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21 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

CEOs are communicators. Studies show that CEOs spend 85 percent of their time in communication-related activities, including speeches, meetings, and phone calls with people both inside and outside the firm. Now, new research using machine... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Mar 2023
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Toward a Life Well Lived

students plan more intentionally for the path ahead, navigate the bumps that arise, and stay true to their values, Perlow created a second-year course, Crafting Your Life: The Tactics and Practices of the First 10 Years Post-MBA. “What I want us to think about is, are... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

November 2009 (Revised March 2013)
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PureCircle

By: David E. Bell and Aldo Sesia

In December 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined that high-purity Rebaudioside A (Reb A), a natural and calorie-free product that a young company named PureCircle manufactured from the Stevia plant, could be used in beverages, foods, and as a... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Investment; Globalization; Leadership; Risk Management; Product Launch; Production; Performance Productivity; Business and Shareholder Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

(Alfred A. Knopf, 2022) was included in The New York Times ' 100 Notable Books of 2022. Mattias E. Fibiger : Received the 2022 Charles M. Williams Award for Teaching Excellence. Mattias E. Fibiger : Received the 2022 HBS Student... View Details

16 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

industries like biotech, you can test things along the way to see if they are feasible, but for creative ideas like a film, you can’t experiment. You have huge uncertainty and you have to think about how to manage that risk.” One way that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

seashells washing up on the shore—all of which would also require time and attention, be they challenges or opportunities. You can’t ignore them; but you also can’t let them consume you, because you still have to View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Kristin W. Mugford | About

and the Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching. Kristin retired in 2013 as a Managing Director and partner at Bain Capital, one of the world's leading alternative investment firms, after nearly 20 years as a private equity and credit... View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

October 14, experts warned that “voluntary” carbon reduction targets being set at COP26 are far from sufficient to meaningfully address climate change. Methane, which is 60 to 80 times worse than CO2, they said, isn’t even part of the... View Details

04 Sep 2019
Blog Post

A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship

submitting his resume, Stan participated in a series of interviews that began during finals week, a challenging time made more so by a number of obligations that took him out of the country. “I really appreciated their flexibility.” The... View Details

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

characterized quite often by turbulent situations. When you are negotiating in a turbulent environment, you feel reassured if the entity you are transacting with is likely to be around tomorrow. Otherwise, what’s the point of investing View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Working Paper

India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988-2005

By: Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari

Using firm-level data this paper analyzes, the transformation of India's economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly-listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Economic Sectors; Economy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Growth and Development Strategy; India

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21 May 2012
Research & Ideas

OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?

randomizing, of necessity, involves a trade-off. Focusing on short-term cost-effectiveness often leads managers to implement new programs at sites or at times when they think they will do the most good. But... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Oct 2014
What Do You Think?

Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

article that "says that most eureka moments come when the mind is relaxed and unfocused," Gerald Nanninga commented that "You need the initial focus to fill your brain with the raw material, but then you need unfocused time... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

typically unstructured time and allows people to feel prepared for the day ahead. (It’s effective in the same way other rituals, like exercising before work, can help people transition between their home and job roles, the researchers... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

31 Jan 2007
HBS Case

When Good Teams Go Bad

people trying to do the perfect golf swing at the same time, all together, 200 times in a row." Like most of his peers, Coach P used a variety of quantifiable metrics for each rower to determine who would sit in the varsity boat.... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

How to Avoid a Price Increase

expensive ingredients with less expensive ingredients, and finally, to simply raise price. Q: What other research are you working on? A: At this time I have several other projects going on. In one bit of research, I am looking at the... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

says. “Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired.” This might seem an extreme way to motivate employees (and, of course, fails spectacularly in the movie). But companies hold so-called tournaments based on relative performance all the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2017
News

A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective

Richard Ruback was his advisor. “Even before anyone was talking about ‘One Harvard,’ some of us were trying to make it happen,” notes Tunnell, whose 20th Reunion gift supports the HBS-Harvard Integration Fund. Now a managing director at... View Details

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

time for Comcast to rethink its push for "free" content, and craft a different business model? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507080 Digital China Holdings Ltd.: View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

As economies reopen after forced shutdowns caused by COVID-19, managers around the world are faced with a dual challenge: keep the workforce safe while preserving business viability in an evolving and volatile market. How should... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

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