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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Leading Businesses in a Web3 World
Illustration by Daniel Hertzberg Web3 is poised to transform everything we do online by decentralizing and democratizing the internet. That transformation is already underway in the business world: built on blockchain technology that... View Details
- 19 Aug 2011
- News
Educating Business Leaders for a Global Century
- December 6, 2013
- Article
Family Businesses Shouldn't Hunt for Superstar CEOs
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
This article discusses the challenges faced by family businesses when it comes to succession planning, particularly in selecting an outside CEO. It presents a case study of a third-generation family business looking for an external CEO, named "Mr. Wonderful," to manage... View Details
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Family Businesses Shouldn't Hunt for Superstar CEOs." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 6, 2013).
- July 1999 (Revised January 2000)
- Case
Yahoo!: Business on Internet Time
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Jay R. Girotto
In the wake of major competitive moves, CEO Tim Koogle and his senior team at Yahoo!, an Internet portal, must decide whether and how to adjust their strategy. Following deals between AOL and Netscape, Excite and @Home, Infoseek and Disney, and Snap and NBS, Yahoo!... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Organizational Structure; Industry Structures; Internet and the Web; Risk Management; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
Rivkin, Jan W., and Jay R. Girotto. "Yahoo!: Business on Internet Time." Harvard Business School Case 700-013, July 1999. (Revised January 2000.)
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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment
Attendance ClimateCAP : ClimateCAP is an annual event that brings MBA students and industry leaders together to learn what every MBA needs to know about the business implications of climate change. Each... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Algorithmic Foundations for Business Strategy
By: Mihnea Moldoveanu
I introduce algorithmic and meta-algorithmic models for the study of strategic problem solving, aimed at illuminating the processes and procedures by which strategic managers and firms deal with complex problems. These models allow us to explore the relationship... View Details
Moldoveanu, Mihnea. "Algorithmic Foundations for Business Strategy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-036, October 2016.
- July 1995
- Background Note
Managerial Duties and Business Law
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem
Consists of excerpts from Principles of Corporate Governance, a set of legal guidelines that enumerates the principal duties of corporate managers and directors, including fiduciary duty, duty of care, and duty of fair dealing. Also addresses legal obligations relating... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Governance; Retention; Common Law; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Managerial Roles
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Jerry Useem. "Managerial Duties and Business Law." Harvard Business School Background Note 395-244, July 1995.
- October 1984
- Case
NIKE (B1): Business Class Travel
Presents information about Nike's way of accounting for travel expenses. The teaching objective is to raise the academic question: What is a policy? and then to proceed to a specific action question: what should be Nike's travel policy? View Details
Christensen, C. Roland. "NIKE (B1): Business Class Travel." Harvard Business School Case 385-028, October 1984.
- 19 May 2015
- News
Small Business Lending: The World Has Changed
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
HBS Wins Green Business Award
HBS Operations has received a 2010 City of Boston Green Business Award in recognition of the numerous green technologies used at Shad Hall, the School’s fitness and recreation... View Details
- August 2020
- Article
Financial Market Risk Perceptions and the Macroeconomy
By: Carolin E. Pflueger, Emil Siriwardane and Adi Sunderam
We propose a novel measure of risk perceptions: the price of volatile stocks (PVS), defined as the book-to-market ratio of low-volatility stocks minus the book-to-market ratio of high-volatility stocks. PVS is high when perceived risk directly measured from surveys and... View Details
Keywords: Risk-centric Business Cycles; Cross-section Of Equities; Real Risk-free Rate; Real Investment; Financial Markets; Risk and Uncertainty; Perception; Investment
Pflueger, Carolin E., Emil Siriwardane, and Adi Sunderam. "Financial Market Risk Perceptions and the Macroeconomy." Quarterly Journal of Economics 135, no. 3 (August 2020).
- 15 May 2019
- News
The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
- July 1997 (Revised April 2000)
- Background Note
Competition and Business Strategy in Historical Perspective
Describes the contributions of strategic concepts in the business world, and how they came to be influenced by competitive thinking. View Details
Ghemawat, Pankaj. "Competition and Business Strategy in Historical Perspective." Harvard Business School Background Note 798-010, July 1997. (Revised April 2000.)
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For Organizations - Business & Environment
For Organizations For Organizations Find out how to engage with HBS students on environmental topics. How to Get Involved Organizations can connect with MBA students who are knowledgeable and passionate about business and environmental... View Details
- 20 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business with Structured Finance
percent of its revenues came from rating structured finance products, versus the 32 percent of revenues generated from its traditional business View Details
- 16 Jun 2016
- News
What Business Schools Teach About Shareholder Value
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Climate Impact - Business & Environment
and water, rather than fossil fuels, as feedstocks we can use clean electricity to produce all the organic compounds we need.” David Chan MBA 2018 | CCO, Head of Business Development, & Founding Team Member,... View Details