by HBS Staff - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Feb 2018
Blog Post

WesTrek: A Recap of the Largest Professional Trek at Harvard Business School

Two days after fall finals, 150 HBS students descended on the Bay Area for WesTrek 2017, the largest professional trek at Harvard Business School. Organized by the Tech Club, WesTrek has been an ongoing... View Details

Keywords: Technology

8 AM – 9 AM EDT, 05 May 2021
Virtual Programming

The Post-Pandemic Future for Corporations for Institutions and Civic Society

Please join us for a fireside chat on The Post-Pandemic Future for Corporations for Institutions and Civic Society. Hosted by the Harvard Club of the Philippines, this event will feature a conversation between former HBS Dean Nitin Nohria, Atlantic Media Company... View Details

18 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery

trend of overspending prior to the dot-com fallout, saying that venture capital firms must make more independent decisions these days. "You're making bets that are not obvious, that are not apparent to everyone in the industry. It takes more courage, and View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

15 Oct 2013
News

Fourteen Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Join Harvard Business School

01 Jan 2003
News

30 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Finding Pride

This is an abridged version of the ''Finding Pride" story, originally published on the Harvard Business School's Alumni website. In the late 1970s, a dozen or so gay men found one another at HBS and decided to band together, calling... View Details

Joseph B. Lassiter

Joe is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management, Retired. He focuses on one of the world’s most pressing problems: developing clean, secure and carbon-neutral supplies of reliable, low-cost energy all around the world. He... View Details

Keywords: green technology; high technology; internet; oil ＆ gas; private equity (LBO funds); utilities; software; energy

May 2018 (Revised January 2019)
Teaching Note

Lind Equipment

By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld

Teaching Note for HBS No. 212-012. Lind Equipment, a Canadian manufacturer and distributor of industrial electrical safety equipment, was purchased in December 2007 by Brian Astl (HBS 2006) and Sean Van Doorselaer. Lind’s performance was negatively impacted by the... View Details

Keywords: Recession; Seller Debt; Equity; Financial Condition; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Revenue; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Financial Management; Acquisition; Financial Crisis; Currency Exchange Rate; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry

Citation

Purchase

18 Apr 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Emerging Markets

HBS experience thus far? The highlight of my HBS experience has been the privilege of engaging with a diverse group of individuals, each bringing their unique perspectives shaped View Details

19 Nov 2013
News

Harvard Business School Exhibit Looks at Art of American Advertising

Video

Offshoring Exercise

Web

Alumni

@hbsassociationofboston , Regional Competition: HBS Spangler Auditorium 3/6/25 - Western US - Hosted by the @hbsanc and the @hbsasc , Regional Competition: The Foundry, San Francisco 3/9/25 - Asia Pacific... View Details

04 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student

experience working at start-ups (two of them by HBS graduates: Blue Apron and Peloton) motivated me to apply to the HBS MBA. I was also excited to apply because of the recently... View Details

Sep 2016
Survey

Problems Unsolved & A Nation Divided

America retains and enjoys many strengths. However, various economic indicators show that the U.S. economy has failed to deliver strong growth and shared prosperity for nearly two decades. These structural issues pre-date the Great Recession and are compounded View Details

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

get out of the way. But we also have to be prepared. Where the market fails to provide the service, we have to step in." Genes On The Web In a discussion moderated by HBS Professor Josh Lerner, participants... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

who need them, especially among vulnerable populations. Racial inequities, laid bare by the pandemic, and social unrest provoked by recent police killings have escalated tensions. In the course of writing... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

Joseph L. Bower

JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade. He has served in many administrative roles... View Details

Keywords: banking; chemical; electronics; financial services; home appliances; hotels ＆ motels; information technology industry; insurance industry; private equity (LBO funds); retailing

February 2021
Background Note

Jobs to Be Done: A Toolbox

By: Derek C. M. van Bever, Bob Moesta, Iuliana Mogosanu, Shaye Roseman and Katie Zandbergen

The Jobs to Be Done methodology is both a theory and a practical approach for understanding customer behavior and why people make the choices they make. Many practitioners, whether they work for startups or incumbent businesses, find Jobs to Be Done useful because it... View Details

Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Knowledge Acquisition; Attitudes; Perception; Theory; Behavior; Customer Relationship Management