Publications

15 Mar 2013
News

Start-ups fail because of people problems, says Harvard's Noam Wasserman

2005
Article

Framing the Elusive Concept of Sustainability: A Sustainability Hierarchy

By: Julian D. Marshall and Michael W. Toffel

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Manuscript Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade

volumes Collection Guide This collection contains the business dealings of Captain Benjamin Newton, an American engaged in trade with China in the mid-nineteenth century. Captain Newton acted as supercargo... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

3-Minute Briefing: Leslie Hale (MBA 2001)

that’s not where I wanted my career to go. I saw how hard my parents worked. I didn’t want to be an entrepreneur. But growing up just a step away from the decision makers was like the Hamilton song. I knew I wanted to be in “the room where it happens.” My View Details

Keywords: April White; real estate; leadership; diversity; African American; career paths; women in business; Real Estate

14 Jun 2023
News

Is Your Business Model Part of Your Innovation Strategy?

23 Jun 2014
News

In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together

11 Jan 2024
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

responsible for documentation, research, and maintenance of shipwrecks, reefs, downed WWII planes, boat docks, and everything in between. My role was to help them design a more sustainable operating and funding model to ensure their... View Details

03 Oct 2020
News

Leading with Agility in a Time of Colliding Pandemics

June 2005
Case

Transformation of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 2005 (A)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Yukihiko Endo

The company, once an outstanding Japan-based global leader in electronics and major appliances, suffered poor performance during the 1990s. Kunio Nakamura became CEO in 2001 and sought to transform the company in a fundamental way. Examines the company's history,... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Business History; Leading Change; Management Systems; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Electronics Industry; Japan

01 Jun 1999
News

A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News

Have you heard the one about the minister and the stockbroker waiting in line at the Pearly Gates? St. Peter smiles and says to the stockbroker, "My son, take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven." Then he... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

13 Oct 2020
News

To Foster Innovation, Cultivate a Culture of Intellectual Bravery

08 Jul 2002
What Do You Think?

Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?

Summing Up Don't throw out alignment while fighting greed and ignorance in corporate governance Respondents to this month's column have spoken: The cause of investor mistrust of management is not the concept... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

April 2004 (Revised May 2005)
Case

Confronting a Necessary Evil: The Firing of Alex Robins (A)

By: Joshua D. Margolis

A manager recounts his experience firing the person he was asked to replace and reflects on the challenges of the experience. Teaching Purpose: To role-play and reflect on tasks that entail harming other people to fulfill one's responsibility. View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Problems and Challenges; Leadership Development; Behavior; Decision Making; Resignation and Termination

05 May 2016
Cold Call Podcast

The Real Cost of Ignoring Mental Health in the Workplace

Keywords: Re: John A. Quelch

March 2022 (Revised July 2022)
Case

Nexleaf Analytics: Saving the World Using the Internet of Things

By: Frank Nagle

In 2019, a decade after co-founding Nexleaf Analytics, CEO Nithya Ramanathan faced an important decision that would impact the ability of the small, but growing, not-for-profit organization to thrive for another decade. Their sensor technologies and big data analytics... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Nonprofit Organizations; Competitive Strategy; Patents; Expansion; Information Technology; Health Industry; Information Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry