Power And Influence - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal

ultimatum game to allow us to study situations just like this one. Together they allowed us to study how the clause influenced outcomes in situations in which the right holder starts off in a powerful... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Construction; Real Estate; Entertainment & Recreation

17 Jan 2019
Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

every aspect of business, and life – from pitching to giving feedback, from brainstorming to making group decisions, from interviewing to firing. Creating Value Through Activist Investing This course will expose students to the... View Details

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

Programs & Events Women’s Leadership Summit Women’s Leadership Summit: Celebrating and Advancing Women Leaders November 7 – 8, 2024 HBS Campus “We are excited to harness the collective power of Harvard... View Details

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

February 4th Apply to CORe Apply to CORe for Credit Designed to help you achieve fluency in the language of business, CORe is a business fundamentals program that combines Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial... View Details

21 Mar 2019
HBS Case

The Ferrari Way

more powerful engines. The decision seems to be working, Thomke says, with profits up 46 percent last year. “At the end of the day, what matters is results, and they are outperforming their peer group.”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto

Portrait Project

Alex Angelopoulos

still felt bigger. When I came to HBS, I thought I had finally made it. However, as I delved into the case discussions, my heart tugged me back across the Atlantic. I remembered the hopeful eyes in that co-working space and realized the... View Details

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

America the "visible hand" was so powerful that it controlled not only the corporate landscape, but the political scene and the regulatory environment. My own work ended up being heavily View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem

Wal-Mart's and Microsoft's dominance in modern business has been attributed to any number of factors, ranging from the vision and drive of their founders to the companies' aggressive competitive practices.... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

01 Mar 2024
News

Vital Signs

Image by Edmon De Haro Illustration by Edmon De Haro The signs of strain were there long before the pandemic: Health care workers had been managing under tremendous pressures while working long hours in understaffed hospitals. Then COVID unleashed an unprecedented... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Interactive Messaging Unit (IMU), the online industry's catalyst for going "beyond the banner" and standardizing new ad formats that dramatically enhanced both the user experience and ad performance. His... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner

Does that influence its working atmosphere? Probably. It's much less political and more collaborative. Power is not much of an ingredient in the day-to-day activities here, but... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Drop Everything, Read This

The Bookshelf Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time. His book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, is about the creative process and is based on his experiences with era-defining musicians. He encourages the reader to be open to clues and... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

entrepreneurs and co-founders of Drift hired their lead people-person as one of their first five hires; they learned from past mistakes! Bonus tip: Every early-stage CEO/founder I know is shocked to realize the View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Doing Business with China: Early American Trading Houses - A Chronicle of the China Trade

of the China Trade Introduction Doing Business with China Augustine Heard & Co. The Canton Trade Commodities & Currencies Treaty Ports & Compradors Clippers & Steamships Exploring Trade Links Chinese Competition Expatriate Traders View Details

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

the model, developing applications for Microsoft's operating systems and using Microsoft's tools in the process, the power of the platform became evident. It was a win-win relationship—the community of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

platform for construction operators powered by advanced ML algorithms embedded with a fintech solution. Hive Health Camille Ang (MBA/MPA-ID 2022) Jiawen Tang (MBA 2023/MPA-ID 2021) Business Track Co-Winner A B2B2C digital health insurer... View Details

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Healthy Buildings in 2070

By: John D. Macomber and Joseph G. Allen

Fifty years seems a very long time in the future for most industries. Not so in buildings and real estate; built structures routinely last decades if not hundreds of years, as long as they are economically competitive. Any discussion of the 50-year future has to... View Details

Keywords: Health ＆ Wellness; Real Estate; Architectural Innovation; Public Health; Health; Buildings and Facilities; Well-being

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21 Feb 2013
HBS Seminar

Rodrigo Wagner, Tufts University

11 Oct 2023
News

Soldier On

superintendent, the teachers. I think about four or five days later, I had my first decision as mayor. The head of the school board called—and in Virginia and in a lot of other states, the school board is independently elected, View Details

05 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

side will refuse to budge, or even worse, exploit the information to their own advantage. Trust is particularly elusive in high-stress, high-stakes conditions, as when you're negotiating with strangers, facing deadlines, coping with differences in View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

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