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- March 2022
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Metric
By: Christina Wallace, Rebecca Cink and Maria Lappas
Megan Murday, the founder of Metric, an environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) analytics startup, must decide which customer segment to target as a beachhead market. She received positive feedback from a Swiss venture capital (VC) firm, indicating their... View Details
- November 2018 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Universal Basic Income, Job Guarantees, or None of the Above?
By: William R. Kerr, Reilly Kiernan and Jordan Bach-Lombardo
How can policymakers and business leaders address AI and automation's potential for widespread labor market displacement? This case examines potential policy responses, looking closely at the United States' existing social safety net and the impacts of implementing... View Details
Keywords: UBI; Job Guarantee; Managing The Future Of Work; EITC; Employment; Labor; Social Issues; Income; Government and Politics; Policy; Problems and Challenges
Kerr, William R., Reilly Kiernan, and Jordan Bach-Lombardo. "Universal Basic Income, Job Guarantees, or None of the Above?" Harvard Business School Case 819-035, November 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
- March 1997 (Revised November 2013)
- Case
Purity Steel Corporation, 2012
By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila
Managers introduce a new performance evaluation system based on sales growth and return-on-investment (ROI). A branch manager wonders whether his new warehouse should be leased to mitigate the impact on ROI. Formulas and performance calculations are provided. A... View Details
Keywords: Investment Return; Judgments; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Efficiency; Compensation and Benefits; Salesforce Management; Performance Consistency; Performance Productivity; Steel Industry
Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "Purity Steel Corporation, 2012." Harvard Business School Case 197-082, March 1997. (Revised November 2013.)
- August 2013
- Case
Contempo Technologies, Inc. and Betty Sievers: A Clash of Interests in an Uncertain Time
By: Srikant M. Datar, Michael R. Jaff D.O. and Caitlin N. Bowler
In an era of rapidly evolving systems of health care delivery, the impact on patients, physicians, hospitals, medical device manufacturers and small business owners are often conflicting. This case highlights these conflicts and stressors from all perspectives,... View Details
Datar, Srikant M., Michael R. Jaff D.O., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Contempo Technologies, Inc. and Betty Sievers: A Clash of Interests in an Uncertain Time." Harvard Business School Case 114-009, August 2013.
- 07 Jan 2020
- News
Can Capitalism Be Fixed by Making Companies More Just?
- 19 Mar 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Assessing the Strength of Network Effects in Social Network Platforms
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti
- October 1992
- Supplement
American Connector Co. (B)
By: Gary P. Pisano
Presents a plant manager's proposal to improve operations at American Connector Co. The plan attempts to imitate operations at DJC Corp., a successful Japanese competitor. Requires students to consider how changes in manufacturing impact productivity, flexibility, and... View Details
Pisano, Gary P. "American Connector Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 693-049, October 1992.
- 30 Mar 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Co-Ethnic Hiring in New US Ventures
Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
- 23 Oct 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Opportunistic Returns and Dynamic Pricing: Empirical Evidence from Online Retailing in Emerging Markets
- 04 Oct 2016
- News
Now arriving: Internet of Things
- 28 Feb 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Display Ads Influence Search? Attribution and Dynamics in Online Advertising
- September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (A)
By: Amy J.C. Cuddy, Kyle Todd Doherty and Maarten W. Bos
The case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies Cialdini's principles of social influence to successfully encourage consumers to reduce their energy usage. OPOWER was co-founded in 2008 by two young Harvard graduates, Dan Yates and Alex... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Applications and Software; Attitudes; Entrepreneurship; Energy Conservation; Power and Influence; Growth and Development Strategy; Energy Industry; United States
Cuddy, Amy J.C., Kyle Todd Doherty, and Maarten W. Bos. "OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (A)." Harvard Business School Case 911-016, September 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
- Web
About the Program - Summer Venture in Management
business education. It’s geared towards high-potential college sophomores, juniors, and seniors making an impact in their school or community. The four-day residential experience will expose participants to leadership in business and... View Details
- Web
Application Requirements - Doctoral
Massachusetts Ave. Smith Campus Center 350, Cambridge, MA 02138. Paper test report forms will not be accepted at this address. Accomodations for natural disasters or other extenuating circumstances We realize that recent natural disasters and other extenuating... View Details
- Career Coach
Lauren Weston
Lauren enjoys helping students navigate career paths in investment banking, venture capital/growth equity, and impact investing. In the six years prior to HBS, she worked in a number of roles across capital markets, equity research,... View Details
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
assure that state and local governments can appropriately respond to the digital activities that impact physical realities. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54300 August 2017 Journal of Law & Economics... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2021 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Harambe: Mobilizing Capital in Africa
By: Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Francesco Tronci
Harambe was a non-profit organization whose mission was to build an ecosystem to identify promising young African entrepreneurs and provide them access to training, markets, capital, and support networks. From 2007 to 2021, Harambe had grown to a network of 367... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Model; Strategy; Organizational Structure; Business Startups; Capital; Venture Capital; Social and Collaborative Networks; Networks; Developing Countries and Economies; Emerging Markets; Africa; South Africa
Sikochi, Anywhere (Siko), Dilyana Karadzhova Botha, and Francesco Tronci. "Harambe: Mobilizing Capital in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 122-021, September 2021. (Revised February 2023.)
- 20 Apr 2017
- Cold Call Podcast