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- 05 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations
described the limitations of their current system and gave an overview of their needs and expectations. After the presentation, a dialogue opened up between the executives and the prospective bidders. Representatives from consulting firm... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 21 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Missing the Wave in Ship Transport
there were about 9,000 bulk carriers, which varied in dimensions from small to supersized. The bulk shipping market was valued at roughly $180 billion. Owners in this highly competitive industry make money either by transporting cargo for... View Details
- 03 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All
the VC firm risk supporting an entrepreneur with a questionable track record? A recent paper might contain the answer. Entrepreneurs coming off an initial VC-backed failure often see their careers accelerate in their follow-on job, as... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
environment. While incumbents must learn and adapt to the new communications medium if they are to profit from it, pure-plays face the daunting task and expense of quickly building a new brand View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
just one of four Black CEOs leading a Fortune 500 company. Frazier is also outspoken, having resigned from President Trump’s American Manufacturing Council to make a clear statement against “hatred, bigotry and group supremacy” that... View Details
- 25 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress)
particularly important now, as inflation eats into the ability of many Americans to afford basic necessities like food and gas, and COVID-19 continues to disrupt the job market. Buying less stress The inspiration for researching how money alleviates hardships came... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
Designed around the course at Harvard Business School, Collis' new text takes the firm that operates across borders as a unit of analysis and the senior manager in a multinational as the typical decision maker. Illustrated with examples View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Cost of Cutting in Line
learn from your research in terms of creating waiting lists? A: Take waiting at the airport as an example. Charging passengers for the right to jump the queue is problematic. First, the airlines have some... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- September 2019 (Revised December 2019)
- Supplement
Anthony Soohoo: Retrospection on Dot & Bo
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Allison M. Ciechanover and George Gonzalez
The case describes the final year of the once-promising furniture e-tailer, Dot & Bo, that included a challenging fundraising market, troubles with logistics and operations, and a team tragedy. The founder looks back at the experience and shares his learnings about... View Details
Keywords: Startups; Furnishing; Leadership; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Failure; Learning; E-commerce; United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., Allison M. Ciechanover, and George Gonzalez. "Anthony Soohoo: Retrospection on Dot & Bo." Harvard Business School Supplement 820-037, September 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
- 24 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
The Energy & Environment Club
Green Bank to operations at Tesla. The 40+ first-year MBA students in attendance were eager to learn what to expect from the internship search cycle, from generating a list of... View Details
Michael Beer
MICHAEL BEER
Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
to maritime trade so phenomenal that he has been compared to the father of the steam engine, Robert Fulton. As a youth growing up on a farm in a small town of Maxton, North Carolina, McLean learned early on about the value of hard work... View Details
Robert J. Dolan
Robert J. Dolan is the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester and began his academic career in 1976 as a faculty member at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. He joined... View Details
- 23 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming Nervous Nelly
danger of failing before, now your anxiety has made failure a foregone conclusion. We've all experienced the crippling effects of job performance anxiety. But far from being uniquely relegated to nightmare... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Research Summary
Great Negotiator Study Initiative
What can be legitimately be learned from closely studying great negotiators at work? Since 2000, the Program on Negotiation (PON)—an active inter-university consortium mainly comprised of numerous faculty from across... View Details
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
Currently a Unilever brand can be found in one out of every two households in the world. This book has related how these brands came to form part of the everyday life of so many people as the world "globalized" from the 1960s.... View Details
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Who Are We Looking For? - MBA
listening, and lively discussion. At HBS you will be surrounded by future leaders from around the world who will make you think more expansively about what impact you might have. Our case and field-based View Details
- 9 AM – 10 AM EST, 13 Nov 2019
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HBS Online Sustainable Business Strategy
Learn how to become a purpose-centered business leader while examining the critical role that businesses play in solving the world's big problems, including climate change, income inequality, and social injustice. Program Dates: November 13, 2019 - December 4, 2019 View Details
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
Colleges and universities are learning what companies have known for a long time—when scandal breaks, business can take a significant hit. New research from Harvard Business School concludes that... View Details
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Investment Management Workshop
more effectively Broaden your range of potential investment and allocation strategies Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with accomplished investment industry executives from various... View Details