Learning From Failure - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Sep 2019
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6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, some saw it as proof that the color of one’s skin could no longer hold people back from achieving important leadership roles in the United States. Not true, says Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Business History - Faculty & Research

History Initiative seeks to facilitate learning from the past through innovative research and course development, employing global and interdisciplinary perspectives. Business History Harvard Business School... View Details

10 Sep 2007
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High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

lover who played saxophone in high school, discussed what he learned from violinist Robertson in this interview with HBS Working Knowledge. Martha Lagace: What drew you to writing a business case that looks... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

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Emma Beck

When I was a kid, my mom showed me how to dissect owl pellets and make art out of foraged bird nests and pebbles. Transforming nature, she was a magician of sorts – or so it seemed to me at the time. But as I grew up, I came to learn that... View Details

April 2010
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A Giant Among Women

By: Willy C. Shih, Ethan S Bernstein, Maly Hout Bernstein, Jyun-Cheng Wang and Yi-Ling Wei

Few CEOs successfully manage the evolution of their companies from OEM outsourcer to branded manufacturer to expert consumer marketer as well as Tony Lo, CEO of Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd., now the largest bicycle manufacturer in the world. In the mid-1980s, Giant... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Customer Focus and Relationships; Global Strategy; Gender; Customer Satisfaction; Product Development; Bicycle Industry; Taiwan

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Running and Growing the Small Company: Course Overview

Addresses challenges facing managers, presidents, and owners in generating and sustaining superior performance, especially as a company broadens its mix of goods and services, increases the volume of its sales, and enlarges the size of its workforce. The critical... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Talent and Talent Management

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Student Journey - Entrepreneurship

Student Journey Whether you’re a founder, joiner, investor, or undecided, explore all we have to offer during your two-year entrepreneurial journey. To learn more about each journey, refer to our "Entrepreneurship Journey Road Map".... View Details

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Decision Making Under Uncertainty

By: David E. Bell

Many of the decisions we face are made complicated by having uncertain consequences: how should I set my inventory when I don’t know what demand will be, should I refinance my mortgage when rates might go lower, how big a bet shall I make in a new business, and so... View Details

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Managing the Future of Work (MBA Education—Elective Curriculum)

By: Christopher T. Stanton

The nature and scope of work is changing rapidly, creating massive business challenges in the shadow of broader political and social shifts. HBS launched a major initiative in 2017 on Managing the Future of Work to define these workplace issues and... View Details

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Standards of Conduct - Recruiting

Deviations from these standards may be noted on 12twenty to keep students informed. For the Class of 2026 Second-Year Students Organizations are asked to keep job offers open for a minimum of two weeks from... View Details

13 Oct 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator

Keywords: by Jodi L. Short & Michael W. Toffel

The Discipline of Business Experimentation

The data you already have can't tell you how customers will react to innovations. To discover if a truly novel concept will succeed, you must subject it to a rigorous experiment. In most companies, tests do not adhere to scientific and statistical principles. As... View Details

Teaching AI to Handle Exceptions: Supervised Fine-Tuning with Human-Aligned Judgment

Large language models (LLMs), initially developed for generative AI, are now evolving into agentic AI systems, which make decisions in complex, real-world contexts. Unfortunately, while their generative capabilities are well-documented, their decision-making... View Details

13 May 2024
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Picture This: Why Online Image Searches Drive Purchases

to compete. For top sellers, that visibility from smaller competitors may mean more vigorous competition. “So, there may be some adjustments on what kind of prices sellers set, holding constant the products sold,” Farronato says. “In... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology; Consumer Products; Retail

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

It was a brief dalliance, just a few weeks in length, over text and video only. The end of the affair was nonetheless just the beginning for Stephen Easterbrook, the McDonald’s CEO who went from being hailed as the company’s “savior” by... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

26 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 26, 2008

Working PapersApplicant and Examiner Citations in U.S. Patents: An Overview and Analysis Authors:Juan Alcacer Abstract Researchers studying innovation increasingly use indicators based on patent citations. However, it is well known that not all citations originate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

22, 2008. Barclays Group Archives. View as PDF Barclays Group. Press Release, September 22, 2008. Barclays Group Archives. View as PDF In the mortgage securitization process, a borrower takes out a loan from a lending institution. The... View Details

23 Aug 2013
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Waves in Ship Prices and Investment

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel Hanson

Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job

Many professionals aspire to work for a start-up. Executives from large companies view them as models to help them adapt to today’s dynamic innovation economy. Yes, start-ups look magical, but they can also be chaotic and inaccessible. Many books are written for... View Details

13 Oct 2023

Entrepreneurial Insights: 20 Minutes with an HBS Founder

Wondering how an MBA can help with your professional growth? Learn from HBS alumna, Keta Burke-Williams (MBA 2021), how HBS helps prepare you for a career in entrepreneurship. View Details

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