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  • 2013
  • Book

Flourishing: A Frank Conversation About Sustainability

By: John Ehrenfeld and Andrew J. Hoffman
Flourishing: A Frank Conversation about Sustainability invites you into a conversation between a teacher, John R. Ehrenfeld, and his former student now professor, Andrew J. Hoffman, as they discuss how to create a sustainable world. Unlike virtually all other... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Culture; Behavior; Society
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  • June 2022 (Revised January 2023)
  • Case

Buurtzorg

By: Ethan Bernstein, Tatiana Sandino, Joost Minnaar and Annelena Lobb
As co-founders of home nursing company Buurtzorg, Jos de Blok and Gonnie Kronenberg prized both self-management and organizational learning. Buurtzorg’s 10,000 nurses across 950 neighborhood nursing teams in the Netherlands were empowered to manage themselves, both in... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Best Practices; Best Practices Transfer; Flat Organization; Self-Managed Organizations; Self-Managed Teams; Organizational Learning; Knowledge Management; Learning; Management Practices and Processes; Human Resources; Communication; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Groups and Teams; Networks; Health Industry; Netherlands; Europe
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  • Research Summary

Putting Patients First: Marketing Strategies for Treating HIV in Developing Nations

It is more than mere coincidence that the highest rates of HIV occur in the world’s poorest countries. Of the over 40 million people currently living with HIV, 95 percent are in the developing world. The first half of this paper explores the economics of HIV and... View Details
  • Web

Initiatives & Projects - Faculty & Research

research, study, and practice. Health Care The Health Care Initiative serves as a gateway for health care research, educational programs, and collaboration across all sectors of the health care industry. Impact Investments The Project on... View Details
  • Web

Managing the Future of Work

Holloway, et al. APRIL 2025 There is an urgent need for a system of career navigation that will help all workers and learners advance. In a new paper, we share early findings from a multi-year, mixed-methods study of career navigation... View Details
  • Web

Teaching by the Case Method - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

moderator, devil's advocate, fellow-student, and judge," all in search of solutions to real-world problems and challenges. Unlike lectures, case method classes unfold without a detailed script. Successful... View Details
  • 18 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

activity to distance themselves from competitors. Microfinance: Business, Profitability, and the Creation of Social Value Author:Michael Chu Publication:Chap. 28 in Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Program

Building a Legacy

solutions to your wealth management challenges Develop an action plan for initiating an intergenerational transfer Implement best practices for separating operating assets and family office assets Make key hires or use outsourcing to... View Details
  • 18 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 18

puts the increasingly complex job of Chief Executive in a very real context. It serves as a practical guide by allowing you to walk alongside Jim as he takes on his new role and all its attendant challenges. Jim's story-developed in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Teaming in the Twenty-First Century

and solutions applicable to organizations of all shapes and sizes to help them put effective teaming into practice. The book synthesizes 20 years of research. And unlike many authors, Edmondson did not find... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • Web

Courses - Entrepreneurship

Courses First Year (Required Curriculum) During the first year at HBS, all students pursue the same course of study called the Required Curriculum. By studying under a common curriculum, students build a solid, broad foundation of general... View Details
  • 13 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

solvable roommate markets, we provide the first characterizations of the core using either competition or resource sensitivity. On the domain of all roommate markets, we obtain two associated impossibility results. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

FAQs - Alumni

Street. Vehicles should not be left overnight. Will luggage storage be available on campus during Reunions? Luggage storage is available in Klarman Hall on Friday and Saturday from 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. All articles are stored at the... View Details
  • Web

Research Areas - Doctoral

analysis into practical solutions to real-world problems. 6. Finance researchers strive to understand how managers and firms make value-enhancing decisions; and how financial institutions, markets, and instruments contribute to this... View Details
  • January 2024
  • Supplement

Buurtzorg

By: Ethan Bernstein and Tatiana Sandino
As co-founders of home nursing company Buurtzorg, Jos de Blok and Gonnie Kronenberg prized both self-management and organizational learning. Buurtzorg’s 10,000 nurses across 950 neighborhood nursing teams in the Netherlands were empowered to manage themselves, both in... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design; Management Style; Business Model; Knowledge Dissemination; Learning; Organizational Culture; Health Industry; Netherlands
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  • December 2023
  • Article

When Should the Off-Grid Sun Shine at Night? Optimum Renewable Generation and Energy Storage Investments

By: Christian Kaps, Simone Marinesi and Serguei Netessine
Globally, 1.5 billion people live off the grid, their only access to electricity often limited to operationally-expensive fossil fuel generators. Solar power has risen as a sustainable and less costly option, but its generation is variable during the day and... View Details
Keywords: Energy; Renewable Energy
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  • 17 Feb 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve

As an entrepreneur, how confident are you that you fully understand your customer’s pain points or their job to be done? Entrepreneurs I first meet tend to start selling me on their solution before explaining the problem they are trying... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • December 2023
  • Teaching Note

Buurtzorg

By: Ethan Bernstein and Tatiana Sandino
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-101. As co-founders of home nursing company Buurtzorg, Jos de Blok and Gonnie Kronenberg prized both self-management and organizational learning. Buurtzorg’s 10,000 nurses across 950 neighborhood nursing teams in the Netherlands were... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Employee Relationship Management; Knowledge Dissemination; Knowledge Management; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Learning; Health Industry; Netherlands
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    Political Standards

    The University of Chicago Press November 2015.

    Prudent, verifiable, and timely corporate accounting is a bedrock of our modern capitalist system. In recent years, however, the rules that govern corporate accounting have been subtly changed in... View Details

    • 24 Jul 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?

    many such workers are caregivers, excluded from full-time jobs because short-sighted employers don’t offer them the flexibility they need. Filtered out by hiring algorithms due to employment gaps or other hiring “red flags,” these willing workers could offer one View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin