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  • 07 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Quest for Better Layoffs

A few years ago, Sandra J. Sucher received worried emails from two MBA students in her first-year Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA) class at Harvard Business School. Elana Green (now Elana Silver) and David Rosales (both HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 19 Jan 2022
  • In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

bodies, with the power to accept or reject strategic decisions. In 2022, innovative business practices meant to empower employees and give them a real say in their companies’ decision-making process will... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • News

A Sustainable Solution for Fashion

to make inventory predictions and optimize the buying, sourcing, and distribution of inventory among the omni-channel network. “Syrup gives you the recommendations, and then you as the merchandiser are the decision maker,” Theuerkauf says. “That gives retailers time to... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 17 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

For too long, scholarship in the field of management has looked at economic performance rather than social welfare, argue HBS professor Joshua Margolis and colleagues James P. Walsh, of University of Michigan Business School, and Klaus... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 13 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

and End, regarding the importance of confidence as a driver of business and organizational success. Key Learnings 1. Confidence, or lack of it, is not just a characteristic of individuals, but applies to organizations and their external... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
  • 27 Feb 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

Organizations with great reputations can draw large and loyal followings. Source: iStock In developed countries, the best friends of businesses are the legal, political, and social institutions—banks, courts, intellectual property... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2017 (Revised October 2017)
  • Case

Becton Dickinson: Innovation and Growth (A)

By: Raffaella Sadun, Michael Beer and James Weber
In late 2015, CEO Vince Forlenza was reviewing Becton Dickinson’s transformation efforts designed to enable the company to innovate and grow in a changing environment. Becton Dickinson had been a successful medical device company for over 100 years. In recent years,... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Change Management; Innovation Leadership; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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  • 08 Mar 2017
  • Blog Post

Education Sector Opportunities at HBS

there). However, there’s a lively and robust education sector community within Harvard Business School and you can learn a valuable set of skills and perspectives to take into the education field. For example, what do Boston Public... View Details
  • 04 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

Investors diligently manage financial portfolios to maximize returns on their assets; yet corporate managers who invariably proclaim their business customers to be "valuable assets" rarely manage their relationships with them... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
  • Web

Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

meal delivery, and more. Important note: Take care of your support team. Remember it may be cheaper – and more rewarding to all parties concerned – to offer attractive wages and benefits that to incur the switching costs of cycling through a revolving door of new... View Details
  • 20 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 20

Working Papers Commodity Chains: What Can We Learn from a Business History of the Rubber Chain? (1870-1910) Author: Felipe Tâmega Fernandes Abstract The literature on the rubber boom applied a dependendist view of rubber production in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • January 1988 (Revised January 1997)
  • Case

Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (A)

By: David A. Garvin
Describes a comprehensive manufacturing strategy designed to reduce substantially the cycle time of orders (i.e. the time between the placement of an order by a customer and its delivery to the customer). To launch the strategy Digital has adopted manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Business Plan; Information; Time Management; Production; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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  • Web

Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

your approach to be more effective Who Will Benefit Negotiation Professionals Value-Driven Individuals Early and Mid-Career Professionals Hone your negotiation skills and develop strategies and techniques to achieve success at the bargaining table. Weekly, I negotiate... View Details
  • 22 Apr 2020
  • Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
  • Web

Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

critical drivers of competitiveness are regional—meaning such disparities can’t be addressed by macroeconomic policies alone. Working with policymakers and industry leaders, the Institute has developed new tools and collaborative mechanisms to boost competitiveness,... View Details
  • January 2025 (Revised April 2025)
  • Case

Duolingo: On a 'Streak'

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Nicole Tempest Keller and Nicole Luo
In December 2024, Severin Hacker, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Duolingo, reflected on the remarkable evolution of the language-learning app he helped launch in 2011. As the #1 most downloaded education app in the world, Duolingo had over 100 million... View Details
Keywords: Learning; AI and Machine Learning; Growth and Development Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; Diversification; Business Model; Market Entry and Exit; Technology Industry; Education Industry; United States
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  • 13 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?

lessons in your book for managers in industries outside biotech? A: While there is no one right answer for all companies, a few basic things might be helpful. One is rethinking alliances and the strategic... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology
  • 09 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

in strategic job families to the business unit strategy?1 Of course not. One corporation in a Hackett database might report that it spends 0.2 percent of revenue on employee competency development, whereas... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service
  • 07 Dec 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century

science of nutrition began to develop in the 1890s; the presence of vitamins in food and the relationship between diet and disease are twentieth-century discoveries. But as he and his partner expanded their business in the early 1870s,... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
  • 12 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53601 Harvard Business School Case 718-008 'Clarín Lies!': Bias, Post-Truth, and Populism in Argentina's Media War In 2012, Argentine media conglomerate Grupo Clarín and President Cristina... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne