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  • 01 Mar 2016
  • News

HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences

sees her research as helping firms build actionable solutions to their business challenges. Sadun’s research is developed from management practice data that she and her colleagues compiled by interviewing... View Details
  • 17 Mar 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper

came true. Sales of pajamas more than doubled in 2020 compared with 2019, the fastest growth among clothing categories, while sales of suits and dresses fell. In contrast to popular opinion, sales of bras View Details
Keywords: by Ayelet Israeli, Eva Ascarza, and Laura Castrillo; Retail
  • March 2021
  • Teaching Plan

The Black New Venture Competition

By: Karen G. Mills, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Martin A. Sinozich and Gabriella Elanbeck
Black entrepreneurs encounter many unique obstacles when raising capital to start and grow a business, some stemming from deep systemic discrimination. During their second year at Harvard Business School (HBS), MBA students Kimberly Foster and Tyler Simpson decided to... View Details
Keywords: Analytics; Startup; Start-up; Startup Financing; Financing; Startups; Start-ups; Business And Community; Business And Society; Business Growth; Discrimination; Women; Women-owned Businesses; African Americans; African-american Entrepreneurs; African-american Investors; African-American Protagonist; African-American Women; Early Stage Funding; Early Stage; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Innovation Competitions; Entrepreneurial Financing; Business Plan; Business Startups; Diversity; Gender; Race; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Small Business; Leadership; Information Technology; Competition
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  • 15 May 2020
  • News

How To ‘Think Outside The Building’

    Ashish Nanda

    Ashish Nanda is Senior Lecturer and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator at Harvard Business School. From 2018 to 2021, he was course head for the MBA Required Curriculum course in Strategy. Beginning in 2022, he is teaching an MBA Elective... View Details

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    • 21 Nov 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

    platforms. We explore this "rating aggregation problem" and offer a structural approach to solving it, allowing for (1) reviewers to vary in stringency and accuracy, (2) reviewers to be influenced... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 23 Oct 2019
    • News

    Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society

    For example, in “Reimagining Capitalism,” Rebecca Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, examined how the private sector might play a major role in driving the systemic change needed to... View Details
    Keywords: Educational Innovation
    • October 2009 (Revised August 2013)
    • Case

    Carolina for Kibera

    By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Cailin B. Hammer
    A growing NGO based in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya, is facing a complete change in leadership as the founders step back. At the same time, a $1 million grant presents new opportunities and challenges. View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Negotiation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Non-Governmental Organizations; Power and Influence; Nairobi; North Carolina
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    Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

    restaurant to scaling to leadership of multinational chains, and evaluate opportunities inherent in typical restaurant business models as well as those created by disruptive View Details
    • June 2018 (Revised January 2020)
    • Case

    Sony

    By: Stefan Thomke, Atsushi Osanai and Akiko Kanno
    Sony used to be synonymous with "innovation" and "cool products." The case reveals how the company lost its edge and describes the leadership initiatives to restore its former glory. In 2012, Kazuo (Kaz) Hirai becomes CEO and successfully transforms Sony, including a... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Experience; Product Differentiation; Transformation; Leadership Style; Technology Adoption; Leading Change; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Japan
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    • May 2017 (Revised August 2021)
    • Case

    Mavi: Fashioning a Path to Brand Growth

    By: Jill Avery and Gamze Yucaoglu
    This case examines the strategic choices and business model with regards to branding at Mavi, a leading Turkish apparel retailer. The case is presented from the perspective of the company CEO and its global brand director who is also part owner. In 2015, Mavi had sales... View Details
    Keywords: Brand Management; Brand Architecture; Brand Portfolio Strategy; Brand Positioning; International Expansion; Retailing; Fashion; Pricing; Fast Fashion; Emerging Economies; Brand Extension; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Emerging Markets; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Global Range; Decision Choices and Conditions; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Turkey; Europe; Asia
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      Hubert Joly

      Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Best Buy
      Author of The Heart of Business– Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism

      Hubert Joly is a senior lecturer in the General Management unit and... View Details

      • 01 Sep 2018
      • News

      What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)

      pleasure and purpose aspects of the organization are reconciled in a thoughtful way. If we’re having amazing events to showcase the best of American food, in the same breath we should be talking about what we mean by an equitable food... View Details
      Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey
      • Web

      The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

      wrote, “The corporate balance sheet is nowadays affected not only by conditions within the business—but also by the rules and regulations of government bureaus, the probings and acts of Congress, View Details
      • 04 Oct 2010
      • Research & Ideas

      Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees

      study with professors Adam M. Grant of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and David A. Hofmann of UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. Their article, "Reversing the Extraverted Leadership... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
      • December 1999 (Revised May 2000)
      • Case

      Morgan Stanley: Becoming a "One-Firm Firm"

      By: M. Diane Burton, Thomas J. DeLong and Katherine Lawrence
      John Mack, the newly appointed president of Morgan Stanley, feels strongly that the firm needs to change in order to compete in a changing investment banking environment. Mack and his senior team undertake initiatives in order to transform the culture and working style... View Details
      Keywords: Human Resources; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Competitive Strategy
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      • 18 Mar 2014
      • Blog Post

      BaubleBar Brought to Life, and Other Tales of Joining a Start-up

      where she managed the development, launch, and operations of their e-commerce business. Also, be ready for a possible multi-step job process, Julia said. Maybe you work in tech over the summer (think Yahoo,... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology; Consumer Products / Retail
      • December 1998
      • Case

      Bell Atlantic and the Union City Schools (B): Education Reform in Union City

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
      The second in a five-part series about Bell Atlantic Corp.'s technology-in-education partnership with the Union City, New Jersey school system. Reviews the education reform efforts planned and implemented in the school system, which coincided with the partnership and... View Details
      Keywords: Middle School Education; Secondary Education; Change Management; Partners and Partnerships; Information Technology; Education Industry; Telecommunications Industry; New Jersey
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        Allen S. Grossman

        Allen Grossman was appointed a Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice in July 2000. He joined the Business School faculty in July 1998, with a concurrent appointment as a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He... View Details

        Keywords: education industry; nonprofit industry
        • 17 Jan 2020
        • In Practice

        6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart

        Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time. 3. They balance confidence and humility "Great leaders have the ability to act decisively View Details
        Keywords: by Danielle Kost