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- 2009
- Simulation
Finance Simulation: M&A in Wine Country: No. 3289.
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and W. Carl Kester
In this simulation, students play the role of CEO at one of three publicly-traded wine producers: Starshine, Bel Vino, or International Beverage. Each player evaluates merger and/or acquisition opportunities among the three companies and then determines reservation...
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- Article
Energy Conservation Behaviour: Three Thumbs Up For Social Norms
Social norm interventions are widely used to foster residential resource conservation. Now researchers have shown that the effectivenes of providing information about others' energy use alongside messages of social approval for energy savings behaviour depends on the...
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Jachimowicz, Jon M. "Energy Conservation Behaviour: Three Thumbs Up For Social Norms." Nature Energy 5, no. 11 (November 2020): 826–827.
- 2015
- Working Paper
Making a Difference: Leader Evaluation, Selection, and Impact
By: Gautam Mukunda
The relationship between leader selection and impact is important to both researchers and practitioners. This paper introduces Leader Filtration Theory (LFT)—a theory from political science—to managerial audiences, applies it to organizations, and uses it to improve...
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Mukunda, Gautam. "Making a Difference: Leader Evaluation, Selection, and Impact." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-074, May 2015.
- 23 Feb 2022
- Video
Sharing Insights: Part Three
- Article
Unconscious Bias Training That Works
By: Francesca Gino and Katherine Coffman
To become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive, many companies have turned to unconscious bias (UB) training. By raising awareness of the mental shortcuts that lead to snap judgments—often based on race and gender—about people’s talents or character, it strives to...
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Keywords:
Implicit Bias;
Social Integration;
Empathy;
Prejudice and Bias;
Employees;
Training;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Gino, Francesca, and Katherine Coffman. "Unconscious Bias Training That Works." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 5 (September–October 2021): 114–123.
- 22 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Humans vs. Machines: Untangling the Tasks AI Can (and Can't) Handle
people, deeply in your context,” explains Edward McFowland III, assistant professor at Harvard Business School and one of the study’s authors. "The challenge right now is that this is brand new. Companies cannot simply ignore these tools,...
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- 02 Mar 2011
- News
The Best Ways to Discuss Ethics
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
must expect health plans to direct patients to excellent providers, not those provider networks that offer the biggest discounts.” What to do? The most important single change necessary is for employers to think about health care in terms View Details
- December 2020
- Supplement
Tokio Marine Group (B)
By: David J. Collis, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
Updates the Tokio Marine (A) case by providing information on the organisation structure adopted by the Japanese insurance firm as it moved to integrate its global operations, along with changes in HR policies that sought to balance traditional Japanese practices with...
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Keywords:
Organisational Design;
Organization Structure;
Culture;
Global Strategy;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Culture;
Values and Beliefs;
Human Resources;
Insurance Industry;
Japan
Collis, David J., Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Tokio Marine Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-418, December 2020.
- June 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Alibris (B)
Takes place more than two years after the (A) case. Alibris has weathered the storms and has built a popular, growing business. As the Christmas season of 2000 approaches, the company is confronted with two IT projects that both seem urgent and important. The first is...
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Keywords:
Resource Allocation;
Information Technology;
Service Operations;
Competitive Advantage;
Information Management;
Service Industry
McAfee, Andrew P. "Alibris (B)." Harvard Business School Case 601-166, June 2001. (Revised March 2003.)
- March 2022
- Case
GrowSari (A): Design for the Last Mile Customer
By: Brian Trelstad, Cam Carag and Michi Ferreol
Reymund (ER) Rollan and Shivapratim (Shiv) Choudhury, founders of the digital technology platform GrowSari, were at a crossroads. The feedback from their initial product roll-out were not what they had expected, and they needed to decide how to proceed. The pair,...
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Keywords:
Fast Moving Consumer Goods;
Product Launch;
Information Technology;
Analytics and Data Science;
Digital Platforms;
Retail Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Technology Industry;
Philippines
Trelstad, Brian, Cam Carag, and Michi Ferreol. "GrowSari (A): Design for the Last Mile Customer." Harvard Business School Case 322-036, March 2022.
- Web
Financial Aid - MBA
Financial Aid Increasing access. Improving opportunity. Financial Aid FAQs Tuition Assistance Summer Fellowships Career Support & Exploration Funds Fast Facts MBAid Stories Consumer Information RISE Career Fellowship The MBAid Journey HBS...
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- February 2018 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
New Constructs: Disrupting Fundamental Analysis with Robo-Analysts
By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Kyle Thomas
This case highlights the business challenges associated with a financial technology firm, New Constructs, that created a technology that can quickly parse complicated public firm financials to paint a clearer economic picture of firms, remove accounting distortions,...
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Keywords:
Fundamental Analysis;
Machine Learning;
Robo-analysts;
Financial Statements;
Financial Reporting;
Analysis;
Information Technology;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
North America;
Tennessee
Wang, Charles C.Y., and Kyle Thomas. "New Constructs: Disrupting Fundamental Analysis with Robo-Analysts." Harvard Business School Case 118-068, February 2018. (Revised June 2021.)
- 2006
- Case
Infosys Consulting
By: Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble
Aiming to expand their value proposition from software development to consulting, Infosys launched a new business unit, Infosys Consulting. From scratch, it quickly grew to over 200 professionals. The case study illustrates the challenges of launching a new business in...
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Govindarajan, Vijay, and Chris Trimble. "Infosys Consulting." 2006. (Case No. 2-0022.)
- January 2014
- Technical Note
A Note on Funding Digital Innovation Startups
By: Karim Lakhani, Michael Norris and Andrew Otazo
This note provides information on the state of startup financing in Silicon Valley in 2013. It details different avenues startups have to raise funding, including venture capital, corporate venture capital, angel investors, incubators, and crowdfunding.
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Keywords:
Startup;
Innovation & Entrepreneurship;
Angel Investors;
Accelerator;
Crowdfunding;
Silicon Valley;
Venture Capital;
Entrepreneurship;
California
Lakhani, Karim, Michael Norris, and Andrew Otazo. "A Note on Funding Digital Innovation Startups." Harvard Business School Technical Note 614-039, January 2014.
- February 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Exercise
Accounting for Pensions at General Motors Corporation (A)
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
A potential investor in General Motors is gathering information about investment in General Motor's stock. The investigation leads the investor to review the General Motor's Web site and several CNBC interviews of General Motors' executives.
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Keywords:
Investment;
Accounting;
Compensation and Benefits;
Financial Services Industry;
Auto Industry;
Accounting Industry
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "Accounting for Pensions at General Motors Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 103-052, February 2003. (Revised November 2003.)