Learning From Failure - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

which workers are vulnerable and what accommodations would best suit their specific needs. Learn from female leaders who have managed COVID-19 effectively Mark van Vugt, professor at VU University and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

If it's one lesson the individual investor learned the hard way from the collapse of Enron, it is that the recommendations of Wall Street stock analysts can be influenced by much more than purely objective... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

14 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

The Case for Consumer-Driven Medicaid

poorly educated and lack access to sources of information like the Internet. Although these sources are depicted as high tech, much of what patients learn actually comes from the phone and face-to-face... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

25 Feb 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution

transformation to digital is being driven by two primary factors, according to Iansiti: the explosion of connected devices and expanded computing capacity in the cloud. The study of innovation and business is still in its infancy. ©iStock.com/RichVintage View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Technology

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Building a Powerful Prestige Brand

Lauder, founded Estée Lauder Cosmetics. By the time she retired from public life in the mid-1990s, this company had become one of the largest cosmetics manufacturers in the world and was recognized as one of the leading players in the... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn; Beauty & Cosmetics; Consumer Products; Retail

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

instead, it has become integrated with the whole manufacturing process—David Upton But once that decision has been made, "sitting" is far from the operative word for IT systems, which require the same kind of continuous... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

members to use it." To remove the stigma, employers need to educate workers about mental illness and distinguish it from normal levels of stress. At the same time, managers must learn the legal restrictions... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

landscape presents a world of possibility. "We're seeing a world that will open up opportunities in ways unimagined," Stevenson told alumni at the HBS 2001 Global Alumni Conference. In a lively discussion entitled, "What An Old Guy View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

does reveal is that their analysis pointed to “a complete lack of understanding” of the actual physics involved with football by those who make their living off the game. The lessons to be learned from that... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

and Swap assert. To begin with, the creative process in an organization can and must encompass a broad array of input from a wide variety of people, including those who may not consider themselves the least bit creative. "Many of the... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

At the beginning of January, over two hundred senior executives and government officials from around the globe met at Harvard Business School for the fortieth annual Agribusiness Seminar. They represented every facet of the "global... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

12 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 12

attributes of a decision problem. The hierarchy of new conditions varies in the degree to which it specifies the functional form, ranging from more general solutions with weaker constraints, to more specific solutions with stronger... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

action. Q: You recently wrote about the writings of Mandarin Yung Wing, a senior bureaucrat during the time of the Manchu regime and the first Chinese national to graduate from Yale. What did he accomplish, and does his story hold... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2008
Op-Ed

The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations

appropriate action to manage credit risk in their domain, but as a result, credit risk was shifted to institutions and markets that were less heavily regulated. The same phenomenon will continue to occur under the Treasury proposals. View Details

Keywords: by Dwight Crane; Banking; Construction; Real Estate; Financial Services

08 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More, Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine, argues that the sudden availability of niche offerings more closely tailored to their tastes will lure consumers away from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

know it's getting harder. We all need to keep learning and adapting.” We asked Hill, the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, to discuss how managers can work faster, embrace digital transformation to cultivate... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

Where once "corporate giving" meant writing an annual check to a favorite charity, more recently businesses and nonprofit organizations (NPOs) have joined forces to achieve their separate, but related missions. When these partnerships crossed the line View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

John Irving’s Lessons for Business

structures you establish can make a big difference in fostering creativity. You should set up work groups so that people will stimulate each other and learn from each other, so that they're not homogenous in... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

08 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

as benefits from liquidity in the capital market. The benefits have been widely discussed—the costs have not. One suggestion we propose is to provide even stronger incentives for long-term investing—namely to create a much more... View Details