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- September 2005
- Case
Martha Goldberg Aronson: Leadership Decisions at Mid-Career
By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
In 2005, Martha Goldberg Aronson must decide whether to accept an overseas posting in a functional role with Medtronic Corp. The move would be a professional stretch, but would entail leaving a position with a plan half completed and moving her young family overseas....
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Work-Life Balance;
Personal Development and Career;
Motivation and Incentives;
Opportunities;
Leadership
George, William W., and Andrew N. McLean. "Martha Goldberg Aronson: Leadership Decisions at Mid-Career." Harvard Business School Case 406-017, September 2005.
- December 2003
- Case
Manville Corporation Fiber Glass Group (C) (Abridged)
By: Lynn S. Paine
Manville Corp.'s senior managers are surprised when Japanese government officials advise them not to go forward with their plan to add a cancer warning label to diatomaceous earth (DE) products sold in Japan. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has ruled...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Moral Sensibility;
Safety;
Government Administration;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Ethics;
Announcements;
Industrial Products Industry;
Japan
Paine, Lynn S. "Manville Corporation Fiber Glass Group (C) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 304-078, December 2003.
- March 1994
- Article
Expropriation and Inventions: Appropriable Rents in the Absence of Property Rights
By: J. Anton and Dennis Yao
We analyze the problem faced by a financially weak independent inventor when selling a valuable, but easily imitated, invention for which no property rights exist. The inventor can protect his or her intellectual property by negotiating a contingent contract (with a...
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Anton, J., and Dennis Yao. "Expropriation and Inventions: Appropriable Rents in the Absence of Property Rights." American Economic Review 84, no. 1 (March 1994): 190–209. (reprinted in Z. Acs, ed., The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, Elgar, 2010). Harvard users click here for full text.)
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The Brazil World Cup: Big Money for Billions of Eyeballs
- 10 Dec 2018
- News
Did Free Pens Cause the Opioid Crisis?
- 29 Jul 2017
- News
Fund managers challenged to confront lack of ethnic diversity
- 18 Jun 2013
- News
Why Girls Get Better Discounts On Car Repairs
- 27 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Management Consulting Club
common challenges faced by students, by passing along useful information and helpful tools, providing transparency to the recruiting process, and coordinating students for case preparation. Benefits: Each member gets free access to all...
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Consulting
- Web
CORe Undergraduate Credit | HBS Online
enrolled in the non-credit version of the program. More information is available on the Financial Aid & Financing page. Learn more about CORe for credit Upcoming For Credit Dates For credit10-12 wks No current course offerings for this...
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- October 2022 (Revised September 2023)
- Case
SolarWinds Confronts SUNBURST (A)
On December 12, 2020, SolarWinds learned that malware had been inserted in its software, potentially granting hackers access to thousands and thousands of its 300,000 customers. General Counsel Jason Bliss needed to orchestrate the company response without knowing how...
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Keywords:
Cyberattacks;
Cybersecurity;
Corporate Disclosure;
Crisis Management;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Legal Liability;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Nagle, Frank, George A. Riedel, William R. Kerr, and David Lane. "SolarWinds Confronts SUNBURST (A)." Harvard Business School Case 723-357, October 2022. (Revised September 2023.)
- November 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Digital Angel
By: Youngme E. Moon and Kerry Herman
Digital Angel is considering the appropriate marketing plan for the launch of its new locator device. The device, a watch and pager worn in combination, provides GPS location information and monitors heart rate and body temperature via body sensors. Parents of young...
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Keywords:
Information;
Safety;
Rights;
Market Entry and Exit;
Ethics;
Product Launch;
Brands and Branding;
Product Development
Moon, Youngme E., and Kerry Herman. "Digital Angel." Harvard Business School Case 502-021, November 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
- Web
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Sponsorships Annual Cost of Attendance Summer Fellowships Career Support & Exploration Funds Fast Facts MBAid Stories Consumer Information RISE Career Fellowship FOR VETERANS Yellow Ribbon Program HBS will contribute $20,000 per year to...
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- 05 Jun 2023
- What Do You Think?
Is the Anxious Achiever a Post-Pandemic Relic?
decisions that impact vast members of the population, it may be time to start informed discussions on reasonable control measures.” Francois Fouche Goosen put it bluntly this way: “One can only regulate if you can convince all...
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by James Heskett
- August 2018 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
Chateau Winery (A): Unsupervised Learning
By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
This case follows Bill Booth, marketing manager of a regional wine distributor, as he applies unsupervised learning on data about his customers’ purchases to better understand their preferences. Specifically, he uses the K-means clustering technique to identify groups...
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Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Chateau Winery (A): Unsupervised Learning." Harvard Business School Case 119-023, August 2018. (Revised April 2019.)
- Article
Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?
By: Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien
We analyze the incentives to divert search for an information intermediary who enables buyers (consumers) to search affiliated sellers (stores). We identify two original motives for diverting search (i.e., inducing consumers to search more than they would like): 1)...
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Keywords:
Market Intermediation;
Search;
Two-Sided Markets;
Platform Design;
Demand and Consumers;
Motivation and Incentives;
Internet and the Web;
Digital Platforms;
Distribution Channels;
Business Strategy;
Retail Industry
Hagiu, Andrei, and Bruno Jullien. "Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?" RAND Journal of Economics 42, no. 2 (Summer 2011): 337–362. (2012 Winner for Best Paper on Competition Economics, Association of Competition Economics.)
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
UnileverA Case Study
like knowledge and information can often be transferred more efficiently and effectively within a firm than between independent firms. There are several reasons for this, including the fact that much knowledge is tacit. Indeed, it is well...
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Ryan L. Raffaelli
Ryan Raffaelli is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the MBA course "Leadership: Execution and Action Planning" (LEAP) and serves... View Details
Keywords:
information technology industry;
information technology industry;
information technology industry;
information technology industry;
information technology industry;
information technology industry;
information technology industry;
information technology industry;
information technology industry
- January 2017 (Revised June 2017)
- Case
Chicago and the Array of Things: A Fitness Tracker for the City
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
The city of Chicago has recently launched a project called the Array of Things. The program involves a series of sensor nodes placed around the city that capture a massive amount of data including pedestrian and vehicle flow, air quality, and cloud cover. The Array of...
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Keywords:
Smart Connected Products;
Smart Cities;
Internet Of Things;
Sensors;
Govenment;
Government Administration;
Technological Innovation;
Digital Platforms;
Applications and Software;
Information Infrastructure;
Internet and the Web;
Public Administration Industry;
Technology Industry;
Chicago;
United States