Publications

January 2011 (Revised July 2011)
Case

Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (A)

By: David F. Hawkins

The IASB and FASB propose new contingency loss recognition, measurement, and disclosure rules (A case). The B and C cases apply these proposals to British Petroleum's Mexican Gulf oil spill and Union Carbide's Bhophal gas discharge. View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Trade; International Finance; Standards; Strength and Weakness; Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Energy Industry; India

03 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 3, 2007

management team is wondering if it can take more control of distribution instead of leaving it to the Bordeaux wine merchants. Also, can the Chateau build marketing and sales capabilities on its own? Who is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2021
Government Testimony

How Health Care Consolidation Is Contributing to Higher Prices and Spending, and Reforms That Could Bolster Antitrust Enforcement and Preserve and Promote Competition in Health Care Markets

By: Leemore S. Dafny

Reforms to antitrust law and enforcement can help to address rising healthcare prices and spending. View Details

Keywords: Antitrust Law; Health Care and Treatment; Consolidation; Price; Spending; Cost Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; United States

Read Now

March 2012 (Revised February 2013)
Background Note

The Hybrid Vehicle Market

By: Michael W. Toffel and Nazli Z. Uludere Aragon

This note describes the hybrid electic vehicle market, the results of different automaker strategies, and the environmental regulatory issues that can promote or inhibit market growth in the United States. Introduces students to the technologies and regulatory aspects... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Product Development; Information Technology; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Japan; United States

01 Dec 2008
News

Innovation as P&G’s Key

every level, and effectively manage risk. At Honeywell, for example, the Automation and Control Solutions business relies on a homegrown Velocity Portfolio Manager software... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

20 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

the Academy of Management Journal. The paper was featured in the Best Paper Proceedings of the 2004 Academy of Management Conference and of the 2003 Babson-Kauffman Research Conference. Sarah Jane Gilbert:... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

28 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 28, 2008

months after the initial filing. We show that firms that are targeted by activists are more likely to get acquired than those in a control sample. Finally, we show that the portfolios managed by activist... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Leveraging Academic Opportunities to Attain My Post-HBS Job

Reporting and Control (FRC) professor, Jonas Heese, to write a case about stock-based compensation, and actually got to work with Twitter’s CFO as part of the process. Independent Projects are flexible arrangements that allow students to... View Details

08 May 2015
News

An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society

world’s largest corporations has created an opportunity for managers to consider the interests of a broader set of stakeholders. The role of the corporation in society can be a function of the larger economic, social, and political... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot

When Mayfield Fund Managing Director Raj Kapoor (MBA 1996), the cofounder and former CEO of Snapfish and fitmob, joined Lyft as chief strategy officer in 2016, he was intent on finding ways to reduce human impact on climate change. The... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

and bargaining tactics. Harvard Business School professor Deepak Malhotra advises negotiators to resolve process before substance, set expectations, map out the negotiation space, and control the frame. By following those steps, View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Web

Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog

manage a multi-business corporation?" to engender entrepreneurship and adaptability while maintaining control and realizing economies. All companies, whether large, diversified multinationals or small... View Details

29 May 2006
Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

and the needs of his or her new employer.Not all managers are equally suited to all business situations. The strategic skills required to control costs in the face of fierce price competition are not the... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment

November 2023 (Revised March 2024)
Technical Note

Customer Data Privacy

By: Eva Ascarza and Ta-Wei Huang

This note provides an overview of the evolving landscape of customer data privacy in 2023. It highlights two pivotal aspects that make privacy a central concern for businesses: building and maintaining customer trust and navigating the intricate regulatory... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Risk and Uncertainty; Reputation; Trust; Information Management; Retail Industry; Technology Industry; Financial Services Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Europe; United States

Web

Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

architecture. Scaling a business, particularly into new geographical markets or product categories, involves addressing cultural, administrative, and economic tradeoffs. Successful leadership in these scenarios requires managers who are... View Details

Web

Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog

appropriate for: Marketing professionals charged with creating, nurturing, and managing brand value; Entrepreneurs looking to create their own brands in the consumer/retail space; Consumer/retail general View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

How to Fix Wall Street

and ethical performance. The first step should be a rigorous, top-to-bottom review of the firm’s decision-making and management with a special focus on its pay systems, information flows, control functions,... View Details

Keywords: Lynn Paine; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

April 2008
Case

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (A)

By: Paul W. Marshall, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong

In late November 2000, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., the once-monopolized telecom operator owned by the Taiwanese government, was on its way to privatization. Mr. C.K. Mao, Chairman of the company, who headed the job only three months earlier, after its prior chairman... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Employee Relationship Management; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Privatization; Competition; Telecommunications Industry; Taiwan