Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Jan 2001
What Do You Think?

Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?

latest manifestation of a lecture given 68 years ago by Ronald Coase, now professor emeritus at the University of Chicago Law School. Prof. Coase... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future

revolutionary improvement that creativity may bring. The need to understand creativity within the larger context: of teams, organizations, networks, and society-at-large. What... View Details

Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire

08 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’

Fifty years ago, when America was unquestionably a man's world, one small but influential part of it officially opened its doors to women: the MBA program at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette

20 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

Yoffie has had access to all three men—having served on Intel's board since 1989 and written numerous business cases on Apple and Microsoft. He first started talking about the idea for the book more than six... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

01 Dec 2000
News

Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

operating budget of $200 million, finds the challenge of functioning with a break-even bottom line to be considerable. Deborah M. Winshel (MBA 1985) spent thirteen View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2015
News

Greater Than the Sum of its Parts

example of what results when people from throughout the Harvard community come together to pursue their ideas. "Five years ago people weren’t... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Breaking the cycle of poverty in urban areas

found compatriots with Wall Street backgrounds who wanted to change careers or make social enterprise an integral part of their career. A few years after graduation, Silbert founded View Details

12 Jul 2019
News

The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster

1,000 people in 180 cities around the world. In this episode of Skydeck, Associate Editor Jen Flint talks to two of Cloudflare’s founders, Michelle Zatlyn (MBA 2009) and... View Details

16 Dec 2020
News

A Creator in the Era of Disruption

of his native Indonesia. The first iteration of the company was a network of View Details

14 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

common market. An early attempt to form such a community collapsed because of animosities between governments. Chandaria perceived that the private sector might stand a better... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto

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

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02 Nov 2016
HBS Seminar

Gillian Hadfield, University of California, Gould School of Law

November 1999 (Revised March 2003)
Case

Webvan: Groceries on the Internet

By: John A. Deighton and Kayla Bakshi

What are the prospects for grocery shopping on the Web? This case invites a comparison of seven business models, with particular emphasis on Webvan. Why does the investment community value Webvan at $7.8 billion after less than six months of operating experience, and... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Experience and Expertise; Investment; Information; Marketing; Distribution Channels; Service Delivery; Cognition and Thinking; Internet and the Web; Retail Industry; Service Industry

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13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance

surveys for patients referred to specialists with whom a PCP had at least one year of overlap in those formative groups to those physicians who didn’t overlap with each other from those early years. They... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

23 Oct 2018
News

Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart

Yeah. My fifth grade teacher, Gwendolyn Davis, was about the most terrifying educator I had ever had up to that point and probably since. I mean, sort of imagine the terror... View Details

March–April 2017
Article

What's the Value of a Like?: Social Media Endorsements Don't Work the Way You Might Think

By: Leslie John, Daniel Mochon, Oliver Emrich and Janet Schwartz

Brands spend billions of dollars a year on lavish efforts to establish and maintain a social media presence. But do those campaigns actually increase revenue? New research provides an answer to this question, which has vexed marketers ever since social media burst upon... View Details

Keywords: Social and Collaborative Networks; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Strategy; Digital Marketing; Social Media

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24 Feb 2014
News

A Capital Idea for Small Business

together in online communities to provide the financial and commercial resources necessary for business success, with networks of supportive peers, suppliers, investors, and... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; crowd-funding; online communities; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance