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- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
Now that the broader investment community around the globe has become more interested in agribusiness, Unigrains faces growing competitive pressure. This case describes the general private equity model, provides an overview of agribusiness investing trends, and invites... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity
the amount of prior experience working in the office wouldn’t skew results, the researchers “recruited” patent examiners who would be a completely blank slate: MBA students from HBS. For the experiment, they... View Details
- 26 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
people in the area regained confidence that life was returning to normal. Niinami’s company also donated lunch to Soma City elementary school students for three days in April before the school could get lunch service going again. When he... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
Edmondson, who chairs the Doctoral Programs and teaches in the Technology and Operations Management unit. "To cite one example, former HBS doctoral student Jim Detert and I interviewed some 200 people of all ranks and functions in a... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 20 Dec 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
How to Design a Better Customer Experience
Click HereHarvard Business School Professor Stefan Thomke describes how his Executive Education students use LEGO blocks to design customer experiences. (Video by Executive Education) Why do some product or service experiences have enough... View Details
- 04 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating
sometimes want you just to tell them the answer—like 'just give me the answer to leadership!'" says Bernstein, who co-teaches the required Leadership and Organizational Behavior course to first-year MBA View Details
- 29 Sep 2022
- Op-Ed
Inclusive Leadership Advice: Get Comfortable With the Uncomfortable
we can come to prefer difference, with time—to become comfortable with being uncomfortable. We took on this idea while teaching Inclusive Leadership to first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School last... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
- 08 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders
classroom directly impacts not only how students learn, but how they see themselves. With only two years to soak in these cases as an MBA student, academic institutions have a short-but-critical time to... View Details
Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
Rethink What You 'Know' about High-Achieving Women By: Ely, Robin J., Pamela Stone, and Colleen Ammerman Abstract—On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to Harvard Business School's MBA program, the authors, who... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2009
- HBS Case
The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine
in the AMP program, says participants were surprised at the facts behind the Ukraine confrontation and responded to the case's rich array of issues. His colleague, HBS professor Forest Reinhardt, reports that the case challenged MBA View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival
nature," the strengths and possibility of a given person or enterprise, leaders must also be able to see an individual or organization's weaknesses. And the case points to these aspects of Shackleton and the expedition as well. I've taught this case twice so far:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2021
- Lessons from the Classroom
What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace
The 2020 debut was popular: Approximately 100 second-year MBA students took the class, with 10 spots reserved for students from outside of HBS. His main goal in creating the... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 25 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
Katherine Miller. When Koehn recently taught "Madam C.J. Walker" in her MBA course Entrepreneurial Leadership: Past, Present, and Future, her students in turn discussed Walker's rise against a... View Details
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
course for first year MBA students , which immerses them in global research projects to produce a new product or experience, often in an emerging market country. To prepare View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal
Corrupted, which was taught to all incoming MBAs on their second day on campus in the fall. The goal was to get them to think about their own values and the obligations they have to shape the culture of an organization. As much as... View Details
- 30 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations
storm. They intentionally picked the situation as one to which students could relate. "Our MBAs generally feel like they are very ill-equipped for negotiation, whether that's dealing with a landlord or... View Details
- 07 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 7, 2015
assumptions, quantitatively estimating likely revenue and profitability, testing out sensitivity to assumptions using scenarios, and assessing the main risks of entry and of staying out. The analysis provided strong support for entry subject to the key assumptions. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams
operating system for the office—the centerpiece of how we do work? That is open at this point. It’s the dream of both Microsoft and Salesforce.” Yoffie and a group of MBA students at HBS used public... View Details
- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
the greatest (and most high-strung) athletes in the world, staying current on the latest training regimens and technology, and plotting strategy both for on-field play and organizational success. Elberse first taught the case, Sir Alex Ferguson: Managing Manchester... View Details
- 11 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive
short, intensive course for MBA students called Anatomy of a Badass, which was a primer on being unapologetically authentic at work. Here, they talk with the HBS Alumni Bulletin about understanding... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint