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  • 01 Sep 2015
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

Mead Russell and Chris Yeh (MBA 2000) (Kindle edition) Reflections on life from the HBS Class of 2000. The Energized Executive: How to Get Focused, Strong, and Calm. 25 Easy Tools for Peak Performance in View Details
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

an in-depth analysis of the opportunities and challenges, both traditional and contemporary, of doing business in India. Great Service Made Simple by Frederic B. Sargent (OPM 2) (The Sustainable Service Institute) A short story with... View Details
  • 2019
  • Article

Go-Shops Revisited

By: Guhan Subramanian and Annie Zhao
A go-shop process turns the traditional M&A deal process on its head: rather than a pre-signing market canvass followed by a post-signing “no shop” period, a go-shop deal involves a limited pre-signing market check, followed by a post-signing “go shop” process to find... View Details
Keywords: Go-shop Process; Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Deal; Performance Effectiveness; Technological Innovation
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  • October 2004 (Revised March 2005)
  • Case

Citizens Bank

By: Rajiv Lal and Arar Han
In November 2004, Larry Fish, chairman of Citizens Bank, is wondering about the challenges posed by the latest and largest acquisition in the history of the bank. Fish has always believed that the success of Citizens thus far was facilitated by the credo he introduced... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Change Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Employees; Leading Change; Performance Effectiveness; Banking Industry
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  • 15 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 15

Robert L. Simons and Natalie KindredHarvard Business School Case 112-060 This case illustrates a CEO-led organizational transformation driven by stretch goals, performance measurement, and accountability.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Oct 2020
  • News

Billion-Dollar Valuations and Exits for Harvard-born Startups

that “(a) part of it is me, but the big part is the team you assemble and where the market has gone. ...And it’s investors that believed in me as a first-time entrepreneur who was a doctor without business or tech experience.” CarePort... View Details
  • 12 Aug 2024

Applying to HBS: Who Are We Looking For?

This virtual event provides prospective applicants with insights into the qualities and characteristics Harvard Business School values in its candidates. A member of the Admissions Board will discuss HBS' View Details
  • 26 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade

field study requires a lot of ingenuity and trust from both the academics and the field participants. "Doing Empirical Research in, with, and through Companies" was the topic of a lively session last week at the annual Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • June 2020
  • Article

How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections

By: Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel
Accuracy and consistency are critical for inspections to be an effective, fair, and useful tool for assessing risks, quality, and suppliers—and for making decisions based on those assessments. We examine how inspector schedules could introduce bias that erodes... View Details
Keywords: Assessment; Bias; Inspection; Scheduling; Econometric Analysis; Empirical Research; Regulation; Health; Food; Safety; Quality; Performance Consistency; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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  • 27 Oct 2016
  • News

Pathfinder

adapt to a lower growth environment and still perform well, to improve productivity, to take on the digital challenges in their specific business and industry, and to build and strengthen their... View Details
  • 05 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

Cases & Course MaterialsAcelero Learning: Building a Culture of Performance Harvard Business School Case 307-048 No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Jennifer L. Scott

curriculum. Participating students developed their business plans in elective courses and field studies, honing their ideas with the help of some 25 HBS alumni who also evaluated the plans based on their... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • Web

Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

the alignment of tactics required to drive performance across a range of business activities. Case Students will develop implementation approaches for existing business... View Details
  • May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Gap, Inc., 2000

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
From humble beginnings as a Levi jeans store, by 2000 Gap, Inc. had grown to become the world's leading specialist clothing retailer. Its CEO, Millard S. Drexler, the "merchant prince," was credited with transforming Gap into a global empire, leading the company... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Change; Fashion; Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Performance Consistency; Problems and Challenges; Globalized Firms and Management; Competitive Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Strategy; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
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  • May 2013
  • Article

Hybrid Innovation in Meiji Japan

By: Tom Nicholas
Japan's hybrid innovation system during the Meiji era of technological modernization provides a useful laboratory for examining the effectiveness of complementary mechanisms to patents. Patents were introduced in 1885, and by 1911, 1.2 million mostly non-pecuniary... View Details
Keywords: Prizes; Technological Innovation; System; Patents; Knowledge; Value; Cost vs Benefits; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Performance Effectiveness; Japan
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  • January 2009
  • Teaching Note

Bunge: Food, Fuel, and World Markets (TN)

By: Tarun Khanna, Santiago Mingo and Jonathan West
Teaching Note for [708443]. View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Sales; Integration; Globalized Markets and Industries; Developing Countries and Economies; Competition; Business Model; Trade; Performance Efficiency; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; New York (state, US); Brazil; India; China
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  • 01 Jun 2024
  • News

Research Brief: Ahead of the Game

the effect is both real and widespread: His 2023 working paper, “No Revenge for Nerds? Evaluating the Careers of Ivy League Athletes,” examined the career paths of 401,785 graduates and found that by many measures the athletes... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Antonio Pinna
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

Research Brief: Better Brainstorming

aspiring entrepreneurs who were taking part in a three-week startup bootcamp. Participants underwent personality evaluation to determine their level of openness (defined as having greater curiosity, questioning convention, and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
  • 09 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

customers by providing them adequate functionality in return for lower prices. The technology of this sort of disruptive innovation offers "good enough" performance along traditional metrics and is supported by a View Details
Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring
  • 17 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?

The new book Retail Revolution: Will Your Brick-and-Mortar Store Survive? argues that traditional store-front retailing is at an inflection point, under tremendous pressure from ecommerce and the changing wants and needs of a new generation of shoppers—the millennials.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail