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- 17 Jan 2020
- In Practice
6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart
With CEO turnover climbing, many business leaders are trying to hone skills that will keep them at the helm longer. We asked professors from Harvard Business School’s General... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 19 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations
Social networks matter for more than just efficient Internet communication. They're also crucial for the strong performance of stock recommendations by analysts, according to researchers at Harvard Business... View Details
- 30 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Harvard and HBS: The Next 100 Years
reflected on Harvard Business School's past 100 years and shared a visionary perspective for the types of leaders that the School should aspire to produce, while Dean Light... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
especially when it has long time horizons.—Kent Bowen At a mid-March HBS Centennial colloquium titled "Science-Based Business and the Business of Science," these and other ideas were batted back... View Details
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?
users to reconsider whether they will continue using the platform. Critics say all these radical moves are akin to lighting Twitter investors’ money on fire. But is there a method to Musk’s madness? Andy Wu is an assistant professor of View Details
- 10 Feb 2020
- In Practice
6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy
Even though the internet has been publicly available for almost three decades, executives at just about every company are wrestling with how to use digital technology to advance their business strategy. We asked professors from View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
- April 2001 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
UNext: Business Education and e-Learning
By: Michael G. Rukstad, David J. Collis and Tyrell Levine
UNEXT has signed agreements with Columbia, Stanford, Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, and the London School of Economics to create online business courses. The company is backed by Michael Milken and Larry Ellison and has four Nobel laureates on its advisory board. Describes... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Technological Innovation; Internet and the Web; Competition; Disruptive Innovation; Performance Efficiency; Higher Education; Learning; Education Industry
Rukstad, Michael G., David J. Collis, and Tyrell Levine. "UNext: Business Education and e-Learning." Harvard Business School Case 701-014, April 2001. (Revised August 2001.)
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
corporate America ever win back people's confidence? Harvard Management Update recently discussed this issue with Thomas R. Piper, Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration at View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- April 2025
- Case
Campbell's Recipe for Advancing School Nutrition
By: Hise O. Gibson, F. Christopher Eaglin and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
In 2021, The Campbell’s Company launched Full Futures, a collective impact initiative aimed at advancing school nutrition environments in underserved communities. The program started in Camden, NJ—home to Campbell’s headquarters—and later expanded to Charlotte, NC, and... View Details
- 19 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?
stores,” which now outnumber all of the Starbucks and McDonald’s in the United States combined. They will account for 40 percent of all new store openings this year, according to a Coresight Research report. Willy Shih, the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management... View Details
- 2007
- Book
From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession
By: Rakesh Khurana
Is management a profession? Should it be? Can it be? This major work of social and intellectual history reveals how such questions have driven business education and shaped American management and society for more than a century. The book is also a call for reform.... View Details
Keywords: Social History; Business Education; Moral Sensibility; Profit; Leadership; Managerial Roles; United States
Khurana, Rakesh. From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. (Winner of Association of American Publishers Best Professional/Scholarly Publishing Book in Business, Finance and Management. Winner of Max Weber Award for Distinguished Scholarship for the book which makes an outstanding contribution to scholarship on organizations, occupations, and/or work presented by American Sociological Association.)
- 2022
- Interview
Prime Venture Partners Podcast: #104 Tarun Khanna, Professor, Harvard Business School, on Creating the Conditions to Create, The Value Of Trust & The Power of Diversity
By: Tarun Khanna and Shripati Acharya
Tarun Khanna, Professor at the Harvard Business School chats with Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners regarding: Creating the Conditions to Create, State of Entrepreneurship: India vs China, The Value of Trust in Entrepreneurship, Working with... View Details
"Prime Venture Partners Podcast: #104 Tarun Khanna, Professor, Harvard Business School, on Creating the Conditions to Create, The Value Of Trust & The Power of Diversity." Prime Venture Partners Podcast, Prime Venture Partners, 2022.
- 22 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Agreeing to Disagree Is a Good Beginning
Disagreements don’t have to end discussions. In fact, as researchers from the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business View Details
Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
With COVID-19 cases growing worldwide, business leaders are scrambling to deal with a wide variety of problems, from slumping sales and stalling supply chains to keeping employees healthy and making sure they can continue working. We... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan
Sean Silverthorne: "How to Write a Great Business Plan" has been one of the most downloaded articles on Harvard Business Publishing since you wrote it in 1997. Why do... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- May 1982 (Revised December 1986)
- Background Note
Background Information on a Graduate School of Business Administration: Note on the Educational Setting and Environment
Christensen, C. Roland, and Abby Hansen. "Background Information on a Graduate School of Business Administration: Note on the Educational Setting and Environment." Harvard Business School Background Note 382-153, May 1982. (Revised December 1986.)
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global financial crisis provides a mandate for restructuring. But survival is not the end goal, says View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 1999
- Book
The Intellectual Venture Capitalist: John H. McArthur and the Work of the Harvard Business School, 1980-1995
McCraw, T. K., ed. The Intellectual Venture Capitalist: John H. McArthur and the Work of the Harvard Business School, 1980-1995. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.