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  • 09 Sep 2013
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • May 2021
  • Case

The SMA Foundation: Steering Therapeutic Research and Development in a Rare Disease

By: Amitabh Chandra, Spencer Lee-Rey and Caroline Marra
This case explores incentives for rare disease drug development by chronicling the role of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Foundation in forming strategic partnerships with the scientific research community and pharmaceutical developers to transform the trajectory... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Society; Health; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; United States
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  • 05 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 5

available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Oceanbulk-Maritime-S-A---/an/914416-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 414-044 Houston We Have A Problem: NASA and Open Innovation (A) Jeff Davis,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2020
  • Chapter

Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective

By: Janet Hunter and G. Jones
This chapter contextualises the drivers of corruption in Turkish business through comparisons with Japan and India in the late 19th century. It identifies the developmental state as a common driver of corruption. Catching up by using extensive state intervention had... View Details
Keywords: Corruption; Crime and Corruption; Economic Growth; Turkey; Middle East; Central Asia; Japan; India
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  • 22 Mar 2017
  • HBS Seminar

Gerald C. Kane, Boston College

  • 30 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

accessing knowledge that resides outside the boundaries of any one organization. We provide an overview of distributed innovation systems that are achieving success in three different industries. We explore why people participate, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

April 14, 2017 Harvard Business Review Companies Like United Need to Cultivate Good Judgment, and Free Their Employees to Use It By: Deighton, John A. Abstract—United Airlines has pledged to improve its training programs and empower its... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Person Page

Press / Media

By: Karim R. Lakhani

Can America Invent Its Way Back?

BusinessWeek, by Michael Mandel, 12 Sept. 2008

Today, researchers are focusing on ways to make those... View Details

  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Curb Appeal

Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government
  • March–April 2024
  • Article

Retailers and Health Systems Can Improve Care Together

By: Robert S. Huckman, Vivian S. Lee and Bradley R Staats
Health systems are struggling to address the many shortcomings of health care delivery: rapidly growing costs, inconsistent quality, and inadequate and unequal access to primary and other types of care. However, if retailers and health systems were to form strong... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Retail; Retailers; Consumer; Health Care and Treatment; Value; Consumer Behavior; Business Model; Partners and Partnerships; Health Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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  • Web

Past Issues - Alumni

does business Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution? Lesson Plans Alumni working in every corner of education weigh in on the best path forward Minding The Gap An View Details
  • 22 Nov 2023
  • News

So You Want to Join a Startup

startups. I had more of a random walk than what I recommend people do in their career. My wife and I are counterexamples because she's been very focused and lockstep and staying within a given sector and has established a name for herself, was just named to the Forbes... View Details
  • 14 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

numbers in mind, several of the planet's top city planning and environmental business experts gathered at Harvard Business School earlier this month to discuss how to support the inevitable population... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Faculty & Research - Leadership

Faculty & Research Faculty & Research November–December 2024 Article Harvard Business Review Scaling Up Transformational Innovations By: Peter Koen, Ananya Sheth, Mike DiPaola and Linda A. Hill For large... View Details
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

The Importance of Work Context in Organizational Learning from Error

By: Lucy H. MacPhail and Amy C. Edmondson
This paper examines the implications of work context for learning from errors in organizations. Prior research has shown that attitudes and behaviors related to error vary between groups within organizations but has not investigated or theorized the ways in which... View Details
Keywords: Judgments; Learning; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Failure; Performance Improvement; Opportunities; Complexity
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  • August 2009 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Whole Foods: Balancing Social Mission and Growth

By: Christopher Marquis, Marya Besharov and Bobbi Thomason
In 2009, Whole Foods stands at a crossroads. Their incredible growth over the past 25 years has vaulted them into the ranks of the largest US supermarkets and they have arguably led to the widespread acceptance of natural and organic foods in the United States. Yet... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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  • 23 May 2019
  • Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology
  • May 2024
  • Case

Choosing the Course of Passion: Brooke Boyarsky Pratt at knownwell

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Alexis Lefort
Brooke Boyarsky Pratt (HBS ’13) enjoyed considerable success in her early career, quickly climbing the ranks to associate partner at McKinsey, and later becoming an executive vice president at Berkadia, a Berkshire Hathaway portfolio company. Throughout these years,... View Details
Keywords: Passion; Career; Career Planning; Purpose; Personal Development and Career; Mission and Purpose; Identity; Business Startups; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Health Industry; United States
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  • Web

FAQ - MBA

have access to Harvard resources and extracurricular programs aimed at aspiring student entrepreneurs? Yes. Relevant resources include the Harvard Business School Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Harvard View Details
  • 27 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 27, 2007

A Customer-Centric Approach to Innovation Harvard Business School Case 507-037 AMD's launch of the Opteron microprocessor in 2003 has allowed the company to make inroads into the lucrative server segment. A... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace