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  • 07 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 7

  Publications October 2014 Management Science Looking Across and Looking Beyond the Knowledge Frontier: Intellectual Distance and Resource Allocation in Science By: Boudreau, Kevin J., Eva Guinan, Karim Lakhani, and Christoph Riedl Abstract—Selecting among alternative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons in Decision-Making: Confident People Aren't Always Correct (Except When They Are)

worth because of emotions and other factors, a bias called the “winner’s curse.” Through this effort, the researchers collected more than 70,000 decisions. In the second part of the study, the test subjects participated in simple auctions, betting, and committees in... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • 12 Feb 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns

Keywords: by Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini & Christopher Malloy; Financial Services
  • April 2024 (Revised November 2024)
  • Case

Moderna: Pioneering a People Platform to Accelerate Science Innovation

By: Tatiana Sandino, Emil Dy and Samuel Grad
Moderna was founded in 2010 to explore how messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) could be used to create breakthrough medicines by encoding instructions for the body to create antibodies. When Stéphane Bancel (HBS 2000) took over in 2011, he bet on the potential of this... View Details
Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Talent and Talent Management; Selection and Staffing; AI and Machine Learning; Digital Strategy; Innovation and Management; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Systems; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Alignment; Employee Relationship Management; Science-Based Business; Expansion; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States
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  • January 2021 (Revised May 2023)
  • Case

Pearson: Efficacy 2.0

By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Oded Koenigsberg and James Weber
Pearson, which billed itself as the "world's learning company," faced a host of critical decisions in mid-2020. Several years prior, it had embarked on a new path that put the learner at the heart of the business and committed to a new strategic orientation. The new... View Details
Keywords: Efficacy; Learning; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Strategic Planning; Education Industry
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  • 29 Feb 2024
  • HBS Case

Beyond Goals: David Beckham's Playbook for Mobilizing Star Talent

for how executives should incentivize and reward talent?” How do you build an infrastructure around a star player? “Not all bets on star talent pay off in the long run,” notes Elberse, pointing to the New York Cosmos’ soccer club’s... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
  • November 2019 (Revised December 2020)
  • Case

Grupo Éxito: Facing Colombia's Competitive Grocery Retail Industry

By: José B. Alvarez, Carla Larangeira, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Miguel Diaz Moreno
Grupo Éxito, a leading South American retailer, faced declining market shares in Colombia in 2019 with the arrival of low-cost competitors and emerging digital trends. Originally founded in Medellín, Éxito had over the course of its seventy-year history evolved from a... View Details
Keywords: Grocery; Market Share; Information Technology; Trends; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Colombia; Latin America
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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

company poised to make the right bets for long-term success? And how could it ensure defensibility as the GenAI space evolved? About the Unit The Accounting & Management unit at Harvard Business School strives to be the worldwide leader... View Details
  • 13 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

  PublicationsBuy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down Authors:John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

in how to use your pain to lift other people up. You just learned that Oprah Winfrey was depressed about a movie. I bet you couldn't have thought-- I bet you never would have imagined that.” Brooks: Now... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff

    Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

    How does an entrepreneur, aspiring manager, or CEO become a master of strategy? In this book, we argue that everyone can learn from three of the greatest strategist of modern time, Bill Gates, Andy Grove and Steve Jobs, who also built three of the most valuable... View Details

    • 12 Oct 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    What Actually Draws Sports Fans to Games? It's Not Star Athletes.

    lineup changes. Clubs announce lineups of 22 players a few days before a game, and gamblers closely follow these announcements. When the league announces a player injury, betting odds can swing widely, the researchers say. “You can see... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Sports
    • 01 Dec 2023
    • News

    The Imposter Among Us

    Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been difficult to miss the Englishman, who... View Details
    Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
    • Web

    ハーバード - Global

    decision. March 2024 | Case Kawasaki Heavy Industries Bets on Clean Hydrogen By: Professor Gunnar Trumbull; Akiko Kanno; Nobuo Sato Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), an engineering manufacturer headquartered in Japan, was aiming to scale... View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Genevieve Sheehan

    and I'll own those decisions without regret. I've already "failed" in front of millions of people, and I'm doing just fine. I'll make decisions I can live with. The choices that feel right. I hope to inspire those around me to do the same. If I View Details
    • 13 Jan 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?

    Most companies now account for social good in their financial reports in some way, but with regulation scattershot and evolving, it’s complicated for investors to assess so-called ESG reports. The disclosures, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance reports,... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 04 Aug 2010
    • News

    A Lonely Crusader

    2002, Ackman shorted MBIA’s stock and bought credit default swaps betting that the firm would tank. Then he went public with his bets and a 66-page research report detailing his case. What happened next... View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson; subprime mortgages; Finance; Real Estate
    • Web

    2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

    look like? Fueled by advances in digital technology, will a select few superstars in media and sports come to have a bigger impact on popular culture than they do now, and how will they use their power? Will we see bigger bets on likely... View Details
    • 06 Oct 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan

    holds today. I think entrepreneurs, investors, and employees need to be suitably skeptical about what they read in business plans. I have read perhaps 5,000 plans and have only seen three companies really meet their plan. That sounds like a pattern to me. If anyone... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

    people,” Sivulka grappled with the challenge of balancing innovation and scalability while maintaining Hebbia’s competitive edge. Was the company poised to make the right bets for long-term success? And how could it ensure defensibility... View Details