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- 05 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?
brands, simplified pricing that replaces the retailer's constant sales and coupons, and an updated store design that promises to make one think more of Apple's high-touch... View Details
- 31 Jul 2017
- HBS Case
It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family
be in place. There might not even be an org chart. You’re starting the process with a blank slate.” “It was a humbling experience,” adds Zhu. “The relationship that Mike and I developed with Tam provided some insight into the typical... View Details
- 29 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.
Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 08 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
gay bar in Orlando to kill 49 people and wound another 53. And while gays and lesbians enjoy more rights today transgender people still face severe discrimination View Details
- 07 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
The Value of the HBS Case Method – Lessons from an SVMP Participant
program, I felt a sense of relief and spent the day thinking “mission accomplished.” However, the mission is just beginning. Coming from a non-traditional background, there was a sense of hesitation View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
3 Reasons Engineers Thrive at Business School
goals involved doing something more strategic, so I chose to come to b-school to learn business skills that complemented my technical background. I believe that people with STEM backgrounds already have a strong foundation in critical View Details
- 22 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS
Hi, my name is Heather Jackson, and I am not supposed to be at Harvard Business School. No, I don’t mean I was an ‘admissions mistake’ (though every single admit, myself included, has thought this countless times). I mean, by every... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
dangerously blurred. The notion that those who lead and manage our society's major private economic institutions might provide, or be responsible for providing, a public good is quite foreign to our customary way of View Details
- 24 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
What is an HBS MyTake?
BRIDGES. Why do you think MyTakes are an important part of HBS culture? Everyone at HBS talks about getting to know fellow students as one of the best parts of the experience, and I definitely echo that... View Details
- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
that offers the benefit of calling two sections home (love to sections J and A!). Learning how to support each other in school and at home has been an incredible part of our journey. We feel grateful to have... View Details
- 10 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated
Public health officials who took to social media to push people to get the COVID-19 vaccine may have wondered if they were screaming into a void. Over the course of the pandemic, health agencies around the world—ranging from the World Health Organization to the Center... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
economy.” According to the researchers, “Supply chain industries are a distinct and large segment of the economy. In 2015, they accounted for over 53 million jobs, 43 percent of US employment.” “We think... View Details
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
elements can provide organizations with valuable extra time to develop possible adaptation or repositioning strategies." Note to managers: Ryan Raffaelli continues to investigate how troubled industries and organizations are able to... View Details
- 31 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do
Reading: Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity The Task and Temporal Microstructure of Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Financial Services... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni
made their learning real and accessible — connecting me to that knowledge and the living proof of the community on campus in real time.” — HBS Alumna (MBA 1982) “The sessions were all extremely relevant,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty
year after graduating from Princeton with a degree in history. As a consultant, she evaluated community development programs throughout Indonesia and helped rural women build microenterprises. The resourcefulness of the women impressed... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 29 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism
Most of us tend not to think of capitalism as a moral system. The prevailing view of the free market, among laypeople and economists alike, is that it's one step removed from the law of the jungle. But the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Hands-on Learning About Global Markets
A certificate of appreciation was presented to Ellie Care representatives Francisco Garcia Zavaleta (COO) and Gervasio Videla Dorna (cofounder and CEO), at left, and to Patricio Alba (cofounder and CIO), far right, by HBS students Maxwell Nii Laryea, third from left,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
When Your Passion Works Against You
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 after a 12-year absence, the company he co-founded was dispirited, rudderless, and near bankruptcy. In a staff meeting, Jobs shared his plan for revitalizing the struggling brand, touching on one... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
'Here are some clouds. What do you see?' It's stunning for the class to realize that very smart people can come to very different conclusions. And so it really expands how they think about problems View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace