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- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
wrestle with questions of identity and rebuilding relationships. Teresa Amabile presents preliminary findings on the journey to after-work life. Why You Are Unhappy at Work Sometimes the deck is stacked against you at work. Learn more... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Generation Next
such as the life cycles of the family business, dilemmas inherent in working with relatives, grooming the next generation of company leadership, governance of the firm, and managing the impact of wealth on the family. "We spend much of the time View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Opinion: No Magic Bullet
wrestled with these issues for the past 30 years, I have come to believe that achieving your aspirations lies not in "being a success" but in working to achieve your unique potential. This requires you to create your own definition of... View Details
- 13 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: The Coal Dichotomy: Balancing Economic Growth and Decarbonization in India
much longer can coal be a part of India’s energy mix — even in its most state of-the-art form? The Economic Imperative of Coal India is at an inflection point. The title of our IFC is “Development while Decarbonizing” and we wrestled with... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
until seventh grade, basketball until eighth grade, football until ninth. Then I wrestled and threw the shot put and discus through high school. The faster the ball moved — or the smaller it got — the sooner my career in that sport was... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
first time Hanazawa has wrestled with the ways she could urge her industry to focus on social impact. In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami leveled towns and cities in her home country of Japan, and she struggled with how to help. She... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 10 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands
geothermal heating facility powered by natural lake cooling to improve energy efficiency as it wrestles with rising energy prices in the EU from the Ukraine War. They also use automated seeding machines to ensure a consistent and uniform... View Details
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
several other sites where encouraging consumer product-return was a major challenge because of the behavioral change required for that industry, hence we continued to wrestle with the question of how consumer bottle return for refilling... View Details
- 05 Apr 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?
terms: "Acquisitions are a macho exercise, not an intellectual one. Think World Wrestling Federation, not a chess tournament." Stephen Alexander adds: "Those promoting an acquisition are often dealmakers whose interest in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog
manage a multi-business corporation?" to engender entrepreneurship and adaptability while maintaining control and realizing economies. All companies, whether large, diversified multinationals or small entrepreneurial startups, wrestle... View Details
- 13 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
Hiding Products From Customers May Ultimately Boost Sales
selling season may cause the customer to pass on buying a product that she really liked, only to find out that she doesn’t like any of the subsequent products either,” Ferreira says. Beyond flash sales and fast fashion, the research has practical implications for any... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
is designed to help an executive frame a decision-making process to answer an issue he or she is wrestling with and move forward with actionable steps." View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) - Course Catalog
organization size. In each, GMs face one or more important decisions, and wrestle with multiple challenges. These cases include traditional paper and multimedia formats. As in any HBS classroom, students are expected to participate... View Details
- 08 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief
through with the surgery anyway. The behavioral implications are significant, the researchers say, in that people might not act in their own best interest at times. For those who find themselves wrestling with making difficult decisions,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Apr 2019
- Research Event
Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture
wrestling with profound feelings of loss as they climbed the ranks. A scope for sanity Despite evidence of universal misery, none of the companies—largely professional services firms—that Ely has observed in her career have shifted the... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Why Leaders Need Great Books
percentage of my sleep right off the top. — So I'm telling you, okay?" So go the first lines to author Allan Gurganus's short story, "Blessed Assurance." As one of the works of literature that HBS MBA students wrestle with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
“By wrestling with the case issues together, we create new perspectives and a sense of community.” The seminar will mark its 60th iteration January 12–15, 2020. The faculty team—which includes Bell and Forest Reinhardt, the John D. Black... View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Peeling Back the Global Brand
"don't touch the brand" school of thought, admitted Schroiff. Yet Henkel also wrestled with questions of economies of scale and consumer penetration. "If you were to flood Europe with standardized products under a few brand... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
in June 2006. The world is certainly more complicated these days, and it has become increasingly challenging to host these events around the globe. Thank you for your patience and flexibility as we wrestle with the various forces of... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- Research Event
In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?
legislative bodies and courts are still wrestling with if and how to regulate technology that is not only unprecedented in their capabilities and varied in their business models, but also constantly evolving. Bell, who is English and... View Details