by William Kerr - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

what set of no-deal alternatives face the participants. Its most familiar element involves what each party will do if there is no deal — in other words, "the best alternative to negotiated agreement" or BATNA (a term coined by... View Details

Keywords: by Anita M. Harris

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

reached the executive level at his organization. Why did he make it when so many other minorities plateaued in middle management? First, Williams had the good fortune to be hired by Nathan Barrett, a white... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

04 Aug 2015
Video

The Harvard Business School Campaign - Sao Paulo Regional Event

20 Mar 2019
News

In five charts: Almost all US employers still consider H-1B talent a lifeline

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dubious Logic of Global Megamergers

ones—lots of growth opportunities. The 1998 merger of BP and Amoco, for example, led to the disposal of 12 oil-storage terminals scattered across North America. The terminals were purchased by the Williams... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Fariborz Ghadar

03 Mar 2017
News

Mayo, wings, butter: 'Fake milk' is the latest food fight

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Be an Angel Investor

the Harvard framework (Figure 11.1), which was developed by William Sahlman 1 and Howard Stevenson 2 is described in Chapter 12. Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from making bad... View Details

Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson

September 2024 (Revised October 2024)
Case

River Remedy: Navigating Mississippi’s Medical Marijuana Market

By: Robin Greenwood, Richard S. Ruback and Robert Ialenti

MBA student William Chism, the founder of a fully integrated medical marijuana company based in Mississippi, must respond to a significant disruption in the fledgling industry. In late 2023, Rapid Analytics, one of two active licensed testing facilities, has its... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Growth and Maturation; Forecasting and Prediction; Microeconomics; Local Range; Government Legislation; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Competitive Strategy; Governance Controls; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Mississippi

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Educators

Purchase

04 May 2017
News

The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

clear-cut. “A problem with megatrend predictions is that, even if they turn out to be generally accurate, they’re not managerially useful.” In the first month of social distancing in the United States, online sales at Walmart and Target indeed surged View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

04 Sep 2019
News

How to (Inadvertently) Sabotage Your Organization

23 Aug 2021
News

New Chair of 205-Year-Old Swire Looks to China for Growth

Stuart C. Gilson

Professor Stuart Gilson is the Steven R. Fenster Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and former chairman of the Finance Unit. His research, teaching, and consulting focuses on the financial, business, and legal strategies that companies... View Details

Keywords: investment banking industry; legal services

27 Sep 2019
News

How Startup Founders Are Psychologically Different From Everyone Else

05 Mar 2019
News

Trump doomed their American dreams — leaving businesses in the lurch

09 Jun 2020
News

Visa Restrictions Will Worsen The Post-Covid Recession

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

According to a new Harvard Business School report from Michael E. Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, and co-author Katherine Gehl, a former CEO and political activist, Washington’s proverbial “swamp” isn’t a set of... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

01 Jan 2007
News

James A. Hamilton Award, American College of Healthcare Executives

01 Mar 2019
News

The Fight Beyond

job which he thought he should do.” (US National Archives) Established by presidential order in June 1942, the OSS was charged with collecting and analyzing intelligence and running counterespionage missions, a predecessor to today’s CIA.... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Wesley Allsbrook

Research Summary

Technological Change and Competitive Strategy

Richard S. Rosenbloom continues to explore issues in the strategic management of technology and the relationship between technological change and competitive strategy. He is currently investigating the histories of radical technological innovations and their... View Details

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