by Michael Luca - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

Photography by King Lawrence Jay Rogers (MBA 2007) is holding a manager’s meeting while driving 70 mph up I-75 in Kentucky. As Rogers pins his phone horizontally against the dashboard, his Local Motors team, gathered around a conference... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

alternative collaborative modes should be driven by a number of factors including characteristics of the technology, the capabilities of the firm, and the distribution of competences in the environment. We develop a set of guidelines for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

(bottom) and today in retirement. Says Houghton, “Perhaps the spirit of leadership is the spirit that is not so sure it is right all the time.” Photos Courtesy Corning Inc. Archives (bottom); Justin Ide (top) The case “Corning 1983–96: Transition at the Top,” written... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

14 Nov 2024
News

How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability

Image by John Ritter Is there a business case to be made for companies to act in environmentally friendly ways? Rebecca Henderson: If one can imagine that all business in the entire world was run by one... View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

Running Up the Score

Mariner (MBA '78), CFO of the 1997 World Series champion Florida Marlins, traces baseball's major turning point to the mid-1970s when several players, supported by a Supreme Court ruling, established their legal claim to "free agency" and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

Illustrations by the Voorhes Edited by Julia Hanna Complete and utter defeat was something Christina Wallace (MBA 2010) had never really experienced. Academically advanced and musically gifted, she attended... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

01 Sep 2015
News

Faculty Q&A: The Working World

organizations that embedded globalization and the differences that exist across countries into the heart of its model. It’s set up with the idea of unlocking value by leveraging the opportunities created by... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 1997
News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

history. The excitement traditionally generated by these annual events was further heightened this year as participants gathered in Hong Kong, the gateway city to China, which on July 1 will revert from British rule to Chinese... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Dec 2010
News

The Transformers

Tom Tierney and Jeff Bradach Photographs by Webb Chappell Related Links Read about one graduate’s work at Harlem Children’s Zone View a recent case on Youth Villages A decade ago, Jeff Bradach (PhDOB 1992) and Tom Tierney (MBA 1980)... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

17 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

words to share how outraged and disappointed I am by the continued extrajudicial killing of Black men and women. I feel a deep tension as I am inspired by the energy and passion of those that have gathered... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

The Levitt Brand

weeks (the man does not let up!), the students come to appreciate the intensity and rapid-fire humor of their teacher. Clearly, he cares. A lot. And by the end of the semester, something transformative has happened: They are better... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Business School, olvwork88210 Founded in 1881 by two non-Native white men, John Healy and Charles Bigelow, the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company sold “healing” salves and cures, including a concoction they called “Sagwa.” Allegedly derived... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation

destruction of natural habitats such as forests and wetlands. On the other hand, business is gradually beginning to make efforts to reverse those frightening trends by creating new processes, products, and paradigms that take the... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

01 Sep 2010
News

RX for Change

that bridges neurology care for Midtown, Emory University Hospital, and Wesley Woods.” Questions raised by the assembled group make it clear that getting from the point of analysis to execution will take some serious work. “This can’t... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

23 Oct 2019
News

Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence

as Competing on Business Analytics and Big Data. In 2018, HBS led the development of the online Harvard Business Analytics Program. This certificate program—taught by business, engineering, and statistics faculty from across the... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Ambition; Pathbreaking Research; Artificial Intelligence

15 Nov 2020
News

Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS

boiled down to making better predictions. About half of the School’s current slate of nearly a dozen podcasts are dedicated to the research and other interests of HBS faculty. “Climate Rising,” produced by the School’s Business &... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

Case Study: Golden Ticket

propositions to a new customer base. —Cindy Park (PLDA 12, 2013) Stay with the current target market and own it—don’t be distracted by other rabbits to chase. —Peter Anderson (MBA 1981) According to the California Department of Education,... View Details

19 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

demand for auditing by the licensor. We characterize the optimal royalty contract, accounting system choice by the licensee, and audit strategy choice by the licensor. We show... View Details