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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
popularity of this case about an unglamorous product in an obscure industry. “I think its durability comes from the opportunity to discuss the basic management issues it raises...
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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Save the Dates
30–October 3, 2004 Spring 2005 Reunions/MBA Classes of 1950, 1955, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 HBS June 2–5, 2005 2005 HBS Global Leadership Forum “New Barriers and New Opportunities: Leading in an Uncertain World” London, England June 21–23,...
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- November 2019
- Case
DeepMap: Charting the Road Ahead for Autonomous Vehicles
By: Shane Greenstein and Nicole Tempest Keller
Founded in 2016, DeepMap developed high definition (HD) mapping software and localization services for Level 4+ autonomous vehicles. Traditional navigational maps were accurate to a few meters, which was sufficient for drivers but not for machine-driven vehicles that...
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Keywords:
Mapping Software;
Autonomous Vehicles;
Business Startups;
Applications and Software;
Technological Innovation;
Technology Adoption;
Service Delivery;
Global Range;
Resource Allocation;
Strategic Planning;
Technology Industry;
Auto Industry
Greenstein, Shane, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "DeepMap: Charting the Road Ahead for Autonomous Vehicles." Harvard Business School Case 620-047, November 2019.
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
An Exceptional Faculty of Scholars and Teachers
A Mission-Critical Priority HBS faculty members create transformational experiences in the classroom and develop innovative ideas to address problems and seize opportunities in business. These activities are at View Details
- February 1992 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Birds Eye and the U.K. Frozen Food Industry (A)
By: David J. Collis
Describes the forty-year evolution of the U.K. frozen food industry, and traces the emergence, dominance, and the decline of Birds Eye. Its success is as a vertically integrated producer, distributor, and marketer of frozen foods that pioneers the industry in the U.K....
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Industry Growth;
Vertical Integration;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United Kingdom
Collis, David J. "Birds Eye and the U.K. Frozen Food Industry (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-074, February 1992. (Revised December 1994.)
- 13 Nov 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
A New Framework for Analyzing and Managing Macrofinancial Risks of An Economy
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Ambidextrous Organization
In the April 2004 issue of Harvard Business Review, HBS professor Michael L. Tushman and coauthor Charles A. O’Reilly III discuss what they coin the “ambidextrous...
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- January 2017
- Supplement
T. Rowe Price and the Dell Inc. MBO (B)
By: Lena G. Goldberg
After deciding to oppose the Dell MBO, T. Rowe Price, together with other dissident Dell shareholders, sought appraisal of their shares in the Delaware courts. The appraisal process resulted in a significant increase in the price to be paid to dissenting shareholders...
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Keywords:
Fiduciary Duties;
Management Buy-out;
Ethics;
Valuation;
Courts and Trials;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Restructuring;
Financial Services Industry;
Computer Industry;
Delaware
Goldberg, Lena G. "T. Rowe Price and the Dell Inc. MBO (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-089, January 2017.
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Save the Dates
Fall Reunions/MBA Classes of 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978 HBS October 2–5, 2003 Fall Meeting of the HBSAA Board of Directors HBS October 17–18,...
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- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
outsourcing were symptoms of companies undergoing the biggest and most fundamental change in the corporate model, the organizational form, and...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 2019
- Working Paper
Veil-of-Ignorance Reasoning Favors the Greater Good
By: Karen Huang, Joshua D. Greene and Max Bazerman
The “veil of ignorance” is a moral reasoning device designed to promote impartial decision-making by denying decision-makers access to potentially biasing information about who will benefit most or least from the available options. Veil-of-ignorance reasoning was...
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Huang, Karen, Joshua D. Greene, and Max Bazerman. "Veil-of-Ignorance Reasoning Favors the Greater Good." Working Paper, October 2019.
- 2011
- Working Paper
The 'IKEA Effect': When Labor Leads to Love
By: Michael I. Norton, Daniel Mochon and Dan Ariely
In a series of studies in which consumers assembled IKEA boxes, folded origami, and built sets of Legos, we demonstrate and investigate the boundary conditions for what we term the "IKEA effect&"—the increase in valuation of self-made products. Participants saw their...
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Norton, Michael I., Daniel Mochon, and Dan Ariely. "The 'IKEA Effect': When Labor Leads to Love." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-091, March 2011.
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
we worked on. The Alumni Communications Committee, under the able guidance of Paul Stewart (MBA '87), reached out to a sampling of alumni in...
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- April 2002
- Case
The Cardon Family
By: William J. Poorvu and Melissa Yin-Yin Lam
Wil Cardon is the third-generation steward of his family's real estate land development business. He grapples with issues of business structure, intergenerational business, compensation, and family values. This case includes in-depth discussion of the land development...
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Family Business;
Entrepreneurship;
Values and Beliefs;
Compensation and Benefits;
Family and Family Relationships;
Real Estate Industry
Poorvu, William J., and Melissa Yin-Yin Lam. "The Cardon Family." Harvard Business School Case 802-196, April 2002.
- 2013
- Article
Learning and the Disappearing Association Between Governance and Returns
By: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Charles C.Y. Wang
The correlation between governance indices and abnormal returns documented for 1990–1999 subsequently disappeared. The correlation and its disappearance are both due to market participants' gradually learning to appreciate the difference between good-governance and...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Investment Return;
Operations;
Performance;
Value;
Learning;
Business Earnings;
Behavioral Finance
Bebchuk, Lucian A., Alma Cohen, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Learning and the Disappearing Association Between Governance and Returns." Journal of Financial Economics 108, no. 2 (May 2013): 323–348. (2013 IRRCi Investor Research Award.)
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built (HarperBusiness), a new book by HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow, presents fascinating biographical essays View Details
- August 2018 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
Rev. Georgiette Morgan-Thomas & The American Hat Factory
By: Steven Rogers and Ariel Rogers
On a sunny Monday morning, Rev. Morgan-Thomas walked into her newly acquired hat factory thinking, “What have I gotten myself into? Things are worse than I imagined. Can I ever turn this company around given all of the known and unknown problems? Can I make it...
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Keywords:
Millinery;
Factory;
B-to-B;
B-to-C;
Women's Hats;
Crowns;
Brims;
Hat Maker;
Custom;
Wholesale;
Arts;
Buildings and Facilities;
Business Ventures;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Financial Crisis;
Business History;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Fashion Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Retail Industry;
Pennsylvania
Rogers, Steven, and Ariel Rogers. "Rev. Georgiette Morgan-Thomas & The American Hat Factory." Harvard Business School Case 319-009, August 2018. (Revised May 2019.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances
By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins
We describe how endoscopy transformed the diagnosis of ulcers, cancerous polyps and other diseases of the alimentary canal and enabled “minimally invasive” surgeries to treat such diseases. Specifically, we chronicle how: 1) flexible glass fiber instruments in the...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Technological Innovation;
Innovation Strategy;
Technology Adoption;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Invention;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Bhidé, Amar, Srikant M. Datar, and Katherine Stebbins. "Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-005, July 2019. (Revised May 2021.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
An investment of time to advance education
Renowned as a venture capitalist and a social entrepreneur, James Breyer (MBA 1987) is now furthering his commitment to education—including, since 2013, helping to guide Harvard as a Fellow of the...
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- 2020
- Working Paper
Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry
By: George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor credit card providers within the consumer finance industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact estimates...
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Keywords:
Product Innovation;
Impact;
Impact Investing;
Impact Measurement;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
ESG Ratings;
Social Corporate Responsibility;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Social Impact;
Consumer Finance;
Financial Services;
Financial Inclusion;
Product;
Product Design;
Product Positioning;
Society;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Personal Finance;
Credit Cards;
Financial Services Industry
Serafeim, George, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-061, November 2020. (Revised December 2020.)