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Resumes & Cover Letters - Alumni
the top of the page. No need to include it on additional pages. Professional history - Start with your most recent role and list in descending chronology. For each role, provide a sentence or two that describes the scope of your...
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Case Method Project
and college education as well, ensuring a more exciting, relevant, and effective experience for students and teachers across a range of subjects. We also believe the case method can be especially effective at engaging students with topics in View Details
- April 2022
- Case
Gender Equality in Business: 100 Years of Progress?
By: Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman
"Gender Equality in Business: 100 Years of Progress?" traces the history of women in management from the early 20th to early 21st century through analysis of Harvard Business Review's coverage of women and gender. The case identifies six distinct phases in the...
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Keywords:
History;
Business History;
Gender;
Management;
Employees;
Leadership;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Work-Life Balance;
Prejudice and Bias;
Social Issues;
Diversity;
Equity;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, and Colleen Ammerman. "Gender Equality in Business: 100 Years of Progress?" Harvard Business School Case 422-066, April 2022.
- 2022
- Chapter
Crises and International Business
By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter uses the intellectual journey of the author to suggest that crises have been the norm rather than the exception in the history of international business. Over the last 100 years world wars, regional conflicts, the Great Depression, and decolonization are...
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Keywords:
Crisis;
Multinational Companies;
International Business;
Emerging Market;
Business History;
Multinational Firms and Management;
System Shocks;
War;
Emerging Markets;
Crisis Management
Jones, Geoffrey. "Crises and International Business." Chap. 2 in International Business in Times of Crisis. Vol. 16, edited by Rob van Tulder, Alain Verbeke, Lucia Piscitello, and Jonas Puck, 27–32. Progress in International Business Research. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition,' 1890-1940
American Fair Trade explores the contested political and legal meanings of the term fair trade from the late nineteenth century through the New Deal era. This history of American capitalism argues that business associations partnered with... View Details
- 02 Aug 2017
- News
Going Green in Global Businesses
- 02 Jul 2022
- News
Zeroing Out on Zero-COVID
- 04 Mar 2020
- News
Female Faculty Leading the Way on International Women's Day
- 18 Apr 2013
- HBS Seminar
Robin Hanson, George Mason University
- January 1985 (Revised November 1985)
- Background Note
Note on the Microcomputer Software Industry--January 1982
Contains a history of the microcomputer software industry from the mid-1970s through early 1982. During that period growth was explosive. Many new companies were formed. However, the eventual structure of the industry was not yet clear. No truly dominant firms had...
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Sahlman, William A. "Note on the Microcomputer Software Industry--January 1982." Harvard Business School Background Note 285-095, January 1985. (Revised November 1985.)
- February 2008 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
Sealed Air China
By: Regina Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Yuen Manty
With a 10-year history of doing business in China, Sealed Air was now betting on the country to help propel its growth as a global company. The company identified China as one of the initial investments in the company's Global Manufacturing Strategy that aimed to...
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Keywords:
Investment Return;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Production;
Manufacturing Industry;
Shanghai
Abrami, Regina, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, and Tracy Yuen Manty. "Sealed Air China." Harvard Business School Case 308-051, February 2008. (Revised December 2011.)
- February 1978
- Case
Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (A)
Describes the history and evolution of the log home manufacturing industry, a rapidly growing embryonic industry capitalizing on the back-to-basics lifestyle changes in the United States. Focuses on one of the leading firms in the industry, but allows a discussion of...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Change Management;
Industry Structures;
Supply and Industry;
Problems and Challenges;
Business Startups;
Business Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Porter, Michael E. "Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 378-195, February 1978.
- September 2010 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
Gone Rural
By: Andre F. Perold
Gone Rural employs 750 women in rural communities across Swaziland to produce handwoven baskets and other hand-crafted items. The women are mostly grandmothers caring for children orphaned as a result of the country's high AIDS-related death rate. The company has a...
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Keywords:
Social Enterprise;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Growth and Development;
Buildings and Facilities;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Corporate Finance;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Swaziland
Perold, Andre F. "Gone Rural." Harvard Business School Case 211-016, September 2010. (Revised July 2021.)
- May 2008 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
Palm (A): The Debate on Licensing Palm's OS (1997)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Kevin Boudreau and Jordan Mitchell
This case series looks at three important inflection points in Palm's history that relate to decisions about its platform: when the company was debating whether to open its operating system (OS) for licensing to third-party hardware manufacturers; 2001, when the...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Debates;
Decisions;
Innovation and Invention;
Product Launch;
Production;
Competition;
Value Creation;
Information Technology Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Kevin Boudreau, and Jordan Mitchell. "Palm (A): The Debate on Licensing Palm's OS (1997)." Harvard Business School Case 708-514, May 2008. (Revised March 2010.)
- November 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Background Note
Note on School Choice in U.S. Public Education
This note surveys school choice in the United States. School choice characterizes the school assignment of approximately 56% of U.S. school-aged children and, in order of popularity, can be categorized into seven types: residential choice, private schools, intra- and...
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Leschly, Stig. "Note on School Choice in U.S. Public Education." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-091, November 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- June 2016 (Revised January 2018)
- Case
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell
Nearly all environmental organizations have a similar aim: to stop the degradation of the natural environment. However, the strategies that environmental organizations choose to employ are sometimes starkly different. This case compares the models of two dissimilar...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Business Strategy
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Jordan Mitchell. "World Wildlife Fund (WWF)." Harvard Business School Case 716-468, June 2016. (Revised January 2018.)
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DENIAL reviews
"A wake-up call to be sure that we dont allow ourselves to confuse our maps with the actual territory."
strategy+business "2010 Best Business Books," Winter 2010
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- November 2023
- Case
Aviva plc: Examining Net Zero
By: Peter Tufano, Brian Trelstad and Matteo Gasparini
The board of Aviva Plc, one of the world’s largest insurers, must review its climate risk exposures and evaluate next steps. Risk experts at the firm have conducted a robust set of analyses prepared for its regulator, the Bank of England, simulating how various climate...
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- February 2011
- Case
Chegg: Textbook Rental Takes Flight
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, William A. Sahlman and Evan W. Richardson
In late 2010, Silicon Valley-based Chegg, the leading online college textbook rental company, is scaling rapidly. The case recounts Chegg's history from its origins as a distant competitor to Craigslist in college classified listings through a pivot into textbook...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Higher Education;
Entrepreneurship;
Books;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Service Operations;
Renting or Rental;
Online Technology;
Education Industry;
Service Industry;
California
Eisenmann, Thomas R., William A. Sahlman, and Evan W. Richardson. "Chegg: Textbook Rental Takes Flight." Harvard Business School Case 811-077, February 2011.