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    Political Standards

    The University of Chicago Press November 2015.

    Prudent, verifiable, and timely corporate accounting is a bedrock of our modern capitalist system. In recent years, however, the rules that govern corporate accounting have been subtly changed in... View Details

      Chip Bergh

      Chip Bergh is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining HBS, Chip served as president and chief executive officer of Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) from September 2011 until January 2024. He also served on the Company’s Board of Directors... View Details

      • 04 Oct 2019
      • Blog Post

      Finding My Passion in the Startup Space

      This post was originally published on the Alumni Careers Blog. When I was 17, I moved to the US to study. Back home in Greece, the country was succumbing to a financial crisis. I questioned whether I would ever be able to move back to my... View Details
      • 01 Jun 2024
      • News

      Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

      Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details
      • 27 Nov 2019
      • Sharpening Your Skills

      Secrets for Creating a Long-Lasting Brand

      built from the ground up and rebuilt again when the competitive landscape shifts. A Good Place to Start Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?Super Bowl advertising is increasingly about using storytelling to sell... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
      • 17 Apr 2022
      • Book

      How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

      ethical practice is the best compass, she advises. “The world is changing around businesses,” Nelson says. “There is more pressure to make profits, and at the same time to respond to environmental, social, and governance issues.” And, she... View Details
      Keywords: by Lane Lambert
      • 01 Oct 2001
      • Research & Ideas

      Organizing the Family-Run Business

      Family companies that progress to the Cousin Consortium stage, where two or more cousins control the company, can have bloated, highly political boards. But over time many family businesses learn the value of a well-composed and well-run... View Details
      • 05 Jul 2006
      • What Do You Think?

      How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?

      intelligence, IQ, personality, values, and experience A demonstration of executive intelligence must lie in the demonstrable ability to act and execute." Paul Jackson took us to the next step in commenting, "Once defined, how do... View Details
      Keywords: by James Heskett
      • 13 Feb 2012
      • Research & Ideas

      The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

      The problem is that most of us naturally do notice each other's racial differences, regardless of our employer's policy. “Very early on kids get the message that they are not supposed to acknowledge that they notice people's race—often... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
      • 31 Aug 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: August 31

      attention has been given to how managers can effectively allocate work across tasks and time to improve workers' performance. In this paper, we use the learning curve framework to investigate how... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 04 Apr 2023
      • Blog Post

      African American Student Union Spotlight on Tech

      managing multiple stakeholders by listening to their needs and seeking optimal solutions to complex problems. At HBS, I use my ability to understand stakeholder needs and solve problems inside and outside the classroom. When analyzing... View Details
      • 03 Oct 2005
      • Research & Ideas

      The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

      looking at a lot of wasted time and money. I watched them take each crate off the truck and slip it into a sling, which would then lift the crate into the hold of the ship." It would be nineteen years before McLean converted his... View Details
      Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace
      • Web

      Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities - Recruiting

      me about a time when you were most successful and what resources you used to achieve that success.” Allow candidates to bring their full range of experiences to the interview and welcome the View Details
      • 12 Apr 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: April 12

      more likely to use equity in the transaction, and buy companies in a related industry. The market tends to react more negatively to the announcement of the acquisition of a venture capital-backed company, but the long-run stock market and... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 13 May 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      Picture This: Why Online Image Searches Drive Purchases

      In a visual world, most online retailers still rely on consumers to define and enter their own search keywords. But using images to help shoppers sharpen their queries could push them to buy more, spend more, and feel happier about their... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology; Consumer Products; Retail
      • Web

      For Alumni - Health Care

      your home HBS will fund a small-group dinner of MBA students interested in health care. Join our HBS Health Care LinkedIn Group This is a closed networking group for HBS faculty, alumni, students, practitioners and other leaders from Harvard and beyond. Request access... View Details
      • Web

      The HBS Classroom Experience: Inside the HBS Case Method - MBA

      school. All HBS courses primarily use the case method of instruction. The cases describe actual management situations in a variety of companies and organizations. You must analyze the situation and be prepared to recommend a course of... View Details
      • 19 Jul 2017
      • Research & Ideas

      Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior

      nudges can in some cases be more than 40 times more effective than the next most effective method, a dramatic result for governments dealing with scarce resources. “If you take a particular policy objective as a given, nudges give you a... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
      • 04 Jun 2020
      • Book

      It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

      diagnose whether or not you're optimizing on it. And then, more important, how you can fix it immediately. It’s not, “Oh, my gosh. We have to rebuild trust. Let's come up with a five-year plan.” You will have wasted four years and 11 months. Senz: What are some... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz
      • 21 Mar 2019
      • HBS Case

      The Ferrari Way

      and secretive companies in the world,” he says. “I wanted to lift the veil and see how they work.” The Ferrari Way What he found is something he termed "The Ferrari Way" after an offhand comment from the company’s chief test driver. “I don’t know what... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto