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- August 2011 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (A)
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Amy Kaser
The case details the conflict between Mike Mayo, an influential banking analyst and Citigroup about what Mayo considers aggressive accounting policies. Mike Mayo questions Citigroup's lack of a valuation allowance against their Deferred Tax Assets despite Citi's recent...
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Taxation;
Capital;
Financial Reporting;
Corporate Disclosure;
Valuation;
Banks and Banking;
Financial Strategy;
Money;
Conflict Management;
Capital Budgeting;
Asset Management;
Banking Industry
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Amy Kaser. "Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (A)." Harvard Business School Case 112-025, August 2011. (Revised July 2012.)
- June 2002
- Background Note
Complexity Theory and Negotiation
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
This case highlights an application of current thoughts in complexity science to negotiation theory. It emphasizes a provocative approach that questions much of traditional negotiation research thus far. The case explains the roots of complexity science and some broad...
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Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "Complexity Theory and Negotiation." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-230, June 2002.
- 18 Feb 2016
- News
Should Yellen Be the Central Banker to the World?
Gary P. Pisano
Gary Pisano is the Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School where he has been on the faculty since 1988. From 2018-2023, Pisano was Harvard Business School’s Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Promotion and... View Details
Philippe van der Beck
Philippe van der Beck is an Assistant Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Finance I course in the MBA required curriculum. Philippe’s research interests are in empirical asset pricing, sustainable finance, and structural estimation....
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- Article
What Really Motivates Workers
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steve J. Kramer
This essay appears in "The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2010," which is compiled by this journal in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. The ten problems and the innovative solutions are discussed in each essay. This particular essay describes research...
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Keywords:
Problems and Challenges;
Innovation and Invention;
Research;
Performance Improvement;
Managerial Roles;
Motivation and Incentives;
Creativity
Amabile, Teresa M., and Steve J. Kramer. "What Really Motivates Workers." Harvard Business Review 88, nos. 1/2 (January–February 2010): 44–45. (#1 in Breakthrough Ideas for 2010.)
- November 2020
- Case
Valuing Celgene's CVR
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
When Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) acquired Celgene Corporation in November 2019, Celgene shareholders received cash, BMS stock, and a contingent value right (CVRs) that would pay $9 if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved three of Celgene’s late stage...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Value;
Valuation;
Judgments;
Decision Making;
Cash Flow;
Financial Instruments;
Cognition and Thinking;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Daniel Fisher. "Valuing Celgene's CVR." Harvard Business School Case 221-031, November 2020.
- 18 Nov 2019
- Video
Adi Godrej
Adi Godrej, head of the India-based consumer products Godrej Group, discusses changing economic policies from the 1960s to liberalization in 1991, and the effects these policies had on business and economic...
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- November 2007 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
Allston: Brand vs. Architecture
By: Andre F. Perold, Arthur I Segel and Christopher M. Gordon
Harvard President Lawrence Summers had presided over the final interviews of world-renowned architects being considered for the science complex planned for Harvard's expanded campus in Allston. The selection process had absorbed nine months in 2005 and amplified the...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Brands and Branding;
Design;
Urban Development;
Selection and Staffing;
Construction Industry;
Boston
Perold, Andre F., Arthur I Segel, and Christopher M. Gordon. "Allston: Brand vs. Architecture." Harvard Business School Case 208-079, November 2007. (Revised March 2009.)
- 16 May 2011
- Other Presentation
Chilean Competitiveness: Ready for the Next Stage?
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, including, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development," in The Global Competitiveness Report, (World Economic Forum),...
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Porter, Michael E. "Chilean Competitiveness: Ready for the Next Stage?" Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Santiago, Chile, May 16, 2011.
- September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (A)
By: Amy J.C. Cuddy, Kyle Todd Doherty and Maarten W. Bos
The case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies Cialdini's principles of social influence to successfully encourage consumers to reduce their energy usage. OPOWER was co-founded in 2008 by two young Harvard graduates, Dan Yates and Alex...
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Keywords:
Mathematical Methods;
Applications and Software;
Attitudes;
Entrepreneurship;
Energy Conservation;
Power and Influence;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Energy Industry;
United States
Cuddy, Amy J.C., Kyle Todd Doherty, and Maarten W. Bos. "OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (A)." Harvard Business School Case 911-016, September 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
- 21 Dec 2020
- News
Space Economics: Hunting Stags in Space
- November 2006 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
China: 'To Get Rich Is Glorious'
By: Richard Vietor and Julia Galef
In 1978, Deng Xiaoping assumed the leadership of an impoverished China, after Mao Zedong's disastrous Cultural Revolution. During the next 17 years, Deng applied pragmatic policies to liberalize the Chinese economy gradually while maintaining the power of the Communist...
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Keywords:
History;
Leadership;
Privatization;
Policy;
Macroeconomics;
Economic Systems;
Development Economics;
Government and Politics;
Business Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
China
Vietor, Richard, and Julia Galef. "China: 'To Get Rich Is Glorious'." Harvard Business School Case 707-022, November 2006. (Revised October 2017.)
- Web
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language test results if you attended a non-English undergraduate program A TOEFL, IELTS, Pearson Test of English (PTE), or Duolingo English Test is required if you did not attend an undergraduate institution where the sole language View Details
- 11 Jun 2019
- News
Financial Aid Gift to Support Joint Degree Program Students
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Kyle R. Myers
Professor Myers studies the economics of what determines the rate and direction of innovation. He has examined the reallocation of scientists through the use of targeted research grants at the National Institutes of Health, and is working to further understand how...
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Keywords:
Technology Networks;
Commercialization;
Science-Based Business;
Research and Development;
Knowledge Management;
Patents;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Health Care and Treatment;
Entrepreneurship;
Health;
Innovation and Invention;
Science;
Technology;
Knowledge;
Intellectual Property;
Economics;
Microeconomics;
Biotechnology Industry;
Health Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Technology Industry
- 18 Feb 2021
- HBS Seminar
Imke Reimers, Northeastern University
Navid Mojir
(Navid is visting MIT Sloan for the 2023-24 academic year).
Navid Mojir is an assistant professor of business administration in the Marketing Unit. He teaches Business Marketing and Sales
- Web
Admissions - MBA
Admissions Future Leaders Start Here View Program Brochure Join Our List Who Are We Looking For? Our students share the following characteristics: a habit of leadership, analytical aptitude and appetite, and engaged community citizenship....
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- November 2015 (Revised August 2016)
- Case
Unilever's New Global Strategy: Competing through Sustainability
In January 2009, when Paul Polman was appointed CEO of Unilever, he inherited a company in long-term decline at the beginning of a major global financial crisis. As the first outsider ever recruited to lead the company, Polman lost little time in challenging the...
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Competitive Strategy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Consumer Products Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Unilever's New Global Strategy: Competing through Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 916-414, November 2015. (Revised August 2016.)