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- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office
a position within the nonprofit space and specifically for an organization that had mission and purpose in their DNA. I was fortunate to find a position in the marketing department for HBS’s Career Professional Development team. I spent more than a decade on the team...
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- December 2008 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
ViniBrasil: New Latitude Wines
By: David E. Bell, Marcos Flava Neves, Luciano Thome e Castro and Mary Louise Shelman
ViniBrasil is a small wine venture in Brazil started by a top Portuguese wine company, Dao Sul. ViniBrasil grows its grapes in a novel environment (close to the equator) using innovative management practices such as controlled irrigation and year-round harvesting....
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Global Strategy;
Innovation and Invention;
Management Practices and Processes;
Demand and Consumers;
Competition;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Brazil
Bell, David E., Marcos Flava Neves, Luciano Thome e Castro, and Mary Louise Shelman. "ViniBrasil: New Latitude Wines." Harvard Business School Case 509-003, December 2008. (Revised February 2010.)
- May 2020
- Article
Sales Leadership During and After the Crisis
Because customer acquisition and retention are the lifeblood of a for-profit enterprise, sales activities establish foundational conditions for a business. In turn, sales managers’ responsibilities in a crisis extend beyond keeping the lights on. Their leadership makes...
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Cespedes, Frank V. "Sales Leadership During and After the Crisis." Top Sales Magazine (May 2020), 28–29.
- 24 Oct 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items
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by Edward J. Riedl & Suraj Srinivasan
- 2022
- Working Paper
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Satisfaction of Workers in Low-Wage Jobs
How did job satisfaction change during the pandemic for workers in low-wage jobs, and how did workers’ experiences compare to those in professional jobs? Using nationally representative survey data, we show that the pandemic increased the dissatisfaction of workers in...
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Keywords:
Low-Wage Jobs;
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Pay;
Job Satisfaction;
Income Inequality;
Stereotypes;
Satisfaction;
Compensation and Benefits;
Working Conditions
Johnson, Elizabeth R., and Ashley V. Whillans. "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Satisfaction of Workers in Low-Wage Jobs." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-001, July 2022.
- January 2014
- Case
Social Strategy at Cisco Systems
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Daniel Malter and Aaron Smith
In April 2013, Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn, vice president and general manager for Learning@Cisco Systems, was planning the future of the Cisco Learning Network, an online platform hosted at Cisco.com. Since its launch in 2008, the Cisco Learning Network provided content to...
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Keywords:
Networks;
Digital Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Competency and Skills;
Learning;
Web Services Industry
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, Daniel Malter, and Aaron Smith. "Social Strategy at Cisco Systems." Harvard Business School Case 714-475, January 2014.
- 2012
- Working Paper
When Supply-Chain Disruptions Matter
By: William Schmidt and Ananth Raman
Supply-chain disruptions have a material effect on company value, but this impact can vary considerably. Thus, it is important for managers and investors to recognize the types of disruptions and the organizational factors that lead to the worst outcomes. Prior...
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Schmidt, William, and Ananth Raman. "When Supply-Chain Disruptions Matter." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-006, July 2012. (Revised January 2013.)
- January 1999 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
AMB Consolidation, The
By: William J. Poorvu and Daniel J. Rudd
Anne Shea, assistant vice president at the Curators' Fund (The Fund), is responsible for investing roughly $80 million in real-estate assets. Less than three years ago, Anne invested $40 million into a commingled fund run by AMB Institutional Realty Advisors, Inc., a...
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Keywords:
Private Ownership;
Conflict of Interests;
Industry Structures;
Property;
Investment;
Public Ownership;
Real Estate Industry
Poorvu, William J., and Daniel J. Rudd. "AMB Consolidation, The." Harvard Business School Case 899-144, January 1999. (Revised March 2004.)
- Teaching
Overview
Ryann has extensive teaching experience in varied instructional settings. She was appointed the Qualitative Advisor for the Harvard University Sociology Department senior thesis writers in 2015-2016, and supervised two senior thesis writers in prior years. She served...
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- September 1990 (Revised June 1994)
- Case
Catawba Industrial Co.
By: Francis Aguilar
A department general manager has to decide whether or not to add a lightweight compressor to the line, what price to charge, and what volume to produce. The analysis requires maximizing contribution in a situation where one factor is constrained. As such, it takes into...
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Capital Budgeting;
Business Earnings;
Cost Accounting;
Cost Management;
Asset Pricing
Aguilar, Francis. "Catawba Industrial Co." Harvard Business School Case 191-053, September 1990. (Revised June 1994.)
- August 1998
- Case
Electronic Commerce at Air Products
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
In 1998,chief information officers (CIOs) in the highly competitive international gases and chemicals business faced the reality that electronic commerce capability was a strategic necessity. The results of annual surveys of technology officers in the chemical industry...
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Keywords:
Management Teams;
Information Technology;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Infrastructure;
Internet and the Web;
Technology Adoption;
Business Strategy;
Chemical Industry;
United States
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Electronic Commerce at Air Products." Harvard Business School Case 399-035, August 1998.
- January 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Stamford International Inc.
By: David F. Hawkins
Management is struggling to meet consensus quarterly earnings-per-share numbers. Discusses a number of accounting decisions. A report indicating internal control problems in one of the company's divisions raises a Sarbanes-Oxley certification issue. A rewritten version...
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Hawkins, David F. "Stamford International Inc." Harvard Business School Case 105-042, January 2005. (Revised March 2006.)
- July 2004 (Revised September 2004)
- Background Note
A Conversation about Information Technology
Two managers discuss the benefits, costs, opportunities, and headaches of corporate computing. Topics include security, training, the Internet and Web, collaboration, productivity, Moore's Law, computer crashes, upgrades, open source software, network effects,...
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McAfee, Andrew P. "A Conversation about Information Technology." Harvard Business School Background Note 605-023, July 2004. (Revised September 2004.)
- July 2001
- Supplement
Delamere Vineyard
Richard Richardson, owner and manager of Delamere Vineyard in Piper's River, Tasmania, Australia, tours his vineyard and explains the process of making wine. He also describes the feelings of satisfaction and accomplishment that come from producing a fine product.
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Keywords:
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Production;
Satisfaction;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Australia
West, Jonathan, and Christian G. Kasper. "Delamere Vineyard." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 602-801, July 2001.
- 07 Mar 2014
- News
‘My Years with General Motors’, Fifty Years On
- 12 Dec 2019
- News
Most Popular Podcasts of 2019
- 29 Jul 2020
- Video
Savannah Maziya
Savannah Maziya, the founder of South Africa-based Bunengi Holdings, a project development, management and investment company that operates across Africa in infrastructure, natural resources and financial...
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- August 2019 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Paradigm Capital Value Fund
By: Luis M. Viceira and Elena Corsi
Karl Jan Erick Hummel had founded Paradigm Capital Value Fund in 2007 together with Columbia Business School Professor Bruce Greenwald, an expert in value investing and now chairman of the fund. The fund followed the principles of value investing to their target...
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Keywords:
Investment Activism;
Investment Portfolio;
Financial Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Investment Funds;
Financial Services Industry
Viceira, Luis M., and Elena Corsi. "Paradigm Capital Value Fund." Harvard Business School Case 220-014, August 2019. (Revised November 2022.)
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
PublicationsAn Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions Authors:Craig J.Chapman, Thomas J. Steenburgh Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract Prior research hypothesizes that View Details
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Martha Lagace