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  • 26 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Why Great Ideas Get Stuck in Universities

“You’ve been working on this research your whole life and are convinced that it’s awesome. Then you decide to start a company, and while figuring it all out, you discover that it’s not the right technology for the problem. And then... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Biotechnology; Health
  • 16 May 2023
  • HBS Case

How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

the company’s CEO was unemotional despite hearing on the phone that he would get millions of dollars. In contrast, the assistant treasurer, receiving a much smaller payout, told Stavros how his life would be changed by the money. “I... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman

    Gary P. Pisano

    Gary Pisano is the Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School where he has been on the faculty since 1988. From 2018-2023, Pisano was Harvard Business School’s Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Promotion and... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; electronics; health care; manufacturing; pharmaceuticals
    • 08 Dec 2022
    • HBS Case

    The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?

    Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company, faced a difficult choice last February as Russian tanks rolled across Ukraine, and the 24/7 news and social media cycle amplified the company’s every move. CEO Mark Schneider was... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products
    • 04 Apr 2019
    • Blog Post

    Finding Your Creative Outlet on Campus

    HBS podcast designed to take an in-depth look at various people in the MBA community.  Early in the year, I was interviewed for an episode about creatives on campus. A few weeks later, I decided to get involved as the podcast’s Marketing Director. As a fiction writer... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Social Innovation

    My intellectual agenda addresses this question: How to innovate to solve the world’s toughest challenges? Out of the earth’s population, about 2 billion can afford good products whereas the remaining 5 billion are poor and therefore are nonconsumers.... View Details

    • 01 Dec 2023
    • News

    The Imposter Among Us

    and life sciences) for the majority of my career. I am comfortable not being the smartest person and, frankly, I enjoy it. —Michael Voevodsky (MBA 1992) There’s More to Life Than a 160-hour Workweek I do not... View Details
    Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
    • 05 Dec 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

    forthcoming New York: Dey Street Books Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and Life By: Gino, F. Abstract—The world’s best chef. An airline captain who brought his flight to safety in a daring water landing. A magician... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 07 Jul 2022
    • HBS Case

    How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)

    way. We’ve got to do this.’” They invested their entire life savings—$225,000—into opening the store. The store sold all of its products within four days of opening, forcing it to temporarily close. Earning... View Details
    Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
    • May 2024
    • Supplement

    DRSi (A)

    By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
    In March of 2019, Jen Ransom Fuller purchased DRSi. DRSi, located in Bellevue, Washington, printed and reproduced architectural plans and drawings. Fuller planned to use her first year of ownership to learn the business and to run it in much the same way as the seller.... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Health Pandemics; Selection and Staffing; Employee Relationship Management; Production; Logistics; Safety; United States; Washington (state, US)
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    • 03 Dec 2020
    • Blog Post

    The HBS Show Must Go On

    The HBS Show is a cherished tradition at Harvard Business School. Twice a year, theater nerds among the student body congregate and perform two productions – the fall cabaret and the spring full-scale musical – designed to poke fun at... View Details
    • Web

    Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

    has encountered. The donors' mother interrupted her own education to raise her family, spent her life devoted to the education of her children and others, and takes great pride in the opportunities education has created for those she... View Details
    • 08 May 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: May 8

    supported this prediction. Auxiliary analyses suggest that contrast effects and non-random scheduling of interviews are unlikely alternative explanations. Six Myths of Product Development Authors:Stefan Thomke and Donald Reinertsen... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 03 May 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: May 3

    diaries, the authors found that nothing contributed more to a positive inner work life (the mix of emotions, motivations, and perceptions that is critical to performance) than making progress in meaningful work. If a person is motivated... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 19 Apr 2016
    • Blog Post

    First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

    M. Cable, Francesca Gino, and Bradley R. Staats. The first few minutes of new employee orientation, if done right, can lead to happier and more productive workers and, ultimately, increased customer satisfaction. Unfortunately, a lot of... View Details
    Keywords: All Industries
    • 01 May 2024
    • What Do You Think?

    Have You Had Enough?

    Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater? 2006: How Important Is 'Executive Intelligence' for Leaders? 2003: Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement? Key historic events: The COVID-19 pandemic: What Are Lessons for Leaders from This... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • Web

    Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

    Adi Sunderam AUG 2021 What are the determinants of value creation in U.S. commercial banks? The authors develop novel measures of banks’ productivities at collecting deposits and making loans. They find that deposit View Details
    • Web

    Podcast - Business & Environment

    climate change into their storytelling and TV show and film production processes. This episode features Sam Read, Executive Director of the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance, a consortium of major studios and streamers including Disney,... View Details
    • May 2024
    • Supplement

    DRSi (B)

    By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
    Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

    Abstract: In March of 2019, Jen Ransom Fuller purchased DRSi. DRSi, located in Bellevue, Washington, printed and reproduced... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Health Pandemics; Selection and Staffing; Employee Relationship Management; Production; Logistics; Safety; Washington (state, US); United States
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    Help - Alumni

    (MPP/MBA and MBA-MPA/ID) Joint Program with Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences) Joint Program with Harvard Law School /Master in Business Administration (JD/MBA) Joint... View Details