Publications

October 1995
Article

Start-ups, Spin-offs, and Internal Projects

By: James J. Anton and Dennis Yao

We examine the incentive problem confronting a firm and employee when the employee privately discovers a significant invention and faces a choice between keeping the invention private and leaving the firm to form a new company (start-up), or transferring knowledge and... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Projects; Motivation and Incentives; Rights; Employees; Innovation and Invention; Compensation and Benefits; Knowledge Sharing; Capital; Profit

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Podcast - HBS Online

Business School faculty members Linda Hill, Mihir Desai, Forest Reinhardt, and Joshua Margolis. Tune in for their insights on leadership's imperatives, finance education, and learning through the case method. Season 1 Bonus Content (Part... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

She’s Got Your Back

Hicks Photo courtesy Angie's List What Angie's List Knows About Customer Reviews Main article: Where Innovation Rules Talk about a pain point. Shoddy roofing leads to leaking, causing your ceiling to fall in and damage the kitchen. Now... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; online reviews; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

March 2025
Case

Hurtigruten: Sea Zero

By: Christian Kaps and Michael W. Toffel

Hurtigruten was deciding whether the next ship they built should be fully electric. But such a vessel's battery, the size of electric cars, needed to be charged on the ship's multi-day voyage along the Norwegian coast. Before making such a $250 million investment, the... View Details

Keywords: Energy Sources; Alternative Energy; Ship Transportation; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Management; Green Technology; Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Shipping Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Battery Industry; Norway; Europe

January 2024
Case

Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A)

By: Tiona Zuzul and Susan Pinckney

In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world’s leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather related conditions that forced him to have to decide between staying true to the tenets of the natural wine... View Details

February 2010
Teaching Note

Saffronart.com: Bidding for Success (TN)

By: Mukti Khaire

Teaching Note for [808027]. View Details

Keywords: Auctions; Arts; Innovation and Invention; Internet and the Web; Revenue; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Risk and Uncertainty; Web Services Industry; Fine Arts Industry; India

01 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

Robert S. Kaplan Publication:Balanced Scorecard Report 13, no. 5 (September-October 2011) Abstract In the second article of our two-part series, we explore the concept of an Office of Risk Management along with a case study of an View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 30

Experiment By: Cole, Shawn, Xavier Giné, and James Vickery Abstract—Weather is a key source of income risk, particularly in emerging market economies. This paper uses a randomized controlled trial involving a sample of Indian farmers to study how an View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 23, 2007

technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local family-dominated conglomerates. Addresses new venture financing in an asset-intensive business through the assembly of strategic contracts. More... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

New Learning at American Home Products

Coleman, acquired the household goods division of American Home Products for $1.3 billion.27 Proceeds from these sales, supplemented by retained earnings, helped to finance the expansion of the company's healthcare businesses. In 1986... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical

01 Dec 1997
News

"Economists are puzzle solvers..."

and guesswork. This theory enabled options transactors to take much bigger positions because they were hedged; they could be much more efficient, and they could control their risk much better. If you look at the last 25 years of extraordinary financial View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

The Fab Four

starting a business .” Todd Krasnow (MBA ’83), an EiR from 2006 to 2007, describes the year as “all the fun of being on the HBS faculty without the heavy lifting.” He held brown-bag lunches, sat in on classes, and coauthored a case with Roberts and Sahlman on View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

March 2018
Case

Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal

By: Christopher J. Malloy, Lauren H. Cohen and Inakshi Sobti

After the 2015 Nepal earthquake, the Chaudhary Group, a billion-dollar conglomerate in Nepal, decides to play a pivotal role in rebuilding the country. The Group's philanthropic arm (Chaudhary Foundation) works with stakeholders and develops a blue print for short- and... View Details