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- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
Brierley Professor of Business Administration. “But even when firms never guarantee that consumers will choose the winner, consumers infer an implicit contract and are upset when that contract is violated.”...
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- 03 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'
During his recent standing-room-only seminar about artificial intelligence (AI) and race at Harvard Business School recently, marketing professor Broderick Turner displayed a slide showing several white blob-like characters that resembled...
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by Barbara DeLollis
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
The growth and competiveness of emerging markets is a fundamental reality in global business today. Yet it is often forgotten just how much these countries have changed in a short period View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth by James Allen (MBA 1989) and Chris Zook (Harvard Business Review Press) Based on their decade-long study View Details
- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
accounts were less likely to employ the same level of security measures (such as multifactor authentication) common among organizational accounts. According to the study, “changes to code under the control...
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- 06 Dec 2015
- News
Yahoo board is the latest focus of troubled company
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A Tradition of Philanthropy - Alumni
mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. On behalf of all who benefit from the School’s work, we are grateful to the donors who believe in and help shape this institution. 1908 Harvard's Graduate School View Details
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1.15 Official Transcripts/Certificates of Attendance - MBA
1. Academic Information & Policies 1.15 Official Transcripts/Certificates of Attendance Welcome to HBS Being a Student at HBS 1. Academic Information & Policies 1.1 HBS Community Values 1.2 MBA Honor Code...
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- December 2017 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
In the Eye of a Geopolitical Storm: South Korea's Lotte Group, China and the U.S. THAAD Missile Defense System (A)
By: Andy Zelleke and Brian Tilley
By late 2016 and early 2017, Lotte Group, a South Korean chaebol (large family-controlled business group) had become embroiled not only in the domestic political turmoil surrounding President Park Geun-hye, but also—uncomfortably—in a four-country geopolitical storm. ...
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- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
while the book was in process. Today, strong ethics are a central issue for business leaders, knowing consumers are drawn to companies that do the right thing while steering clear View Details
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by Lane Lambert
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Emerging Art of Negotiation
lost); differing interpretations of what constitutes fair play. Be it a straightforward business transaction, a divorce or an international struggle to reach a peace agreement, there's much that can go...
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by Martha Lagace
- 28 Nov 2016
- News
’Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal’
- April 2019 (Revised December 2021)
- Case
Sears: The Demise of an American Icon
By: Kristin Mugford and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2019, ESL Investments’ $5.2 billion offer to purchase Sears Holdings out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, was accepted, despite opposition from the company's unsecured creditors and other parties. ESL, which was led by Eddie Lampert, had acquired a stake in Sears following...
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Bankruptcy;
Reorganization;
Bonds;
Restructuring;
Business Divisions;
Transformation;
Fairness;
Borrowing and Debt;
Credit;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Corporate Governance;
Motivation and Incentives;
Retail Industry;
United States
Mugford, Kristin, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Sears: The Demise of an American Icon." Harvard Business School Case 219-106, April 2019. (Revised December 2021.)
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Managing Health Care Delivery (MHCD) | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
from Baker’s collections. HBS Campus MapBAKER LIBRARY VIRTUAL TOUR Ethical Use of Licensed Databases for Executive Education Each year, Baker Library makes substantial investments in resources to support the...
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- 14 Jan 2019
- Op-Ed
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
Four titans who defined a new era in business during the past decade recently concluded their terms: PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi, Unilever’s Paul Polman, Mayo Clinic’s John Noseworthy, and US Bancorp’s Richard Davis. When they became CEOs, the...
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- 19 Jul 2017
- News
Making Sense Of Shareholder Value: 'The World's Dumbest Idea'
- March 2000 (Revised August 2000)
- Background Note
Fall Before Rising, A: The Story of Jai Jaikumar (B)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Richard Compton Squire, Sarah Patricia Vickers-Willis and Harry James Wilson
What is the relationship between good fortune, professional success, and a moral obligation to other people? Jai Jaikumar, who as a youth was saved by a shepherd woman after a tragic mountaineering accident in the Himalayas, and who later rose to the top of his...
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Bowen, H. Kent, Richard Compton Squire, Sarah Patricia Vickers-Willis, and Harry James Wilson. "Fall Before Rising, A: The Story of Jai Jaikumar (B)." Harvard Business School Background Note 600-048, March 2000. (Revised August 2000.)
- 19 Oct 2021
- News
Rise of Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Spawns New Industry
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
Joshua Cooper Ramo, co-CEO and vice chairman of Kissinger Associates. Ramo’s core thesis is that today's world of networks and connectivity may be the biggest game-changer of...
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by James Heskett
- 02 Feb 2002
- What Do You Think?
Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?
and related fees more willingly paid by anxious directors. Insurers too will enjoy increased business and higher rates. But will we see other positive fallout from Enron? If so, what form will it take? Will investors finally gain access...
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by James Heskett