Publications

03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

non-business analogies to business. But one recent book, Judo Strategy, (HBSP,2001), by David Yoffie and Mary Kwak, provides interesting advice on how underpowered upstarts can compete against the sumo giants View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Oct 2014
Op-Ed

Ebola’s Call To Arms About Disaster Preparedness

Ebola. Furthermore, in the interest of efficiency, we've decreased the number of beds available for extreme cases, leaving ourselves unable to admit patients in the face View Details

Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda; Health

24 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

Debora L. Spar's research in Africa has looked at the diamond industry, the AIDS crisis, and the democratization of South Africa since apartheid. Now she has turned her attention to Botswana, where an era of... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

October 2010 (Revised January 2012)
Background Note

Book Publishing in 2010

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett

Legacy book publishers wrangled with ebook retailers over royalty rates, release strategy, and distribution rights as customer demand for cheaper ebooks eroded publishers' profitable print formats. E-readers like Kindle, as well as Apple's iPad that invigorated the... View Details

Keywords: Price; Information Publishing; Books; Disruptive Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Distribution; Strategy; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Publishing Industry

07 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

The Quest for Better Layoffs

company ravaged by a massive fire. "They were very upset," says Sucher, the MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice and Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow at HBS. "What upset them... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

racial discrimination. In Digital Discrimination: The Case of Airbnb.com, Benjamin G. Edelman and Michael Luca investigate the possibility of racial discrimination against people who advertise properties on... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Advertising

22 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/smr/issue/2008/summer/13/ Leaders in Denial Authors:Richard S. Tedlow Publication:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July - August 2008) Abstract Henry Ford's stubborn refusal to admit the changeability View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks

on the faculty at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business," Stuart says. "I was part of a committee examining why there wasn't a more vibrant life... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

31 May 2016
HBS Case

Who Owns Space?

launch their careers with New Space. “The space sector is full of smart technical people. By its own admission, it’s short on smart business people, and short on social scientists,” Weinzierl says. “Right now, there’s a lot View Details

Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace

18 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?

ownership and carried interest—or profit share. The average founding partner grabbed a much larger share of the carried interest than the average non-founder: 19.2 percent compared with 11.3 percent.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

July 2002
Case

Introducing ... The XFL!

By: Susan M. Fournier, Stephen A. Greyser and Seth Schulman

When the XFL professional football league debuted on February 3, 2001, it generated a Nielsen rating of 10.1, higher than any nationally televised program in a Saturday evening time slot. The next week, ratings plummeted, and by week nine the XFL game earned the title... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Positioning; Consumer Behavior; Product Development; Culture; Commercialization

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

competitions. In 2007, Threadless was well on its way to selling more than a million and a half t-shirts. The success of Threadless has garnered significant media attention, the New York Times and USA's National Public Radio highlighting... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating a Global Business Code

they are really engaged. It was an interesting cultural difference." Because all four companies involved in phase 3 were multinationals, the surveys had to be translated from English into nine additional languages. "That was... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

March 1992 (Revised April 2000)
Case

Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corporation (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Nancy A Kamprath

Describes how Joline Godfrey, an intrapreneur at the Polaroid Corp., introduced and developed a project that could help Polaroid move to a more service- as opposed to product-oriented focus. Also depicts the mentor-protege relationship between Godfrey and Gerald... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Rank and Position; Leading Change; Problems and Challenges; Change; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry