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      • June 2025
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      Integral Outside: The Financial Curb Market, the Electric Telegraph, and the Politics of Pricing in Second Empire France

      By: Charlotte Robertson
      Financial markets in nineteenth-century France were far more complex than an analysis of the official Bourse or its state-authorized brokers would suggest. Most financial transactions occurred on an illegal yet tacitly tolerated curb market called the coulisse, which... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Markets; History; Communication Technology; Knowledge Dissemination; France
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      Robertson, Charlotte. "Integral Outside: The Financial Curb Market, the Electric Telegraph, and the Politics of Pricing in Second Empire France." Journal of Modern History 97, no. 2 (June 2025).
      • February 2025
      • Teaching Note

      SEC vs. AT&T: The Controversy over Phone Call Disclosures

      By: Yuan Zou
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 125-060. View Details
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      Zou, Yuan. "SEC vs. AT&T: The Controversy over Phone Call Disclosures." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 125-080, February 2025.
      • October 2024 (Revised February 2025)
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      SEC vs. AT&T: The Controversy over Phone Call Disclosures

      By: Yuan Zou and Tim Gray
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      Zou, Yuan, and Tim Gray. "SEC vs. AT&T: The Controversy over Phone Call Disclosures." Harvard Business School Case 125-060, October 2024. (Revised February 2025.)
      • September 2024 (Revised March 2025)
      • Case

      Burn the Gondolas? Venice, the Ghetto, and the Seasons of Capitalism

      By: Sophus A. Reinert, Charlotte Robertson and Robert Fredona
      This case uses the history of Venice—from the driving of the first pylons in the lagoon to the abdication of the city’s last doge, across the ages of Marco Polo and Vivaldi—to explore the invention and global diffusion of capitalism, as well as the cyclical rise and... View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; History; Power and Influence; Prejudice and Bias; Italy
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      Reinert, Sophus A., Charlotte Robertson, and Robert Fredona. "Burn the Gondolas? Venice, the Ghetto, and the Seasons of Capitalism." Harvard Business School Case 725-006, September 2024. (Revised March 2025.)
      • September 2024
      • Case

      Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel (Abridged)

      By: Elie Ofek, Ryann Noe and Sarah Mehta
      The 2023 release of live-action film Barbie, and its accompanying marketing blitz, incited a worldwide Barbie craze. Suddenly Barbie was everywhere, a celebrated icon reinstated at the forefront of cultural conversation. This goodwill stood in contrast to decades of... View Details
      Keywords: Gender; Intellectual Property; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Public Opinion; Business Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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      Ofek, Elie, Ryann Noe, and Sarah Mehta. "Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 525-020, September 2024.
      • August 2024 (Revised January 2025)
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      Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel

      By: Elie Ofek, Ryann Noe and Sarah Mehta
      The 2023 release of the live-action film Barbie, and its accompanying marketing blitz, incited a worldwide Barbie craze. Suddenly Barbie was everywhere, a celebrated icon reinstated at the forefront of cultural conversation. This goodwill stood in contrast to... View Details
      Keywords: Brands and Branding; Media; Intellectual Property; Business Strategy; Entertainment; Gender; Public Opinion; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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      Ofek, Elie, Ryann Noe, and Sarah Mehta. "Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel." Harvard Business School Case 525-006, August 2024. (Revised January 2025.)
      • July 1, 2024
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      Research: Speed Matters When Companies Respond to Social Issues

      By: Alison Wood Brooks, Jimin Nam, Maya Balakrishnan and Julian De Freitas
      Companies and their leaders face new pressures to make public statements about controversial and sometimes divisive social and political issues. New research shows that timing matters: consumers perceive a relationship between speed and authenticity, and discount... View Details
      Keywords: Perception; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Communication Strategy
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      Brooks, Alison Wood, Jimin Nam, Maya Balakrishnan, and Julian De Freitas. "Research: Speed Matters When Companies Respond to Social Issues." Harvard Business Review (website) (July 1, 2024).
      • May 2024
      • Teaching Note

      AI Wars

      By: Andy Wu and Matt Higgins
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 723-434. In 2024, the world was looking to Google to see what the search giant and long-time putative technical leader in artificial intelligence (AI) would do to compete in the massively hyped technology of generative AI popularized over... View Details
      Keywords: AI; Trends; AI and Machine Learning; Public Opinion; Technological Innovation; Competitive Advantage; Technology Industry
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      Wu, Andy, and Matt Higgins. "AI Wars." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 724-482, May 2024.
      • March–April 2024
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      How Companies Should Weigh in on a Controversy: A Better Approach to Stakeholder Management

      By: David M. Bersoff, Sandra J. Sucher and Peter Tufano
      Executives need guidance about managing their organizations’ engagement with societal issues—including hot-button topics such as gender, climate, and racial discrimination. Success in this realm does not mean avoiding public controversy or achieving unanimous support... View Details
      Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Social Issues; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Judgments; Management Practices and Processes
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      Bersoff, David M., Sandra J. Sucher, and Peter Tufano. "How Companies Should Weigh in on a Controversy: A Better Approach to Stakeholder Management." Harvard Business Review 102, no. 2 (March–April 2024): 108–119.
      • 2024
      • Case

      Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations (A)

      By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro and Mina Subramanian
      This three-part, stop action case study, structured for classroom discussion, centers on Harvard’s Program on Negotiation 2022 Great Negotiator, Christiana Figueres, and her efforts as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... View Details
      Keywords: Climate Change; Negotiation; Environmental Regulation; International Relations; Leadership
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      Sebenius, James K., Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro, and Mina Subramanian. "Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations (A)." Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School Case, 2024.
      • 2024
      • Case

      Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations (B)

      By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro and Mina Subramanian
      This three-part, stop action case study, structured for classroom discussion, centers on Harvard’s Program on Negotiation 2022 Great Negotiator, Christiana Figueres, and her efforts as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... View Details
      Keywords: Climate Change; Negotiation; Environmental Regulation; International Relations; Leadership
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      Sebenius, James K., Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro, and Mina Subramanian. "Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations (B)." Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School Case, 2024.
      • 2024
      • Case

      Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations: Figueres the Negotiator (C)

      By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro and Mina Subramanian
      This three-part, stop action case study, structured for classroom discussion, centers on Harvard’s Program on Negotiation 2022 Great Negotiator, Christiana Figueres, and her efforts as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... View Details
      Keywords: Climate Change; Negotiation; Environmental Management; International Relations; Leadership
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      Sebenius, James K., Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro, and Mina Subramanian. "Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations: Figueres the Negotiator (C)." Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School Case, 2024.
      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      Corporate Leaders Say They Are for Stakeholder Capitalism—But Which Version Exactly?: A Critical Look at Four Varieties

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      The past few years have seen an outpouring of articles and statements heralding the arrival of a new and more inclusive form of capitalism often called stakeholder capitalism. The new capitalism promises to strengthen companies, improve outcomes for their... View Details
      Keywords: Stakeholder Capitalism; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Economic Systems; Business and Shareholder Relations
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Corporate Leaders Say They Are for Stakeholder Capitalism—But Which Version Exactly? A Critical Look at Four Varieties." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-008, August 2023.
      • June 2023 (Revised July 2024)
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      Biogen and the Aduhelm Melee

      By: Amitabh Chandra and Lauren Gunasti
      Alzheimer's Disease is a devastating condition affecting millions of Americans. At this time, there is no cure. In 2021, Biogen's Aduhelm (aducanumab) received FDA approval under the accelerated approval pathway after a controversial approval process.

      This... View Details
      Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Valuation; Product Development; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Chandra, Amitabh, and Lauren Gunasti. "Biogen and the Aduhelm Melee." Harvard Business School Case 623-046, June 2023. (Revised July 2024.)
      • April 2023 (Revised February 2024)
      • Case

      AI Wars

      By: Andy Wu, Matt Higgins, Miaomiao Zhang and Hang Jiang
      In February 2024, the world was looking to Google to see what the search giant and long-time putative technical leader in artificial intelligence (AI) would do to compete in the massively hyped technology of generative AI. Over a year ago, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a... View Details
      Keywords: AI; Artificial Intelligence; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Competitive Strategy; Technological Innovation
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      Wu, Andy, Matt Higgins, Miaomiao Zhang, and Hang Jiang. "AI Wars." Harvard Business School Case 723-434, April 2023. (Revised February 2024.)
      • February 2022 (Revised February 2023)
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      TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova? (Abridged)

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dan Maher and Dan O'Brien
      TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea—helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing Subway. In less than a decade, it had become one of the world’s most valuable private companies, with investors... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Platform; Artificial Intelligence; AI; Mobile App; Mobile App Industry; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Market Entry and Exit; Brands and Branding; Growth and Development Strategy; China
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., Dan Maher, and Dan O'Brien. "TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova? (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 822-112, February 2022. (Revised February 2023.)
      • 2021
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      Caccia Selvaggia: Myth, Rites, and the Right in Carlo Ginzburg's Storia notturna

      By: Robert Fredona and Sophus A. Reinert
      Carlo Ginzburg (b. 1939) is widely considered one of Europe’s leading historians. His masterpiece Storia notturna (Turin: Einaudi, 1989), widely praised for its extraordinary erudition and creativity, is now over three decades old but it continues to inspire... View Details
      Keywords: Mythology; Culture; Political Doctrine; History; Government and Politics; Society
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      Fredona, Robert, and Sophus A. Reinert. "Caccia Selvaggia: Myth, Rites, and the Right in Carlo Ginzburg's Storia notturna." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-041, December 2021.
      • October 2021 (Revised October 2022)
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      The Opioid Settlement and Controversy Over CEO Pay at AmerisourceBergen

      By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
      In 2020, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a Fortune 50 company in the drug distribution industry, agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed nationwide against the company for its opioid distribution practices that critics alleged had contributed to the nationwide... View Details
      Keywords: Opioids; Drug; Investors; Shareholder Activism; Investment Activism; Executive Compensation; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Legal Liability; Distribution Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; West Virginia; Tennessee; Ohio; Pennsylvania
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, and Li-Kuan Ni. "The Opioid Settlement and Controversy Over CEO Pay at AmerisourceBergen." Harvard Business School Case 122-014, October 2021. (Revised October 2022.)
      • July 2021
      • Teaching Note

      Digital Transformation 2.0: CEO Elie Girard at Atos

      By: Tsedal Neeley
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 421-024. Elie Girard has taken the helm as CEO of multinational IT giant Atos to lead the company into the next era of digital transformation. Noticing that customers’ digital needs were evolving to become even more specialized and global... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Leading Change; Mergers and Acquisitions; Environmental Sustainability; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Transformation; Information Technology Industry
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      Neeley, Tsedal. "Digital Transformation 2.0: CEO Elie Girard at Atos." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 422-006, July 2021.
      • 2024
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      Fecal Microbiota Transplants —Too Simple to be Safe? Case Histories of Transformational Advances

      By: Amar Bhide and Srikant M. Datar
      By 2013, after many decades of very slow development and adoption, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation procedures were attracting widespread attention. This case history chronicles the: 1) pioneering fecal transplants performed in the 20th century; 2) development of the... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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      Bhide, Amar, and Srikant M. Datar. "Fecal Microbiota Transplants —Too Simple to be Safe? Case Histories of Transformational Advances." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-132, June 2021. (Revised May 2024.)
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