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    Robert S. Huckman

    Robert Huckman is the Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, the Howard Cox Faculty Chair of the HBS Healthcare Initiative, and the Unit Head for View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; health care; manufacturing; pharmaceuticals
    • December 2007 (Revised December 2021)
    • Case

    The South Sea Company (A)

    By: David A. Moss, Eugene Kintgen, Agnieszka Rafalska and Kimberly Hagan
    In early 1720, the South Sea Company and the Bank of England were cometing for the right to issue new shares and to exchange those shares for government bons that were then in the hands of the public. The British government had already executed two such debt conversion... View Details
    Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Debt Securities; Stock Shares; Financial Strategy; Bids and Bidding; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Great Britain
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      Joseph L. Bower

      JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade.  He has served in many administrative roles... View Details

      Keywords: banking; chemical; electronics; financial services; home appliances; hotels ＆ motels; information technology industry; insurance industry; private equity (LBO funds); retailing
      • August 2015
      • Article

      Hospital Board and Management Practices Are Strongly Related to Hospital Performance on Clinical Quality Metrics

      By: Thomas C Tsai, Ashish K. Jha, Atul A. Gawande, Robert S. Huckman, Nicholas Bloom and Raffaella Sadun
      National policies to improve health care quality have largely focused on clinical provider outcomes and, more recently, payment reform. Yet the association between hospital leadership and quality, although crucial to driving quality improvement, has not been explored... View Details
      Keywords: Hospitals; Quality; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Practices and Processes; Service Delivery; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
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        Myra M. Hart

        Myra Hart's research focus is high potential entrepreneurship.  She has taught MBA and executive programs, co-chaired the entrepreneurship unit, and led several HBS initiatives. As a founding memberView Details

        Keywords: consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; real estate; retailing
        • 10 Apr 2012
        • First Look

        First Look: April 10

        Instructions for Poppie Santoni, Director Ian LarkinHarvard Business School Case 912-040 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/912040-PDF-ENG New View Details
        Keywords: Carmen Nobel
        • 01 Sep 2009
        • First Look

        First Look: September 1

        experimental study we find that while repetition of interaction has no effect on initial performance, it has a persistent effect on learning. By separately examining the repetition of interaction and repetition of task, our work offers View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace

          Benjamin C. Esty

          Benjamin Esty is the Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Over the years, he has taught a variety of courses ranging from advanced corporate finance and project finance to competitive strategy and leadership. He... View Details

          Keywords: banking; asset management; investment banking industry; consumer products; shipping; wine; financial services

            John A. Quelch

            John A. Quelch is Executive Vice Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Social Science at Duke Kunshan University. He is also John DeButts Professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.  Between 2017 and 2023 he was the Leonard M. Miller University... View Details

            Keywords: advertising; broadcasting; consumer products; e-commerce industry; fashion; fast food; federal government; financial services; food; food processing; health care; high technology; marketing industry; media
            • 22 Sep 2009
            • First Look

            First Look: September 22

            Series, No. 15325, September 2009 Abstract Evidence on the "funding gap" for investment innovation is surveyed. The focus is on financial market reasons for underinvestment that exist even when externality-induced underinvestment is absent. We conclude that... View Details
            Keywords: Martha Lagace

              John F. Batter

              John Batter is a retired Litigation Partner in the Boston Office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP where his practice focussed on on the defense of public and private companies and their directors and management against breach of fiduciary duty claims and... View Details

              • 04 Aug 2003
              • Research & Ideas

              Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

              a new business case called Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance. Shackleton, who died in 1922 at the age of forty-seven, never achieved his goal of traversing the continent of Antarctica. He is... View Details
              Keywords: by Martha Lagace
              • January 2025
              • Case

              Netflix: Takedown Troubles

              By: Clayton S. Rose, Tom Quinn and Maxim Pike Harrell
              In October 2021, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos sent an all-staff email addressing backlash to comedian Dave Chappelle’s new stand-up special, The Closer. Released on October 5, the comedian’s depiction of the transgender community and other LGBTQ+ groups prompted... View Details
              Keywords: Disruption; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Satisfaction; Cost vs Benefits; Demographics; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Leadership; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Strategic Planning; Adaptation; Decisions; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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              • November 2008 (Revised November 2024)
              • Case

              Tottenham Hotspur plc

              By: Lauren H. Cohen, Joshua D. Coval and Christopher J. Malloy
              Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is a publicly-owned professional soccer team based in London, England. The club's chairman, Daniel Levy, is contemplating a significant investment in physical assets, including the development of a new stadium as well as the acquisition... View Details
              Keywords: Valuation; Capital Budgeting; Decision Making; Competency and Skills; Cash Flow; Investment; Buildings and Facilities; Sports; Investment Portfolio; Financial Strategy; Sports Industry; London
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                Ray A. Goldberg

                A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

                ... View Details

                Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; fast food; food; food processing; forest products; grocery; high technology; information; restaurant; retailing; soft drink; textiles; tobacco; transportation; wholesale; wine
                • 24 Sep 2019
                • Blog Post

                Launching a Career in Clean Energy

                out there to all of the industry events sponsored by organizations like Greentown Labs and the New England Clean Energy Council. There’s no shortage of clean energy events in Boston where you can get out and... View Details

                  Samuel L. Hayes

                  Samuel L. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School.  He has taught at the School since 1970, prior to which he was a tenured member of the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He... View Details

                  • August 2003 (Revised October 2003)
                  • Case

                  C&S Wholesale Grocers: Self-Managed Teams

                  By: Thomas J. DeLong, Tejal Mody and David Ager
                  Rick Cohen, president and CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers, is trying to decide whether and how to implement the self-managed teams concept in his warehouse. Eight months earlier, C&S had begun to act as principal wholesaler to A&P throughout New England, a decision that... View Details
                  Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Labor Unions; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution Channels; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; New England
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                  • 03 Jun 2011
                  • Working Paper Summaries

                  Inducement Prizes and Innovation

                  Keywords: by Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner & Tom Nicholas

                    Richard F. Meyer

                    Richard F. Meyer is Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Professor Meyer received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and spent the first ten years of his career in the Management Services Division of Arthur D. Little, Inc., serving as a... View Details