Giving Back - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jan 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis

back on CSR programs—quite the opposite, says HBS professor V. Kasturi "Kash" Rangan. As a marketing scholar, Rangan is optimistic about strategic CSR efforts that provide value in communities and society. Key concepts include: Companies... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

04 Jan 2016
Blog Post

5 Ways to Motivate Employees After the Holiday Season

The holiday season brings a flurry of fun and stress for all employees. It can be a tough adjustment to get back in the swing of things as many are feeling the post-holiday blues. Here are 5 ways to keep employees motivated and show how... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

10 Sep 2014
Blog Post

A Summer Reflection

Looking back on my summer internship at Walmart, I have four main takeaways about the company: Walmart cares A LOT about maintaining the culture that Sam Walton initially put in place. It’s actively and constantly managed- 4 core values,... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

back to McClelland's original work, and eventually thinking more deeply about the "high-need-for-achievement professional" and how helpless these individuals behaved when trying to change dysfunctional behavior. DeLong, a... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

28 Jul 2016
Op-Ed

Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?

fines against doctors, consumers can visit sites like ZocDoc and RateMDs. ZocDoc.com, founded in 2007, claims 5 million patient appointments with doctors booked through its site. RateMDs.com, founded in 2004, claims only 2 million doctor ratings. What is holding View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

October 2020 (Revised June 2021)
Case

The Bronx Community Foundation

By: Brian Trelstad and Aldo Sesia

Derrick and Desmon Lewis were both successful professionals in the consulting and banking industries. They were born and raised in The Bronx, New York City’s poorest borough. The Lewis brothers had always wanted to give back to the community. In 2016 they launched a... View Details

Keywords: Community Foundations; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Relationships; Business Model; Social Issues; New York (city, NY); United States

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09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Set Your Recruiting Vision for 2020

help you achieve this goal, HBS encourages you to put a positive spin on “Hindsight is 2020” as you look ahead with 2020 vision. Hindsight is 2020 Reflecting back on this past year is a great way to move forward. What challenges did your... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

02 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Peek Weekend: The Family Business Cohort

that. When an HBS representative came to my campus and described a program that gives participants a glimpse into Harvard’s take on business management education, with a focus on family business, it seemed like an ideal way to keep... View Details

06 May 2002
Research & Ideas

A Toolkit for Customer Innovation

product, BBA and the client could go back and forth for several more iterations. This represents a huge problem because clients often expect BBA to get the flavor right the first time, or within two or three iterations. To make matters... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel

Web

Decarbonization and Sustainable Production: Immersive Field Course in Denmark and the Netherlands - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

short term. To address the root of their problems, they should follow the counsel they would give their clients: Take a step back to reassess. Consulting firms should hone back... View Details

Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting

28 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Making the Decision to Franchise (or not)

From neighborhood to neighborhood—even from block to block—customers have different tastes in the products they buy and the retail experience they find most enjoyable. As a business owner operating stores across multiple markets, is it possible to please everyone? Can... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

26 Oct 2016
Blog Post

From Product Development to Business School

bioreactor.” Business school is different. Discussing 2-3 business situations daily with the brightest people I’ve ever met doesn’t give me an immediate “take home” lesson. But I think back on what... View Details

01 May 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Revisiting the Classical View of Benefit-Based Taxation

Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl

Teaching Interest

Negotiation

By: Kevin P. Mohan

Managerial success requires the ability to negotiate. Whether you are forging an agreement with your suppliers, trying to ink a deal with potential customers, raising money from investors, managing a conflict inside your firm, or resolving a dispute that is headed... View Details

19 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Finding Success in the Middle of the Market

midfield dictates the pace of play, gives its forwards and defenders more time to set up their plays, and breaks up attacks by the opposing team's front line. In business, it's not fashionable to concentrate on midfield. Focus, we are... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto; Retail

18 Mar 2022
Blog Post

The Health Care Conference and the Convening Power of HBS

behalf of my employer. Up to that point, I was not seriously considering business school, but was totally wowed by the speakers featured in Klarman Hall that day and somewhere in the back of my mind, I started picturing myself as an MBA... View Details

07 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 7

systematically give lower scores to research proposals closer to their own areas of expertise and to highly novel research proposals. We interpret the empirical patterns in relation to a range of theoretical mechanisms and discuss... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Teaching Interest

Overview

Teaching has been a lifelong passion of mine. As the third generation of academics in my family, I see good teaching as a means to give back and to encourage others to share my passion for discovery. I’ve been very lucky to have many teaching opportunities, both as an... View Details

29 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

becoming an entrepreneur, and the one on which past entrepreneurial research has focused, going all the way back to Adam Smith, Joseph Schumpeter, Israel Kirzner, and other pillars of economics. In my own research, I also approached... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services

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