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    Luis M. Viceira

    Luis M. Viceira is the George E. Bates Professor in the Finance Unit  and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research, course development, and teaching focus on the areas of investment management... View Details

    Keywords: banking; education industry; financial services; nonprofit industry; retail financial services
    • November 2020 (Revised March 2023)
    • Teaching Note

    Unrest in Chile

    By: Vincent Pons, John Masko, Rafael Di Tella and William Mullins
    In 2020, Chileans would head to the ballot box to decide their country’s future. Many international observers credited Chile’s decades of neoliberal governance with turning the country into Latin America’s “Tiger,” a prosperous, diversified economy on its way to... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Macroeconomics; Economy; Political Elections; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Equality and Inequality; System Shocks; Chile; Latin America
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    • December 2013
    • Case

    Clique Pens: The Writing Implements Division of U.S. Home

    By: Frank V. Cespedes and James Kindley
    The Clique Pens Writing Implements division of U.S. Home is a manufacturer of a full line of pens, pencils, markers, and art supplies. Despite solid sales, division president Elise Ferguson has seen gross margins drop from 42% in 2010 to just over 36% in 2012 as a... View Details
    Keywords: Production; Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Compensation and Benefits; Sales; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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    • July 2008 (Revised August 2008)
    • Case

    In-Vitro Fertilization: Outcomes Measurement

    By: Michael E. Porter, Saquib Rahim and Benjamin Chung-Shi Tsai
    As of 2007, there were very few examples of widespread measurement and reporting of health outcomes, a critical quality measure. In-vitro fertilization clinics have been required to report their patient's health outcomes since 1995. The protagonist of the case, Dr.... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Measurement and Metrics; Operations; Outcome or Result; Health Industry; Cleveland
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    • 06 Mar 2019
    • News

    Reimagining Capitalism

    • 30 Mar 2016
    • News

    Why It's Time For Boards To Take A Stand On Sustainability

    • 12 Feb 2015
    • Video

    Collective Genius

      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
      • February 2013
      • Article

      An Activity-Generating Theory of Regulation

      By: Joshua Schwartzstein and Andrei Shleifer
      We propose an activity-generating theory of regulation. When courts make errors, tort litigation becomes unpredictable and as such imposes risk on firms, thereby discouraging entry, innovation, and other socially desirable activity. When social returns to activity are... View Details
      Keywords: Courts and Trials; Lawsuits and Litigation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Theory
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      • 01 Jan 2006
      • News

      • 04 May 2021
      • News

      Best Buy Savior Hubert Joly Details a New Approach to Leadership

      • Teaching Interest

      Harvard Business Analytics Program

      By: Michael L. Tushman

      The Harvard Business Analytics Program is offered through a collaboration between Harvard Business School (HBS), the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).

      Designed for... View Details

      • September 29, 2023
      • Article

      Eliminating Algorithmic Bias Is Just the Beginning of Equitable AI

      By: Simon Friis and James Riley
      When it comes to artificial intelligence and inequality, algorithmic bias rightly receives a lot of attention. But it’s just one way that AI can lead to inequitable outcomes. To truly create equitable AI, we need to consider three forces through which it might make... View Details
      Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Prejudice and Bias; Equality and Inequality
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      The Significance and Consequences of Financial Models - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

      institutions in the financial world. Robert Merton's many honors include acknowledgments by the broader and more distant academic and scientific communities. In addition to being a Fellow of the American... View Details
      • 09 Oct 2013
      • News

      Why business can be good at solving social problems

      • August 2022
      • Case

      SuperRare: Turning an NFT Marketplace into a DAO

      By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Scott Duke Kominers and Amy Klopfenstein
      In June 2021, John Crain and Jonathan Perkins, the founders of SuperRare, a marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), contemplate whether to transform their company into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). Crain and Perkins founded SuperRare in 2018 to... View Details
      Keywords: NFTs; Crypto Economy; Alternative Assets; DAOs; Arts; Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Finance; Currency; Investment; Markets; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Demand and Consumers; Network Effects; Market Design; Market Transactions; Market Timing; Web Services Industry; North and Central America; United States
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      • 08 Oct 2024
      • Video

      Can capitalism adapt to a changing world?

        John A. Deighton

        John Deighton is The Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is an authority on consumer behavior and marketing, with a focus on digital and direct marketing. He teaches in the area of Big Data in Marketing,... View Details

        Keywords: advertising; banking; beverage; communications; computer; consumer products; credit card; e-commerce industry; financial services; grocery; hotels ＆ motels; information technology industry; marketing industry; music; pharmaceuticals; professional services

          Andy Zelleke

          Andy Zelleke is the MBA Class of 1962 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. A member of the General Management unit, he is the Faculty Chair of HBS’ Middle East & North Africa Research Center.

          Since Spring 2021, Dr. Zelleke has taught “Unpacking... View Details

          Keywords: federal government; professional services; defense; financial services
          • 31 Oct 2007
          • HBS Case

          Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs

          What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In "UBS and Climate Change—Warming Up to Global Action?" Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor Forest Reinhardt present the... View Details
          Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities