Management Practices - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Apr 2014
News

Investing in Innovation

of Management Practice in Business Administration and faculty chair for the Campaign, noted that a crucial element of support for the innovative work of the School and its faculty is the HBS Fund for... View Details

Keywords: HBS Fund; Educational Services

21 Nov 2019
Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

management systems for buildings. Tying in a policy perspective, Former US Energy Secretary and MIT Professor emeritus, Dr. Ernest Moniz, presented a perspective of a Green Real Deal that simultaneously must achieve a lower carbon future,... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech

Profile

Jonathan Assayag

chance encounter with a fellow Brazilian led to a new direction. "We were at a conference for the Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers," Jonathan explains. "He worked as a Senior Manager at Accenture, and when he... View Details

Profile

Behrad Mahdi

efforts and provide incentives." Seeking a more sustainable leadership experience, he became a special assistant to the founders of City Year. Learning leadership through regular practice "Working at the national level,"... View Details

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

In the high-tech industry, it's common practice for a governing body to develop technical standards for any given technology. The goal is to promote widespread adoption and compatibility among various devices. The Bluetooth standard lets... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

For example, ads for Viagra, Prozac, and Allegra are seemingly everywhere, and have helped create powerful brands. Of course, this practice gives rise to much controversy. Does direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) make health consumers... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

Will K. Kellogg

Kellogg invented corn flakes and created a breakfast cereal empire. Practicing pioneering advertising techniques, he managed to change the American breakfast style. Today, the Kellogg Company carries on the... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

19 May 2016
Blog Post

5 Lessons from Business School

and practice something new. 3. Time is limited – it’s important to define individual priorities and goals People come to business school for many reasons, including academics, networking, and career transitions. It is easier to View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Knowing the Score

network’s formidable financial might. The knowledge base required to fully understand the various takeovers and rights deals originated back in corporate finance class. Since Disney’s purchase of ESPN in 1996, management has chosen never... View Details

Keywords: James Andrew Miller; Organizational Behavior; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

MBA 1988) is a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. For two decades, he ran equity capital markets for Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley. His casework focuses on... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Corporate Transparency Improves For Foreign Firms in U.S. Markets

Are international firms that interact with U.S. capital, labor, and product markets more likely to be more transparent than companies without those interactions? In this e-mail interview, HBS Suraj Srinivasan delves into a recent working paper on the subject and on... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

contribution of organizations to the etiology of sex differences in behavior, cognition, and emotion at work. Specifically, we wanted to understand how organizational features, such as work practices and norms, encourage people to think,... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

inflection point in history, leaving one age and entering another. Many of our philosophical assumptions about what constituted leadership and competitive success grew out of a different world. The challenge now is to help managers... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

26 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way to Go to Market

the selling process moves on. Several years and band-aids later, managers may realize that their channels serve neither their customers nor their channel partners well, but it is too late. Q: What are channel stewards and what role would... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2003
News

An Authentic Leader

business fundamentals. What’s your advice to new CEOs? First, affirm or reaffirm the mission of the company, and reaffirm its fundamental values. Commit yourself and your management team to practice those... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2010
News

The Transformers

philanthropies New Profit and NewSchools Venture Fund. Harvard Business Review also served as a springboard for new ideas. In the March–April 1997 issue, MBA Class of 1957 Professor of Management Practice... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

Publication:In 21st Century Management: A Reference Handbook, 490-499. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008 Abstract The idea that artists' work can usefully inform business practice has gained support in recent years. View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

Trading Initiative's Base Code, Nike's code of conduct, and Fair Trade. We then describe several key elements of program evaluation that are becoming standard practice in other domains, which we believe should be incorporated in future... View Details