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  • 15 Aug 2019
  • Blog Post

Stan Chang: “A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship”

An engineer by training, Stan Chang, MS/MBA 2020 candidate in the SEAS/HBS joint degree program, came to Harvard to “balance a business curriculum with an advanced engineering education. When I saw the curriculum here and the focus on... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship
  • 16 Apr 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

planned lecture and an instructor-dominated question-and-answer period for the ambiguity of a hard-to-plan, free-flowing discussion driven by student ideas, which may well follow unusual paths and come to unexpected end points."... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education
  • 10 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

used. Separation seemed to help companies untangle the contradictory imperatives of threat and opportunity. Released from obligations to the parent organizations, freestanding ventures were more likely to view the new business as an... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting A Stop to the Earnings Game

By: Joseph Fuller and Michael C. Jensen

Putting an end to the "earnings game" requires that CEOs reclaim the initiative by avoiding earnings guidance and managing expectations in such a way that their stocks trade reasonably close to their intrinsic value. In place of earnings forecasts, management should... View Details

Keywords: Stocks; Performance Expectations; Goals and Objectives; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Risk Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Value; Projects
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  • Web

A Commitment to Sustainability | About

CY 2023 Our Commitment Harvard Business School (HBS) is committed to Harvard’s Sustainability Action Plan and the University’s mission to accelerate the adoption of systems and practices that protect the... View Details
  • February 2002 (Revised May 2004)
  • Case

U.S. Labs

By: Michael J. Roberts and Robert F. Higgins
Describes the evolution of a start-up venture in the pathology lab segment of the clinical lab business. U.S. Labs tries a series of business models before running out of cash. The company is in dire need of financing, as its venture capital backers are refusing to put... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Business Model; Business or Company Management; Planning; Business Strategy; Health Industry
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  • June 2025
  • Case

TagHive: Edtech Pricing and Distributor Decisions

By: Isamar Troncoso, Frank V. Cespedes and Stacy Straaberg
Education technology (edtech) company TagHive, founded in 2017, used a direct sales team and third-party distributors to sell its Class Saathi hardware and software solution to 300 clients, mainly primary and secondary schools in India. The product aimed to improve... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Social Marketing; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Adoption; Education; Teaching; Price; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Satisfaction; Growth and Development; Technological Innovation; Education Industry; Technology Industry; India; South Korea
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  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

My First Job

furniture business when a fire started in the factory’s ventilation system. The fire alarms were loud, and every instinct I had learned in school told me to leave the building, but the president of the company grabbed my arm and told me... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
  • 11 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

the business models of traditional incumbents and those of potential innovative MSP entrants. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55341 Oral History and Writing the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

From Big Pharma to Startup

Hunter Goble (MBA 2022) did not enroll in Harvard Business School with dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. After earning his MBA, Goble intended to return to Eli Lilly to continue to work building brands and launching products. He... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

which ended disastrously, and the importance of planning ahead for various contingencies before entering into such agreements is emphasized. A template is provided which allows for symmetrical or asymmetrical exit options, depending on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

The 20th Century Zeitgeist The 20th Century Zeitgeist Great Leadership is not a singular concept. On the contrary, it is a function of the circumstances in which businesses and their top executives operate. The opportunities available to... View Details
  • November 2006 (Revised June 2010)
  • Case

SUN Brewing (B)

In July 2004, Shiv, Nand, and Uday Khemka are discussing their holdings in SUN Interbrew, a leading Russian beer producer that is part of the family's global portfolio of businesses. SUN Interbrew has been operating as a joint venture since 1998, when the Khemka... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment; Globalized Markets and Industries; Ownership Stake; Family Ownership; Valuation; Food and Beverage Industry; Russia
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  • 11 Apr 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy

doing that, and waste a lot of money on sales and marketing trying to sell that wrong product," says Tom Eisenmann, a professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. "It takes a lot of time, time... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Computer
  • Web

General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Tadikonda Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Business of the Arts (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Rohit Deshpande , Henry McGee Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Advanced Business View Details
  • 19 Jul 2019
  • Blog Post

Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines

Santosh Iyer is originally from Toronto, Canada, and pursued his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Toronto.  He is currently an EC student and will graduate with the Class of 2020.  Post HBS,... View Details
  • 22 Oct 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

The COVID-19 pandemic made remote work more the norm than the exception, and now many companies are struggling to map out a hybrid plan that both managers and employees can embrace long term. With return-to-work policies in flux, this is... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

Business Review 90, no. 12 (December 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2012/12/the-microwork-solution/ar/1 Are There Too Many Safe Securities? Securitization and the Incentives for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

challenging conditions, such as the following, are present: When cultures clash. Negotiators from diverse organizational, professional, or national cultures often bring clashing assumptions to the table. As Ming-Jer Chen, the former director of Wharton's Global Chinese... View Details
Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius
  • Web

Morgan Hall | About

tenure of Dean John H. McArthur, Morgan now comprises 164 L-shaped faculty offices with work areas for research assistants, doctoral students, and support staff. The main facade and two side walls of the building were restored, and an additional floor—shown in the... View Details