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14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

producing vacuum pumps and systems. Its Chinese team was the first to live through the effects of the new pandemic and the restrictions imposed by the government. Learning from its subsidiary in China gave the company tremendous... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

meaning and connectedness that people get or don’t get from their employment.” What better jobs means in practice for Medoff and the team he leads at Arosa is a dedication to people. They have a culture of gratitude that shows up in... View Details

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

business for 20 years. Its acquisition of Jet.com, however, let Walmart aggressively expand the top line of its platform revenue and bring in a team that understood platforms. Although still far behind Amazon, Walmart’s acquisition of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

where everyone can thrive Communicate powerfully as a leader Go fast by empowering your team Can Consumers, Big Tech, and Retailers Fix Health Care? Professor Robert Huckman (PHDBE 2001) No additional materials available + More Info –... View Details

22 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Launching the Women in Tech Initiative at HBS

investors, and engineers from companies such as Facebook, Bridgewater, Nutanix, Tenable and McKinsey. Goals and Charter of the Group As a new group, the team was focused on establishing a stable foundation upon which future generations of... View Details

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

technology helps users combat mental health disorders by relaxing, meditating, and completing other mind-calming exercises. Competitors include meQuilibrium, Headspace, Big Health, and myStrength. The research team conducted an eight-week... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

04 Jun 2018
What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

circumstances under which such a hire might be made. Michael E opined, “I don’t believe you can generalize across the breadth of potential situations all people deserve second chances under appropriate conditions as difficult as it may be, the hiring View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Jan 2023
Blog Post

Upcoming Interview? No Problem—Just Connect the Dots

convinced that given the opportunity, I would bring these [dots] to your team to really contribute to your [dots].” Don’t make interview prep harder than it needs to be. You can try to prepare for every question imaginable— and if you... View Details

25 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

however, all the industries that comprised that sector or how many jobs it contained. Two years ago, she teamed with Mercedes Delgado, professor at Copenhagen Business School and research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service

01 Mar 2008
News

THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY

that they’ll make a cognitive association that incubates overnight and shows up as a creative idea the next day. One day’s happiness often predicts the next day’s creativity. Competition Beats Collaboration. The most creative teams are... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 May 2019
What Do You Think?

What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

of their teams ” David Wittenberg would have YouTube look to its users for a solution to the dilemma. As he put it, ‘My preferred solution errs on the side of personal liberty and adds the element of information. I'd institute a rating... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

08 Feb 2017
Blog Post

How I Chose My HBS Recommenders

questions closely and decide who can help you put your best foot forward. I would advise prospective students to reach out to current students, alums, and the Admissions team to discuss their interest in the program. HBS is a welcoming... View Details

18 Jan 2018
News

The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When Kristy Cunningham (MBA 1998) arrived at McDonald’s in 2014 as vice president of strategy and insights, she asked her team about the most common requests... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

30 Nov 2015
HBS Seminar

Soroush Saghafian, Assistant Professor of Public Policy - Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

sketches and sparse instructions. He would more often tell them what not to play. Think about how valuable it would be for teams of business innovators to be free of preconceptions but as skilled at their task as Davis's musicians were.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

with team projects and experiential learning. Training might come initially through the collective work of multiple business schools, with cohorts of alumni who receive a short dose of either functional knowledge or research skills or... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million

The Sales Acceleration Formula provides a scalable, predictable approach to growing revenue and building a winning sales team. Everyone wants to build the next $100 million business and author Mark Roberge has actually done it using a unique methodology... View Details

26 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

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

dwarfs basketball revenue, but money triggered by Division I basketball teams is hardly chump change, ranging from $123,000 to $44 million a year, Chung found. The boost from winning was very linear for both types of schools. A 3 point... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports; Education

Research Summary

Automotive Product Development

At present, my primary research focus is studying product development in the auto industry. I am working with Stefan Thomke (HBS) and Takahiro Fujimoto (University of Tokyo) on the 4th Round of the Global Automotive Development Study. The first round of this... View Details

March 2019
Case

HOPI: Turkey's Shopping Companion

By: Sunil Gupta, Donald Ngwe and Gamze Yucaoglu

The case opens in 2017 as Onur Erbay, CEO of HOPI, a multi-vendor loyalty platform, is contemplating a critical decision. The case chronicles the origins of Boyner Group, the parent company of HOPI and a major retailer in Turkey, and development of retail and customer... View Details