Publications

November 1995
Background Note

Business Process Reengineering: Its Past, Present, and Possible Future

Explores the origins of reengineering; its evolution during the 1980s and 1990s; the current state of reengineering, which is prevalent in business today; and several possible futures of reengineering, specifically in relation to process management, knowledge work, and... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Business Processes

30 Jun 2017
News

10 Business Books Every Freelancer Should Read In 2017

03 Apr 2018
News

Black MBAs: Improving African American Representation Within Business Schools

27 May 2021
Video

2021 Harvard Business School MBA Section J Diploma Ceremony

28 May 2020
Video

2020 Harvard Business School MBA Section J Diploma Ceremony

28 May 2020
Video

2020 Harvard Business School MBA Section B Diploma Ceremony

27 May 2021
Video

2021 Harvard Business School MBA Section D Diploma Ceremony

Web

For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Management and Leadership The Certificate in School Management and Leadership (CSML), an online, multi-course certificate program for PreK-12 school leaders, is an innovative collaboration between the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Harvard View Details

31 Jul 2017
News

It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family

23 Sep 2020
News

Harvard Business School Launches Action Plan for Racial Equity

April 2003 (Revised December 2003)
Background Note

Winning the Influence Game: Corporate Diplomacy and Business Strategy

Provides a framework for influencing key outside players--businesses, governments, and NGOs--in support of business strategy. This could mean negotiating contracts with major customers and suppliers, concluding acquisitions and alliances, and securing financing from... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Business Strategy; Power and Influence

January 1988 (Revised January 1989)
Background Note

The Tax Aspects of Acquiring a Business

Describes the various tax laws that impact the purchase and sale of a business. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation; Laws and Statutes; Accounting Industry

27 Jul 2019
Op-Ed

Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?

business strategy, part of Facebook’s business model since at least 2010. That’s when Facebook opened up its Graph application programming interface (API) to advertisers, giving them access to user data... View Details

Keywords: by George Riedel

07 Jul 2014
News

Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Businesses

Keywords: Retail Trade

March 2011
Case

MorphoSys AG: The Evolution of a Biotechnology Business Model

By: Gary P. Pisano, Ryan Johnson and Carin-Isabel Knoop

In the biotech world, the 18-year-old Munich-based company MorphoSys was a rarity: it was profitable. The company achieved this profitability not by developing and selling its own drugs, but by licensing access to its proprietary library of human antibodies. Recently,... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Profit; Intellectual Property; Rights; Risk Management; Digital Platforms; Product Development; Business and Shareholder Relations; Vertical Integration; Biotechnology Industry; Munich