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- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
may evolve in the future. His conclusions were put forward in a recent article for Harvard Magazine. Here is an excerpt focusing on development of the case method at Harvard Business School.After Harvard Business School was founded in... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
Case 118-030 JetBlue: Relevant Sustainability Leadership In 2017, JetBlue, the airline founded on the mission to “bring humanity back to air travel,” became one of the first companies to report performance according to the Sustainability... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
found (or potentially found) in practice and whose hypotheses connect independent variables within the control of practitioners to outcomes they care about using logic they view as feasible. I provide several suggestions for how scholars... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
three-part interview with Harvard Business School Marketing professors Rajiv Lal and José B. Alvarez, they discuss who is winning this revolution and which brands appear to be losing ground. Sean Silverthorne: Among the retailers you have View Details
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
needs of different consumer groups. Casadesus-Masanell, the Herman C. Krannert Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Hervás-Drane, assistant professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, found that... View Details
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
company founded by the Aga Khan fund for economic development in Afghanistan during an ongoing civil conflict. Company leaders must now decide financial and market strategy for the next phase of development of the company. Should they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
Harvard Business School Case 309-043 In June 2008, Jesse Solomon, the founding director of the Boston Teacher Residency (BTR), faced an important decision about the organization's strategic direction. Since its View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
frustration through contempt, whether it’s a dismissive eye-roll or a sarcastic jab, Brooks says. Research by relationship scholar John M. Gottman found that couples who expressed contempt were more likely to divorce. Hug it out.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
other employees about the types of behavior that aren’t acceptable, Bazerman says. “You punish the harasser, and you point it out,” he says. “You make it public. You do it with courage.” A recent poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
School Case 314-115 School of One: Reimagining How Students Learn (B) This supplements the "A" case. Joel Rose and Chris Rush decide to spin-off from School of One to found New Classrooms Innovation Partners. Rose and Rush... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
responsible business founded on the principles of product quality, organizational alignment, and sustainability. A former environmental activist, Hirshberg built Stonyfield Farm (an organic yogurt maker based in New Hampshire) up from a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
his responsibilities—to his firm, his limited partners, his coinvestors, and the company? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810099-PDF-ENG Gobi Partners and DMG G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner, and Ann LeamonHarvard Business School Case 810-095... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold Military.com to. Within its first... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
encourages voice and is guided by voice. Deep support listens and offers connection. It offers a collaborative relationship defined by advocacy. It is founded on trust, reciprocity, authenticity, intimacy, and absolute reliability. Deep... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
Frances X. Frei Publication:Harvard Business Review 89 Abstract After working with hundreds of leaders in a wide variety of organizations and in countries all over the globe, the authors found one very clear pattern: when it comes to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
studies indicate that 1) individuals do not exhibit consistency in their sensitivity to variance; 2) consistent diminishing sensitivity is found within the gain and loss domain, but across these domains individuals seem to be consistent... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
Authors:Ruth Klendauer, Richard Gelvin, and Daniel J. Isenberg Abstract In recent studies, the success rate of software development projects has been found to be low (about 29%). The majority of the challenges can be traced back to the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
its origins at the Harvard Business School in the late 1920s. Over the following century, the editors show that the discipline and its practitioners often found themselves on the margins of academic discourses and their own institutions.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
particularly since the 2008-2009 economic meltdown, we must change the leadership and management paradigm. We need to widen the circle of leaders who "get" higher ambition. My colleagues and I have committed ourselves to this mission. We have View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
found that managers engage in redundant communication; that is, they send the same message to the same recipient through two or more unique media sequentially. Given how busy most managers are, and how much information their subordinates... View Details