Publications

08 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

You Won't Make It If You Fake It

salary. Had I tried to fake my leadership and knowledge of the appliance industry, I surely would have failed. In the research for Discover Your True North, we interviewed 170 leaders from 23 to 93 years... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

March 2020 (Revised May 2020)
Case

Redefining Mogul

By: Ethan C. Rouen

Tiffany Pham taught herself to code and created a technology platform, Mogul, with the goal of providing girls and women around the world with information and opportunities. After several years Mogul had reached more than 146 million women around the world and had... View Details

Keywords: Women; Inclusion; Technology; Branding; Social Impact; Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Information; Knowledge Dissemination; Gender; Diversity; Brands and Branding; Expansion; Strategy; Media; Personal Development and Career; Technology Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

October 2007
Article

Opinion: Place Your Bets on the Future You Want

By: Forest Reinhardt

This piece posits that success in a carbon-constrained world will be determined by innovation and acumen, requiring companies to make bold moves. View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leadership; Success; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Competitive Advantage

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Profile

Nikki Skovran

way to get exposure to a wide range of industries and functions in a short period of time,” she says. Looking ahead, Nikki is not sure whether she will stay in public service work or shift into private... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Consulting; Entrepreneurship

May 2011
Article

The Hollow Science

By: Robert S. Kaplan

The financial meltdown made clear that the executives of many major financial institutions were operating with inadequate or distorted information about the values and risks of their firms' assets. It's fair to say that business scholars bear some... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Financial Crisis; Financial Management; Information; Knowledge Acquisition; Risk Management; Practice

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2008
Working Paper

The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns

By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher J. Malloy

This paper uses social networks to identify information transfer in security markets. We focus on connections between mutual fund managers and corporate board members via shared education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms they are... View Details

Keywords: Asset Pricing; Investment Portfolio; Governing and Advisory Boards; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Social and Collaborative Networks; Financial Services Industry

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March 2008
Case

Cambrian House

By: Peter A. Coles, Karim R. Lakhani and Andrew P. McAfee

Cambrian House builds internet-based products and services by relying entirely on its user community for all aspects of its innovation and new product development process. Users suggest ideas for new products and services and also participate in a monthly voting... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Voting; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Management; Marketing Strategy; Open Source Distribution; Product Development; Strategic Planning; Business and Community Relations; Internet

16 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs

representing different disciplines. Was that cross-pollination of viewpoints and knowledge helpful? A: Not only did we have a variety of faculty interested in entrepreneurship from different perspectives, we... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

December 2015
Supplement

An Intern's Dilemma (B)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble

An HBS student is asked to misrepresent himself during the course of his student internship by his employer in order to obtain data from a competitor. This case describes how the student handled the situation and what he learned about himself from it. View Details

Keywords: Conflict; Leadership; Conflict Management; Competition; Ethics; Knowledge Acquisition; Organizational Culture; Employees; Power and Influence

Career Coach

Betsy Edwards

Betsy (HGSE, '12) is a Corporate Relations Director in HBS Career & Professional Development with over ten years of coaching experience. Her focus is on supporting students and alumni seeking an impact-oriented career primarily View Details

Keywords: Education; Fintech; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Government; Health Care; Social Enterprise

July 2013 (Revised November 2021)
Module Note

Exploration vs. Exploitation

By: Willy Shih

This module note introduces James March's concept of exploration and exploitation, and the management challenge of balancing the allocation of resources to the two activities in the firm. The note also touches on the O'Reilly and Tushman paper on the ambidextrous... View Details

14 May 2020
Blog Post

A PRIDE Farewell

symbolic step to nudge behaviors and thoughts, and we hope that in years to come, our community will continue to take more tangible steps to bridge the internal divides we often face. Looking ahead, we are View Details

08 Sep 2011
What Do You Think?

What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?

facing down the pressures of investors and Wall Street analysts. As Gaurav Goel puts it, "Steve's successors would need courage and confidence to do things differently." In particular, there will... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer

27 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Dan McGinn on How to Ace Your Presentation

advice for alumni who are intimidated before a big career presentation? Think about managing three things: your confidence (more is better), anxiety (less is better), and your energy level (the optimal point depends on the context of your... View Details

21 Aug 2018
Blog Post

How to Think About Networking

During the course of the networking activity the focus may change based upon what you are learning in your conversations. Be prepared for different scenarios, and you can make sure you leave the conservation View Details

07 Dec 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Oral History and Writing the Business History of Emerging Markets

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale

September 2006
Case

IR at BP: Investor Relations and Information Reconnaissance

By: Gregory S. Miller, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Anders Sjoman

BP's IR director has begun a program to use information regarding external views of BP and the industry as part of the firm's planning and operational activities. This information is generated as a portion of their award winning investor relations program, and had... View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Use and Leverage; Operations; Information Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Planning