Publications

04 Oct 2017
Book

Five Leaders Forged in Crisis, and What We Can Learn From Them

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

December 2014 (Revised March 2018)
Case

John D. Rockefeller: The Richest Man in the World

By: Tom Nicholas and Vasiliki Fouka

By the late nineteenth century scale and managerial hierarchies had extended to several major industrial sectors of the U.S. economy. Although the precise mechanisms often varied, this process mainly involved horizontal integration, some form of legal or administrative... View Details

Keywords: Horizontal Integration; Wealth; Business History; Vertical Integration; Consolidation; Personal Development and Career; Energy Industry; United States

October 2005 (Revised May 2007)
Case

Friona Industries: Delivering Better Beef

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Mary L. Shelman

CEO James Herring of Friona Industries, a leading U.S. cattle feedlot operator, has a history of leadership in the highly fragmented and often contentious U.S. beef industry. Friona has established relationships up and down the beef production chain to provide... View Details

Keywords: Production; Quality; Leadership; Price; Partners and Partnerships; Sales; Food and Beverage Industry; Texas; United States

Web

Site Credits - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Railroads & the Transformation of Capitalism Credits: Curator: Melissa Banta HBS Faculty Advisors: Walter A. Friedman, Research Fellow... View Details

September 2018
Supplement

From Beirut With Love (B): The Last Judgment

By: Christina R. Wing, Esel Y. Cekin and Samer Al-Rachedy

01 Feb 2000
News

Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders

example, many of them felt that their personal lives were scrutinized more than they should have been and that their mistakes were less tolerated than those of male leaders. They also felt that as women... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

09 Jul 2020
News

When the Boss Comes to Town: The Effects of Headquarters’ Visits on Facility-Level Misconduct

21 Jun 2017
News

Meet the Oddball Entrepreneurs Who Invented Green Businesses

18 Jul 2019
News

Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Reflects on the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of 1969’s successful Apollo 11 voyage, Michael Collins (AMP 69, 1974) has been sharing his memories of the famous, three-man moon... View Details

June 2011
Case

Leaders Who Make a Difference: Joe Klein's Transformation of NYC's DOE, Day 2

By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout

Keywords: Leadership; Transformation; Public Sector; Education; Education Industry; New York (city, NY)

01 Apr 2001
News

Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni

sustain the club’s newly expanded leadership structure. Of the forty volunteers currently working in officer positions or on one of several committees, ten graduated from... View Details

Keywords: Elena N. Berg; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

27 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Video: Inspirational Women in Business

View Video In honor of Women’s History Month, MBA Class of 2025 students Aastha Bhardwaj, Whitley Cargile, Briti Ghosh, Veronica Chua, and Eunjin Lee discuss women leaders and... View Details

09 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)

who said, “If you are not segmenting, you are not thinking.” He takes it one step further. “In the history of business since the Phoenicians, a market has never bought anything,” Cespedes says. “Only... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Consumer Products; Electronics; Industrial Products; Information Technology; Manufacturing; Medical Devices & Supplies; Retail

June 2012
Case

Innovating at AT&T: Partnering to Lead the Broadband Revolution

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Phillip Andrews and Kerry Herman

In 2010, the U.S. retail market value for next-generation non-handset wirelessly-enabled devices was just over $1 billion. By 2011 it had grown 1,141% to $13.2 billion and was forecast to reach $24.7 billion in 2015. At the same time, user demand for data was surging... View Details

Keywords: Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Team Leadership; Emerging Technologies; Business Models; Business To Business; Corporate Vision; Growth Strategy; Corporate Culture; Innovation and Invention; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Partners and Partnerships; Leadership; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Business Model; Technology Industry; United States

December 1986
Article

Understanding the U.S. Dollar in the Eighties: The Expectations of Chartists and Fundamentalists

By: J. Frankel and K. A. Froot

Keywords: Currencies; Exchange Rates; Asset Pricing; International Macroeconomics; Monetary Policy; Currency Controls; Fixed Exchange Rates; Floating Exchange Rates; Currency Bands; Currency Zones; Currency Areas; Rational Expectations; History; Performance Expectations; Economics; United States

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2005
Book

The Broadband Explosion: Leading Thinkers on the Promise of a Truly Interactive World

By: Robert D. Austin and Stephen P. Bradley

Keywords: Information Technology; Leadership; Cognition and Thinking; Interactive Communication