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  • 01 Jan 2003
  • News

  • 08 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 8, 2016

are difficult to assemble. We combine several restricted-access U.S. Census Bureau data sets to create a unique longitudinal data platform that covers 1992–2008 and many states. We describe differences in the types of businesses initially formed View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Mar 2024
  • What Do You Think?

Do People Want to Work Anymore?

published an article that laid out two human resource strategies that we labeled the “cycle of success” and the “cycle of failure.” Our late colleague at HBS, Christopher Lovelock, wisely suggested we later consider the term “cycle of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 08 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

multinational firms, then a framework for how to craft an international strategy that creates shareholder value, Collis provides students and new managers with an integrated perspective on international strategy, drawing on earlier work View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • December 1999 (Revised October 2003)
  • Case

BRL Hardy: Globalizing an Australian Wine Company

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
Two new product launch decisions face Christopher Carson, managing director of BRL Hardy, Europe. Responsible for the European operations of a major Australian wine company, Carson has begun to globalize his strategy beyond selling the parent company's wines. After a... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Joint Ventures; Product Launch; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Negotiation Style; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 01 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 1, 2015

provide experimental evidence on the choices made by decision makers in such settings. Equilibrium assumptions that are commonly applied to analyze these situations yield the least cost separating outcome as the unique equilibrium. In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

revealed that the last words of death-row inmates were more positive and less negative than the simulated last words of noninmates—and also that these last words were less negative than poetry written by death-row inmates. Together, these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 24

is currently provided by GAAP financial reporting. The purpose of this paper is to examine the optimal design of information intermediaries that can increase the impact of sustainability information on corporate conduct. Specifically, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Paul W. Marshall

    MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management, Paul W. Marshall, is affiliated with the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager in the Turnaround Environment. This Elective Curriculum course focuses on the role of... View Details

    Keywords: aerospace; banking; brokerage; computer; consulting; defense; management consulting; manufacturing; metals; professional services; retail financial services; retailing; steel
    • April 2000
    • Supplement

    BRL Hardy: Globalizing an Australian Wine Company

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett
    Interviews alternating the country subsidiary and corporate headquarters views of Christopher Carson, marketing director of BRL Hardy Europe and Steve Millar, marketing director and CEO of BRL Hardy Ltd. In four segments focusing on the source of... View Details
    Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Headquarters; Management Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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    • 19 Sep 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

    can find themselves thwarted by the obscurity of scholarly language. Consider Christopher Bell, co-founder and CEO of Zoomergy LLC, a software consultancy in Los Angeles. Bell is unusual among business... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
    • 27 Apr 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: April 27

      PublicationsRethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads Authors:Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, and Patrick Cullen Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract : "Business Schools Face Test of Faith."... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 03 Jun 2022
    • Blog Post

    HiHome Sweet HiHome

    of reducing the barriers to home ownership through a much more guided and accessible platform, is a way in which I have found incredible purpose.” This article was originally published by the Harvard SEAS Newsroom. Photos courtesy of... View Details
    • 21 Apr 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    The New Math of Customer Relationships

    It's the E=MC2 of customer loyalty. Deeply satisfied employee = deeply satisfied customer = lifelong profit. Harvard Business School professor emeritus Jim Heskett and professor Earl Sasser have pursued this seemingly simple equation in books including Service... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 10 Mar 2011
    • What Do You Think?

    To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?

    what extent does the job make the person rather than vice-versa? Can it be predicted? If so, what does this mean for management recruiting and development in the future? What do you think? References: Joshua M. Ackerman, Christopher C.... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett

      W. Earl Sasser

      Earl Sasser is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and has been a member of the faculty there since 1969. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Duke University in 1965, an MBA from the University of North Carolina in 1967, and a Ph.D. in... View Details

      Keywords: airline; automotive; banking; broadcasting; communications; construction; credit card; education industry; entertainment; fast food; hotels ＆ motels; insurance industry; marketing industry; oil ＆ gas; restaurant; retailing; service industry; sports; tourism; transportation
      • 19 Dec 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

      your actions and misconduct to students? The recorded answer offers sobering lessons for anyone with business ambitions. What’s a Boss Worth? Quite a lot, it turns out. Good bosses can have a multiplier effect that ups everyone’s game, according to research View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
      • 17 Dec 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020

      that eight of the 10 most-read HBS Working Knowledge stories of the year were COVID-focused. Readers sought insights from HBS faculty about everything from managing large-scale remote work to leading during a crisis. The year was also marked View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
      • 17 May 2016
      • First Look

      May 17, 2016

      2016 New York: Oxford University Press Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business By: John A. Quelch. Abstract—The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 24 Jun 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: June 24, 2008

      Competitive Positioning Through New Product Development Author: Elie Ofek Publication: Chap. 3 in Handbook of New Product Development Management, edited by Christoph Loch and Stylianos Kavadias, 49-85.... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace