Publications

Nov 2014
Conference Presentation

Multiple Team Membership, Turnover, & On-time Delivery: Evidence Construction Services.

By: Hise O. Gibson, Bradley R. Staats and Ananth Raman

09 Dec 2010
News

Driving the Market for Big-Rig Engines

Keywords: Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

13 May 2015
Blog Post

Former Engineer Gives Consulting a Test Drive

The majority of HBS students choose to do an internship in between their first and second years. Some students choose to continue down paths they pursued prior to business school, while others use the summer to try out new function areas... View Details

December 1982 (Revised May 1983)
Case

General Electric Aircraft Engine Business Group (B)

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Air Transportation; Aerospace Industry

Article

The Power in Demography: Women's Social Constructions of Gender Identity at Work

By: R. J. Ely

This study examined how women's proportional representation in the upper echelons of organizations affects professional women's social constructions of gender difference and gender identity at work. Qualitative and quantitative data were used. Results suggest that sex... View Details

Keywords: Demographics; Gender; Labor

September 2002
Article

A Structural Approach to Assessing Innovation: Construct Development of Innovation Locus, Type and Characteristics

By: Hubert Gatignon, Michael L. Tushman, Wendy Smith and Philip Anderson

Keywords: Growth and Development

October 2021
Supplement

Engine No. 1: An Activist Hedge Fund Pursues Stakeholder Capitalism (B)

By: Mark Kramer

Engine Number 1's proxy fight succeeded in part because Exxon shareholders had lost money in the preceding years and because climate change was a high-profile issue. The B case raises the question of whether Engine No. 1's next target should be Facebook, where social... View Details

Keywords: Proxy Fight; Hedge Fund Activism; Social Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Goals and Objectives

January 2025 (Revised February 2025)
Case

Smart Construction Site at Huatian (A)

By: Letian Zhang and Wenjie Ma

December 1988 (Revised May 1989)
Background Note

PROFORMA: An Aid for Analyzing Accounting Statements for the Purposes of Constructing Proformas and Forecasting

By: John E. Bishop

Keywords: Accounting; Forecasting and Prediction

September 1995
Teaching Note

Constructing a Nation: The United States and Their Constitution, 1763-1792 TN

By: David A. Moss

Teaching Note for (9-795-063). View Details

Keywords: United States; Great Britain; Washington (state, US)

October 2020
Case

Israelis, Palestinians and the Technology Bridge Between Them: A Work in Progress

By: Elie Ofek and Lia Weiner

In Israel of 2020 the demand for software engineers was endless. Meanwhile just miles away, Palestinian universities were graduating 3,000 engineers a year, and many of them could not find jobs in the still nascent Palestinian tech sector. Could these dots be... View Details

Keywords: Geopolitics; Technology Ecosystem; Software Engineers; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Business Startups; International Relations; Cooperation; Opportunities; Problems and Challenges; Technology Industry; Israel; Palestinian state

17 Jul 2019

Future Leadership MBA + Engineering Multi-School Webinar

Join Cornell University, Kellogg School of Management, University of Michigan Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Harvard MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, and MIT Leaders for Global Operations to... View Details

05 Oct 2022

Future Leadership MBA + Engineering Multi-School Webinar

Join Cornell University, Harvard MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, Kellogg School of Management, UC Berkeley Haas, University of Michigan's Tauber Institute for Global Operations, and MIT Leaders for... View Details

May 2005 (Revised April 2011)
Case

Arctic Timber AB: Engineered Woods Division (A)

By: Michael L. Tushman, David Kiron and Wendy Smith

Describes the leadership challenges involved in managing strategic innovation and change in a highly mature business unit. Allows systematic exploration of organizational structures, incentives, competencies, and culture that impede innovation. Pivots on a new leader's... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure

02 Feb 2023
News

Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

quickly. This series will take you inside the world of carbon capture, guided by innovators and experts at the forefront of the movement who will help you understand what is possible. Can we really engineer... View Details

2010
Working Paper

Advertising Disclosures: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines

By: Benjamin Edelman and Duncan S. Gilchrist

In an online experiment, we measure users' interactions with search engines, both in standard configurations and in modified versions with clearer labels identifying search engine advertisements. In particular, for a random subset of users, we change "Sponsored links"... View Details

Keywords: Online Advertising; Interactive Communication; Corporate Disclosure; Labels; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Internet; Search Technology