HBS Working Knowledge - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Alyssa Wilson

Alyssa wants to help students decide if a career in investing is a good fit for their interests and skillset as well as work through practical recruiting advice and tactics. Alyssa can provide insight on how different firms recruit as... View Details

26 Apr 2024
HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

Boost They Need Every Company Should Have These Leaders—or Develop Them if They Don't Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

red on food service. But Southwest doesn't pay much attention to that, because getting better at food service would slow its turnaround time, which is a big green for the airline when it comes to pleasing its customers. So we work on... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

23 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 23

Working PapersCatering to Characteristics (revised) Authors:Greenwood, Robin, and Samuel Hanson Abstract When investors overvalue a particular firm characteristic, corporations endowed with that characteristic can absorb some of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?

shareholders. That is, who is to say that if the $50 million were paid out in dividends, the shareholders would not, themselves, use the money charitably—better serving their own charitable interests? Q: What other research are you View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

02 Apr 2014
What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

when he said that George Gilder correctly defines knowledge and entrepreneurship as the true driving forces of capitalism. "Airbnb and like companies are accelerating capitalism, not replacing it." As Hugh Quick put it,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

14 Dec 2021
Op-Ed

To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to Change the Culture

performance. Michael Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. [Image: Unsplash/Andrej Lišakov] Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

06 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

the Americas, etcetera. The litany is very impressive. Most of all, he seemed to serve as a human bridge. Q: If reformers wanted to take the Yung Wing example and work for change inside China, what potential routes or alliances are open... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Dec 2021
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on the Midwest

The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) strives to be an extended family for its members from the moment they decide to attend HBS, through the transition to second year, and beyond graduation. Here we profile two AASU members from... View Details

Myra M. Hart

Myra Hart's research focus is high potential entrepreneurship. She has taught MBA and executive programs, co-chaired the entrepreneurship unit, and led several HBS initiatives. As a founding memberView Details

Keywords: consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; real estate; retailing

04 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets

longer-term development of markets and to work at cross-purposes with the government. But the government should focus on forcing only those reforms that are vitally necessary to build independent market institutions. View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu

01 May 2024
What Do You Think?

Have You Had Enough?

(Illustration created using image generated by Midjourney, an artificial intelligence tool.) Last month, I posted a column in HBS Working Knowledge titled, “What’s Enough to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Program

The HR-Executive Suite Connection

Diagnose and address problems in service or business performance Strengthen leadership and teamwork capabilities—in yourself, your senior management team, and across the organization Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and View Details

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

Rather than imposing a top-down solution, as managed care vainly tried to do, consumer-driven health care would work from the bottom up, enabling providers and patients jointly to create better, cheaper ways to deliver care. The essential... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

Program

Agribusiness Seminar

Adapt internal processes, cultures, and communication strategies to attract the next generation of innovators and leaders Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by connecting and working with accomplished... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture; Agriculture

14 May 2013
Blog Post

“What does it take for us to support our beliefs?” – Johnny Bowman

the messier the problem though, the more excited people here are to solve it, and so I can’t wait to leverage my classmates’ and faculty’s knowledge to bring us closer and closer to action. After HBS I plan... View Details

Keywords: Technology

10 May 2015
Blog Post

Brand Strategist Turns Entrepreneur

great resource. Has the alumni network impacted your job search? Absolutely – I reached out to HBS alumni in my respective city, joined the regional alumni group early and connected with alumni working with... View Details

Program

Driving Corporate Performance

objectives Enhance competitiveness by better aligning all types of resources to customer needs Strengthen employee relationships and build a strong and enduring culture of helping others to succeed Expand your personal and professional network Extend your professional... View Details

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Marketing - Faculty & Research

Shunyuan Zhang More Faculty News HBS Working Knowledge 04 Jun 2024 Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World Re: Eva Ascarza & Ta-Wei Huang 15 May 2024 A Major Roadblock... View Details

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Managing Innovation

Understand the potential of disruptive innovation Integrate your customers into the innovation process Take advantage of digital transformation Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with... View Details

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