Activities - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

Blog

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

applications present opportunities for job creation by broadening the scope and scale of a company's product portfolio. Conversely, internal-facing applications are more likely to affect knowledge workers' jobs. "AUTOMATING THESE TASKS WILL ENABLE KNOWLEDGE WORKERS TO... View Details

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Projects - Business History

activities of seven generations of one branch of the Medici family engaged in the manufacture and export of wool, and they remain unique in the annals of business history. Renaissance Medici wool firms present an important early case of... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

the fear and psychosis of the moment. In my research, productivity went up when people went to remote work settings. But I would not like to compare those normal circumstances to this moment now, where general anxiety might affect productivity. The isolation and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

10 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Combining an Interest in Music and Business

supposed to not have a day job? Should I actively avoid having a stable income and the safety of working for a large company? Coming from Perú, where the music industry is still in a very incipient stage, I grew up under the influence of... View Details

22 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture

leaders to reinforce desired behaviors, the breakdown of consistent communication, and leaders who are overcome by their own sense of importance. We have learned repeatedly that there is a pattern in the actions and activities involved in... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser & Joe Wheeler

22 Feb 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis

Keywords: by Peter Tufano, Nick Maynard & Jan-Emmanuel De Neve; Financial Services

Teaching Interest

The Role of Government in Market Economies (RoGME)

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

RoGME is about one question: What is the proper role of government in market economies? We study the role of government as it plays out in the real world, using case studies to examine policies of current interest and importance.... View Details

Article

Turbulent Stability of Emergent Roles: The Dualistic Nature of Self-Organizing Knowledge Co-Production

By: Ofer Arazy, Johaness Daxenberg, Hila Lifshitz - Assaf, Oded Nov and Irene Gurevych

Increasingly, new forms of organizing for knowledge production are built around self-organizing co-production community models with ambiguous role definitions. Current theories struggle to explain how high-quality knowledge is developed in these settings and how... View Details

Keywords: Wikipedia; Knowledge Production; Organizational Structure; Knowledge; Information Publishing

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January–February 2018
Article

Some Customers Would Rather Leave Without Saying Goodbye

By: Eva Ascarza, Oded Netzer and Bruce G.S. Hardie

We investigate the increasingly common business setting in which companies face the possibility of both observed and unobserved customer attrition (i.e., “overt” and “silent” churn) in the same pool of customers. This is the case for many online-based services where... View Details

Keywords: Churn; Retention; Attrition; Customer Base Analysis; Hidden Markov Models; Latent Variable Models; Customer Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior

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20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

class=infogram-embed data-id=_/0NSAxOIQ16a0Etu2J34B][/div] Value sticks illustrate that there are only two avenues for companies to create value: increase WTP or decrease WTS. Every strategic initiative needs to be evaluated against these two metrics. Unless an View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

03 May 2023
Blog Post

Five Ways to Build Community at HBS

Activities There will be so many ways you can spend your time at HBS, and there’s no “one way” to do it. This can be going to an event hosted by one of the student-run organizations or having a picnic in the park with a few new friends.... View Details

24 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet

and operations, 5G for wireless data transmission, VR/AR (virtual reality/augmented reality) for a wide set of applications, support services for many new “autonomous services,” and a range of complementary activities around all of those.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology

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Frequently Asked Questions - Health Care

explore additional ways of getting involved. Join the Health Care Club and attend events at HBS and around the University, such as speaker series, industry conferences, networking events, and social activities Attend any of the 200 health... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor

communities.” That realization prompted Bobo to leave his position as a principal at the Carlyle Group and in 2016 launch Project Destined (PD), a social impact vehicle that trains inner-city youth to be active partners in sourcing and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

20 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs

incentives are disproportionately tied to stock price. Surprise Seven: You Are Still Only Human Warning signs: You give interviews about you rather than about the company. Your lifestyle is more lavish or privileged than that of other top executives in the company. You... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

07 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

Finalist ventures included: Active Surfaces: Flexible, lightweight solar (photovoltaic) cell innovation for any surface. StepWise: Retail electric panel add-on that significantly reduces the fixed costs required to installing... View Details

12 May 2020
Blog Post

Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

working alongside one of the companies they are incubating. Over the next year, FJ will help me hone my entrepreneurial ideas and help turn them into a real company. At HBS, the classes and cases are only one part of the student experience. Right from the beginning... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

In My Humble Opinion: Chip Brewer (MBA 1991)

Mickelson, Henrick Stenson, and Lydia Ko. Under Brewer, Callaway’s US market share has increased 57 percent, a significant achievement as the number of active US players declines. “Melding the desire for a shorter format or more relaxed... View Details