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  • 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 12 Jun 2019
  • HBS Online

HBS Online Entrepreneurship Essentials

Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: June 12, 2019 - July 10, 2019 View Details
  • 2009
  • Other Unpublished Work

When Does Industrial Policy Work? Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Fuel Industry

By: Santiago Mingo and Tarun Khanna
What is the impact of a state-led industrial policy program on entrepreneurial activity, industry evolution, and firm competitiveness? How and when is industrial policy an effective tool to spur the development of an emerging industry? To address these questions, we... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Industry Growth; Business and Government Relations; Competition; Energy Industry; Brazil
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  • March 1999 (Revised April 1999)
  • Case

Environmental Risk Management at Chevron Corporation

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Monica M Mandelli and Jennifer Burns
Chevron Corp., headquartered in San Francisco, manages a worldwide, vertically integrated value chain from the oil well to the gasoline station. Mishandling of oil at any stage of production can damage the natural environment, human health, corporate profitability, or... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Generation; Supply Chain Management; Metals and Minerals; Management Systems; Management Teams; Trade; Vertical Integration; Energy Industry; Mining Industry
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  • 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 14 Aug 2019
  • HBS Online

HBS Online Leading with Finance

Gain a deep understanding of the principles of finance - a toolkit for making smart financial decisions and the confidence to communicate those decisions to key stakeholders. Program Dates: August 14, 2019 - September 25, 2019 View Details
  • 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 05 Jun 2019
  • HBS Online

HBS Online Leading with Finance

Gain a deep understanding of the principles of finance - a toolkit for making smart financial decisions and the confidence to communicate those decisions to key stakeholders. Program Dates: June 5, 2019 - July 17, 2019 View Details
  • 9 AM – 10 AM EST, 16 Jan 2019
  • HBS Online

HBS Online Leading with Finance

Gain a deep understanding of the principles of finance - a toolkit for making smart financial decisions and the confidence to communicate those decisions to key stakeholders. Program Dates: January 16, 2019 - February 27, 2019 View Details
  • July 2013
  • Case

Montreaux Chocolate USA: Are Americans Ready for Healthy Dark Chocolate?

By: John A. Quelch and Diane Badame
Andrea Torres, director of new product development at a high-end chocolate confectionery company, leads her team through a carefully sequenced program of market research to support the development and launch of a new product, healthy dark chocolate with fruit. This is... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Food; Consumer Behavior; Nutrition; Product Launch; Product Development; Food and Beverage Industry; Switzerland; United States
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    Lynda M. Applegate

    Lynda M. Applegate is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS and is Chair of the Advisory Committee for Harvard University’s Masters Degree of Liberal Arts in Finance and Management at the Harvard University Extension School.  She has also played a... View Details

    • March 2024
    • Article

    Human Capital Affects Religious Identity: Causal Evidence from Kenya

    By: Livia Alfonsi, Michal Bauer, Julie Chytilová and Edward Miguel
    We study how human capital and economic conditions causally affect the choice of religious denomination. We utilize a longitudinal dataset monitoring the religious history of more than 5,000 Kenyans over 20 years, in tandem with a randomized experiment (deworming) that... View Details
    Keywords: Religion; Human Capital; Developing Countries and Economies; Welfare; Kenya
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    • 24 Jul 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Business Summit: Business Education in the 21st Century

    data about the challenges facing the business education marketplace and presented qualitative information on innovations in top MBA programs. On the whole, MBA programs are in decline. Their value is being questioned, and they are seen as... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Srikant M. Datar; Education
    • 06 Jul 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best

    It's well understood that cash bonuses often motivate a sales force to step up its game, but they don't work in every scenario and in some cases can backfire, a new study from Harvard Business School has found. The key variable? Whether the sales rep had to do... View Details
    Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail
    • 15 Jan 2015
    • Video

    Fernando Yunes of Whirlpool Latin America explains the value of FIELD

    • 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 03 Apr 2019
    • HBS Online

    HBS Online Entrepreneurship Essentials

    Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: April 3, 2019 - May 1, 2019 View Details
    • 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 12 Sep 2018
    • HBS Online

    HBX Entrepreneurship Essentials

    Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: September 12, 2018 - October 10, 2018 View Details
    • 30 Jun 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Rethinking Retirement Planning

    you to that goal." With that in mind, Merton and a team of financial engineers created SmartNest, an individually tailored pension program that requires just a few simple inputs from employees before they "set it and forget... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
    • September 1990 (Revised November 1991)
    • Case

    Merck & Co., Inc. (B)

    In late 1986, Merck revised its performance review and pay practices. The most important change was a shift from an absolute rating system to a forced-distribution system in which managers are forced to adhere to a given distribution of performance ratings. Other major... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Compensation and Benefits; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    • Career Coach

    Yiwei Zhao

    Yiwei enjoys helping students explore opportunities in the following industries: Technology (big tech and growth-stage tech), self-driving cars, AI/ML, and consulting; and functions: product operations, product management, program... View Details
    • May 1984 (Revised August 1987)
    • Case

    Raymond Mushroom Corp.

    By: Benson P. Shapiro
    In April 1984 Deborah Raymond, president of Raymond Mushrooms was deciding whether or not to raise prices on Raymond canned mushrooms in conjunction with an advertising promotional program to build consumer preference. View Details
    Keywords: Product Positioning; Advertising; Decisions; Price; Management Teams; Food and Beverage Industry
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    • Research Summary

    Family Business Management

    John Davis is developing cases and other course materials on family business management for the Executive Education program Families in Business: From Generation to Generation, Families in Business/China, the Owner/President Management... View Details
    • September 1999 (Revised November 1999)
    • Case

    Explore, Inc.

    By: Allen S. Grossman, James E. Austin, Myra M. Hart and Sharon Peyus
    Documents the creation of a national before and after-school day care program aimed at bridging the gap between school and parents' work schedules. This high-growth, for-profit social enterprise organization operated in what was historically the domain of nonprofit or... View Details
    Keywords: Microeconomics; Growth and Development; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Mission and Purpose; Performance Expectations; Quality; Social Enterprise; Travel Industry
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