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- 22 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Why Many Businesses Are Becoming More Vocal In Support of LGBTQ Rights
turn away LGBTQ customers and potential hires in 2015. This development was met with an immediate loss of 12 business conventions worth $60 million and the launch of the Indiana Competes business coalition advocating for LGBTQ...
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All Industries
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
the limelight on controversial social issues that are not directly related to their companies’ bottom lines,” Toffel says. “And we hadn’t seen as much of that in the past, as corporate leaders tended to stay out of the fray on these types of issues.” For example, in...
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- February 1996 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
A new administration in the City of Indianapolis is initially determined to privatize many municipal services. Before taking this action, however, the city managers want to know the current cost of performing these services with the municipal workers. Existing...
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Keywords:
Cost Management;
Public Sector;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Service Delivery;
Privatization;
City;
Indianapolis
Kaplan, Robert S. "Indianapolis: Activity-Based Costing of City Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 196-115, February 1996. (Revised November 2003.)
- 2008
- Working Paper
Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis
By: P. Tufano, Nick Maynard and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
This paper reports on a small-scale survey of the potential American demand for prize-linked savings accounts, an account that awards prizes as part of the saving product's return. In October 2006, Centra Credit Union launched a prize-linked savings pilot. As part of...
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Saving;
Income;
Consumer Behavior;
Personal Finance;
Investment Return;
Banks and Banking;
Clarksville
Tufano, P., Nick Maynard, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve. "Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-061, February 2008.
- October 2003
- Case
Merrill Lynch: Supernova
Supernova is the name given to a new way to manage client relationships that originated in the Merrill Lynch Indianapolis offices. During a trial period, Supernova generated very good results among financial advisers and their customers, but challenged the traditional...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Customer Relationship Management;
Organizational Culture;
Financial Services Industry;
Indianapolis
Oliva, Rogelio, Roger H. Hallowell, and Gabriel R. Bitran. "Merrill Lynch: Supernova." Harvard Business School Case 604-053, October 2003.
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Pincus (MBA 1993)
their time on the conference circuit, selling to the wrong audience. At the end of the day, I was only as good as the next woman in Indiana deciding if she wanted to play FarmVille or not. Bill Campbell is the most gifted coach I’ve ever...
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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
It was in grade school that James D. Gibbons (MBA 1994) first began to lose his sight, a process he retraces in terms of his ability to cope at school. “I started moving up to the front of the class but not because I was smart,” laughs Gibbons, a tall, affable View Details
- 21 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Going Negative in Political Advertising
desperate as the day of reckoning approaches. They flood the airwaves with negative ads, especially in closely fought states like Pennsylvania and Indiana where the margin of victory was as important as who wins. Political brands, on the...
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by John Quelch
- February 2015 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Winnan Metal: Fulfilling the Dream
By: William R. Kerr, Jim Sharpe and James Weber
Neil Kashyap and Neil Lombardo (HBS '08) acquired Winnan Metal, Inc., a metal fabrication shop, after raising a search fund and an 11 month search to fulfill their dreams of becoming business owners. Two weeks after they took control of the company, Winnan's largest...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Turnarounds;
Bank Loan;
Crisis Management;
Financial Analysis;
Search Funds;
Acquisitions;
Financial Capital Needed;
Management;
Operations Management;
Sales;
Entrepreneurship;
Decision Making;
Change Management;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States;
Indiana
Kerr, William R., Jim Sharpe, and James Weber. "Winnan Metal: Fulfilling the Dream." Harvard Business School Case 815-104, February 2015. (Revised February 2017.)
- May 2010
- Teaching Note
Re-THINK-ing THINK: The Electric Car Company (TN)
Teaching Note for [810105].
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- Profile
Angela R. Hicks Bowman
things, it’s pretty small—almost like an insurance policy.” Building a company such as Angie’s List is a daunting task and like any entrepreneur, Hicks has experienced the proverbial roller coaster ride. In a recent interview with an View Details
- 14 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It
Harvard Business School; and Jeffrey Prince, Indiana University. The study notes, for example: We devote a more or less fixed amount of time online each week. We don’t allocate more time when something new comes along; instead, we shift...
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- April 2001 (Revised February 2002)
- Teaching Note
Radio One Inc. TN
Teaching Note for (9-201-025).
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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
Engine Co., on his personal acquaintance with Miller, interviews with more than 80 people who knew Miller, and extensive research in the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Collection of his papers in the Indiana Historical Society. Breaking out of...
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- April 3, 2016
- Guest Column
The Power of C.E.O. Activism: How Politically Outspoken Executives Sway Public (and Consumer) Opinion
By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
Some CEOs are making news by taking public stances on controversial social issues largely unrelated to their core business. This article summarizes the insights from our research paper that shows that such "CEO activism" can influence public opinion and consumer...
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Keywords:
Leadership & Corporate Accountability;
Non-market Strategy;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Politics;
Political Influence;
Political Strategy;
Political Risk;
Equity;
Gender;
Climate Change;
Communication Strategy;
Law;
Leadership;
Brands and Branding;
Media;
Problems and Challenges;
Civil Society or Community;
Social Issues;
Public Opinion;
United States;
Georgia (state, US);
North Carolina;
Indiana;
Indianapolis
Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel. "The Power of C.E.O. Activism: How Politically Outspoken Executives Sway Public (and Consumer) Opinion." Grey Matter. New York Times (April 3, 2016), SR10.
- July 2017 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Donald Trump Calls Carrier Corporation
By: Andy Zelleke and Brian Tilley
This case examines the influence of political pressure on corporate decision-making. It questions whether fidelity to domestic operations ought to be a corporate social responsibility, and thus it challenges the limits of “social responsibility” as a corporate ideal....
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Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Board Decisions;
Political Influence;
Layoffs;
Offshoring And Outsourcing;
Manufacturing;
United States;
Mexico;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Decision Making;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Political Elections;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Corporate Governance;
Technology Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Connecticut;
Indiana;
Mexico
Zelleke, Andy, and Brian Tilley. "Donald Trump Calls Carrier Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 318-030, July 2017. (Revised September 2017.)
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
and David KironHarvard Business School Case 810-105 On January 5, 2010, 48-year-old Richard Canny was on his way to meet the governor of Indiana. He was reading his newly issued press release announcing that THINK planned to start automobile production in Elkhart...
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Martha Lagace
- September 2000 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Radio One, Inc.
By: Richard S. Ruback and Pauline M Fischer
Radio One (NYSE: ROIA and RIOAK), the largest radio group targeting African-Americans in the country, had the opportunity to acquire 12 urban stations in the top 50 markets from Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (NYSE: CCU) in the winter of 2000. The stations were...
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Keywords:
Negotiation;
Valuation;
Race;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Financial Strategy;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Indiana;
United States;
North Carolina
Ruback, Richard S., and Pauline M Fischer. "Radio One, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 201-025, September 2000. (Revised May 2003.)
- 14 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021
during my freshman year and his sophomore year at Indiana University. We fell in love through ping pong games (I always lost), late night fast food runs, weekends exploring state parks, Bible studies, and service trips. We survived a year...
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- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
movies, and there's something meaningful about them. And end of the day when you grow up, you'll remember The Lego Movie and hopefully it will be some kid's favorite movie when they were growing up just like Indiana Jones is my favorite...
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