Roads - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Collaborating Across Cultures

says. "I often compare it to the heightened awareness you have when driving in a foreign city, where you will pay more attention to the road signs and traffic signs. It's this kind of heightened awareness and reflection about what I think... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Moving to the Lower 48 from Alaska for my MS/MBA

a small town in Alaska - where wilderness survival and fishing were necessary parts of her childhood education. I grew up in Alaska, where we spent much of my childhood outdoors. Our house was on a dirt road outside of town, and we spent... View Details

03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

additional trucks and hired a team of drivers, a move that enabled him to get off the road and look for new customers. For the next two years, his business thrived, but when poor economic conditions forced many of his newly won customers... View Details

Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

when necessary. In the words of CEO coach Sabina Nawaz, “Small and frequent performance guidance circumvents major corrections down the road and allows everyone to stay in sync despite distance and daily change.” Bond/Belong On the... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Management and General Management) George Serafeim Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Road to the White House 2024, a Private Sector Perspective on Presidential Politics Robert F. White Fall 2024 Q1 1.5 Scaling Technology Ventures Jeffrey Rayport... View Details

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

political system is very short sighted, Hayes said. American politicians, who only look two years down the road to the next election, try to "placate the electorate" with short-term benefits at the expense of long-term... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2024
News

Quantum Leap

infrastructure required to maintain a single qubit currently costs between $8,500 and $15,000, while their chip-based system should drive that cost below $1,000. Notwithstanding Levy’s confidence, the road ahead will not be easy. Although... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

making all decisions solo), and still needs some oversight. More than 100 employees: Capable of borrowing the car for a weekend road trip with friends. Hand over the keys! If your leaders feel that you won’t give them the keys, that you... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement

Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details

Keywords: by by Janelle Conaway; Green Technology; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing

28 Nov 2018
HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

been tanking, with shares recently trading at $1.50. And in October, Sears filed for bankruptcy protection, following the dark road paved by Borders, RadioShack, and Toys ‘R’ Us. “Target had to make this big shift from thinking only about... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

Profile

Rachel H Chung

up in a track suit and bringing my dad’s motorcycle helmet to school for Halloween. Don’t worry though, I’m a safe and tame driver on the roads of Cambridge today. What is your favorite childhood memory? When I was seven years old, my mom... View Details

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

University’s Earth Institute. The road ahead will not be smooth. “You’re talking about the most important and complex city in the world,” says John Macomber, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School who studies public infrastructure,... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

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Outdoor Spaces | About

south side main entrance road and is named in honor of Frank Batten (MBA 1952) for his leadership gift to support the renewal and enhancement of the Soldiers Field campus. Burden Park With the decommissioning of Burden Hall in 2017, HBS... View Details

09 Mar 2023
Blog Post

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

Finding Your North Star In addition to tracking the stories of specific demographic groups, three other key themes emerged from the documentary. The first was the concept of finding your North Star. What Singer and Hackett found is that every step of the View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Cars on Time

1918, half of all cars on the road were Fords, but by 1930, three out of four cars and trucks were bought “on time,” most of them from other manufacturers. 24 A rare surviving collection of papers from a dealership in Plymouth,... View Details

16 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

the fourth level, but it does provide a road map of the steps along the way that firms may either traverse or stop at. Level 1: Companies at level 1 are very product focused and have an "if I build it, they will buy it" mindset.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

01 Jan 2011
News

Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

served him — and others — well. His approach relies primarily on research and discipline. "Value investing, the strategy of buying stocks at an appreciable discount from the value of the underlying businesses, is one strategy that provides a View Details

John C. Mulliken

Strategy consultant, former CTO & CPO, public & private company board member, retail & climatetech entrepreneur, early stage investor. Father of two, husband, sailor, hiker, and aspirational road biker.

John is a senior lecturer in the... View Details

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

or the family circumstances of their student populations, had access to resources that supported learning. After going on the road and visiting a wide range of schools, she uncovered a gap in school improvement efforts—that most... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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