by HBS Working Knowledge - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations

At the HBS Executive Education program Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations (BCAO), executives charged with leading and building operations and manufacturing strategies enhance their understanding of operations performance... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

30 May 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride

slightly different approach to research in this area by deciding that entrepreneurship should not be what we study, but rather, the entrepreneurial firm should be where we study. Q: What have been the main findings of the inquiry that has... View Details

Keywords: by William Mahoney

Srikant M. Datar

Srikant M. Datar became the eleventh dean of Harvard Business School on 1 January 2021. During his tenure as a faculty member, he served as Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs (including Faculty Chair of the Harvard Innovation Lab), for Research, for... View Details

Keywords: accounting industry; airline; automobiles; banking; biotechnology; communications; consumer products; e-commerce industry; health care; high technology; investment banking industry; management consulting; manufacturing; pharmaceuticals; venture capital industry

30 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup

might apply to earning a degree or learning a new skill, some entrepreneurs value persistence to an excess, Eisenmann says. “Founders hear about other entrepreneurs who pulled a rabbit out of a hat in the 11th hour,” says Eisenmann, who also co-chairs the View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

John P. Kotter

John P. Kotter is internationally known and widely regarded as the foremost speaker on the topics of Leadership and Change. His is the premier voice on how the best organizations actually achieve successful transformations. The Konosuke... View Details

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

direction and the internal data to understand its own strengths and weaknesses can be overly influenced by outside demands for metrics that may not always be relevant to its ultimate success. “Without understanding outcomes, you can't get... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

08 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Women Negotiating in the New Millenium

Do women negotiate differently from men? If yes, how much of a difference is there? For a long time, according to Hannah Riley, a doctoral candidate at HBS who has studied the subject, the answer was "'not much.'" Riley, along... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

The News Corporation/News of the World scandal has been described as a case study in bad management. What was there about the company's organizational culture that led to "Murdoch's Mess"? Professor Michel Anteby, who studies how meaning is built at View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

What Great American Leaders Teach Us

overall database. Tony Mayo, executive director of the Initiative, describes the project and what business leaders can take away from it in this interview. Sean Silverthorne: Can you describe the genesis and mission of the Leadership Initiative? Tony Mayo: Chaired... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

industries, the concept of a homer might take on other forms (e.g., an office worker typing a personal letter on his or her computer while at work). Q: Since the practice of employees using company time and resources to create personal products at View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

27 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Charting 'Cheapflation': How Budget Brands Got So Pricey

Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal? Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Unsplash/Alex Shuper View Details

Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua

14 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides

feel hindered by their gender at work tended to have healthier workplace relationships with each other than those who did. Other presenters challenged the common notion that organizations can fuel gender... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

29 May 2013
Research & Ideas

Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research

An internal event held each May, the annual Faculty Research Symposium affords the opportunity for a few Harvard Business School faculty to share their latest research with an audience of doctoral students, HBS staff, and other... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women—a History

professor Nancy Koehn, pointing out that women played key roles in the early American economy through the development of cottage industries and in the organization and work of benevolent societies. The exhibit does a wonderful job in... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

08 Aug 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance

MarsYu Who says finance is boring? These stories, written about HBS faculty research and case studies, cover such diverse topics as financial adviser robots, the rise of impact investing, and the tell-tale signs that brokers are giving... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

unconditional bonus before a project’s start boosted productivity, while another study concluded that those benefits were short-lived. A study by Luca, former HBS doctoral student Duncan Gilchrist, and... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

28 May 2012
Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

companies do CSR in fits and starts” The problem? They lack a cohesive CSR strategy, says Rangan, who recently cowrote the working paper Why Every Company Needs a CSR Strategy and How to Build It with HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

one continual change initiative. Maybe it's a relief to know that only a few of these efforts will actually be carried through to completion, but that knowledge doesn't do much for morale. Change fatigue is rampant, and it's exacerbated... View Details

Keywords: by Nick Morgan

31 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom

HBS associate professor Youngme Moon teaches the MBA elective Consumer Marketing and several Executive Education marketing courses. With her research and course development work focusing on innovative... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Service

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

of the market, it needs to successfully fight them. First, some developers see software as scientific knowledge to be shared "like the sharing of recipes among cooks." In fact, some describe software developers more like artists... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

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