Publications

15 Jan 2016
News

Leadership Lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.

22 Mar 2021
Blog Post

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

Recently, the venerable organization Coca-Cola publicly announced that a project to hire more Black employees that stemmed from the settlement of a 2000 discrimination lawsuit had failed to achieve its objectives. Along with many others, I had assumed that once a firm... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

December 1998
Supplement

Franco Bernabe, Video

By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse

Contains interview excerpts. Franco Bernabe discusses becoming a leader, reflections on leadership vision, ethics, leadership style, changes in the future of ENI. View Details

Keywords: Change; Ethics; Leadership Development; Leadership Style

January 2011 (Revised November 2011)
Case

Identifying Firm Capital Structure

Students are asked to link concealed balance sheets with firm descriptions. The case helps students understand how balance sheets reflect industry and firm characteristics. View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements; Business Ventures; Capital Structure

Video

A Woman's Place

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

you have seen recessions and market fluctuations), what is your advice to less-seasoned HBS graduates? O'Lear: Buckle your seatbelt. If you accept the premise that the U.S. postindustrial economy reflects Darwinian capitalism, then it... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

27 Aug 2001
News

Q&A: Caught in the Net

16 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)

In the summer of 2020, Eric Westphal (MBA 2021) was looking for an internship where he would have the opportunity to work closely with a startup founder. He considered Boston based startups originally and then broadened his scope to look at startups in Brazil where he... View Details

20 Jul 2020
News

Don’t Chase Growth With MongoDB

April 2004 (Revised May 2017)
Case

Real Madrid Club de Futbol

By: John Quelch, Jose Luis Nueno and Carin-Isabel Knoop

In June 2004, Florentino Perez, a well-known Spanish businessman, was elected president of Real Madrid, one of the world's top soccer clubs. In his campaign, Perez had promised to turn around the club's finances, bring in world-class talent, and expand the club's brand... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Change Management; Expansion; Marketing Channels; Sports; Management Teams; Trends; Brands and Branding; Sports Industry; Spain

24 Sep 2014
News

Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue

18 Feb 2020
Video

Industry Spotlight Series: Education

Article

Whites See Racism as a Zero-Sum Game That They Are Now Losing

By: Michael I. Norton and Samuel R. Sommers

Although some have heralded recent political and cultural developments as signaling the arrival of a post-racial era in America, several legal and social controversies regarding "reverse racism" highlight Whites' increasing concern about anti-White bias. We show that... View Details

Keywords: Racism; Zero-sum Game; Bias; Affirmative Action; Prejudice and Bias; Race; Social Issues; United States

October 2013 (Revised October 2017)
Case

Bridges Ventures

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarah Appleby

Bridges Ventures, a UK-based impact investor with double-digit returns on its investments, is reflecting on its social impact and pondering its future course. View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; United Kingdom; Financial And Social Return; Social Enterprise; Investment Portfolio; Transportation Industry; Retail Industry; Real Estate Industry; United Kingdom

September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
Case

Joe Casey: January 2000

By: G. Felda Hardymon

Joe Casey (HBS class of 1992) reflects on the path that has led him into a venture career and contemplating his next moves. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Business Ventures