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- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
As entrepreneurial rocket companies come closer to shooting the first space tourist into the void, perhaps even this year, another reality is dawning: The business of space is no different than new industries everywhere else. It’s tough... View Details
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
is an essential skill, and where the science of negotiation is headed. Negotiation is a core competence for life, "not merely an important skill to be wheeled out for special occasions," they argue. James K. Sebenius is the Gordon Donaldson Professor of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
complicated—and instructive. Kodak suffered from a technology transition in which it lost the benefits of a learning curve to a general-purpose technology platform where there were no entry barriers. It also suffered from difficulty in scaling down its traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics
two-week spectacle that captures the attention of people around the world. With the Games of the XXX Olympiad off and running in London, three Harvard Business School professors offer their insights. Stephen A. Greyser, Richard P. Chapman... View Details
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For Recruiters - Health Care
systems, e-health firms, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, and biotechnology companies. Hire a Summer Intern Summer internships are valuable for both employers and students as a “test run.” Employers benefit most... View Details
- December 2023
- Case
TikTok: The Algorithm Will See You Now
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
In a world where attention is a scarce commodity, this case explores the meteoric rise of TikTok—an app that transformed from a niche platform for teens into the most visited domain by 2021—surpassing even Google. Its algorithm was a sophisticated mechanism for... View Details
Keywords: Social Media; Applications and Software; Disruptive Innovation; Business and Government Relations; International Relations; Cybersecurity; Culture; Technology Industry; China; United States; India
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "TikTok: The Algorithm Will See You Now." Harvard Business School Case 824-125, December 2023.
- July 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Progressive Insurance: Disclosure Strategy
By: Amy P. Hutton and James Weber
Progressive Insurance had refused to play Wall Street's earning game. Progressive didn't manage reported earnings nor did management give guidance to analysts. Management then considered taking their unique disclosure strategy one step further to become the first to... View Details
Keywords: Earnings Management; Stocks; Corporate Disclosure; Insurance; Volatility; Insurance Industry; United States
Hutton, Amy P., and James Weber. "Progressive Insurance: Disclosure Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 102-012, July 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
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Events - Creating Emerging Markets
Events CEM hosts international conferences in-person and online. Our events in Boston, Mumbai, and Santiago have attracted prominent scholars, archivists, and practitioners in the respective regions. Mar 18 18-19 MAR 2024 Boston, MA Oral... View Details
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 12 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
assume we must be perfectly packaged goods, with perfected elevator pitches of the industries we’ve come from and where we aim to go next. My queer journey reminds me that I am still constantly evolving – in business and in life – testing... View Details
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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Contributions to Harvard Business School, 2017–2018. Julian De Freitas : Received a Certificate of Distinction in Teaching from the Bok Center at Harvard University in fall of 2018. Julian De Freitas : Recipient of a Derek C. Bok Award... View Details
- May 2021
- Teaching Plan
Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads
By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 621-018. For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization and Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; San Francisco
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
international equity markets, with a highly significant average slope coefficient of 1.05. In sharp contrast, standard factor-model-based proxies fail to exhibit predictive power internationally. We show analytically and empirically that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 16 Oct 2014
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Can China Lead?
Can China sustain its remarkable emergence of the past 35 years? Surely No, for multiple reasons. China will be a leader, but not the leader. Professor McFarlan will talk about both the challenges and opportunities for those seeking to do business with and within China... View Details
- 20 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
My Journey to Working with At Night Management / PRMD Music
From the time I arrived at HBS, I knew that my path to finding a summer internship wouldn’t be very traditional. Although I’ve managed to find others that share my career interests, working in the music industry remains an uncommon path out of View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Group Therapy
Look beyond the United States and Great Britain and you are likely to find networks of companies, from Latin America's grupos to India's business houses and Japan's keiretsu, helping to form the world's economies. For HBS associate... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
and case-method teaching, but also for his efforts, as the Robert Walmsley University Professor, to enhance the quality of discussion teaching throughout Harvard. He served at various times as a visiting faculty member at IMEDE (an View Details
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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
International Business Studies in 2019. Rosabeth M. Kanter : Winner of the 2019 Hutchens Medal from the American Society for Quality (ASQ). Rosabeth M. Kanter : Winner of the 2019 Thinkers50 Lifetime... View Details
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Conversational Leadership
Harvard Business School Professor Boris Groysberg. "Nobody knows what strategic conversations are actually unfolding." For that reason, many CEOs are reconsidering the classic command-and-control structure in which a few people are... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details