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  • 03 Sep 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Who Should Choose Your Boss?

decisions." Mason Oghenejobo said that the solution lies in selecting the leader who will meet or surpass the aspirations of key stakeholders. "Board members need not be the only persons involved." According to Karen... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Food & Beverage
  • April 2021
  • Background Note

HEAD vs. LEAD: Disruptions Originating at the High- vs. Low-End of the Market

By: Elie Ofek, Olivier Toubia and Didier Toubia
Twenty five years after it was initially proposed, Clay Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation continues to be a major reference for entrepreneurs, corporate innovators, and investors. However, the term “disruptive innovation” is often used in ways and contexts... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry; New Product Management; Targeting; Disruptive Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Entrepreneurship; Product; Management; Innovation Strategy; Technology
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  • 24 Jan 2024
  • Op-Ed

Why Boeing’s Problems with the 737 MAX Began More Than 25 Years Ago

fated decisions was to turn down the proposal from Boeing’s head of commercial aviation to design an all-new single-aisle aircraft to replace the Boeing 727 (FAA-certified in 1964), 737 (1968 certification) and 757 (1972). Instead of designing a new airplane... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Air Transportation; Transportation; Aerospace
  • Web

Faculty & Advisors | MBA

competitive intelligence, market research and Gilead’s overall portfolio and business planning. Prior to joining Gilead, Howie was President of ALZA Corporation where he was responsible for all aspects of managing ALZA as an independent... View Details
  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Controlling Versus Enabling — Online Appendix

By: Andrei Hagiu and Julian Wright
Section 1 of this online appendix contains the proof of the technical Lemma (Lemma 2) used in the Proof of Lemma 1 in the main paper, which states that Ω* (.) is continuous and differentiable at R*. Section 2 provides the linear example with cost differences between... View Details
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  • 02 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 08 Jul 2021
  • Blog Post

Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

Anne-Marie Schoonbeek (MBA 2017) and Heleen van Poecke (MBA 2017), grew up in small towns in The Netherlands fifteen minutes apart from one another. Yet in all those years, their paths never crossed. Instead, over 3,000 miles away from... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology
  • 24 Jul 2019
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

policy and managerial questions. The students work with clients, applying behavioral economics to propose solutions to problems that require some nudging of citizens, consumers, and employees to promote better decisions. Dina Gerdeman:... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 10 Jun 2021
  • Blog Post

Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Cofounders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

Anne-Marie Schoonbeek (MBA 2017) and Heleen van Poecke (MBA 2017), grew up in small towns in the Netherlands fifteen minutes apart from one another. Yet in all those years, their paths never crossed. Instead, over 3,000 miles away from... View Details
  • 29 Jul 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Learning from the Kursk Submarine Rescue Failure: The Case for Pluralistic Risk Management

Keywords: by Anette Mikes & Amram Migdal
  • March 2020 (Revised June 2023)
  • Case

EyeControl: Inspiring Communication

By: Paul A. Gompers and Danielle Golan
Eye-controlled communication device startup EyeControl was founded in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2016 by cofounders with a shared personal connection to locked-in syndrome—a neurological disorder that left sufferers cognitively sound, yet paralyzed, with the exception of eye... View Details
Keywords: Health Disorders; Communication Technology; Business Startups; Expansion; Finance; Decision Making; Social Enterprise; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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  • 05 Jan 2022
  • Blog Post

Student Conferences at HBS: The 2021 Climate Symposium

the sentiment that there is no better (and necessary) time to join the climate impact space than now with the amount of funding being provided by public and private markets. 2. There is no silver bullet solution and we need to be all-in... View Details
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

balance internal resources. On the one hand, they need to focus some of their people on continually improving and growing the core business. On the other hand, they must free others to break all the rules in the name of growth and... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
  • Web

Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

unhappiness. In this lecture, Professor Arthur Brooks will show how modern life with its technological distractions is changing our brains and making meaning and purpose harder to find. But he also will reveal the solutions we can... View Details
  • 10 Jul 2023
  • In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

and the possibility of change. My current research examines solutions for cities and regions, including their surrounding vulnerable treasures—for example, an almost-finished case on the efforts of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians to save... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

Thanks to technology and instant global communication, it has never been easier for companies to seek solutions to problems or find new ideas from sources outside their own corporate walls. But the art of managing these external... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
  • Teaching Interest

Applied Business Analytics

Course Overview:

Business Analytics has become a core function in many firms today and is driving innovation in the form of new business and operating models. Data-driven decision-making requires understanding of statistics, computer... View Details

  • 20 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 20

analyses of all bank acquisitions in the U.S. from 1990 to 2000 largely support these hypotheses. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/cmarquis/Marquis_Guthrie_Almandoz_State_Activism-2011.pdf The IKEA Effect: When Labor Leads to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

Searching for Professional Passion Through My VC Summer Internship

professors, and scoured club newsletters for internship postings, all the while keeping in mind my goal of clarifying my career trajectory post-HBS. After several months of searching, I came to three big conclusions: I am incredibly... View Details
  • 05 Feb 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?

that these findings are important to the field of management is that all good leaders, among other things, teach as well as learn. It requires careful listening and responding, often to individual needs. I suspect that they apply the same... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett