Succession - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?

basketball, culling a US Department of Education database for individual schools’ reported revenue by sport, which provided, through econometric modeling, a causal link between athletic success and revenue. A Multimillion-Dollar Industry... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports; Education

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Openings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Feedback Sample Class The opening of a case method class can exert a powerful influence on the success of the session as a whole but there is significant interrelatedness and interdependency among class openings, transitions, and... View Details

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

whether or not the problem is within that person’s purview. As a result, salespeople have to bring those other functions together. Similarly, multichannel selling changes competencies. For one thing, reps who were successful individual... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Sep 2023
News

End Game

Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

23 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

that certain aspects may not work exactly as intended. It behooves organizations to be more thoughtful about how sponsorships are designed. For instance, a protégé’s success may be less about the mere vote of confidence than about the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

26 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

platform owners may target the most successful complementors so as to appropriate value from their innovations, or they may target poor performing complementors to improve the platforms' overall quality. Using data from Amazon.com, we... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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HBS - The year in Review

community-wide event attended by faculty, staff, and students. At the event, then-Dean Nitin Nohria remarked, “Not only has he transcended many racial barriers in his own life, Jim Cash also has propelled generations of Black students, faculty, and staff, as well as... View Details

18 Jul 2019
News

Lessons from the Rise and Fall of VisiCalc

the Wall Street Journal. Steve Jobs said that VisiCalc “propelled the Apple II to the success it achieved more than any other single event.” It also was the force behind the later success of Microsoft in... View Details

12 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?

creating, at great time and cost, a successful therapy, and then beating long odds to win FDA approval, the rewards can wane as quickly as a patent expires. And most drug candidates wash out long before even making it to market. That... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health; Pharmaceutical

04 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 4

savings in energy usage, almost immediately. After the rapid success of OPOWER's first three years, Yates and Laskey wondered whether their approach would produce sustainable results: what strategy should they pursue to ensure that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

the evolution of the process as brilliantly envisioned and developed by Edwin Land and his dedicated project team. It required successful outcomes in a number of arenas, all of which would need to coalesce into an interrelated,... View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

different? A couple of things. One is that more companies are being born global. In the '80s and the '90s, our focus was really more about how established successful companies adapted to the booming global environment. The game was being... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

the world's foremost commercializer of products of new technologies in consumer electronics including the Walkman, Triton Color TV, the VCR, the CD (and CD-ROM), and the DVD. Matsushita became the industry's most successful firm in... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

Portrait Project

Rishon Benjamin

promise to treat my well-being as a precious asset that should never be taken for granted. Leverage . what magnifies my contribution to this world. I might be the founder of a start-up, but its success is multiplied by the unconditional... View Details

Portrait Project

Shardule Shah

create generational wealth. But soon after starting, I was increasingly drawn to the idea that it was important for my kids to see that their beloved daddy works hard. I never want them to think that there is a tradeoff between being a View Details

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Summer Associates | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

judgment, make decisions, communicate effectively, and take responsibility while staying focused on devising and implementing action plans. Students can apply for the HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship to supplement the salary from hiring organizations. Elements... View Details

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Is the Digital Transformation Certificate Right for You?

case studies on industry pioneers, provided practical insights, and sparked meaningful conversations among peers. Participating in these programs amplified my understanding of the strategic decision-making processes in large digital enterprises." Learn More Read our... View Details

10 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

organizational leaders rely on their own experiences and established success standards to form expectations for these workers, resulting in them feeling discouraged and unable to fit in. The paper, Relational Reconciliation: Socializing... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

13 Jun 2011
HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

South Africa; and M-PESA, an initiative launched by the mobile network operator Safaricom (in conjunction with Vodafone) to offer a new type of financial service to the poor residents of Kenya. Ultimately, the more successful of the two,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

Unfortunately, superior decision making is distressingly difficult to assess in real time. Successful outcomes—decisions of high quality, made in a timely manner and implemented effectively—can be evaluated only after the fact. But by the... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

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