Filter Results
:
(37,056)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(115,783)
- Faculty Publications (37,056)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(115,783)
- Faculty Publications (37,056)
- April 2017
- Supplement
CIC: Catalyzing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (B)
By: William R. Kerr, Sari Kerr and Alexis Brownell
CIC engages in "guerrilla warfare," offering free or highly discounted rates in order to get its empty offices filled before the opening day of its St. Louis branch. Opening day is a huge success, and CIC St. Louis grows rapidly, even opening a second building. In the...
View Details
Keywords:
Start-ups;
Boston;
Cambridge;
St. Louis;
CIC;
Cambridge Innovation Center;
Co-working Space;
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems;
Innovation Ecosystems;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Expansion;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Boston;
Cambridge;
St. Louis
Kerr, William R., Sari Kerr, and Alexis Brownell. "CIC: Catalyzing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 817-127, April 2017.
- April 2017
- Case
China Construction Bank's Transformation
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Nancy Hua Dai
On March 29, 2017, Wang Hongzhang, Chairman of China Construction Bank, was considering the next steps in the bank’s transformation. In the challenging backdrop of economic slowdown, deep structure adjustment, interest rate liberalization, entry of financial players...
View Details
- April 2017 (Revised May 2023)
- Teaching Plan
Delivering the Goods at Shippo
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Olivia Hull
Teaching Plan for HBS No. 817-065.
View Details
- April 2017
- Teaching Note
The Birth, Life and Death of Rdio
By: Robert J. Dolan
Teaching Note for HBS No. 516-092.
View Details
- April 2017 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
CarMax, Inc.: Disrupting the Used-Car Market
By: John R. Wells and Hong Luo
Wells, John R., and Hong Luo. "CarMax, Inc.: Disrupting the Used-Car Market." Harvard Business School Case 717-506, April 2017. (Revised December 2019.)
- April 2017
- Teaching Note
CV Ingenuity (A) and (B)
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 315-045 and 315-087.
View Details
- April 17, 2017
- Article
HR's New Challenge: Whole-Family Care
By: Keith Fengler, Joseph B. Fuller and Scott Olsen
Fengler, Keith, Joseph B. Fuller, and Scott Olsen. "HR's New Challenge: Whole-Family Care." Strategy + Business (website) (April 17, 2017).
- April 2017
- Teaching Note
Sesame Workshop: Bringing Big Bird Back to Health (Abridged)
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ryan Raffaelli, Ai-Ling Jamila Malone and Jonathan Cohen
Sesame Workshop was in the middle of a turnaround in 2016. CEO Jeff Dunn had reorganized and shifted the iconic institution to respond to digital disruption and a consensus culture. This Teaching Note helps instructors teach the abridged and full-length versions of...
View Details
Keywords:
Turnaround;
NGO;
Non-profit;
Organization Alignment;
Managing Change;
Philanthropy;
Media;
Television;
Reorganization;
Talent;
Innovation;
Risk Aversion;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Restructuring;
Identity;
Transformation;
Education Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
- April 14, 2017
- Article
Companies Like United Need to Cultivate Good Judgment, and Free Their Employees to Use It
By: John A. Deighton
United Airlines has pledged to improve its training programs and empower its employees to put customers first in the wake of a video showing a passenger being dragged from a plane. Of all the U.S. air carriers, United should have known the power of social media and...
View Details
Keywords:
Crisis Management;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Employees;
Training;
Air Transportation Industry
Deighton, John A. "Companies Like United Need to Cultivate Good Judgment, and Free Their Employees to Use It." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 14, 2017).
- 2018
- Working Paper
How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections
By: Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel
Many production processes are subject to inspection to ensure they meet quality, safety, and environmental standards imposed by companies and regulators. Inspection accuracy is critical to inspections being a useful input to assessing risks, allocating quality...
View Details
Keywords:
Assessment;
Bias;
Inspection;
Scheduling;
Econometric Analysis;
Empirical Research;
Regulation;
Health;
Food;
Safety;
Quality;
Performance Consistency;
Performance Evaluation;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Service Industry
Ibanez, Maria, and Michael W. Toffel. "How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-090, April 2017. (Revised October 2018. Formerly titled "Assessing the Quality of Quality Assessment: The Role of Scheduling". Featured in Forbes, Food Safety Magazine, and Food Safety News.)
- April 2017 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
King Digital Entertainment
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Davide Sola, Federica Gabrieli and Elena Corsi
Riccardo Zacconi was the co-founder and CEO of King Digital Entertainment, the video game company that had quickly established itself as the world’s leading maker of casual games for mobile devices after the sensational success of its game “Candy Crush Saga.” Zacconi...
View Details
Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Information Technology;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Acquisition;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Video Game Industry;
Europe;
Sweden
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Davide Sola, Federica Gabrieli, and Elena Corsi. "King Digital Entertainment." Harvard Business School Case 817-117, April 2017. (Revised May 2022.)
- April 13, 2017
- Article
What Precision Medicine Can Learn from the NFL
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Kathryn E. Giusti
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathryn E. Giusti. "What Precision Medicine Can Learn from the NFL." Forbes.com (April 13, 2017).
- April 2017 (Revised October 2023)
- Supplement
Central European Distribution Corporation: Hostile Takeover, Bankruptcy Makeover
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
- April 2017
- Teaching Plan
CLP: Powering Asia
By: George Serafeim, Rebecca Henderson and David Freiberg
Teaching Note for HBS No. 115-038.
View Details
- April 2017
- Teaching Note
Colombia and the Economic Premium of Peace
- 2018
- Working Paper
Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates
By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
An extensive literature on venture capital has studied asymmetric information and agency problems between investors and entrepreneurs, examining how separating entrepreneurs from the investor can create frictions that might inhibit the funding of good projects. It has...
View Details
Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-089, April 2017. (Revised January 2019. Published in The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Collaboration.)
- April 2017 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Through the challenges facing Target, the case examines ways in which corporations can become involved in political and legislative debates and processes, ranging from campaign contributions to lobbying to political activism. In 2016, Target CEO Brian Cornell must...
View Details
Keywords:
Boycott;
Corporate Political Activity;
Lobbying;
LGBTQ;
Campaign Contributions;
Campaign Finance;
Retail;
Shareholder Activism;
Public Opinion;
Social Issues;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Problems and Challenges;
Laws and Statutes;
Rights;
Crisis Management;
Risk Management;
Media;
Political Elections;
Taxation;
Corporate Accountability;
Values and Beliefs;
Fairness;
Diversity;
Customers;
Communication;
Business and Government Relations;
Retail Industry;
United States
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Victor Wu. "Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity." Harvard Business School Case 317-113, April 2017. (Revised March 2024.)
- April 2017
- Case
Deutsche Bank: Pursuing Blockchain Opportunities (A)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Roman Beck and Christoph Müller-Bloch
Applegate, Lynda M., Roman Beck, and Christoph Müller-Bloch. "Deutsche Bank: Pursuing Blockchain Opportunities (A)." Harvard Business School Case 817-100, April 2017.
- April 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Supplement
Deutsche Bank: Pursuing Blockchain Opportunities (B)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Roman Beck and Christoph Müller-Bloch
Applegate, Lynda M., Roman Beck, and Christoph Müller-Bloch. "Deutsche Bank: Pursuing Blockchain Opportunities (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 817-101, April 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- 2017
- Module Note
Financial Accounting Reading: Analyzing Financial Statements
By: Suraj Srinivasan and V.G. Narayanan
Core Curriculum Readings in Financial Accounting cover the fundamental concepts in financial accounting. Many Readings include videos and Interactive Illustrations to help students master complex concepts.
This reading helps students understand that financial... View Details
This reading helps students understand that financial... View Details
Srinivasan, Suraj, and V.G. Narayanan. "Financial Accounting Reading: Analyzing Financial Statements." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Module Note 5056, 2017.