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- 31 Jul 2017
- HBS Case
It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family
Le is grappling with a host of operational challenges at Pho Hoa that include poor service and variable food delivery times for the menu’s wide array of 150 items. While his father has stepped aside, Tam’s uncle continues to manage the... View Details
- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
trusted employees and the opportunities that come with bringing in fresh talent. Q: What are you working on next? A: I continue to investigate how factors beyond the market influence strategic decisions. In more recent work, I examine how... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
You Only Thought You Were Republican
TOBIAS: “When CEOs make 500 times what their employees make, there is an upper class.” So there I am moderating last fall’s 35th Reunion panel, “Two Steves and a Joe,” with classmates Steve Schwarzman (estimated net worth, $15 billion),... View Details
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
entrepreneurs who must come to productive terms with investors, potential employees and board members, technology partners, distributors, and possible acquisitions as well as would-be acquirers. Yet beyond such formal deals, negotiation... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About
was understood to be an endorsement of the need for professional management education. When Harvard Overseer Bishop William Lawrence approached him for a $1 million donation to help build the new campus, Baker refused. After consulting... View Details
- Web
Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details
- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
at large. About the Authors Joseph B. Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. He co-chairs the HBS Project on Managing the Future of Work and the Project on Workforce at... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
- 01 May 2020
- What Do You Think?
Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?
stimulates them.” She finds it “challenging to implement our ‘flexible’ mindset to our clients’ employees because upper management has not embraced it themselves.” Remote work can help some avoid a toxic... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Making the Decision to Franchise (or not)
demographic characteristics. Motivated Managers That is one of the biggest decisions a business can make, Campbell says. Franchising creates a strong motivation for local managers to maximize performance,... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
organizational narrative. The other way to foster community involvement is to empower employees to represent the organization to people in other parts of their lives. Managers should want their View Details
- Web
Negotiating - Alumni
process, you might say "I'd like to get a better sense of my fit with the position and company before discussing finances." When it's time to talk, the offer should come from the hiring manager or your HR contact. Prioritizing &... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
provided more opportunities for catch-up from the Rest. Firms from emerging markets had the opportunity to access the global networks that replaced large integrated firms. There were also new ways to access knowledge and capital, including through View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews
important for review sites such as Yelp to post chronological reviews that reflect current conditions, since hygiene can vary wildly based on new management and staff, the research team says. “Review sites should be careful in making sure... View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
3 Reasons Engineers Thrive at Business School
engineer, I often answer questions from my section mates about technical product descriptions, explain manufacturing issues, or provide an engineering employee perspective during discussions on management... View Details
- 06 Mar 2020
- Book
A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading
educating MBAs at HBS. Martha Lagace: Teachers are leaders, as you argue in your new book, and yet most managers don’t receive any training in teaching. How can managers approach their role in a new way?... View Details
- 23 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit
after undergrad. But Gupta also spent several years at the Pratham Education Foundation, one of India’s largest educational nonprofits—work that earned him a Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship for social enterprise leadership at HBS. Mahajan, meanwhile, was View Details
- June 2010 (Revised October 2011)
- Case
ProPublica
By: Michel Anteby, Philippe Bertreau and Charlotte Newman
Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica's managing editor, entered the organization's newsroom located in lower Manhattan on September 16, 2008. He knew a historical financial debacle was happening at his doorstep, yet none of his journalists were covering that beat. It would... View Details
Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Leadership; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Organizational Culture; Motivation and Incentives; Journalism and News Industry; Publishing Industry; New York (city, NY)
Anteby, Michel, Philippe Bertreau, and Charlotte Newman. "ProPublica." Harvard Business School Case 410-140, June 2010. (Revised October 2011.)
- 26 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
The Road Untraveled: VC Perspectives on COVID-19
COVID-19" – a project he hopes will provide insights directly from the VC industry to founders and investors on how to manage their business and financial expectations through these unprecedented times. These are some key... View Details
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
School, says that shutting down a startup is almost always a messy affair. When a venture requires a cash infusion to survive, its founders may turn to bottom-fisher investors who force the company to restructure its capitalization, making the equity stakes of earlier... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
Summing Up Are we approaching a "millennial watershed" in management? The next generation of managers, comprising many "millennials," will be more adept at managing in a changing, global, and networked environment.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett