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  • 19 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

helped raise equity for two retail food chains, Café Coffee Days and Barista. "It's possible to adapt successful U.S. strategies to India," said Raheja, "but you need a sustainable competitive... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 10 Mar 2011
  • What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?

new job. In other words, is there a self-selection bias in studies of the effects of job on a person's chemical makeup? As Stephanie Smith put it, "Perhaps it's a case of either the hormones and natural View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 17 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 17

report's status meant it had not driven some of the organizational change it could have. Could Aegon benefit from publishing its integrated report as the official regulatory document? How could Aegon create... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 28

to see a complex technical system in an abstract way and change the system's structure by rearranging its components. In this paper, I argue that the essence of dynamic architectural capabilities lies in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Jun 2023
  • News

The Science Of Failing Well, According To Amy Edmondson

  • October 2020 (Revised November 2023)
  • Case

COVID-19 Testing at Everlywell

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Olivia Hull
In March 2020, as COVID-19 spreads rapidly across the U.S., Everlywell founder Julia Cheek considers how to respond as a small start-up specializing in at-home lab testing. After making dramatic budget cuts, she decides to pivot the organization to address the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Strategy; Venture Capital; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Leading Change; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Competitive Strategy; Science; Adaptation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Crisis Management; Social Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Government Legislation; Health; Health Testing and Trials; Health Pandemics; Consumer Products Industry; Health Industry; Technology Industry; Texas; United States
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  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

across and within those markets. Recent changes in the economics of unconventional natural gas extraction-"the shale revolution"-could potentially remake those markets, steering the world toward... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 21, 2015

  Publications In press Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes When Doing Good Is Bad in Gift-giving: Mis-predicting Appreciation of Socially-responsible Gifts By: Cavanaugh, A., F. Gino, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 1990 (Revised September 1991)
  • Case

The Transformation of IBM

By: Andrall E. Pearson and David B. Yoffie
John Akers, IBM's chairman, must confront how to transform a $60 billion, full line, global computer company that is the leader in every market it serves, yet losing share across the board. The case explores senior management's perspective on the process of... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Corporate Strategy; Adoption; Management Teams; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Computer Industry
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  • 17 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 17

http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/shortint_text_20130814_FINAL.pdf September 2013 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Cheating More for Less: Upward Social Comparisons Motivate the Poorly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 24

Third, we provide some new evidence of the recent shift of large U.K. retailers toward smaller retail formats, which followed the introduction of new and more restrictive planning constraints for the opening of large retail stores. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Feb 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

manifests itself in organizational practices that fail to take women's lives into account, hinder their ability to develop powerful networks, and create excessive performance pressure on women. A Fresh... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 30 Sep 2024
  • News

The Making of a Streaming Sensation

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When the Netflix series Geek Girl debuted this summer, it quickly became the second most-watched show globally on the platform. Based on the young adult book series by author Holly Smale about... View Details
  • 06 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

events were over, but the increased generosity tended to taper off and disappear after a few years. Thus, even the most majestic sporting events don't seem to have the power to change a locally-headquartered... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

GMAC Insurance, the wholly-owned auto insurance subsidiary of General Motors, formed through the merger of two smaller insurance firms, is at a strategic cross-roads. Progressive changed the competitive landscape with its superior pricing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Apr 2021
  • News

6 Leadership Paradoxes for the Post-Pandemic Era

  • 09 Feb 2021
  • News

The Most Pressing People Questions Facing Companies Today

  • 03 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 3

supply chain system. When commodity prices became more volatile in 2007 and 2008, executives at Domino's changed the way they worked with suppliers and franchisees to manage... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Jan 2021
  • Book

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

adapting the skills and practices of entrepreneurship for the public sector,” he says. Before joining the HBS faculty and creating the MBA course Public Entrepreneurship, Weiss... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 16 Apr 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

"aware that business practices changed faster than academia could hope to capture in any sort of grand theoretical system," Cruikshank observes, "HBS professors tended to talk in terms of 'currently useful... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education