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11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

08 Feb 2010
HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

Google, the "do no evil" company, gained entry into the Chinese search engine market last decade by agreeing to ban search results on topics deemed sensitive by the Chinese government. To Google's way of thinking, it could do more View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

25 Mar 2015
HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

organizational processes—are good advice for any brand diving into the digital realm. And while ceding control over voice can be nerve-racking for any brand, Tate's experience has shown that it can yield... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

minds on this important subject. TOP 10 MOST POPULAR WORKING PAPERS OF 2010 The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision Making What psychological consequences do... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

Publications April 2015 John Wiley & Sons The Integrated Reporting Movement: Meaning, Momentum, Motives, and Materiality By: Eccles, Robert G., and Michael P. Krzus Abstract—The Integrated Reporting... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

01 May 2013
News

Raphael Geismar, MBA 2006

his 5th Reunion—a commitment backed with his own lead gift. He designated his gift to the Dean’s Fund because, he says bluntly, “the School knows better than I what to use it for. HBS is well managed and there is no doubt gifts will be... View Details

04 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?

employees to send packages to correct addresses. Instead of a blanket policy prohibiting web use, Piovesan suggests employers give workers periodic breaks for personal communications. "We think it would be a good idea to give... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 May 2025
Blog Post

How to Work with Search Firms

Executive search firms can be powerful allies in a senior-level job search. While they can play a vital role in helping you find your next role, it’s important to understand how they operate and how best to work with them. Want to talk to... View Details

20 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Survival’s Secret Sauce

faster than your family or business consumes them. Of course, growing families and businesses are both good at consuming assets. For many family companies we have researched, their sustainable real growth... View Details

04 Nov 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Do We Chase Stars?

Summing Up Three themes appear to characterize many of the responses to this month's column: (1) leadership talent is portable, (2) the reasons that we chase stars are traceable to human nature, and (3) women have qualities that explain... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Dec 2018
News

Digital Transformation

in.” To further scholarship at HBS related to data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, and to support HBS’s Digital Initiative, Ahmad established the Syed Hasan Ahmad View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

matter? A: Absolutely. It's a very interesting paradox. In a global economy where it's easy to move goods and information around the world, these things become givens available to any enterprise. As a... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

31 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Japan Disaster Shakes Up Supply-Chain Strategies

moderately good behavior from this quake so far." Who Pays The Price? As Japan recovers from this disaster and other countries prepare for future ones, manufacturers and... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Auto; Technology; Computer; Electronics

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

For the past six months, there has been a lot of handwringing about the market downturn. Most everyone has been advising entrepreneurs to marshal their capital, cut costs, and extend their runway. In essence, play defense. Many investors... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

It’s simple: They create the most value, says Harvard Business School Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee. In almost every segment of the economy, the very best companies lead their peers by wide margins. They take share by building on proven ideas View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

10 Jul 2007
What Do You Think?

How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?

emphasize developing good leadership drive an extra 10 percent premium in EPS , I think most CFOs and CEOs would salute those results." Several shifted the topic (or did they?) to followership,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

07 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The Better Way to Forecast the Future

find ones that track their predictions and measure how good they were. “The only way that we get better is by tracking,” Grushka-Cockayne says. She points to weather forecasters, often maligned but pretty... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Air Transportation; Transportation

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

academics talk a good game about the need for interdisciplinary thinking, but we usually fall back on the strengths (or prejudices) of our primary discipline. Chandler was heavily influenced by sociologists such as Max Weber View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2023
News

Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan

Blanchard House, which produces podcasts, and Miller manages the impact fund for Twilio, a cloud communications company. “Rumi Spice is in a good place. We’ve been able to maintain a stable supply chain,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

its operating companies. Two weeks after the kickoff event—three fabulous days of inspirational talks by inventors, creators, and consultants—each attendee received a big box with the words "Tool Kit" on the front. It was filled... View Details

Keywords: by Nick Morgan

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