Managing up - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

Beyond How to Manage Coronavirus Layoffs with Compassion (Harvard Business Review) Organizational Responses to COVID-19 and Climate Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson (Environmental Insights) COVID-19 Business Impact Center... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

17 May 2017
News

Nisa Godrej Takes Over

Photo via The Hindu Photo via The Hindu After a decade of work at her family’s Mumbai-based conglomerate, Nisa Godrej (MBA 2006) has been appointed to head up the consumer products division—taking over for her father, Adi Godrej. Godrej... View Details

11 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Financial Services 24/7

customers to take their business elsewhere. With new Internet-only banks and brokerages popping up regularly, established firms must find innovative ways to hold onto their customers. "Traditionally, strategy was institutionally... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

critical data point and a unique leg up in thinking about the issue. CTrip is one of many companies using experiments to guide decisions, according to Harvard Business School professor Michael Luca. “Executives need to understand when and... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Ripple Effect | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

serving the same students in the same facility. “When I was chief of staff, I worked on a number of district-wide policy and management issues,” says Nicolette, who joined UP in 2013 and is now serving as... View Details

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

Press in 2000. Reinhardt evaluated current trends and tensions for managers, and outlined tactics that managers use to try to reconcile what at face value seem competing objectives: how to maximize shareholder value while at the same time... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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The best of Working Knowledge in your inbox | Working Knowledge

The best of Working Knowledge in your inbox Sign up for weekly newsletters Since 1999, Working Knowledge has connected the School’s leading edge research and ideas on business management with practitioners,... View Details

14 Mar 2019
News

The Merchant of Osaka

home-care medical team would be nearby. On a Monday afternoon draped in mid-October grays, Dr. Komei Umeda and a nurse make the 20-minute drive from the clinic in Tokyo’s western Setagaya ward. They walk up the stone path, under a... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

29 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas

more important than the physical aspect." “Companies don't fully exploit the latest ideas that their product has created” In a paper published last year in the Academy of Management Review called "The Second Face of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

01 Apr 2001
News

Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary

Shanghai municipal government, Netcom is putting up a stiff challenge to three other government-controlled telecom network operators. Tian, who holds a doctorate in environmental management from Texas Tech... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Telecommunications; Information

Christina Melas-Kyriazi

Christina joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2021, where she focuses on early-stage investments in fintech and commerce. Christina was previously Head of Product for Consumer Foundations at Affirm, where she led a team of product managers to... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

26 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

The Roman god Janus had two sets of eyes—one pair focusing on what lay behind, the other on what lay ahead. General managers and corporate executives should be able to relate. They, too, must constantly look backward, attending to the... View Details

Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman

31 Jan 2019

College Programs Webinar for International Schools

HBS offers three programs for college students including two preview experiences (Peek Weekend and the Summer Venture in Management Program) as well as the 2+2 deferred admissions process for college seniors who are ready to apply to an... View Details

27 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

through their eyes. And we dined with one of my former students, who set up one of the pioneering private equity funds in Egypt and whose wife is bringing high-fashion retailing to a corner of the new Four Seasons Hotel. Q: What did you... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

forthcoming Strategic Management Journal When Does Advice Impact Startup Performance? By: Chatterji, Aaron, Solene Delecourt, Sharique Hasan, and Rembrand Koning Abstract—Why do some entrepreneurs thrive while others fail? We explore... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Apr 2021
News

Revealing the Rules

less likely to be promoted to management than men. And Hispanic, Latino, and Black employees make up 11 and 12 percent of entry-level hires but only three to five percent of corporate vice presidents.... View Details

28 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews

information on sites such as Yelp, eBay, and TripAdvisor. The framework relies on an algorithm set up to tackle bias inherent in reviews by taking into account reviewers who vary in accuracy, stringency, and by reputation. Luca cowrote... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Food & Beverage

Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.

After working in financial management for the Kennedy administration, Pratt worked his way up the executive ladder at Pfizer to become CEO. Pratt focused the company on research and development, eventually... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

30 Jul 2024
News

Reddit’s Rise

means I was doing a renovation. Every time I take time off, I end up renovating and that’s why my wife is like, you need a job. So I did not get the call for the job. This is the first time I actually got a role through a recruiter. There... View Details

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

solely up to management to ensure a company retains its competitive edge, a proactive board can help to provide the guidance needed for the future. Related Reading: Managing... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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