Publications

14 Apr 2022
News

As Companies Vow to Sever Ties in Russia, a Clean Break Proves Complicated

07 Jul 2021
News

Former McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson and Cleveland Avenue Foundation’s Liz Thompson: Breaking Barriers

2012
Book

Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24-7 Habit and Change the Way you Work

By: Leslie A. Perlow

Does it have to be this way? Can't resist checking your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all this connectivity keeps you in touch with your team and the office—but at what cost? In "Sleeping with Your Smartphone," Leslie Perlow reveals how you can disconnect and... View Details

Keywords: Time Management; Internet and the Web; Groups and Teams; Performance Productivity; Globalized Firms and Management; Service Industry

15 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?

The deadline on an important work project is looming, but you keep getting distracted by news stories and silly cat videos online. Even though installing an Internet-blocking app might help you stay focused, you resist the idea, telling yourself you should have the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

Summer 1991
Article

Breaking the Chains of Embedded Knowledge: Architectural Innovation as a Source of Competitive Advantage

By: Rebecca M. Henderson

Keywords: Knowledge; Design; Innovation and Invention; Competitive Advantage

12 May 2023
Blog Post

Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women's Student Association (WSA)

What is the WSA? The WSA, or Women’s Student Association, is a student-led organization at Harvard Business School for anyone who identifies as a woman. We’re the largest student organization on campus. What do we do? Our role is to make the women at HBS feel... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

2020
Book

The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy

By: Katherine M. Gehl and Michael E. Porter

5:30 PM – 7:15 PM EDT, 10 Jun 2020
Virtual Programming

The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy

Katherine Gehl and Professor Michael Porter utilize classic business school tools (Porters Five Forces) to analyze politics as an industry in order to understand how the U.S. political system actually works and provide powerful, practical, and achievable solutions to... View Details

29 Jan 2022
News

How Companies’ Business Models Put Workers in a ‘Low-Wage Trap’—and How to Break the Cycle

15 May 2019
News

How to Attract Startups and Tech Companies to a City Without Relying on Tax Breaks

10 Jun 2020
Video

The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 05 Feb 2019
Webinars: Career

Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life

Rebels can often change the world for the better with their unconventional outlooks. Professor Francesca Gino has spent more than a decade studying rebels at organizations around the world. In this webinar, she explores the qualities that make rebels masters of... View Details

May 15, 2019
Article

How to Attract Startups and Tech Companies to a City Without Relying on Tax Breaks

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Craig Montuori and William Brah

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March 11, 2019
Article

The Dalai Lama and Arthur Brooks: All of Us Can Break the Cycle of Hatred

By: Arthur C. Brooks and the Dalai Lama

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June 2017 (Revised August 2018)
Case

Goodbye IMF Conditions, Hello Chinese Capital: Zambia's Copper Industry and Africa's Break with Its Colonial Past

By: Rafael Di Tella, Vincent Pons, Sarah Mehta and David Lane

Over the past several decades, rapid growth in Chinese investment and trade has created for Africa a new development partner. China represents an alternative to U.S. and European nations whose past imperialism, resource avarice, and economic dictates—through the... View Details

Keywords: Copper; Imperialism; IMF; World Bank; ODA; Debt Relief; Growth and Development; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Labor and Management Relations; History; Development Economics; China; Zambia; Africa

Educators

January 2003
Article

Women Entrepreneurs Who Break Through to Equity Financing: The Influence of Human, Social and Financial Capital

By: Myra M. Hart, Nancy M. Carter, Candida G. Brush, Patricia G. Greene and Elizabeth Gatewood

Keywords: Human Capital; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Gender; Capital; Equity

Web

Breaking down the ingot - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 next Breaking down the ingot ca. 1932 Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation Russell Aikins Explore the full... View Details

Other Article

Why Hollywood Is Caught in the Blockbuster Trap — and Won't Break Free Anytime Soon

By: Anita Elberse

May 2022
Teaching Note

Volkswagen and Suzuki: A Match Made in Heaven (A)? and An Alliance Breaks Down (B1, B2)

By: Ranjay Gulati and Bradley Turner

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 420-037, 420-038, and 420-039. View Details

Keywords: Alliances; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizations; Emerging Markets; Auto Industry