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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Archie A. Alexander Alexander & Repass, 1914–1954 Henry C. Alexander Morgan Guaranty Trust, 1959–1967 William M. Allen Boeing Company, 1945–1969 Howard L. Aller American Power and Light Company, 1935–1951 Stanley C. Allyn National Cash... View Details
  • Research Summary

Institutions and Innovation

Henry Chesbrough's research interests lie at the intersection of organizations and innovation. His research to date falls into two tracks.

The first track examines the effect of the firm's institutional environment upon its ability to respond to innovation... View Details

  • 22 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 22, 2015

2015 The $13 Trillion Question: How America Manages Its Debt The Optimal Maturity of Government Debt By: Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50179 2015 The $13 Trillion... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808088 Henry J. Kaiser and the Art of the Possible Harvard Business School Case 408-072 From his humble beginnings as a local salesman in New York, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jul 2023
  • In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

to save himself from his inner turmoil. Arthur Brooks is the William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, and Professor of Management Practice at HBS. He is the author of From Strength... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

December 4, 2017 Harvard Business Review How a Fast-Growing Startup Built Its Sales Team for Long-Term Success By: Cespedes, Frank V., and David Mattson Abstract—It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2022
  • Case

Michelin’s Green Gold Bahia Program: Leaving With Grace

By: Sandra J. Sucher, Shalene Gupta and Susan J. Winterberg
In 2015, the top management of French tire-maker Michelin, was evaluating Michelin’s approach to divesting its rubber plantations ten years after incorporating a novel strategy.
In 2004, Michelin had a Brazilian rubber challenge. Its Bahía plantation had been hit... View Details
Keywords: Divestment; Supply Chain Management; Natural Resources; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Rubber Industry; Auto Industry; Brazil; France
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA

MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Faculty & Advisors Faculty Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D. MS/MBA Program Faculty Co-Chair for MBA Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration at HBS, Ethel Zimmerman Winer Professor of Public... View Details
  • August 2016
  • Teaching Note

The Role of Real Estate in Endowment Portfolios: The Case of Christ Church College

By: Arthur I. Segel and Alexander W. Schultz
The case centers on Christ Church’s Treasurer, James Lawrie, who is contemplating his options for investing a portion of the College’s endowment in real estate. Approximately 1/3 of the total $690 million endowment was allocated towards real estate, much higher than... View Details
Keywords: Portfolio Allocation; Oxford; England; Real Estate; University Endowment; Higher Education; Investment Portfolio; Property; Corporate Finance; Financial Services Industry; England
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  • March 2021
  • Case

Founders Factory

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and James Barnett
In January 2020, Founders Factory (FF) Executive Chairman Brent Hoberman and CEO Henry Lane Fox were considering FF’s expansion strategy. FF operated as a venture capital (VC) fund built around an accelerator and incubator, and organized around sectors within... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Markets; Planning; Expansion; Global Range; Business Model; Talent and Talent Management; Experience and Expertise; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Partners and Partnerships; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Industry; Africa; South Africa; Johannesburg; Europe; France; Paris; United Kingdom; England; London; United States; New York (city, NY)
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  • 19 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

public policy and management at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Brian Trelstad is the William Henry Bloomberg Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Ethan Tran is an undergraduate student at... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran
  • August 2013 (Revised November 2013)
  • Supplement

Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (B)

By: Willy Shih

This case explores the very different paths taken by the Ford Motor Company and the General Motors Corporation in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Henry Ford's Model T was a car for the masses. After considerable experimentation, Ford Motor... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Exploration; Dominant Design; Business Growth and Maturation; Business History; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Product Design; Product Development; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Michigan
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  • December 2003
  • Case

Sale of Hephaestus, Inc. to Vulcan Ventures, Inc.

Henry Hephaestus founded Hephaestus, Inc. in 1895. Its first product was a tapered roller bearing for use with horse-drawn wagons and carriages. It reduced friction on the axle and reduced the force necessary to move a heavy load, thereby enabling one horse to do the... View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Entrepreneurship; Family Ownership; Manufacturing Industry
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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Emerita; Co-chair, Race, Gender, and Equity Initiative Video Recording Why Women Won 4:00–5:00 p.m. EST Speaker: Claudia Goldin , Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences and View Details

    Steven C. Wheelwright

    Steve Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.

    Following his retirement from HBS in 2006, he served with former Dean Kim B. Clark at BYU-Idaho and then from 2007-2015 he served as... View Details

    • 18 Apr 2022
    • HBS Case

    Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off

    societal issues, according to two new Harvard Business School case studies. “Increasingly, business leaders are expected to take stands on societal issues—to do societal good. It’s gone beyond ‘do no harm,’” says George A. Riedel, the View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
    • 12 Nov 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: November 12

    century. Henry Ford's Model T was a car for the masses. After considerable experimentation, Ford Motor perfected a mass production system that converted the vast majority of jobs in the factory into routine tasks. It pioneered the moving... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 6 PM – 7:15 PM EST, 28 Feb 2022
    • Virtual Programming

    A Blessing and Little Black Library at Harvard Business School presents a virtual author chat to celebrate Black History Month

    HBSs iconic Baker Library is the largest business library in the worldand its collection expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time in its 95-year history, Baker brought in non-business books, over 170 titles (to date) organized by Cathy Chukwulebe (MBA... View Details
    • 30 Jun 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: June 30

      Working PapersWellsprings of Creation: How Perturbation Sustains Exploration in Mature Organizations (revised) Authors:David James Brunner, Bradley R. Staats, Michael L. Tushman, and David M. Upton Abstract Organizations struggle to balance simultaneous imperatives... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace

      Wenxin Du

      Wenxin Du is a Professor of Finance and the Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management at the Harvard Business School. She studies global currency and fixed income markets, central banking, financial... View Details