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- 05 Nov 2019
- News
Alumnus Named McDonald’s CEO
included a rekindling customer interest by refocusing on convenience. “There was a latent love for the brand,” Kempczinski told the Bulletin. “We had just been underdelivering on what their expectations were.” In an interview with the... View Details
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Career Support - Business & Environment
to connect with alumni: HBS Initiatives Mentor Match Program Current MBA students can email us to join our online platform that facilitates ongoing connections between students interested in pursuing careers at the intersection of... View Details
- 17 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage
community.” Paying employees fairly is just one way to show them they are valued, he says—but it’s also important to give them a sense of purpose, caring, and community. By flipping expectations of a boss-employee relationship and authentically expressing View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
interest in the subject was initially stimulated by the explosive growth of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The real value of Windows, we learned, was not about the product, per se, but the applications written by independent... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus
housing, educational, employment, and social service programs. "Fountain House facilitates recovery and rehabilitation by building self-esteem," explains de Chazal, whose interest in the international organization was inspired by his... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
long tail! Carl Størmer: There's an interesting question, too, about whether the seeds for your jump to the next S-curve are there in your past work, and how you might find and build on that. If you study Milestones, an album Miles made... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
staff, students, and alumni, articulated a series of aspirations and engines for the School, including reimagining the educational programs, business and society, research in action, digital transformation, partnering across Harvard, and diversity, equity, and... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Accidental Innovator
Business School, while Devin is professor emeritus from Swarthmore College. Sarah Jane Gilbert: Can you explain what accidental innovation is? What led to your interest in researching this concept? Robert Austin: Historical accounts of... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 10 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces
female tutor questioned students about their efforts toward change before realizing they were more interested in talking about the systemic injustice of police shootings in general. (“I felt very uncomfortable, um, just because I didn’t... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
the United States in both parties. Whatever the reason, research is shedding interesting insights on the issue. Findings of a recent McKinsey Global Institute study include: (1) lack of gender diversity is associated with a greater... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad
build relationships that allow them to sell their more lucrative consulting services. Thus, from the executive team down to individual accountants, an auditing firm's motivation to provide favorable audits runs deep. As the collision case also showed, once people... View Details
- 23 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Real Wal-Mart Effect
policies in the United States favor consumers and offer fewer protections to other interests than is par for the course elsewhere. Is such proconsumerism a good thing? The answer, at least in relation to Wal-Mart, depends on the identity... View Details
- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
understand why it isn’t in the best interests of their organizations to weigh in on all issues facing society, but this is one that can have a direct impact on the performance of their organizations. It is controversial. But to a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Blog
Should You Pursue the Certificate of Management Excellence?
learn more, review the CME Overview. You can also learn more about the CME in participant stories featuring Heba Elshakany and Laina Chan. If you are a board director, you may be interested in our Corporate Director Certificate (CDC),... View Details
- Research Summary
Emotional Experience, Expression, and Regulation
Once considered irrational, emotions often exert a more profound influence on decision-making and workplace outcomes than logic or reason. Professor Brooks studies emotional experience, emotional expression, and how individuals can regulate their emotions... View Details
- January 2014 (Revised April 2025)
- Supplement
The PGA Tour (F)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Cole Magrath
In 1994, the PGA Tour (the "Tour"), the dominant incumbent professional golf circuit, had created tremendous value for its players. In the 1974 season, players competed for $8 million in prize money; by the 1994 season, the total prize purse had increased to $56... View Details
Keywords: PGA Tour; Tim Finchem; Deane Beman; Golf; Professional Golf; Business Model; Value Creation; Adaptation; Sports; Business Strategy; Sports Industry; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Cole Magrath. "The PGA Tour (F)." Harvard Business School Supplement 714-447, January 2014. (Revised April 2025.)
- January 2014 (Revised April 2025)
- Supplement
The PGA Tour (E)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Cole Magrath
In 1994, the PGA Tour (the "Tour"), the dominant incumbent professional golf circuit, had created tremendous value for its players. In the 1974 season, players competed for $8 million in prize money; by the 1994 season, the total prize purse had increased to $56... View Details
Keywords: PGA Tour; Tim Finchem; Deane Beman; Golf; Professional Golf; Business Model; Value Creation; Adaptation; Sports; Business Strategy; Sports Industry; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Cole Magrath. "The PGA Tour (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 714-446, January 2014. (Revised April 2025.)
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
With a pandemic temporarily closing many businesses and stifling consumer demand, whole industries, especially those that recently leveraged their balance sheets to take advantage of near-zero interest rates, are seeing their profits... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973
better,” says Lang, simply. “What’s good for women is good for the bottom line, good for men, good for business, good for customers, and good for communities.” That fact hits home for Lang, who retired from Catalyst in 2015 and remains a strong voice for women’s... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young