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- 29 Jun 2020
- News
Why Rosabeth Moss Kanter Want Us To ‘Think Outside the Building’
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Amid Attacks on Private Equity, Efforts to Study Its Value
Mastering the 1:1
Whether you’re a CEO or a line manager, your team is just as important as a group as its members are as individuals. Today’s tech companies offer many View Details
- February 1995 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
MW Petroleum Corporation (B)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman, Peter Tufano and Barbara Wall
Amoco Corp. is negotiating to sell a wholly-owned subsidiary, MW Petroleum, to Apache Corp. MW owns large reserves of oil and gas comprising many properties at different stages of engineering, development, and production. The proposed acquisition is a large one for... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Mergers and Acquisitions; Risk Management; Financing and Loans; Mining Industry; Energy Industry
Luehrman, Timothy A., Peter Tufano, and Barbara Wall. "MW Petroleum Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 295-045, February 1995. (Revised April 1996.)
- August 2022
- Supplement
Zalora: Data-Driven Pricing Recommendations
By: Ayelet Israeli
This exercise can be used in conjunction with the main case "Zalora: Data-Driven Pricing" to facilitate class discussion without requiring data analysis from the students. Instead, the exercise presents reports that were created by the data science team to answer the... View Details
Keywords: Pricing; Pricing Algorithms; Dynamic Pricing; Ecommerce; Pricing Strategy; Pricing And Revenue Management; Apparel; Singapore; Startup; Demand Estimation; Data Analysis; Data Analytics; Exercise; Price; Internet and the Web; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Singapore
Israeli, Ayelet. "Zalora: Data-Driven Pricing Recommendations." Harvard Business School Supplement 523-032, August 2022.
- December 1993 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
Polaroid: Managing Environmental Responsibilities and Their Costs
Costs relating to companies' impact on the environment are increasing at a dramatic rate. Thus, managing, measuring, and reporting of these costs has become an important issue for managers. Accounting for environmental responsibilities is one of the largest and most... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Accounting; Environmental Sustainability
Barth, Mary E., Marc J. Epstein, and Richard D.R. Stark. "Polaroid: Managing Environmental Responsibilities and Their Costs." Harvard Business School Case 194-052, December 1993. (Revised April 1994.)
- Book Review
Negotiating with Iran: Cultural and Historical Insights
In a vitally important relationship famously caricatured as the "Mad Mullahs" v. the "Great Satan," the fraught negotiating history and future of Iran and the United States demands historical, cultural, and psychological insight if there is to be any prospect of... View Details
Sebenius, James K. "Negotiating with Iran: Cultural and Historical Insights." Negotiation Journal 27, no. 4 (October 2011): 493–497.
- July 2000 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Sycamore Networks
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Daniel J. Green
Founders Desh Deshpande and Dan Smith reflect on Sycamore's sales strategies and consider how going public might affect the morale of its key employees. In the optical networking sector, technological change and exploding demand has created a market for talent in which... View Details
Keywords: Applied Optics; Entrepreneurship; Sales; Business Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Retention; Employees; Communication Technology; Technological Innovation; Communications Industry; Telecommunications Industry
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Daniel J. Green. "Sycamore Networks." Harvard Business School Case 801-076, July 2000. (Revised July 2001.)
- August 1996 (Revised January 1999)
- Background Note
Achieving and Sustaining Superior Profits
A basic premise of strategy is that superior profits occur when a corporation secures favorable positions in attractive industries, and pursues economies of scope across business units. This note draws on research that documents the importance of industry, positioning,... View Details
McGahan, Anita M. "Achieving and Sustaining Superior Profits." Harvard Business School Background Note 797-039, August 1996. (Revised January 1999.)
- 30 Jul 2013
- News
Does it pay to fight corruption?
- 04 Aug 2021
- News
How to Cultivate Psychological Safety, and Why it Matters
- 21 Jan 2021
- Video
José Alejandro Cortés
José Alejandro Cortés, President of the Colombia-based diversified business group Grupo Bolìvar, discusses how the economic crisis that hit Latin America in the 1990s impacted his business. He discusses how he handled it by selling the bank in Venezuela to provide... View Details
- 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM EST, 13 Nov 2015
HBS MBA Career Reboot Camp in New York City
Career Reboot Camp is coming to New York! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details
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Programs & Resources - Entrepreneurship
in innovative companies around the world. THE Rock 100 Alumni New Venture Competition Rock Entrepreneurship Advisor Program YouTube Channel Executive Education Given the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship within organizations,... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
financial statements and executive compensation. Second, for bonds, the story had more to do with what the courts were doing. I found that bondholders were always first in line during corporate bankruptcies. They usually got paid something, and they were View Details
- Research Summary
Immigrant Policymakers and Entrepreneurs
Since completing his prize-winning biography of Joseph Schumpeter in 2007 and his book, American Business since 1920 in 2009, Professor McCraw has been working on two new books about immigrants who came to the United States and became important policymakers... View Details