Motor Company and the General Motors Corporation in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Henry Ford's Model T was a car for the masses. After considerable experimentation, Ford Motor... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Exploration; Dominant Design; Business Growth and Maturation; Business History; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Product Design; Product Development; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Michigan
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    Trevor Fetter

    Trevor Fetter is a Senior Lecturer and the Henry B. Arthur Fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has been on the faculty since 2019. He teaches two MBA required courses: Financial Reporting and Control and Leadership and Corporate Accountability. He has also... View Details

    • 24 Nov 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

    For the school that so boldly launched the MBA 100 years ago and went on to become the bluest of blue-chip brands in business education, it seemed only fitting that Harvard Business School should mark its centennial year by examining the... View Details
    Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education
    • July 2011
    • Article

    Unexploited Efficiencies in Higher Education

    By: Henry C. Eyring
    In "Unexploited Efficiencies in Higher Education," Henry C. Eyring argues that one way that the U.S. can compete globally in college attainment is to decrease cost-per-graduate. He explains how many stakeholders in higher education stand to benefit from unexploited... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Measurement; Innovation; Control Systems; Education; Performance Evaluation; Innovation and Invention; Education Industry; United States
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    • November 2018 (Revised February 2023)
    • Case

    Bangladesh: Into the Maelstrom

    By: Reshmaan Hussam, Sophus A. Reinert and Namrata Arora
    In the fall of 2018, Rohima Begum considered her options as the small island, or “char,” on which her family’s house rested slowly but inescapably eroded into the mighty Brahmaputra River in northern Bangladesh. The country, once unceremoniously dubbed a “basket case”... View Details
    Keywords: Climate Change; Adaptation; Environmental Management; Problems and Challenges; Immigration; Bangladesh
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      Amitabh Chandra

      Amitabh Chandra is the Henry and Allison McCance Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School where he is the Faculty Chair of the joint View Details

      • November 1989 (Revised February 1992)
      • Case

      Ford Motor Co.: Dealer Sales and Service

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger
      Since Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Co., Ford vehicles have been sold and serviced the same way. By the late 1980s Ford began to consider making changes in its sales and service process. Two developments forced Ford to reconsider these processes. First, Ford found... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Distribution Channels; Customer Focus and Relationships; Service Industry; Auto Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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      • 13 Feb 2024
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Apple’s Dilemma: Balancing Privacy and Safety Responsibilities

      Keywords: Re: Nien-he Hsieh & Henry W. McGee
      • 01 Sep 2018
      • News

      After the Fall

      beliefs,” Greenwood says, chalking it up to an abundance of optimism. Before the crisis, for instance, the “Armageddon scenario” for housing price growth in 2006 was a 5 percent drop. During the lowest point of the crisis, housing prices fell View Details
      Keywords: Jennifer Myers; illustration by Dan Bejar; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government
      • 01 Mar 2025
      • News

      Work of Art

      Jason Price (MBA 2003) in the main gallery space at NXTHVN, the art community he cofounded in New Haven’s Dixwell neighborhood Trying to capture the scope of what’s going on at NXTHVN, the nonprofit arts and community organization Jason Price (MBA 2003) cofounded with... View Details
      Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photos by Chris Sorensen; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
      • 18 Feb 2021
      • Interview

      Amy Edmondson: Are You Missing One of Your Most Important Jobs as a Manager?

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and Chris Clearfield
      During our conversation, we talked about:

      • The renewed interest in the concept of psychological safety
      • J.D. Thompson’s notion of “reciprocal coordination needs”
      • How knowledge work does not produce objective or mechanical... View Details
      Keywords: Psychological Safety; Management Skills; Management Style; Interpersonal Communication
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        Rohit Deshpande

        Rohit Deshpandé is a Baker Foundation Professor and Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing, Emeritus at Harvard Business School, where he has been teaching in the Advanced Management Program,... View Details

        Keywords: advertising; agribusiness; airline; banking; beauty products; beverage; financial services; home video games; marketing industry; pharmaceuticals; telecommunications; tourism; video games
        • February 2001 (Revised October 2002)
        • Background Note

        Entrepreneurial History: A Conceptual Overview

        By: Nancy F. Koehn
        Analyzes HBS cases on five entrepreneurs and the companies they built: Josiah Wedgwood, Henry Heinz, Marshall Field, Howard Schultz of Starbucks, and Michael Dell. These five cases and their accompanying teaching notes comprise a course module on entrepreneurial... View Details
        Keywords: Transition; Demand and Consumers; Competition; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Customer Focus and Relationships; Business Strategy; Society
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        • 22 Dec 2015
        • First Look

        December 22, 2015

        demand, and supporting infrastructures, including business ecosystems) and, when feasible, the wider institutional, regulatory, and even cultural context that conventional International business literature takes as a datum. This is examined conceptually and View Details
        Keywords: Carmen Nobel
        • 6 PM – 7:15 PM EST, 28 Feb 2022
        • Virtual Programming

        A Blessing and Little Black Library at Harvard Business School presents a virtual author chat to celebrate Black History Month

        HBSs iconic Baker Library is the largest business library in the worldand its collection expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time in its 95-year history, Baker brought in non-business books, over 170 titles (to date) organized by Cathy Chukwulebe (MBA... View Details
        • August 2016
        • Teaching Note

        The Role of Real Estate in Endowment Portfolios: The Case of Christ Church College

        By: Arthur I. Segel and Alexander W. Schultz
        The case centers on Christ Church’s Treasurer, James Lawrie, who is contemplating his options for investing a portion of the College’s endowment in real estate. Approximately 1/3 of the total $690 million endowment was allocated towards real estate, much higher than... View Details
        Keywords: Portfolio Allocation; Oxford; England; Real Estate; University Endowment; Higher Education; Investment Portfolio; Property; Corporate Finance; Financial Services Industry; England
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