Strategic Alliances (Business) - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Nov 2024
In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

burnout. Amid the uncertainty, Harvard Business School faculty share some research-backed insights for leaders, people managers, and job seekers. Sandra Sucher: Tech layoffs—It doesn’t have to be this way Tesla earned a Wall Street... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

20 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 20

Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture Author:Laura Alfaro Publication:World Scientific Publishing Company, in press Abstract All managers face a business environment in which international and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

When Not to Trust Your Gut

Unfortunately, most people—especially busy managers and executives—fall back on System 1 thinking during their negotiations. Reliance on intuition increases when a situation is complex and negotiators reach a state of cognitive overload.... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

learning among lower-level employees. We exploit a field-research setting in which business units vary in the "tightness" with which they monitor employee decisions. We find that tighter monitoring gives rise to implicit... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2021
What Do You Think?

How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?

communicating both the business benefits (including the risk of not changing) (and for employees) ‘what’s in it for me.’” The predominant message of respondents was that culture change is a complex process often requiring years to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 18

Start-up's Midlife Crisis: 99Sushe.com Harvard Business School Case 309-060 Now into their third year at the helm of an Internet start-up in China, Ken Pao and Bill Li were managing a totally different company (with a new name) from the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2019
News

City on a Hill

and cultural heritage of eastern Kentucky. By the turn of the millennium, however, financial instability, lack of a strategic plan, and leadership churn had begun to eat away at what had once been a vibrant institution with deep ties to... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

30 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 30

Business School Case 910-032 Describes Google's history, business model, governance structure, corporate culture, and processes for managing innovation. Reviews Google's recent View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Apr 2018
News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

firm that provides strategic consulting services for private equity and venture funds. Also a former member of the Obama administration’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, she serves as a trustee of the Getty Trust and the Art... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

Web

2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and Renewal 4-5 May 2023 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Robin Ely Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business... View Details

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

brand-name multinationals that contract out the work. “In a sense, global supply chains are serving a regulatory function, with companies imposing an additional layer of rules and investing resources to enforce them,” says Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

organization, but was far from broken. "Women's progress has really leveled off, and has been stuck for at least 10 years," says Robin J. Ely, the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

25 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out

signees crash and burn when it mattered most? It's a case study in the common but misguided business practice of recruiting superstars, says Harvard Business School Professor Boris Groysberg, author of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Banking

Web

Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

strengthen alignment and accountability. Baker Library Reimagined The Baker Library team completed a strategic plan to guide key investments in collections, research, and emerging technology for the coming three years. Leveraging Baker's... View Details

23 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care

Aligning the Nature and Management of Health Care (Harvard Business Press, 2009), explains how to create more knowledgeable, flexible, and responsive delivery organizations. “Some of the most important innovations are not technologic—they... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

larger sample over multiple years. Given this evidence, we conclude that, on average, firms' self-reported anticorruption efforts signal real efforts to combat corruption and are not merely cheap talk. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Jun 2025
News

Slice of Life

trip to a French pizza spot ignited his obsession, how he turned that fervor into a business in the hard, but highly necessary work of finding your passion. READ MORE Dan Morrell: I love the origin story of your View Details

02 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps

strictly an American phenomenon. “Voter turnout has been declining in many Western democracies over the past decades,” says Vincent Pons, assistant professor at Harvard Business School in the Business, Government, and the International... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Communications; Public Relations

01 Sep 2003
News

These Are the Good Old Days

the Bulletin about her experiences as an executive, a woman, a mother, and a New Yorker. In doing so, she shed light on some major social and business developments that have shaped — and been enriched by — the lives and careers of her... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

suppliers; for example, easy tasks like determining whether the supplier is a bona fide business entity, or cross-checking the supplier's street address with its phone number and tax ID number. These very obvious and easy things haven't... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services

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