Publications

01 Mar 2018
News

‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

issues. ROY WILLIS was born in 1939 in Halifax County, North Carolina, and moved to Norfolk, Virginia, when he was 12. Though an honors student, Willis was denied admittance to the College of William & Mary during the early days of... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

Understanding the Digital Frontier

Blendtec hit on the idea of showing the industrial-strength power of the product by filming the blender munching everything from rake handles to an iPhone. The videos racked up 60 million hits on YouTube, and the company’s CEO was soon making an appearance on The... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management

18 Jul 2018
News

Ensuring HBS Remains a Dynamic Community

Rebecca Sumner Lien (MBA 1993) (photo by Genevieve Shiffrar) Rebecca Sumner Lien (MBA 1993) (photo by Genevieve Shiffrar) A part-time job at a Roy Rogers restaurant first introduced Rebecca Sumner Lien to business. “I was fascinated by... View Details

December 1993 (Revised June 2000)
Case

Kochman, Reidt + Haigh, Inc.

By: Richard S. Ruback and Roy Burstin

A small company faces the dilemma of how to finance growth (i.e., internally generated cash flows vs. outside financing sources). An innovative concept positions the company in promoting a niche within the kitchen-cabinet industry and in looking for an optimal way of... View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Utilities Industry

Educators

1 Feb 2008
Lecture

The Devil Wears Prada: The Effect of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Ethical Decision Making

By: Roy Y.J. Chua and X. Zou

Keywords: Luxury; Ethics; Decision Making

March 1994
Supplement

Bose Corp.: The JIT II Program (C)

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Bruce Isaacson

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry

March 1994
Supplement

Bose Corp.: The JIT II Program (B)

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Bruce Isaacson

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry

1979
Article

Organizational Behavior for Executives

By: Roy Lewicki and John J. Gabarro

Keywords: Management; Organizations; Behavior

July 2010
Teaching Note

Managing Creativity at Shanghai Tang (TN)

By: Roy Y.J. Chua and Lisa Kwan

Teaching Note for 410018. View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Brands and Branding; Financial Crisis; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Luxury; Arts; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry

Article

Perceiving Freedom Givers: Effects of Granting Decision Latitude on Personality and Leadership Perceptions

By: Roy Y.J. Chua and Sheena Iyengar

A perennial question facing managers is how much decision latitude to give their employees at work. The current research investigates how decision latitude affects employees' perceptions of managers' personalities and, in turn, their leadership effectiveness. Results... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Leadership; Perception; Employees; Performance Effectiveness; Personal Characteristics

2011
Chapter

Building Intercultural Trust at the Negotiating Table

By: Sujin Jang and Roy Y.J. Chua

This chapter examines the challenges of intercultural negotiation with a focus on the critical role of trust. Building trust is crucial for successful negotiations between cultures, yet intercultural negotiations are often characterized by a lack of trust. We discuss... View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Negotiation; Trust; Adaptation

Article

Creativity As a Matter of Choice: Prior Experience and Task Instruction As Boundary Conditions for the Positive Effect of Choice on Creativity

By: Roy Y.J. Chua and S. Iyengar

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Creativity; Information; Outcome or Result

Read Now

March 2004
Article

Strategy as Ecology

By: Marco Iansiti and Roy Levien

Keywords: Strategy

30 Mar 2010
News

An Optimistic Publisher

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

September 2015 (Revised October 2017)
Case

Vistron Inc.: The Z Glass Project

By: Roy Shapiro and Marco Iansiti

Keywords: Technology Industry

Educators

2002
Working Paper

The New Operational Dynamics of Business Ecosystems: Implications for Policy, Operations and Technology Strategy

By: Marco Iansiti and Roy Levien