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- October 2023
- Article
Health System Perspective on Cost for Delivering a Decision Aid for Prostate Cancer Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing
By: David R. Ho, Robert S. Kaplan, Jonathan Bergman, David F. Penson, Benjamin Waterman, Kristin C. Williams, Jefersson Villatoro, Lorna Kwan and Christopher S. Saigal
Previsit decision aids (DAs) have been shown to improve decisional quality. But the cost to deploy a DA has not been previously estimated. We interviewed or observed relevant personnel at three institutions that had implemented DA programs for men with prostate cancer....
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Keywords:
Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing;
Health Care and Treatment;
Cost Accounting;
Health Industry
Ho, David R., Robert S. Kaplan, Jonathan Bergman, David F. Penson, Benjamin Waterman, Kristin C. Williams, Jefersson Villatoro, Lorna Kwan, and Christopher S. Saigal. "Health System Perspective on Cost for Delivering a Decision Aid for Prostate Cancer Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing." Medical Care 61, no. 10 (October 2023): 681–688.
- December 2019
- Supplement
Mãe Terra and Unilever (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Ruth Costas and Mariana Cal
Unilever is making strides to integrate the operations of Mãe Terra—one of Brazil's leading brands for packaged organic foods—into its own structures, after acquiring the company in 2017. Mãe Terra’s CEO, Alexandre Borges, must decide whether to implement his original...
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Keywords:
Brand Management;
Sustainability;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Mission and Purpose;
Social Enterprise;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Environmental Sustainability;
Organizational Culture;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Brazil;
Latin America
Paine, Lynn S., Ruth Costas, and Mariana Cal. "Mãe Terra and Unilever (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 320-069, December 2019.
- Article
Done but Not Published: The Dissertation Journeys of Roy J. Lewicki and J. Keith Murnighan
By: Shirli Kopelman, Anne L. Lytle, Cynthia S. Wang, Roy J. Lewicki, J. Keith Murnighan and Max Bazerman
This article explores the tumultuous path to publication that begins for many of us with trying to publish our dissertation. We invited Roy J. Lewicki and J. Keith Murnighan—the 2013 and 2015 recipients of the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM)...
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Keywords:
Higher Education;
Research;
Personal Development and Career;
Business Education;
Education Industry;
Publishing Industry
Kopelman, Shirli, Anne L. Lytle, Cynthia S. Wang, Roy J. Lewicki, J. Keith Murnighan, and Max Bazerman. "Done but Not Published: The Dissertation Journeys of Roy J. Lewicki and J. Keith Murnighan." Negotiation and Conflict Management Research 8, no. 4 (November 2015): 261–271.
- October 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Symbian: Setting the Mobility Standard
By: Fernando F. Suarez and Thomas R. Eisenmann
Symbian, a joint venture owned by companies who collectively sold a dominant share of the world's cell phones, faced competition from Microsoft in developing the operating system for "smartphones," which integrated mobile communications and computing functions. In...
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Keywords:
Competition;
Joint Ventures;
Information Technology;
Software;
Wireless Technology;
Mobile Technology;
Information Technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Suarez, Fernando F., and Thomas R. Eisenmann. "Symbian: Setting the Mobility Standard." Harvard Business School Case 804-076, October 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 06 Jan 2022
- News
The Post-Pandemic Office Should Be a Clubhouse
Markets, Morals, and Practices of Trade: Jurisdictional Disputes in the U.S. Commerce in Cadavers (article)
This study examines the U.S. commerce in human cadavers for medical education and research to explore variation in legitimacy in trades involving similar goods. It draws on archival, interview, and observational data mainly from New York state to analyze market... View Details
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Book in progress
Expanding on my work on BP, I am starting a new book on the transformation of the major international oil companies since the 1970s. Prior to that, the oil majors largely controlled the international flow of oil, which was channelled through their vertically... View Details
- June 2020
- Case
Breakthroughs at Blueprint Medicines
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Kathy Giusti and Susie L. Ma
Precision medicine company Blueprint Medicines was building a successful track record for bringing drug therapies to market 40% faster than average. The company had spent $40 million dollars and two years building a compound library that became its drug development...
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Keywords:
Precision Medicine;
Cancer;
Biotechnology;
Drug Development;
Strategy;
Expansion;
Science;
Genetics;
Information Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Organizational Culture;
Management;
Growth and Development;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States;
Cambridge;
Massachusetts
Hamermesh, Richard G., Kathy Giusti, and Susie L. Ma. "Breakthroughs at Blueprint Medicines." Harvard Business School Case 820-001, June 2020.
- January 2019
- Article
Increasing the Electoral Participation of Immigrants: Experimental Evidence from France
By: Vincent Pons and Guillaume Liegey
Improving the political participation of immigrants could advance their interests and foster their integration into receiving countries. In this study, 23,800 citizens were randomly assigned to receive visits from political activists during the lead-up to the 2010...
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Pons, Vincent, and Guillaume Liegey. "Increasing the Electoral Participation of Immigrants: Experimental Evidence from France." Economic Journal 129, no. 617 (January 2019): 481–508. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-094, February 2016.)
- November 2010 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
La Fageda
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Joan Enric Ricart and Jordan Mitchell
La Fageda is a manufacturer of high-quality, naturally-made yogurts in northern Catalonia, Spain. La Fageda is substantially different from its main competitors such as multinational Danone in that it is a 270-person workers' cooperative with 60 percent of its...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Business Model;
Production;
Cooperative Ownership;
Quality;
Competition;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Spain
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Joan Enric Ricart, and Jordan Mitchell. "La Fageda." Harvard Business School Case 711-452, November 2010. (Revised June 2011.)
- May 2000
- Exercise
Tyrell Web Developers Inc. (B)
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Andrew P. McAfee
An integrated exercise culminating in a team project to design and develop a Web site for a fictitious company. Puts students in the position of designing a Web site for a demanding client (a local pizza company). Students are given a (purposefully) brief description...
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MacCormack, Alan D., and Andrew P. McAfee. "Tyrell Web Developers Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Exercise 600-026, May 2000.
- 16 Oct 2019
- News
Where ESG Fails
- 2003
- Article
Developing a Management Systems Approach to Sustainability at BMW Group
By: Michael W. Toffel, Natalie Hill and Kellie McElhaney
This article describes how Designworks/USA, a subsidiary of BMW Group, developed a Sustainability Management System (SMS) by integrating the management of environmental, social, and traditional business issues. After several months of deploying the SMS throughout its...
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Toffel, Michael W., Natalie Hill, and Kellie McElhaney. "Developing a Management Systems Approach to Sustainability at BMW Group." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 2 (2003).
- December 2019 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Mãe Terra and Unilever (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Ruth Costas and Priscilla Zogbi
The case concerns the sale of Mãe Terra, one of Brazil's leading brands for packaged organic foods, to the consumer goods giant Unilever in 2017. Working with Unilever management, Mãe Terra’s CEO Alexandre Borges must determine whether and how to keep Mãe Terra's B...
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Keywords:
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Brand Management;
Sustainability;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Mission and Purpose;
Social Enterprise;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Environmental Sustainability;
Organizational Culture;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Brazil;
Latin America
Paine, Lynn S., Ruth Costas, and Priscilla Zogbi. "Mãe Terra and Unilever (A)." Harvard Business School Case 320-075, December 2019. (Revised June 2021.)
- August 2015 (Revised August 2015)
- Case
Hoag Orthopedic Institute
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Jonathan Warsh
Two groups of orthopedic surgeons form a joint venture with a community hospital to establish Hoag Orthopedic Institute, a for-profit hospital and two ambulatory service centers. By controlling and integrating all aspects of the patients' medical treatment, the...
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Keywords:
Outcomes Measurement;
Bundled Payment;
Health Care;
Activity-based Costing And Management;
Measurement and Metrics;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Competitive Strategy;
Medical Specialties;
Health Care and Treatment;
Outcome or Result;
Health Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Jonathan Warsh. "Hoag Orthopedic Institute." Harvard Business School Case 115-023, August 2015. (Revised August 2015.)
- October 2013
- Case
Pearle Vision: Clearly Different?
By: Rajiv Lal and Natalie Kindred
Ohio-based optical retailer Pearle Vision, part of the vertically integrated Italian eyewear group Luxottica, sold glasses and offered in-store eye exams. Once the largest U.S. optical retailer, Pearle Vision, with 266 corporate stores and 356 franchised stores in...
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Keywords:
Eye Care;
Competitive Advantage;
Market Participation;
Retail Industry;
Health Industry;
United States
Lal, Rajiv, and Natalie Kindred. "Pearle Vision: Clearly Different?" Harvard Business School Case 514-015, October 2013.
- June 2011 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Mandatory Environmental, Social, and Governance Disclosure in the European Union
By: George Serafeim
In 2011, the European Commission was deciding on how to best modify the existing European Union policy on corporate disclosure of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. Previous directives had recommended that European companies report ESG...
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Keywords:
Integrated Corporate Reporting;
Corporate Strategy;
Corporate Disclosure;
Environmental Accounting;
Competitive Strategy;
International Accounting;
Financial Reporting;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Debates;
Europe
Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, and Phillip Andrews. "Mandatory Environmental, Social, and Governance Disclosure in the European Union." Harvard Business School Case 111-120, June 2011. (Revised February 2013.)
- March 2021 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Seeding and Selling Asana
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Susie Ma and Amram Migdal
In December 2019, Oliver Jay, Asana’s Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), was reconsidering his go-to-market (GTM) strategy. Asana was cloud-based work management software that enabled users to break up projects into discrete tasks that could be assigned, scheduled, and...
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Keywords:
SaaS;
Customer Journey;
Business Model;
Business Organization;
Change Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Digital Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Technology Industry;
United States
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Susie Ma, and Amram Migdal. "Seeding and Selling Asana." Harvard Business School Case 821-054, March 2021. (Revised August 2022.)
- Web
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- 14 Jun 2023
- Op-Ed
Every Company Should Have These Leaders—or Develop Them if They Don't
each With a broad range of experience to lean on, BTLs understand their specific function and know where and when to integrate their expertise. They sit in the senior vice president role, the chief of staff role, or any role requiring...
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