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  • January 2019 (Revised February 2020)
  • Case

Jay Gould, 'The Most Hated Man in America'

By: Tom Nicholas, John Masko and Matthew G. Preble
Railroad magnate Jay Gould, a controversial figure in the history of U.S. capitalism, was a disruptive influence on an industry that had previously relied on formal and informal agreements to move traffic long distances across lines operated by different companies.... View Details
Keywords: Railroads; Gould; Vanderbilt; Rail Transportation; History; Consolidation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; Strategy; Rail Industry; United States
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  • March 2000 (Revised August 2000)
  • Background Note

Fall Before Rising, A: The Story of Jai Jaikumar (B)

By: H. Kent Bowen, Richard Compton Squire, Sarah Patricia Vickers-Willis and Harry James Wilson
What is the relationship between good fortune, professional success, and a moral obligation to other people? Jai Jaikumar, who as a youth was saved by a shepherd woman after a tragic mountaineering accident in the Himalayas, and who later rose to the top of his... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Moral Sensibility; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 01 Dec 2005
  • News

Dean Jay Light Takes Charge at HBS

Light: Providing steady leadership as HBS moves forward on a variety of established and innovative fronts In August, Professor Jay Light stepped into the Dean’s office in Morgan Hall, rolled up his sleeves, and brought his decades of HBS... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light

Jay O. Light, Dean of Harvard Business School from 2005 to 2010, died on October 15, 2022, at his home in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, of cancer. He was 81 years old. Light served on the HBS faculty for more than four decades. He loved... View Details
Keywords: leadership; HBS Dean; obituary; academia
  • 26 Oct 2011
  • News

Portrait of Former Dean Jay Light Unveiled in Baker Library

  • 05 May 2022
  • HBS Case

College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need

Employers struggling to find workers during the current labor shortage might want to rethink their hiring criteria by taking a new look at job candidates who lack college degrees. American employers have routinely defaulted to requiring... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

Jay Light Named New HBS Dean

Meeting the Press: Dean Jay Light accompanied by Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers, answers reporters' questions I am honored by the selection and enthusiastic about the... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • March 2000
  • Background Note

Fall Before Rising, A: The Story of Jai Jaikumar (A)

By: H. Kent Bowen, Richard Compton Squire, Sarah Patricia Vickers-Willis and Harry James Wilson
What is the relationship between good fortune, professional success, and a moral obligation to other people? Jai Jaikumar, who as a youth was saved by a shepherd woman after a tragic mountaineering accident in the Himalayas, and who later rose to the top of his... View Details
Keywords: Moral Sensibility; History; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Familiarity; Perception; Welfare
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  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

Priceline's Jay Walker: The Future is Wow

The future of e-commerce will be shaped by a new generation of companies that can consistently deliver convenience, information, entertainment, and savings -- an as-yet-unrealized package that will have an impact summed up View Details
  • 29 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

Liquidity Dean Jay Light began his introductory remarks by characterizing the crisis and collapse of housing prices as a test that has exposed how fragile the recently evolved U.S. financial system is.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 18 Apr 2022
  • HBS Case

Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off

“But what the Dick’s Sporting Goods case shows is that you can get it right, that you can have a positive outcome if you handle things well.” A calculated change Stack, whose father founded the company in the late 1940s in upstate New York, had grown increasingly... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 01 Oct 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

demands. "What we’re beginning to understand is that life at the top isn’t that easy." The historical study by Harvard Business School Professor Tom Nicholas, who tracked the status and mortality rates of more than 1,000 managers and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 24 Oct 2023
  • Research & Ideas

When Tech Platforms Identify Black-Owned Businesses, White Customers Buy

Generations of Black business owners have had to fight discrimination to prosper in America, but a new study suggests that these entrepreneurs are now gaining more support in parts of the country when they make their presence known. The study, coauthored View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Food & Beverage
  • 23 Aug 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Why White-Collar Crime Spiked in America After 9/11

fraud increased significantly, particularly in regions where the FBI focused its counterterrorism efforts, according to a study by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Trung Nguyen. The study is among the first to link the FBI’s... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 08 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Silos That Work: How the Pandemic Changed the Way We Collaborate

Employers were so impressed with how smoothly their employees handled remote work during the dramatic lockdowns in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic that many are going permanently remote, ditching expensive office leases and allowing employees to communicate... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 24 Apr 2023
  • HBS Case

What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks

containing mind-altering chemicals THC and CBD commonly found in marijuana. But a new case study by Harvard Business School professor Ayelet Israeli about a new cannabis-infused beverage company reveals some of the significant and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage
  • 14 Jul 2022
  • Research & Ideas

When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving

listening to podcasts, according to a survey of hundreds of drivers who commute to work each day conducted by a group of interdisciplinary researchers, including Raffaella Sadun, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 31 Aug 2021
  • Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

pernicious effects that power has." Sharing some of their power with their employees, for example by giving them more autonomy or allowing them to contribute to the decision-making process, can actually lead to better results: higher... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 01 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

at Harvard Business School. “Political polarization can create distortions within the economy,” says Kempf, one of the coauthors of the new review. “Partisanship seems to be a really important determinant of many decisions made by... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 13 Aug 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Shouldn't Delay Software Updates—Even After CrowdStrike's Flaw

some IT experts I’ve talked to are surprised by the results.” Why? The cost of software updates—both in terms of time and money—may cause businesses to delay manual updates to vulnerable systems, says Shane M. Greenstein, the Martin... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Information Technology; Computer; Web Services