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- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Are We Really More Productive Working from Home?
- 21 Apr 2016
- News
What both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump get wrong about finance
- Research Summary
Improvisation
My research focuses on how teams and individuals improvise. Since my days as a jazz trumpet player, I have been fascinated by how groups and individuals perform novel actions in real time. My research investigates these improvisational processes in three...
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- February 1991 (Revised October 1991)
- Case
Fenchel Lampshade Co.
Describes the proposed purchase of a lampshade manufacturer by Steven and Michele Rogers, recent graduates of the Harvard Business School. Focuses on their plans to raise the capital necessary to buy the company. Among the issues raised are how to structure the deal...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Negotiation Deal;
Business or Company Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
Manufacturing Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Fenchel Lampshade Co." Harvard Business School Case 291-014, February 1991. (Revised October 1991.)
- November 1997 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Interactive Minds (A)
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Christina L. Darwall
The efforts of two recent Harvard Business School graduates to start a venture capital/consulting firm focused on opportunities related to the Internet are recounted. Raises the question of what the nature of this opportunity is, how well-positioned the protagonists...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Internet and the Web;
Market Entry and Exit;
Financing and Loans;
Business Startups;
Consulting Industry
Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Christina L. Darwall. "Interactive Minds (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-072, November 1997. (Revised October 2000.)
- 20 Nov 2019
- Video
Susana Balbo
Susana Balbo, owner and chief wine maker of Susana Balbo wines, based in Argentia, discusses the important role that business leaders play in economic development, especially when it comes to sustainability....
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- Web
Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
Talent Linking Productivity and Customer Delight Competing on Flexibility Compensation Policy Featured Exercises Create an employee journey map to find ways to improve the employee experience Explore the...
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- September 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Teaching Note
Commonwealth Bank of Australia: Unbanklike Experimentation
By: Ryan W. Buell and Leslie K. John
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: Commonwealth Bank of Australia: Unbanklike Experimentation (619-018). In August 2017,... View Details
This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: Commonwealth Bank of Australia: Unbanklike Experimentation (619-018). In August 2017,... View Details
- November 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Background Note
International Capital Markets and Sovereign Debt: Crisis Avoidance and Resolution
By: Laura Alfaro and Ingrid Vogel
Successive economic crises of the 1990s and early 2000s intensified focus on reform of the "international financial architecture." Because many of these crises involved defaults on sovereign bonds, an important component of the discussion revolved around the...
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Alfaro, Laura, and Ingrid Vogel. "International Capital Markets and Sovereign Debt: Crisis Avoidance and Resolution." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-018, November 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- 06 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Comparing Apples to Apples Online Leads To More Fruitful Sales
the best chance of ringing in a sale if the considered product is surrounded by related items in the same category, rather than a mishmash of random, unrelated items, Karmarkar says. In other words, if a consumer clicks on the Bananagrams...
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- 2022
- Article
The Turn Toward Creative Work
By: Spencer Harrison, Elizabeth D. Rouse, Colin M. Fisher and Teresa M. Amabile
In this Academy of Management Collections essay, we curate a set of articles from the Academy of Management family of journals that showcase the evolution of creativity research within organizational scholarship. The articles reveal a shift from the study of...
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Harrison, Spencer, Elizabeth D. Rouse, Colin M. Fisher, and Teresa M. Amabile. "The Turn Toward Creative Work." Academy of Management Collections 1, no. 1 (2022): 1–15.
- May 2019
- Supplement
Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople with Incentive Compensation (C)
By: Doug J. Chung
Kjell & Company was a Swedish retail electronics chain. The company’s products consisted of home electronics and accessories. The company was noted for its excellent customer service and a fair “one-for-all” HR policy. Historically, the salespeople had been compensated...
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Keywords:
Salesforce Management;
Compensation and Benefits;
Change Management;
Behavior;
Electronics Industry;
Sweden
Chung, Doug J. "Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople with Incentive Compensation (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 519-095, May 2019.
- 28 Nov 2017
- News
GOP tax plans ignore reality in creating good American jobs
- November 2004 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
Patrimonio Hoy
By: Arthur I Segel, Michael Chu and Gustavo Herrero
Patrimonio Hoy is a program targeting the housing needs of the low-income population by CEMEX, a major Mexican company and a leading global cement producer. Originally conceived as a project to understand the customers in the self-construction segment better, a major...
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Keywords:
Housing;
Construction;
Product Design;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Microfinance;
Income;
Market Entry and Exit;
Emerging Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
Construction Industry;
Mexico
Segel, Arthur I., Michael Chu, and Gustavo Herrero. "Patrimonio Hoy." Harvard Business School Case 805-064, November 2004. (Revised July 2006.)
- Program
Advanced Management Program
functions, industries, and countries Take advantage of resources for lifelong learning as a member of the global HBS alumni community Who Should Attend AMP is designed for executives focused on...
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- Research Summary
US-Cuban Economic Relations 1898-1959
Rich Sicotte is conducting joint research with Alan Dye (Barnard College, Columbia University) on the evolution of US-Cuban economic relations before the Revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power. Currently they are focusing on the consequences of the Hawley-Smoot...
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- June 2019
- Teaching Note
The Drone Racing League: Building the Sport of the Future
By: Robert F. Higgins and James Barnett
Drone Racing League (DRL) sees itself as the world’s preeminent professional drone racing league. The company is in its third season of racing and is focused on future seasons and the negotiation of a new media agreement. How should the company proceed? Teaching Note...
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- January 1993 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
Kronos (A)
Mark Ain is the founder and manager of Kronos, which has grown to a $33 million dollar company in 13 years. The case focuses on Ain's rrole in the company. Presents data from a personality assessment of Ain and his senior management team as input to this decision. .
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Keywords:
Management Teams;
Management Skills;
Managerial Roles;
Personal Characteristics;
Management Style;
Behavior
Roberts, Michael J. "Kronos (A)." Harvard Business School Case 393-050, January 1993. (Revised March 1993.)
- December 2000
- Case
Stock Options at Virtua.Net
By: Brian J. Hall, Noam T. Wasserman and Carleen Madigan
Describes issues facing three young founders of a high-tech start-up in Silicon Valley, including hiring an experienced CEO and negotiating with a potential VC investor. Focuses on the incentive and compensation aspects of negotiating with job candidates (e.g., what...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Stock Options;
Executive Compensation;
Employee Stock Ownership Plan;
Negotiation
Hall, Brian J., Noam T. Wasserman, and Carleen Madigan. "Stock Options at Virtua.Net." Harvard Business School Case 801-324, December 2000.
- May 2002 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Innovation at Progressive (A): Pay-As-You-Go Insurance
By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
Consumer auto insurance is a price-sensitive industry in which customers rarely pay a premium to a provider even for additional service features. Progressive spends more on additional service features than its competitors do; consumers don't pay extra for these...
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Frei, Frances X., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "Innovation at Progressive (A): Pay-As-You-Go Insurance." Harvard Business School Case 602-175, February 2004. (Revised from original May 2002 version.)