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  • 20 Nov 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon.com

promotion of independent bookstores. But then a funny thing happened. While pressure from Amazon forced Borders out of business in 2011, indie bookstores staged an unexpected comeback. Between 2009 and 2015, the ABA reported a 35 percent... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel (with video by Amelia Kunhardt); Retail
  • 11 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits

social media. “In any organization, you want to make the moral and material coexist.” In a recent paper, Lakshmi Ramarajan, associate professor of business administration at Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • Teaching

Overview

Ryann has extensive teaching experience in varied instructional settings. She was appointed the Qualitative Advisor for the Harvard University Sociology Department senior thesis writers in 2015-2016, and supervised two senior thesis writers in prior years. She served... View Details
  • Blog

Take Control of Your Personal Brand

Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the marketing unit at Harvard Business School. She is also faculty chair of the new... View Details
  • 02 Apr 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive

Absenteeism is so pervasive in Latin America and Asia that 10 percent of a business’ workers might not show up on any given day. This risk can create tremendous uncertainty, especially for businesses running on low margins, says Jorge... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Fashion
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

That Was Then, This Is Now

It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details
Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership
  • 25 Mar 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Curtis Keith, Harvard University, Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator

  • October 2013 (Revised March 2015)
  • Case

Cyprus (A)

By: Eric Werker, Sebastian Berardi, Stelios Elia, Omar Muakkassa and James Zumberge
Cyprus is a small Mediterranean island located at the cross-roads of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Since its 1974 split, Cyprus has grown real GDP more than fivefold—in large part because of its development as an "international business" center. The country... View Details
Keywords: Tax Havens; Taxation; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations; Cyprus
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  • January 2024
  • Article

Investing with the Government: A Field Experiment in China

By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Bo Li and Ernest Liu
We study the demand for government participation in China’s venture capital and private equity market. We conduct a large-scale, non-deceptive field experiment in collaboration with the leading industry service provider, through which we survey both capital investors... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Business and Government Relations; Entrepreneurship; China
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  • December 2006 (Revised August 2008)
  • Case

Pervasis Therapeutics, Inc.

By: Robert F. Higgins and Virginia Fuller
In May 2005, Steve Bollinger was about to become president and chief operating officer of Pervasis Therapeutics, a small cell therapy start-up in Cambridge, Mass. If proven successful, Pervasis' product, Vascugel, could change the way vascular disease is treated and... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Health Industry; Cambridge
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  • 15 Aug 2023
  • HBS Case

(Virtual) Reality Check: How Long Before We Live in the 'Metaverse'?

the case with HBS professor David B. Yoffie, the Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at HBS, and Matt Higgins, now a senior researcher at the HBS California Research... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Computer; Information Technology
  • 14 Feb 2023
  • HBS Case

Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

immigration Spar, the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for Business and Global Society at HBS, explores the... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • March 2011 (Revised February 2012)
  • Case

Innovation and Growth at Actelion Ltd.

By: Gary P. Pisano, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Ruth Dittrich
In late 2010, Jean-Paul Clozel, CEO of the Swiss biotech pharmaceuticals firm Actelion, looks back on a successful decade. The small venture that he had started with a few of his scientist colleagues in the late 1990s to discover novel medicine in a research-driven... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Talent and Talent Management; Innovation and Management; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Organizational Culture; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Switzerland
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  • 01 Jan 2011
  • News

Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

Administrator, US Small Business Administration Download Mills profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1953 Born, Boston, Massachusetts 1977 Joins... View Details
  • 2011
  • Book

Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar

By: Chet Huber
Detour is the story behind the launch of OnStar’s now well known blue button, as told through the eyes of its founder and CEO of over fourteen years, Chet Huber. It’s a personal narrative that describes the events that led up to General Motors’ unexpected choice... View Details
Keywords: General Motors; OnStar; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Transportation; Safety; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Success; Business History; Auto Industry
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  • 14 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

October 2017 Negotiation Journal Prescriptions Based on a Realistic View of Human Behavior By: Bazerman, Max Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53096 November–December 2017 Harvard View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Health Care - Faculty & Research

approaches in developing nations can impact global health. Recent Publications Revenue Collapses and the Consumption of Small Business Owners in the COVID-19 Pandemic By: Olivia S. Kim , Jonathan A. Parker... View Details
  • Web

General Management - Faculty & Research

2025. How Universities Die: It Has Happened Before in Centers of Learning Such as Berlin and Beijing. Is Boston Next? By: William C. Kirby June 1, 2025 | Article | Boston Globe Keywords: Business Admnistration ; University ; University... View Details
  • 15 Aug 2005
  • HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

Everyone talks about how quickly business changes, yet some HBS cases remain reliably relevant decades after they are written. We take a behind-the-scenes look at five cases that are at least twenty years old, are still regularly taught... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • June 1995 (Revised June 1995)
  • Case

Ernst & Young United Kingdom (A)

By: John J. Gabarro and Samantha Graff
Intended to be a robust example of the challenges encountered during the early stages of a large-scale organizational transformation effort in a professional service firm. Describes a massive change program initiated and led by the new managing partner along with a... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Change Management; Leading Change; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; United Kingdom; London
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