Relationships - Publications - Faculty & Research

Article

02 Jan 2018
News

Reconsidering Retirement

Mitch Tuchman and Scott Puritz (photo by Kim Marshall) Mitch Tuchman (MBA 1982) was a successful software entrepreneur in the exuberant 1990s when his first son, Jack, was born. A year later, Tuchman’s life changed: He and his wife learned that Jack suffered from... View Details

Keywords: April White; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

11 Jun 2015
News

Focusing On Women's Advancement Blinds Companies To Their Real Problem: Overworking Everyone

13 Feb 2014
News

Success Factors Behind an International Assignment

Keywords: international assignments; work/life balance; career planning

24 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

protectionist tariffs, and demand their own national referendums. Meanwhile, opportunistic EU businesses will warn continental customers to shift their purchases away from British suppliers. British business will more than ever look beyond Europe for customers. The... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

16 Jun 2017
Blog Post

What is the HBS Leadership Fellows Program?

Career & Professional Development Office in building relationships with organizations, and working with them to develop opportunities that meet the program goals of access, impact and leadership. Organizations get to leverage the... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

Profile

Evan Rachlin

the science. For better or worse, you have to account for the economics." Improving relationships Evan hasn't selected his specialty yet, but knows he's interested in combining medicine with business. "One of the beauties of the... View Details

Web

Staff Catering Guidelines | About

in advance by the department Business Manager is required. Non-Harvard staff: HBS will cover any meals, even outside of regular mealtimes, that are provided for non-Harvard staff, when there is a significant incentive to strengthen the View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

Novartis AG Establishes Global Research Fund

to strengthen our global research capabilities. We are grateful to Novartis for supporting this significant goal." The gift, which funds a four-year program that will include additional fellows, stems from a decade-long relationship... View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

01 Feb 1999
News

Minding Families' Business

maintaining a family business for more than two generations (and given his own failed attempt to enter a business relationship with his father after graduating from HBS), the current patriarch of his clan knows all about the difficulties... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

February 18, 2014
Article

Keep Your Kids out of the Entitlement Trap

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer

This article discusses the concern among wealthy family business owners that their children may become entitled and fail to contribute to society. The fear is grounded in reality, as studies show that a significant portion of inherited wealth is squandered. The article... View Details

Keywords: Family Ownership; Wealth; Family and Family Relationships; Personal Development and Career

Citation

Register to Read

Purchase

March 2023
Teaching Plan

Into the Raging Sea: Final Voyage of the SS El Faro

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Mel Martin

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 321-014. View Details

Keywords: Management; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Failure; Groups and Teams; Rank and Position; Shipping Industry; United States; Puerto Rico

Citation

Purchase

March 2016
Teaching Note

Catalina in the Digital Age

By: Uma R. Karmarkar and Robert J. Dolan

"Catalina in the Digital Age" considers how a company with a dominant market position should evolve its established product lines given the rise of novel digital technologies. Since its founding in 1983, Catalina had enjoyed a distinct position in the world of consumer... View Details

Keywords: Coupons; Information Technology; Customer Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior; Product Marketing; Retail Industry

Citation

Purchase

April 2004 (Revised July 2008)
Case

Showdown on the Waterfront: The West Coast Port Dispute (B)

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Dina R. Pradel

New technology underlies a protracted dispute between West Coast longshoremen and their employers. Severe economic consequences lead to government intervention in the dispute. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Negotiation Process; Business and Government Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Shipping Industry; Western United States

Citation

Educators

Purchase

July 1998 (Revised May 2005)
Case

Anderson Steel Service, Inc.

By: John A. Davis

Explores the management of family and business issues and helps to identify a range of topics with which families in business wrestle. Describes a dilemma faced by sixty-eight-year-old Charles Anderson, the semi-retired founder of the company and the father of three... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Family Business; Problems and Challenges; Business or Company Management; Family and Family Relationships; Strategy; Steel Industry

Citation

Educators

Purchase

August 2021
Case

Mylestone: Can Multiple Pivots Preserve the Life of a Death Tech Startup?

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Marilyn Morgan Westner

Dave Balter and Jim Myers co-founded Mylestone, a death tech startup that applied technology to transform how grieving people memorialize the dead. The startup addressed a cultural problem and promised to solve a pressing need in the antiquated, multi-billion dollar... View Details

Keywords: Pivot; Startup; Business Model; Cryptocurrency; Ethical Decision Making; Emotions; Growth and Development Strategy; Ethics; Market Entry and Exit; Customer Relationship Management; Loss; Change Management; Relationships

Citation

Educators

Purchase

02 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Summer Listening - HBS Podcasts to Take to the Beach

deliver persuasive pitches. Many don’t know how the deals and relationships really work. Kupor outlines what he and his partners look for in founding teams and business ideas and explains how start-ups work with VCs to become successful... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview

leaders each year who will be transformed, form strong relationships with one another, and make a positive difference in their own way. We want to reach all the exceptional leaders we can, and let them know how Harvard Business School can... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

September 2024
Exercise

Assessing the Value of Unifying and De-Duplicating Customer Data

By: Elie Ofek and Hema Yoganarasimhan

This exercise provides an opportunity for students to gain hands on experience with assessing the value of unifying various customer databases that a firm may have (e.g., across the different brands it markets) and of properly identifying customers to avoid duplication... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Measurement and Metrics; Analytics and Data Science; Value

Citation

Purchase

August 2022
Case

One Tiger Per Mountain: The He Family Office

By: Lauren Cohen, Fei Wu and Grace Headinger

Roy He, founder and majority shareholder of his family construction material production company, was preparing to pass down the family business through its first generational handover to his children. His decision would establish his familial legacy and set a precedent... View Details