Rock Center - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains

your early employees, but these tactics should mitigate some loss and will likely contribute to fostering a healthy culture of transparency, trust, and respect among team members. Julia Austin is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School's View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

30 May 2019
What Do You Think?

Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?

Peter Drucker, and others who studied and managed large manufacturing companies influenced management thought in the 20th century. Today the West Coast is where a great deal of company market value is centered. In the meantime, similar influence is exerted by East... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

16 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 16

and incentivized? How could the bicoastal structure be sustained over the long run? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/813097-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-138 Arthur Rock Arthur Rock was... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

With corporate America rocked by revelations of conflict of interest, malfeasance, negligence, and greed, a group of HBS professors recently gathered to review the current crisis. Is it a case of dé jà vu or an unprecedented, systemic... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

center of much discussion. The advice most often provided to managers is to weave the brand into the most potent popular culture trends. Recently, consultants and ad agencies began emphasizing the reverse: recommending that managers seek... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

multi-platform digital company innovating in the uses of weather data. He assesses progress and considers strategic choices and organizational challenges ahead. He created a new narrative for the company in the era of Big Data, putting science at the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?

Aage Sorensen Memorial Award for sociological research. With his coauthor, Rock Center Entrepreneur-in-Residence Henry McCance of Greylock Partners, professor Wasserman recently completed a case study about... View Details

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

innovation center within a large corporation, including organization, incentives, and scientific issues. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609037 Sex, Drugs, and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

were able to navigate the structures of regulation during this stage. As an industry peaks and begins to decline, leaders take center stage. Leaders are change agents who see opportunities and promise where others see only defeat. That... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation

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