Turn Around Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

organizations in private industry could learn from the example of Data.gov to the extent of unlocking data from individual silos in their firm even though data remain protected within firewalls. HBS assistant professor Karim R. Lakhani, who specializes in the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

13 Mar 2018
First Look

March 13, 2018

struggled for the past several years, and JANA thought the presence of new directors could help turn around its operations, while Whole Foods resisted, adding new directors and announcing ambitious new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Nov 2021
News

New Director Named for Mid-US Research Office

Alicia Dadlani (MBA 2003) has been announced as director of the School’s new Mid-US Research Office. The Mid-US Research Office joins 10 HBS research centers and five regional offices located around the world. In order to capitalize on... View Details

August 2024
Case

Oculii

By: Andy Wu and Lucas Defilippo

It was a bright June day in 2016. Steven Hong, co-founder and COO of Oculii had just signed a letter of intent agreeing to a 51% stake acquisition by Nexteer Automotive, a global steering and driveline supplier company that developed advanced driver assistance systems... View Details

Keywords: Automotive; Autonomous Vehicles; Wireless Communications; Mergers and Acquisitions; Communication Intention and Meaning; Intellectual Property; Growth Management; Negotiation Deal; Supply Chain; Auto Industry; Technology Industry

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04 Jun 2018
What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

predators and no there is no place for them in positions of power, ever, anywhere.” Janie added, “There is compelling evidence suggesting that many CEOs have strong narcissistic qualities, border on sociopathic tendencies, and often turn... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Nov 2023
News

A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway

Clubs News Clubs News Southern California Holiday Gala Will Boost Scholarship Fund After a brief hiatus due to the pandemic, the HBS Association of Southern California (HBSASC) is once again hosting its annual Holiday Benefit Gala on December 9 to support the HBSASC... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

04 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Tech Club

and jointly hosted workshops is quite easy for student clubs around the city to do. We also have a Wednesday night speaker series featuring movers and shakers in tech, a variety of student treks to the Bay Area, New York, and parts of... View Details

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

times more likely to experience work-related problems than employees with chronic physical illnesses like diabetes or heart disease. So why do many companies fail to help their workers battle mental health disorders? “There’s a silence View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

01 Oct 2000
News

Edward D. Bullard: The Personal Touch

Walking around the Cynthiana, Kentucky, manufacturing plant of E.D. Bullard Company, the firm's chairman, Jed Bullard, is in his element. "This is Sandy, she's been here a hundred years," he jokes with a woman affixing decals to hard... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

05 Jul 2021
What Do You Think?

Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?

turned to my son and remarked, “That stuff can make you sick.” Several of us laughed. I wasn’t one of them. I knew him well. He meant it. This may help explain why so many organizations seem to have lost contact with the experience of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Launching the Women in Tech Initiative at HBS

management positions in tech companies are held by people identifying as female (Source: Statista); 27% of female respondents to a PwC study considered a tech career, compared to 62% of males respondents (Source: PwC). In light of these... View Details

04 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

school degrees over the same period. Ethnic minority representation was even lower, with Hispanics and African Americans representing around 2 percent and at 1 percent respectively over the same period. “We really saw how powerful the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

learned in the classroom, one of the big takeaways for her has been the people she met throughout her three years on campus. “The long chats and debates I had with my classmates, in the joint degree seminar classroom and in the dining halls and cafes View Details

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details

01 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

Cooperation Council—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—outsourced the management of their petrodollars to American and U.K. bankers. This time around, they have adopted active investment and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

existence since 1694 and are currently in use in a host of countries around the world. They blend elements of lotteries and savings programs. In particular, these products offer savers protection against principal loss and liquidity, but... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

23 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

traditional resellers. Also, MSPs can be less capital intensive for start-ups. No wonder, then, that an increasing number of entrepreneurial ventures such as thredUP have been attracted to the MSP model. But in 2012 thredUP's management... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

31 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 31

prototypical large-enterprise form in contemporary emerging economies. By exploring the evolution of the diversified business groups organized around British trading companies from the late eighteenth century until today, this chapter... View Details