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  • 10 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Is Groupon Good for Retailers?

may file for an initial public offering by the end of 2011, according to the New York Times. "Groupon has attracted remarkable interest," says Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman. "With the economy... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising; Technology
  • 29 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It

was providing rides in 311 cities and 58 countries, and the startup’s reported valuation was estimated at about $70 billion in 2017. Consumers raved so much about the service... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation
  • Web

Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement

Health Health Care Entrepreneurship Health Care Innovation Health Care Investment Health Care at HBS Insurance/payor Medical devices/diagnostics Precision Medicine Public Health Women's Health 25 Jan 2023 Women, Work, View Details
  • 02 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

showing a passenger being dragged from a plane. Of all the U.S. air carriers, United should have known the power of social media and public outrage. It had learned years earlier in a prominent case about how... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

    Stephen A. Greyser

    Stephen A. Greyser is Richard P. Chapman Professor (Marketing/Communications) Emeritus, of the Harvard Business School, specializes in brand marketing, advertising, corporate communications, the business of sports, and nonprofit management.  A... View Details

    Keywords: sports
    • 14 Jul 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

    solutions such as the construction of mobile COVID test units with medical teams, which have so far tested over 60,000 people. The design was donated to 10 hospitals and is now also available for free online. Case 2: Leverage View Details
    Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa
    • January 2021 (Revised July 2022)
    • Case

    Snapp: Scaling Under Sanctions in Iran (A)

    By: Meg Rithmire and Gamze Yucaoglu
    The case opens in November 2019 as Eyad Alkassar and Mahmoud Fouz, co-founders of Iran’s first and leading ride-hailing platform, Snapp, find out about Apple’s and Google’s decisions to remove all Iranian apps from their respective application stores.
    The case... View Details
    Keywords: Sanctions; Change Management; Disruption; Volatility; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; International Relations; National Security; Risk Management; Crisis Management; Transportation Industry; Iran; Middle East
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      Dwight B. Crane

      Mr. Crane was a member of the Finance Faculty at Harvard Business School for a number of years, working primarily in the field of financial institutions and corporate governance.  He taught in the MBA and executive education programs at the School, most recently... View Details

      • 28 Jan 2014
      • First Look

      First Look: January 28

      the Public Corporation, and Greater Commitments to Sustainability: Signals from the Corporate Board By: Eccles, Robert G., J. Herron, and George Serafeim Abstract—This book is... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

        Dutch Leonard

        Herman B. ("Dutch") Leonard is Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and the George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Sector Management at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In... View Details

        Keywords: education industry; federal government; health care; nonprofit industry; state government
        • 01 Oct 1999
        • News

        The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success

        Do successful firms in different countries share cultural traits? HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé's long-standing interest in this and related research has led him, with Professor John U. Farley of Dartmouth's... View Details
        Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
        • 01 Apr 2001
        • News

        New Ventures New Gains

        gradually entering the vernacular. “I wrote four business plans while in school,” says David P. Perry (MBA 1997), who was a finalist that first year and went on to implement his plan upon graduation. Perry’s start-up, Chemdex, rode the... View Details
        Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Educational Services; Educational Services
        • January 1998 (Revised February 1998)
        • Case

        Sideco Americana S.A. (A)

        By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
        This case focuses on a decision the Sideco management team faces when customers of its newly acquired and privatized water and sewer company neglect to pay its bills. Describes the effort to transform an old-style Argentine construction and engineering company into a... View Details
        Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Transformation; Business or Company Management; Values and Beliefs; Argentina
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        • 01 Feb 1997
        • News

        Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

        Marketing; Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Organization; Real Property Asset Management; Venture Capital and Private Equity; Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector; and... View Details
        Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons
        • March 2021 (Revised April 2021)
        • Case

        Wirecard: The Downfall of a German Fintech Star

        By: Jonas Heese, Charles C.Y. Wang and Tonia Labruyere
        Wirecard was a German fintech company, member of the DAX30, that provided payment processing and related services. Wirecard had enjoyed large growth rates over the years and most investors and analysts were enthusiastic about the company's prospects. Wirecard's... View Details
        Keywords: Accounting Fraud; Scandal; Accounting Audits; Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Institutions; Financial Markets; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Corporate Accountability; Governance Controls; Financial Services Industry; Germany; Singapore; Dubai
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        • 24 May 2022
        • Blog Post

        Get to Know 2022 Class Day Student Speaker Peter James Kiernan

        graduation ceremonies. It is planned and conducted by a committee of second-year MBA students. An Albany, NY, hotel room was not where Kiernan had expected to spend winter break his first year at Harvard Business School. But it was where... View Details
        • September 2021 (Revised February 2022)
        • Case

        Sawiris Foundation: Elevating Education in Egypt

        By: Brian Trelstad and Alpana Thapar
        Founded in 2001 by the Sawiris family, one of the wealthiest families in Egypt, the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD) invested in human capital and provision of basic social services for the most marginalized Egyptians. In 2015, Noura Selim’s (MBA 2013)... View Details
        Keywords: Sustainable Development; Social Enterprise; Education; Social Issues; Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; Egypt
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        • March 2022
        • Teaching Note

        Sawiris Foundation: Elevating Education in Egypt

        By: Brian Trelstad and Alpana Thapar
        Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 322-023. Founded in 2001 by the Sawiris family, one of the wealthiest families in Egypt, the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD) invested in human capital and provision of basic social services for the most marginalized... View Details
        Keywords: Sustainable Development; Human Capital; Equality and Inequality; Education; Business Strategy; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Partners and Partnerships; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; Egypt
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        • 2021
        • Working Paper

        The Changing Role of Business in Society

        By: Michael E. Porter
        Business interaction with the U.S. government, historically based on securing industry or company special interests at the expense of the public good, has enabled and furthered government dysfunction. Gridlock within the American political system has precluded the... View Details
        Keywords: Politics; Shared Value; Social Progress Index; Competitiveness; Walmart; BlackRock; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG; Transparency; Campaign Contributions; Campaign Finance; Lobbying; Revolving Door; Political Ideology; Political Parties; Political Partisanship; Government And Business; Government Innovation; Elections; Democracy; Capitalism; Stakeholder Capitalism; Shareholder Engagement; Competition; Strategy; Government and Politics; Society; Social Issues; Human Needs; Wealth and Poverty; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Accountability; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; United States
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          Jeffrey F. Rayport

          Jeffrey F Rayport is a faculty member in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the School’s MBA and Executive Education Programs and on HBS Online. His primary focus in teaching and research is growth-stage technology... View Details