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- June 2016 (Revised October 2016)
- Technical Note
The Role of the Chief Financial Officer
By: C. Fritz Foley and Michael Lemm
This note profiles the role of the modern chief financial officer (CFO). It presents insights based on a variety of surveys and descriptions of HBS graduates who hold or have held the CFO role. Although the role varies significantly from one organization to another,...
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Foley, C. Fritz, and Michael Lemm. "The Role of the Chief Financial Officer." Harvard Business School Technical Note 216-079, June 2016. (Revised October 2016.)
- June 2016
- Teaching Note
$19B 4 txt app WhatsApp...omg!
By: David J. Collis
Teaching note for HBS No. 715-441 on Facebook's $22 billion acquisition of WhatsApp.
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- June 2016
- Teaching Plan
Terrapin Laboratory
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Andrew Otazo
This teaching plan accompanies the case "Terrapin Laboratory," HBS No. 315-098. That case describes the formation and rapid growth of a drug testing company. The company needs to decide whether to enter the painkiller testing market, in addition to growing its drug...
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- May 2016
- Supplement
Should I Stay or Should I Go? (B)
By: Boris Groysberg, George Serafeim, Eric Lin and Robin Abrahams
A sequel to HBS No. 515-069. Alexi has been hired as CFO for a medical start-up, despite the controversy over his former company. The (B) cases focuses on how to introduce new, high-profile leaders to stakeholders inside and outside the organization.
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Keywords:
Business and Stakeholder Relations
Groysberg, Boris, George Serafeim, Eric Lin, and Robin Abrahams. "Should I Stay or Should I Go? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 116-060, May 2016.
- May 2016 (Revised November 2022)
- Teaching Note
RegionFly: Cutting Costs in the Airline Industry
By: Susanna Gallani and Eva Labro
Teaching Note for HBS No. 116-047.
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- May 2016
- Teaching Plan
Lomography: Analog in a Digital World
This teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case “Lomography: Analog in a Digital World,” HBS No. 516-006 and its related products to help faculty deepen students’ comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion.
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- April 2016
- Teaching Note
The Fall of the 'Fabulous Fab'
By: Eugene F. Soltes
Teaching note for HBS Case#114-063
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Keywords:
Management;
Corporate Accountability;
Ethics;
Financial Crisis;
Finance;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Soltes, Eugene F. "The Fall of the 'Fabulous Fab'." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 116-056, April 2016. (request a courtesy copy.)
- April 2016
- Teaching Note
IBM and the Reinvention of High School (C): Toward P-TECH's Rapid National Expansion
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Kelsi Stine-Rowe
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 316-130. This Teaching Note accompanies the third case in a 3-case series on P-TECH and the Reinvention of High School. The case focuses on the development and early diffusion of organizational innovation—how to create pilot projects for...
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- April 2016
- Teaching Note
HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics
By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
This teaching note is designed to support the teaching of HBS case number 316-013, "HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics."
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- March 2016
- Module Note
Government Policy and Distributive Justice
This note introduces the second of two main modules in the HBS elective curriculum course, The Role of Government in Market Economies (RoGME). This module is focused on policies, such as taxes, that change the distribution of economic outcomes. Like the...
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Weinzierl, Matthew. "Government Policy and Distributive Justice." Harvard Business School Module Note 716-072, March 2016.
- December 2015
- Case
An Intern's Dilemma (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble
An HBS student is asked to misrepresent himself during the course of his summer internship by his employer in order to obtain data from industry competitors.
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Keywords:
Conflict;
Leadership;
Conflict Management;
Competition;
Ethics;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Organizational Culture;
Employees;
Power and Influence
Sucher, Sandra J., and Matthew Preble. "An Intern's Dilemma (A)." Harvard Business School Case 316-128, December 2015.
- December 2015
- Supplement
An Intern's Dilemma (B)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble
An HBS student is asked to misrepresent himself during the course of his student internship by his employer in order to obtain data from a competitor. This case describes how the student handled the situation and what he learned about himself from it.
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Keywords:
Conflict;
Leadership;
Conflict Management;
Competition;
Ethics;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Organizational Culture;
Employees;
Power and Influence
Sucher, Sandra J., and Matthew Preble. "An Intern's Dilemma (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 316-129, December 2015.
- December 2015
- Teaching Note
Nokia's Bridge Program (A) & (B)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Susan J. Winterberg
This teaching note is designed to be used in conjunction with the cases "Nokia's Bridge Program: Redesigning Layoffs (A)," HBS No. 615-013, and "Nokia's Bridge Program: Outcome and Results (B)," HBS No. 615-014. Instructors could also assign "Layoffs: Effects on Key...
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- October 2015 (Revised October 2016)
- Case
Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear! (Abridged)
By: Willy C. Shih
This case is set inside IBM Research's efforts to build a computer that can successfully take on human challengers playing the game show Jeopardy! It opens with the machine named Watson offering the incorrect answer "Toronto" to a seemingly simple question during the...
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Keywords:
Analytics;
Big Data;
Business Analytics;
Product Development Strategy;
Machine Learning;
Machine Intelligence;
Artificial Intelligence;
Product Development;
AI and Machine Learning;
Information Technology;
Analytics and Data Science;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Shih, Willy C. "Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear! (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 616-025, October 2015. (Revised October 2016.)
- September 2015
- Supplement
Luca de Meo Speaks at Harvard Business School
By: Linda A. Hill
A video supplement to the HBS case study entitled "Luca de Meo at Volkswagen Group." De Meo, Member of the Board at Audi AG and the former Chief Marketing Officer of Volkswagen Group, speaks about leading innovation and the automotive industry. Recorded at Harvard...
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Hill, Linda A. "Luca de Meo Speaks at Harvard Business School." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 416-702, September 2015.
- 2015
- Report
Growth & Shared Prosperity
By: Karen G. Mills
In June 2015, nearly 75 experienced leaders from across business, government, labor, academia, and media gathered at Harvard Business School to discuss a topic of increasing concern in America: How can our nation continue to remain competitive while also providing a...
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Mills, Karen G. "Growth & Shared Prosperity." Report, U.S. Competitiveness Project, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, September 2015 (With contributions from Joseph B. Fuller and Jan W. Rivkin.)
- 2015
- Report
The Challenge of Shared Prosperity: Findings of Harvard Business School's 2015 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness
In the 2015 survey on U.S. competitiveness, HBS alumni weigh in on the current state and future trajectory of U.S. competitiveness as well as the structural strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. business environment. In addition, alumni delve deeper into two aspects of...
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Keywords:
Competitiveness;
U.S. Competitiveness;
Shared Prosperity;
Wealth;
Competition;
United States
Rivkin, Jan, Karen G. Mills, and Michael E. Porter. "The Challenge of Shared Prosperity: Findings of Harvard Business School's 2015 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness." Report, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, September 2015 (With contributions from Michael I. Norton and Mitchell B. Weiss.)
- April 2015
- Teaching Note
Transforming Verizon 2015: Going Above the Network
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Daniel Fox
Teaching note for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Daniel Fox, "Transforming Verizon 2015: Going Above the Network," HBS No. 315-068, Feb. 2015.
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Keywords:
General Management;
Leadership And Change Management;
Organizational Change And Transformation;
Reorganization;
Transformation;
Wireless Technologies;
Telecommunications;
Network Organizations;
Innovation;
Product Development Strategy;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Telecommunications Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
- April 2015
- Teaching Note
International Macroeconomics — An Online Tutorial
By: Laura Alfaro and Elizabeth A. Meyer
This is the Teaching Note to accompany "International Macroeconomics", HBS Tutorial 715-702.
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- March 2015
- Case
Tough Choices at the Gomez Lobster Cooperative
By: Rebecca Henderson and Amram Migdal
This case is designed to be used with HBS Note: Industry Self-Regulation: Sustaining the Commons in the 21st Century, HBS No. 315-074.
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Keywords:
Governance Compliance
Henderson, Rebecca, and Amram Migdal. "Tough Choices at the Gomez Lobster Cooperative." Harvard Business School Case 315-105, March 2015.