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- 30 Dec 2010
- News
A New Model for Corporate Boards
- Article
Valuing Time Over Money Is Associated with Greater Happiness
By: A.V. Whillans, Aaron C. Weidman and Elizabeth W. Dunn
How do the trade-offs that we make about two of our most valuable resources—time and money—shape happiness? While past research has documented the immediate consequences of thinking about time and money, research has not yet examined whether people’s general...
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Whillans, A.V., Aaron C. Weidman, and Elizabeth W. Dunn. "Valuing Time Over Money Is Associated with Greater Happiness." Social Psychological & Personality Science 7, no. 3 (April 2016): 213–222.
- October 2023
- Case
Prime Coalition: Estimating Climate Impact
A case on CRANE, a tool to help investors and green technology companies estimate the future climate impact of new technologies and products, called emissions reduction potential (ERP). The case includes material on CRANE’s methodology for estimating future carbon...
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Keywords:
Carbon Emissions;
Environmental Accounting;
Analysis;
Climate Change;
Green Technology;
Innovation and Invention;
Measurement and Metrics;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Social Enterprise
Rigol, Natalia, Benjamin N. Roth, Brian Trelstad, and Amram Migdal. "Prime Coalition: Estimating Climate Impact." Harvard Business School Case 824-119, October 2023.
- Article
Industrial Ecology and Competitiveness
By: Daniel Esty and Michael E. Porter
In the emerging field of industrial ecology one of the unsettled questions is the degree to which design for the environment, closing energy and materials loops, and other industrial ecology concepts apply at the firm level. In this article we examine this issue with a...
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Keywords:
Competition
Esty, Daniel, and Michael E. Porter. "Industrial Ecology and Competitiveness." Journal of Industrial Ecology 2, no. 1 (January 1998): 35–43.
- 24 Jul 2017
- News
Yes, You Can Buy Happiness-If You Spend It to Save Time
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Lynn S. Paine
My work focuses on boards of directors and corporate governance. I am currently developing new cases and materials for our MBA and Executive offerings in this area and working on a project entitled The Future of Corporate Governance. In addition, I am currently...
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- April 2014
- Tutorial
Conjoint Analysis: Online Tutorial
By: Elie Ofek and Olivier Toubia
The Conjoint Analysis: Online Tutorial is an interactive pedagogical vehicle intended to facilitate understanding of one of the most popular market research methods in academia and practice, namely conjoint analysis. The aim is to provide students or executives going...
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- Teaching Interest
Overview
Luciana has taught in front of MBA, Master of International Business and Economics, and Executive Education students. At HBS, she was a teaching fellow in "Managing Innovation" (taught in the MBA program by Professor Karim Lakhani) and co-developed most teaching...
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- 21 Mar 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Voluntary, Self-Regulatory, and Mandatory Disclosure of Oil and Gas Company Payments to Foreign Governments
- December 2007 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
General Mills (A)
By: Raymond V. Gilmartin, Marco Iansiti and Bianca Buccitelli
General Mills is an 80-year-old company that specializes in consumer foods such as cereal, snacks, baking, and dinner products. Although General Mills is, on the whole, a very successful company, they have, in the recent past, had to face challenges as a result the...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Change Management;
Cost Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Inflation and Deflation;
Price;
Consumer Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Gilmartin, Raymond V., Marco Iansiti, and Bianca Buccitelli. "General Mills (A)." Harvard Business School Case 608-004, December 2007. (Revised July 2008.)
- October 1999 (Revised May 2001)
- Background Note
Japanese Financial System, The: From Postwar to the New Millennium
Describes the development of the Japanese financial system, from extensive regulation and fund allocation through administrative guidance in the 1950s to the banking crisis and legal and structural reorganization in the 1990s. Special emphasis is on the processes of...
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Schaede, Ulrike. "Japanese Financial System, The: From Postwar to the New Millennium." Harvard Business School Background Note 700-049, October 1999. (Revised May 2001.)
- 19 Oct 2021
- News
“No-Code” Miracle for Startups
- September 2017 (Revised March 2023)
- Background Note
Production Processes
By: Willy Shih and Michael W. Toffel
This note describes four broad categories of process architectures and then examines the nature of task assignment that typically would be found in a factory organized along the lines of each process type. It then delves more deeply into work flow policies, materials...
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Keywords:
Production Management;
Production Planning;
Production Scheduling;
Process Analysis;
Process Maps;
Processing Times;
Process Improvement;
Production;
Management;
Product;
Consumer Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Shih, Willy, and Michael W. Toffel. "Production Processes." Harvard Business School Background Note 618-023, September 2017. (Revised March 2023.)
- November 2019 (Revised April 2020)
- Technical Note
The Life Sciences Revolution: A Technical Primer
By: Gary P. Pisano, William J. Anderson, Amitabh Chandra, Clarissa Ceruti and Stephanie Oestreich
For more than two decades, scientific advances have been driving profound changes in drug discovery and the drug industry itself. This case provides an overview and description of these technical and scientific advances. Written for the nonscientific reader, it may be...
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Keywords:
Science;
Technological Innovation;
Technology;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Biotechnology Industry
Pisano, Gary P., William J. Anderson, Amitabh Chandra, Clarissa Ceruti, and Stephanie Oestreich. "The Life Sciences Revolution: A Technical Primer." Harvard Business School Technical Note 620-054, November 2019. (Revised April 2020.)
- 27 Jul 2022
- News
Making the Case: Behind the Scenes of Case Writing
- June 2016
- Teaching Plan
Terrapin Laboratory
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Andrew Otazo
This teaching plan accompanies the case "Terrapin Laboratory," HBS No. 315-098. That case describes the formation and rapid growth of a drug testing company. The company needs to decide whether to enter the painkiller testing market, in addition to growing its drug...
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- 2017
- Working Paper
Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey
Using survey data from a sample of senior investment professionals from mainstream (i.e., not SRI funds) investment organizations, we provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. The primary reason...
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Keywords:
Investment Management;
Sustainability;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
Investment Fund;
Investment Strategy;
Corporate Accountability;
Activist Shareholder;
Engagement;
Environment;
Climate Change;
Customers;
Customer Satisfaction;
Employee Engagement;
Global Warming;
Investment;
Decision Making;
Environmental Sustainability;
Performance Expectations
Serafeim, Georgios. "Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-079, February 2017.
- October 2012
- Supplement
Vodafone's Position in the Wireless Telecom Industry in 2001
By: Juan Alcacer
Instructors may use the supplementary material "Vodafone's Position in the Wireless Telecom Industry in 2001" to demonstrate noticeable differences across countries in terms of: (1) WTP (suggested by the striking differences in ARPU); (2) payment methods (pre-paid vs....
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Keywords:
Telecommunications;
Information Technology;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Telecommunications Industry;
Japan
Alcacer, Juan. "Vodafone's Position in the Wireless Telecom Industry in 2001." Harvard Business School PowerPoint Supplement 713-437, October 2012.
- May 1987 (Revised June 1987)
- Background Note
Note on Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)
By: David A. Garvin
Describes Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II), a production technique designed to couple business and financial plans with manufacturing plans. It is an important tool for aligning manufacturing with a company's overall strategy and goals. Describes MRPII,...
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Keywords:
Design;
Finance;
Surveys;
Goals and Objectives;
Resource Allocation;
Production;
Mission and Purpose;
Strategic Planning;
Business Strategy
Garvin, David A. "Note on Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)." Harvard Business School Background Note 687-097, May 1987. (Revised June 1987.)
- 15 Feb 2012
- News