Internet Of Things - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

in the family [is] the most authentic thing I can say about what Wainwright Bank does." According to Ricardo Levy, chairman of Catalytica Energy Systems, executives are trained for action—contemplation... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

01 Mar 2004
News

Derek Ferguson

Derek T. Ferguson (MBA 1990) could be mistaken for a minister by fellow commuters on the train from Connecticut to Manhattan. Yet his calling is not to the pulpit, but to the midtown headquarters of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

31 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

rising inequality over the past 40 years. So, in that sense, there's a little bit of good news in our paper from an inequality perspective,” says Wilmers, who focuses on wage and earnings inequality. “It's not that this is a conscious... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

15 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Writing a Case as a Student at HBS

writing, one thing is guaranteed: you will get to know interesting people and become more knowledgeable about a topic of your interest. I can’t think of a better way to have... 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

21 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

such as the mobile phone and Internet of Things explosions across many fast-growing Asian economies. Beyond academic questions, business analysts could use these... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 Nov 2015
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values

of her and her brand, but did not realize the extent to which this company is making an impact and doing so much to protect the environment. And actually, many people don’t even know that Stella McCartney does not use fur and leather in... View Details

Keywords: by Brian Kenny; Fashion

31 May 2023
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

came to Vertex in 2017, there was a medicine finishing early clinical trials with the potential to serve up to 90 percent of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). In October 2019 that became Trikafta. Now CF patients talk to me about... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

Web

Research - Private Capital Project

, Jeremy C. Stein, Adi Sunderam and Daniel K. Tarullo As revealed by the failures of three regional banks in the spring of 2023, bank runs are not a thing View Details

04 Nov 2015
What Do You Think?

Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

some members of each of the samples that have been studied. But these studies raise as many questions as they answer. Is there, for example, a tendency for some women leaders to excel in such View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

3.8 to 2.83. That measure of scarcity, says Keinan, may hold the key to why busyness is perceived the new luxury. “When we talk about traditional conspicuous consumption, it’s about consuming scarce and expensive View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

interactions is one of the things that I most love about Harvard Business School. I have found the Dean’s role to involve a lot more interactions with other people, too: alumni and business leaders, fellow... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

across a lifetime of study, he was not a dilettante. He tackled huge issues, and he kept on doing so. In this respect, Chandler was like Lincoln, who, beginning in his 40s, stopped putting things off and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

on an unsurprising outcome. In this case, a deal at 2.5 percent, the midpoint of the two parties' opening positions, seemed likely to be agreeable to both sides. This time things would be different, he... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi

Al Checchi's record of achievement - particularly his turnaround of Northwest Airlines - is usually attributed to his brilliance and financial acumen. Often overlooked is how family heritage and twists View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

24 Jul 2017
Blog Post

Transitioning to Product Management at HBS

and the Career and Professional Development office. But if I had to name one thing that really helped in my career transition to product management, both in the internship and the full-time job search process, it’s undoubtedly the people... View Details

June 2014
Case

Going Social: Durex in China

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and Aaron Smith

When Reckitt Benckiser (RB), a leading consumer goods company, first entered China, it encountered significant challenges. RB's strategy relied on selling high margin products supported by cost-effective advertising and distribution, but the highly competitive Chinese... View Details

Keywords: Distribution; Multinational Firms and Management; Internet and the Web; Marketing Communications; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; China

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21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

design. Deighton discussed how new sources of data starting to be generated by the Internet of Things will impact the advertising-based hegemony... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

Portrait Project

Jamie Gong

Wild daisies. Hidden ice cream. Waves lapping against our little island. These memories of childhood summers with my grandmother remain, even as her own memory fades. Seven years ago, my indomitable grandma¬—a cancer survivor—was... View Details

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