Happy End Problem - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Apr 2023
What Do You Think?

How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?

and seeing what sort of results and ads he’d get back. He wasn’t happy with what he saw . Some of the ads were completely unrelated to the search . In a normal company, the CEO, seeing a bad product, would call the person in charge of the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?

medicine to people who need it. And you’re actually growing your business,” Samuel told The BiGS Fix in an interview. “You find that you started from nothing, and you end up cultivating a viable market.” Samuel, Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Esther Schrader; Pharmaceutical; Health

28 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 28

behavior-including charging large purchases with no clear business purpose to Cardio-Metric and presenting unrealistic financial projections to investors-but the CEO dismissed Kim's concerns and ordered him not to share them with others at the company. By April 2009,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 8

power comes a new challenge: people now expect companies to understand what type of relationships they want and to respond appropriately-they want firms to hold up their end of the bargain. Unfortunately, many brands don't meet those... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Nov 2023
News

From the Brink

and that gave us a lot of credibility in the court with stakeholders. That’s helped me at HBS a lot. If I’m going to say something, I’d better be prepared and know the numbers.” All three alumni say it would have been nice if PROMESA and the successful debt... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

15 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 15

a Technology Company or a Beauty Company? Jon Flint came up with the idea of a science-based beauty company while talking with his hairdresser about the problems with typical hair and skin care products. Together with a small team that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

Alstyne Abstract Platform-mediated networks encompass several distinct types of participants, including end users, complementors, platform providers who facilitate users' access to complements, and sponsors who develop platform... View Details

09 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

can study happiness and read statistics about what percentage of people say they're happy, but that's not what this is about,” Singer shared. “With these amazing video case studies, you can see somebody with your exact View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

when finance becomes a common language Happy Returns HBS celebrates reunions on a grand scale Complete Table of Contents June 2022 Alumni Achievement Awards 2022 This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor demonstrate how family,... View Details

29 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?

to leave payment for their hosts' servants at the end of their stay as a way of compensating for the extra work their visit created. Today, most people in Western societies draw a distinct line between tipping and bribery, and the fact... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

value." Lawyers who have no experience working with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists will most likely focus on the wrong things.—Constance Bagley # 10: Failing to incorporate early enough. One problem that arises here is the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Reflections on My First Semester Teaching at HBS - MBA

around failure, like Quincy Apparel and Ofo, and wrestle with mission and values of companies like Careem and Barry's. 4. (BONUS) Not taking yourself too seriously - HBS has many traditions which remind us not to take ourselves too seriously. The students lightly roast... View Details

12 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

Customers at the Back of the Line Are Anxious—Can You Keep Them from Leaving?

line has an end and there is an identifiable person who occupies it,” says Buell. “They know they’re last and everyone around them knows it as well.” The anxiety we feel about being last can affect how consumers experience waiting for a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service

30 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

"If the other team ended up paying that money they were making a mistake." Business schools began teaching negotiation in the 1980s, when it was presented as a straightforward economic analysis. Assuming the other side was... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

15 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care

when the information is so complex? The key is not just to get the information to the consumers but to help them process it." Decentralizing approaches to problem solving: Conference attendees and survey respondents generally... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

26 May 2023
Blog Post

Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

degree in mechanical engineering from MIT, Sweeney worked for a pair of technology start-ups in the three years before coming to Harvard. Neither experience ended the way she wanted: one company laid her off after going bankrupt when the... View Details

22 Feb 2024
News

Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996, she was overwhelmed. It was the pre-Internet era, with limited available information, but... View Details

04 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.

Ambitious New Year’s resolutions often end in disappointment. So instead of setting unrealistic goals in 2022, business leaders should consider making smaller, simpler changes—and they just might see better results, says Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

illegal business entities don’t incorporate to make people happy or to make people better. They incorporate to make people money. Everything else good that happens beyond that is icing on the stakeholders’ cake.” Others differed. Michael... View Details