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      • September 2025
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      Organizational Emplacement as a Response to Digital Threat: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores

      By: Ryan Raffaelli and Ryann Noe
      This study reveals how incumbent actors leverage physical place as source of differentiation in response to the threat of digital commoditization. Through a longitudinal, qualitative analysis of the U.S. independent bookselling industry from 1995 to 2019, we outline... View Details
      Keywords: Retail; Place Making; Bookstores; Industry Evolution; Digital; Commoditization; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Digital Transformation; E-commerce; Distribution Channels; Civil Society or Community; Value Creation; Retail Industry
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      Raffaelli, Ryan, and Ryann Noe. "Organizational Emplacement as a Response to Digital Threat: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores." Administrative Science Quarterly 70, no. 3 (September 2025): 772–820.
      • July–August 2025
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      Case Study: Do We Reskill or Replace Our Workforce?

      By: William Kerr
      To remain competitive in the internet-of-things era, should the CEO of SolidTech Innovations, a fictional elevator company, invest a lot of money in reskilling its entire staff? The industry is moving from hardware to software in the form of smart, connected elevators.... View Details
      Keywords: Training; Competency and Skills; Employees; Change Management; Leading Change
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      Kerr, William. "Case Study: Do We Reskill or Replace Our Workforce?" Harvard Business Review 103, no. 4 (July–August 2025): 141–145.
      • 2025
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      Concise Business Guide to Climate Change: What Managers, Executives, and Students Need to Know

      By: J. Gunnar Trumbull
      Understanding the ground rules of climate change for business.

      Climate has changed the game for businesses around the world. With climate-related disasters costing billions in damages and public pressure rising, over a hundred nations joined... View Details
      Keywords: Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business or Company Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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      Trumbull, J. Gunnar. Concise Business Guide to Climate Change: What Managers, Executives, and Students Need to Know. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2025.
      • July 2025
      • Case

      Toilets for the Underserved: The SURT Commercialization Challenge

      By: Maria P. Roche, Anne Marie Knott and Alexander Oettl
      In 2021, a breakthrough in sanitation technology developed under the Gates Foundation’s “Reinvent the Toilet” initiative stood ready for commercialization. The Single User Reinvented Toilet (SURT), engineered by Dr. Shannon Yee, offered an off-grid, self-contained... View Details
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Social Issues; Social Enterprise; Public Sector; Private Sector; Market Entry and Exit; Strategic Planning; Engineering; Infrastructure; Innovation Strategy; Utilities Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; South Africa; India; France
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      Roche, Maria P., Anne Marie Knott, and Alexander Oettl. "Toilets for the Underserved: The SURT Commercialization Challenge." Harvard Business School Case 726-369, July 2025.
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      Using Gen AI for Early-Stage Market Research

      By: James Brand, Ayelet Israeli and Donald Ngwe
      Generative AI, particularly large language models (LLMs), offers a promising new tool for early-stage market research by simulating customer responses to product concepts. This can allow companies to draw conclusions similar to those they’d obtain by surveying... View Details
      Keywords: Large Language Models; Large Language Model; Generative Ai; Artificial Intelligence; Market Research; Research; Marketing; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Customers; Consumer Behavior; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
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      Brand, James, Ayelet Israeli, and Donald Ngwe. "Using Gen AI for Early-Stage Market Research." Harvard Business Review (website) (July 18, 2025).
      • July 2025
      • Case

      Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.: The Business Behind Video Gaming’s Biggest Hits

      By: Anita Elberse, Madden Osei and Sophia Smith
      On May 15, 2025, Strauss Zelnick, chairman and chief executive officer of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (‘Take- Two’) sees his company’s stock price reach an all-time high, reflecting a market cap well over $40 billion. Under his leadership, Take-Two had grown... View Details
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      Elberse, Anita, Madden Osei, and Sophia Smith. "Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.: The Business Behind Video Gaming’s Biggest Hits." Harvard Business School Case 526-011, July 2025.
      • 2025
      • Working Paper

      In Privacy We Trust: The Effect of Privacy Regulations on Data Sharing Behavior

      By: Ozge Demirci, Ayelet Israeli and Eva Ascarza
      This paper studies the impact of privacy policies on consumer data-sharing behavior, focusing on policy changes in California and Virginia that took effect in 2023. Using data from a leading customer engagement app in the United States, where users upload shopping... View Details
      Keywords: Privacy; Privacy Regulation; Data Sharing; Digital Platforms; Policy; Surveys; Behavior; Public Opinion; California; Virginia
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      Demirci, Ozge, Ayelet Israeli, and Eva Ascarza. "In Privacy We Trust: The Effect of Privacy Regulations on Data Sharing Behavior." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 26-001, July 2025.
      • July 2025
      • Supplement

      Meghna Modi at Revlon India: Leading with a Bold Purpose (B)

      By: Aiyesha Dey and Sarah Sasso
      This follow-up case is about Meghna Modi, the CEO of struggling cosmetics company Revlon India, and the actions she takes as she tries to both turn the company around and integrate her personal purpose into her work. Influenced by her own life struggles, Modi feels... View Details
      Keywords: Culture; Leadership Development; Corporate Strategy; Management; Performance; Personal Development and Career; Consumer Products Industry; Asia; India; Delhi
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      Dey, Aiyesha, and Sarah Sasso. "Meghna Modi at Revlon India: Leading with a Bold Purpose (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 126-023, July 2025.
      • July 3, 2025
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      A New Framework for Reducing Healthcare Disparities

      By: Susanna Gallani, Mary Lynch Witkowski, Lidia M. V. R. Moura and Katie Sonnefeldt
      Despite decades of initiatives to address healthcare inequities in the U.S., disparities across race, gender, geography, and income remain stubbornly persistent. This article introduces the Strategic Fingerprint Framework for Health Equity, a practical, principle-based... View Details
      Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Demographics; Outcome or Result; Health Care and Treatment; Framework; Health Industry
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      Gallani, Susanna, Mary Lynch Witkowski, Lidia M. V. R. Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt. "A New Framework for Reducing Healthcare Disparities." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (July 3, 2025).
      • 2025
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      Designing Consent: Choice Architecture and Consumer Welfare in Data Sharing

      By: Chiara Farronato, Audrey Fradkin and Tesary Lin
      We study the welfare consequences of choice architecture for online privacy using a field experiment that randomizes cookie consent banners. We study three ways in which firms or policymakers can influence choices: (1) nudging users through banner design to encourage... View Details
      Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Decision Choices and Conditions; Welfare; Policy
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      Farronato, Chiara, Audrey Fradkin, and Tesary Lin. "Designing Consent: Choice Architecture and Consumer Welfare in Data Sharing." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 34025, July 2025.
      • July 2025
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      No Free Lunch? Welfare Analysis of Firms Selling Through Expert Intermediaries

      By: Matt Grennan, Kyle R. Myers, Ashley Swanson and Aaron Chatterji
      We study how firms target and influence expert intermediaries. In our context, pharmaceutical manufacturers provide payments to physicians during promotional interactions. We develop an identification strategy based on plausibly exogenous variation in payments driven... View Details
      Keywords: Duopoly and Oligopoly; Marketing Channels; Power and Influence; Policy; Outcome or Result; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Grennan, Matt, Kyle R. Myers, Ashley Swanson, and Aaron Chatterji. "No Free Lunch? Welfare Analysis of Firms Selling Through Expert Intermediaries." Review of Economic Studies 92, no. 4 (July 2025): 2537–2577.
      • July 2025
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      On the Economic Origins of Concerns Over Women’s Chastity

      By: Anke Becker
      This paper studies the origins and function of customs and norms that intend to keep women from being promiscuous. Using large-scale survey data from more than 100 countries, I test the anthropological theory that a particular form of preindustrial... View Details
      Keywords: Infibulation; Female Sexuality; Paternity Uncertainty; Concern About Women's Chastity; Pastoralism; Economic Anthropology; History; Gender; Social Issues; Culture
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      Becker, Anke. "On the Economic Origins of Concerns Over Women’s Chastity." Review of Economic Studies 92, no. 4 (July 2025): 2303–2329.
      • July–August 2025
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      Passion Penalizes Women and Advantages (Unexceptional) Men in High-Potential Designations

      By: Joyce He, Jon M. Jachimowicz and Celia Moore
      High potential programs offer a swift path up the corporate ladder for those who secure a place on them. However, the evaluation of “potential” occurs under considerable uncertainty, creating fertile ground for gender bias. We document that men are more likely than... View Details
      Keywords: Passion; Potential; Gender; Motivation and Incentives; Performance; Talent and Talent Management
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      He, Joyce, Jon M. Jachimowicz, and Celia Moore. "Passion Penalizes Women and Advantages (Unexceptional) Men in High-Potential Designations." Organization Science 36, no. 4 (July–August 2025): 1438–1465.
      • July 2025
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      Reputation Burning: Analyzing the Impact of Brand Sponsorship on Social Influencers

      By: Mengjie Cheng and Shunyuan Zhang
      The growth of the influencer marketing industry warrants an empirical examination of the effect of posting sponsored videos on influencers' reputations. We collected a novel dataset of user-generated YouTube videos created by prominent English-speaking influencers in... View Details
      Keywords: Reputation; Mathematical Methods; Marketing Reference Programs; Social Media; Brands and Branding
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      Cheng, Mengjie, and Shunyuan Zhang. "Reputation Burning: Analyzing the Impact of Brand Sponsorship on Social Influencers." Management Science 71, no. 7 (July 2025): 5910–5932.
      • June 2025
      • Case

      The Value of Art on Campus as a Vision for Educating Leaders Who Make a Difference

      By: James Riley, Alexis Lefort and Helen Yap
      This case explores the debate surrounding the installation of a large contemporary sculpture, Inés by Jaume Plensa, at Harvard Business School under the leadership of Dean Nitin Nohria. Set in 2016, the case examines the role of physical campus design and public art in... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; United States
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      Riley, James, Alexis Lefort, and Helen Yap. "The Value of Art on Campus as a Vision for Educating Leaders Who Make a Difference." Harvard Business School Case 425-110, June 2025.
      • Summer 2025
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      Does Marriage Have a Future?

      By: Debora L. Spar and Aryanna Garber
      The article explores how technology is reshaping the institution of marriage, highlighting significant changes in societal norms and personal relationships. It discusses the decline in marriage rates in industrialized nations, particularly Japan and the United States,... View Details
      Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Technology Adoption; Society; Transformation; Emotions
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      Spar, Debora L., and Aryanna Garber. "Does Marriage Have a Future?" New Atlantis: A Journal of Technology & Society 81 (Summer 2025): 20–33.
      • June 2025
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      Kevin Love and the Kevin Love Fund: Inspiring People to Live Their Healthiest Lives

      By: Anita Elberse and Riyanka Ganguly
      In March 2025, professional basketball player Kevin Love learned the latest numbers for what was to date the most eye-catching initiative of his foundation, the Kevin Love Fund: a mental health campaign revolving around a short, animated film—The Spider Within: A... View Details
      Keywords: Entertainment; Media; Sports; Health & Wellness; Campaigns; Partnerships; Animation Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Partners and Partnerships; Prejudice and Bias; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Well-being; Social Issues; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Sports Industry
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      Elberse, Anita, and Riyanka Ganguly. "Kevin Love and the Kevin Love Fund: Inspiring People to Live Their Healthiest Lives." Harvard Business School Case 525-055, June 2025.
      • June 2025
      • Case

      TagHive: Edtech Pricing and Distributor Decisions

      By: Isamar Troncoso, Frank V. Cespedes and Stacy Straaberg
      Education technology (edtech) company TagHive, founded in 2017, used a direct sales team and third-party distributors to sell its Class Saathi hardware and software solution to 300 clients, mainly primary and secondary schools in India. The product aimed to improve... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Social Marketing; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Adoption; Teaching; Price; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Satisfaction; Growth and Development; Technological Innovation; AI and Machine Learning; Applications and Software; Distribution Channels; Sales; Reputation; Education Industry; Technology Industry; India; South Korea
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      Troncoso, Isamar, Frank V. Cespedes, and Stacy Straaberg. "TagHive: Edtech Pricing and Distributor Decisions." Harvard Business School Case 525-001, June 2025.
      • 2025
      • Working Paper

      How Firms Respond to Worker Activism: Evidence from Global Supply Chains

      By: Yanhua Bird, Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
      Social movement pressures can lead organizations to concede and improve social performance to avoid disruption costs, but we theorize that such responses evoke concession costs that prompt organizations to shift resources and attention from other social domains whose... View Details
      Keywords: Worker Activism; Labor Standards; Tradeoffs; Global Supply Chains; Internal Governance Structure; Public Opinion; Supply Chain; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Working Conditions
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      Bird, Yanhua, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel. "How Firms Respond to Worker Activism: Evidence from Global Supply Chains." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-061, June 2025.
      • 2025
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      Pushing the Envelope: The Effects of Salary Negotiations

      By: Zoë B. Cullen, Bobak Pakzad-Hurson and Ricardo Perez-Truglia
      Salary negotiations are a widespread phenomenon that can shape key labor market outcomes, such as welfare and inequality. We provide novel empirical and theoretical insights into the causes and consequences of salary negotiations. We conducted two field experiments... View Details
      Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Negotiation; Policy; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Welfare
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      Cullen, Zoë B., Bobak Pakzad-Hurson, and Ricardo Perez-Truglia. "Pushing the Envelope: The Effects of Salary Negotiations." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 33903, June 2025.
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