Death - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

the establishment of the U.S. homeland security hierarchy. Li's personal story is an amazing tale of success. After the death of his father, Li—at age twelve—went to work in a plastics factory. Within a decade he started his own plastics... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

15 Nov 2022
Book

Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work

more high-dosage OxyContin prescriptions, which exacerbated patients’ addictions. Meanwhile, there were more than 68,000 opioid addiction deaths in the US in 2020, nearly a 17-fold increase over the 4,000 opioid overdose View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

key to their success allows us to understand what legacy brands should be doing differently. Participants left the session with an understanding of the challenges facing legacy brands and what to do about it. The Venture Capital "Big Bang" and Its Aftermath: View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

Benetton clothing brand. Edizione expanded significantly in the late 1990s and early 2000s, particularly through the acquisition of public assets, including Italy's highway network. The company faced a major crisis when a bridge under its management collapsed,... View Details

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By: Gary P. Pisano

Thought Leader: Gary Pisano

by Amy Bernstein, strategy+business, Summer 2007

A leading student of the biotech business describes the problems holding the industry back, and how it can overcome... View Details

18 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

W. Bush to bail the company out. Even so, GM declared bankruptcy months later. Mary Barra, GM’s CEO since 2014, demonstrates the difference courage can make. Immediately after her appointment, she testified before a hostile Senate investigating committee about View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

30 Sep 2019
Book

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

asked his staff to gather for a series of conversations about race. Two years later, when one of PwC’s own black employees was shot to death by an off-duty police officer, Ryan emailed his employees with a plea to keep talking. Yet, the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

from the Benetton clothing brand. Edizione expanded significantly in the late 1990s and early 2000s, particularly through the acquisition of public assets, including Italy's highway network. The company faced a major crisis when a bridge under its management collapsed,... View Details

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Student Research - Doctoral

Association for Consumer Research Acceptance of Automated Vehicles Is Lower for Self than Others By: Stuti Agarwal , Julian De Freitas , Anya Ragnhildstveit and Carey K. Morewedge Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death... View Details

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Health-care Applications

Active postmarketing drug surveillance. There is substantial interest within the U.S. health community and among health policymakers in developing a surveillance system that scans public health databases in order to proactively detect potential drug safety... View Details

05 May 2022
HBS Case

College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need

retention practices, notes that the new HBS note comes at a time of ongoing racial reckoning sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, whose death two years ago shined a light on numerous inequities faced by Black Americans,... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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1.4.5 Required Summer Work Experience & Internship Courses - MBA

health. Birth or adoption of one’s own child. Death or serious illness in the student's immediate family. A court summons. A military order. To apply for a waiver due to these circumstances, contact the Registrar’s Office by the stated... View Details

01 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

high-level business executives died three to five years earlier on average than lower-level workers at GE, and the research links the deaths to work-related stress. “What we’re beginning to understand is that life at the top isn’t that... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

03 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business

All over the world, people in pain turn to rituals in the face of loss—no matter if it's the death of a loved one (dressing in black, for example), the end of a relationship (burning old love letters), or the crushing defeat in a Little... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2000
News

Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty

Save the Children and thought that Bryant Gumbel might make a donation," she laughs. The reasoning was classic Crotty: bold, altruistic, and always focused on drawing others into a good cause. Crotty's brush with death came toward the end... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

25 Aug 2014
HBS Case

Starbucks Reinvented

what could have been the company's death knell as the financial crisis hit home and consumers cinched their belts. "Schultz understood that you can't lift your foot off the gas pedal when you're attempting to transform a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

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Mental Health - MBA

Student & Academic Support (SAS) Mental Health Joe Coleman MBA 2018 "Mental illness is not a death sentence, but rather a surmountable obstacle on life's roller coaster." Katie Rydz MBA 2019 "I will not let mental illness define me. I... View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

In 2018, Swedish furniture maker IKEA was undergoing a significant transformation. Challenged by the rise of online shopping and changing consumer behavior, and mourning the death of its founder, the Company's top executives knew they had... View Details

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