Founding - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2023
News

Elevator Pitch: Block by Block

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Curtis Wong (MBA 2019) Founder and CEO, Cloud Apartments Concept: Cloud Apartments is a product company within the rental apartment space. Its flagship line of modular apartments, Cloud S, is built in factories... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; construction; housing; design; Construction of Buildings; Construction

01 Dec 2023
News

Research Brief: Staying in the Game

to make bankruptcy more accessible and less costly for small businesses. Only 11 percent of small business owners were aware of it. In their survey, the researchers also found that 70 percent of respondents believed those who file for... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

11 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

interview, conducted via e-mail. Q: In general, what relationship did you find between companies you identified as short-term-oriented, their investors, and the behavior of their stocks? Francois Brochet: Overall, we found a positive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

01 Jan 2012
News

E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974

Founding Managing Partner, Summit Partners Download Stamps profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1946 Born, Waycross, Georgia 1967 Earns BS, Industrial Engineering, Georgia Tech 1968 Joins US Navy 1972 Earns... View Details

20 Dec 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

How to Design a Better Customer Experience

workshops. He will be running the session in the Leading Product Innovation executive education program on the HBS campus in February. Creating a memorable experience When it comes to providing the type of experience we gush about to friends, many companies are falling... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Entertainment & Recreation

Web

Three Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day - MBA

of certain social norms, it can feel like your adolescence is a long catch-up game to understand how the outside world already sees and values you. I found language for otherness through dance. During a 5th-grade talent show, a... View Details

30 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Amager Bakke: A Look into the Future of Waste Incineration

first elements installed at the incinerator. A feature we found to be incredible was how the waste incinerator is integrated into the urban landscape and the lives of its neighbors. Amager Bakke offers an exciting selection of... View Details

12 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment

colleagues studied how experts judged contest entries and found that the greater an evaluator’s expertise, the more likely they were to nix less feasible proposals in favor of safer bets. “Who we select to do our evaluations and to pick... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Aerospace

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instructions on using EndNote with Harvard resources. Additional help can be found on the EndNote Online User Manual and on YouTube. Please note that saving... View Details

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

retirement, Amabile and colleagues found that, for many, the transition begins smoothly enough but then develops into retirees questioning their own identity and puzzling over how to structure their days as their familiar work life fades... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

31 Mar 2022
Op-Ed

Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

differentiator for some services. Linklaters’ clients, for example, derive comfort from knowing that the firm has the resources to work on large, high-stakes, complex matters. A 2007 analysis found that the firm’s average billing rate... View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda

Web

Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities - Recruiting

and has found that anything employers can do to try and get stories out there and in front of students and alumni is helpful. Seeing others with diverse abilities be successful in the work environment signals how a company encourages... View Details

20 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 20

examines how Schultz recruited, motivated, and inspired the students and scientists that worked with him. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/910408-PDF-ENG Root Capital Harvard Business School Case 510-035 Founded... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Apr 2011
HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

behaviors, and values of a legacy organization, changing a business model from paper to digital, capitalizing on huge brand awareness and international presence, and promoting cross-functional and cross-divisional collaboration. Increasing Geographic Knowledge View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

14 Jun 2021
Op-Ed

When Your Nerves Get the Best of You, Change the Narrative

excited, and as a result, I perform better. Not only that, research shows that I am also judged by others as more competent. Reframe your anxiety as excitement Research has found that when we approach high-stakes performance situations... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

roles do you know you definitely don’t want? This could be a level of responsibility (e.g., a founding CEO may know they never want to be a CEO again) or within a function of an organization. (e.g., an engineer who became a product leader... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

16 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

Business School Associate Professor Prithwiraj Choudhury examined how, when, and whether nonstop flights could spark an increase in new ideas. In a broad examination of flight and patent data, Choudhury and co-authors found that a 10... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Air Transportation

09 Jan 2020
Book

Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

John Foley was irritated with his local gym. He was constantly getting elbowed out of his favorite spin classes as other cyclists snapped up spots in sessions led by the most popular instructors. Foley’s frustration inspired him in 2012 to View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Mar 2016
News

David Moss is Rewriting History

between the board’s conservative Republicans, who perceived a liberal bias in the curriculum, and its more moderate Republicans and Democrats. For three days, the board held contentious open meetings, arguing issues centuries old—Were the View Details

Keywords: April White

31 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 31

resource management, which emphasized job rotation and minimal hierarchy. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/812134-PDF-ENG RentJuice Thomas R.Eisenmann and Liz KindHarvard Business School Case 811-069 RentJuice, founded in... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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