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PLD Module 5

organization's success. Key Benefits Viewing your leadership approach through a wider lens, you will be better prepared to navigate complex business challenges and future career transitions. PLD Module 5 not only expands your leadership... View Details
  • August 2023 (Revised March 2024)
  • Case

Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)

By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal
The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The... View Details
Keywords: Dairy Industry; Business Earnings; Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Making; Decisions; Voting; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Pollution; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Financial Strategy; Price; Profit; Revenue; Food; Geopolitical Units; Global Strategy; Ownership Type; Cooperative Ownership; Performance Efficiency; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Natural Environment; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Cooperation; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe; United Kingdom; European Union; Germany; Denmark; Sweden; Luxembourg; Belgium
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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
    • Case

    Engine No.1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil

    By: Mark Kramer, Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi and T. Robert Zochowski
    ExxonMobil, the world's fifth largest source of carbon emissions, remained committed to aggressively expanding its oil & gas business despite global warming. During the COVID pandemic this strategy resulted in massive losses as the price and demand for oil declined. ... View Details
    Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Global Warming; Impact Investment Funds; Hedge Fund Activism; Leadership Development; Business Model; Renewable Energy; Resource Allocation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards
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    • 28 Jul 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: July 28, 2015

    Publications In press Chap. 1 in Business Models and Modelling The Business Model: Nature and Benefits By: Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and John... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 13 Jul 2023
    • News

    The Network Effect

    Karan Mathur (left) and Dina Model (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Karan Mathur (left) and Dina Model (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Dina Model and Karan Mathur (both MBA 2015) met through mutual friends during their first year at HBS, neither was envisioning a... View Details
    • Program

    Making Corporate Boards More Effective

    into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend This program is designed to meet the needs of board members, chairs, and directors of publicly traded and other established companies. This program is not a fit for... View Details
    • 18 Dec 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

    accounting and discuss the intended purposes of the balance sheet and income statement (with particular attention to net income). Students will also have a chance to review the business model of Berkshire... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • June 2018
    • Article

    Cost of Experimentation and the Evolution of Venture Capital

    By: Michael Ewens, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
    We study how technological shocks to the cost of starting new businesses have led the venture capital model to adapt in fundamental ways over the prior decade. We both document and provide a framework to understand the changes in the investment strategy of VCs in... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation; Investing; Abandonment Option; Technological Innovation; Venture Capital; Investment
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    • January 2019 (Revised November 2020)
    • Case

    Ribbon Home: iBacking for Real Estate

    By: Marco Di Maggio and Sarah Gulick
    In November 2018, Shaival Shah, the founder and CEO of Ribbon Home had to decide on the next steps for the company. Ribbon had introduced a program that backs consumers with cash offers without creating a loan structure in order to help them compete with iBuyers, such... View Details
    Keywords: Consumers; Real Estate; Property; Finance; Digital Platforms; Business Model; Decision Making; Real Estate Industry; Technology Industry
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    • 16 Jul 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision

    should purchase the used Toyota Camry. How consumers weigh those decisions is crucial information for retailers, and is the subject of recent research by Harvard Business School doctoral candidates Todd Rogers and Katy Milkman, in... View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Retail; Entertainment & Recreation
    • July 2001 (Revised August 2002)
    • Case

    Jamcracker

    Jamcracker, a well-financed, young company is attempting to transform how IT services are delivered during a period of high-tech pessimism. Jamcracker is trying to popularize an "application service provider" (ASP) model of service delivery that will, if successful,... View Details
    Keywords: Service Delivery; Information Technology; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry
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    Students on the Job Market - Doctoral

    it does not have its intended effect of reducing only myopic repurchases. Efficient repurchases decline at least as much as myopic repurchases. Faculty Advisor(s): Charles C.Y. Wang (Chair), Jonas Heese , and Aiyesha Dey Curriculum Vitae | Website | Email View Details
    • September 2007 (Revised January 2009)
    • Case

    Reading Rehabilitation Hospital: Implementing Patient-Focused Care (A) (Abridged)

    By: Roy D. Shapiro
    Reading Rehab Hospital has experimented with a popular concept in health care--patient-focused care--intended to increase quality and reduce costs by organizing care delivery around particular diagnoses or "service lines," rather than around the functions or... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Quality; Cost; Management Practices and Processes; Business Strategy; Service Delivery; Health Industry
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    • 14 Dec 2021
    • Op-Ed

    To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to Change the Culture

    insulted and angry. But Twitter hasn’t backed down from the idea and has even promoted Davis. Employee dissatisfaction, the company said, is sometimes the cost of shaking things up. "Culture gets changed by doing real work in line with the new strategy, a new... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Beer
    • Research Summary

    Cross-Boundary Coordination and Airline Performance

    In the context of global airline alliances, this study explores how organizations engaged in partnerships for service delivery achieve coordination with each other. We will assess the impact of both cross-functional and cross-organizational coordination on the quality... View Details

      Cognizant 2.0: Embedding Community and Knowledge Into Work Processes

      Knowledge management has been a high priority for Cognizant Technology Solutions since its inception since its global delivery model requires the global sharing of knowledge. Its first major tool was called the Knowledge Management Appliance but as Web 2.0 tools came... View Details
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      Strategy - Faculty & Research

      the academic study of strategy and related disciplines. Recent Publications How a Company’s Ownership Model Shapes the Mistakes It Makes By: Josh Baron February 21, 2025 | Article | Harvard Business Review... View Details
      • Program

      Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

      Summary Market-leading organizations must constantly innovate, adjust to new business conditions, and seize opportunities before competitors do. Focused on leading organizational change, this program explores how to create a nimble... View Details
      • Web

      Managing the Future of Work

      abilities in others. This shift demands a fundamental rethinking of organizational structure, how businesses approach talent management, and how individuals navigate their careers. Data And Technology In Action: Community Colleges... View Details