Publications

24 Sep 2021
News

A Labor Movement for the Platform Economy

Keywords: Gig economy; gig workers

January 2011 (Revised April 2011)
Case

TripAdvisor

By: Sunil Gupta and Kerry Herman

By 2010, TripAdvisor was the largest travel site in the world operating in 24 countries and 16 languages, with listings for 455,000 hotels, 92,000 attractions and 564,000 restaurants in over 71,000 destinations worldwide. It had over 40 million reviews from 35 million... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Growth and Development Strategy; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet; Service Industry; Travel Industry

June 1999 (Revised October 1999)
Case

Eli Lilly, 1998 (B): Emerging Global Organization

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Thomas W. Malnight

Examines major issues faced by Eli Lilly as it evaluates the appropriateness of a focused matrix organization with extensive use of cross-functional teams. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Geography; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development; Knowledge; Management Teams; Product; Organizations; Pharmaceutical Industry

01 Mar 2014
News

Feedback

innovative HBS community. We also want this new magazine to be a conversation. You'll see more of your voices throughout the stories, weighing in on everything from business challenges to classroom revelations. And we want to hear from... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

1998
Chapter

Putting Your Company's Whole Brain to Work

By: D. A. Leonard

Keywords: Business Ventures; Competency and Skills; Business or Company Management

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Sep 2009
News

Ready for Launch

of 93 teams that competed in the 13th annual HBS Business Plan Contest. Final presentations were held in Burden Auditorium in late April. A number of competitors from years past (Endeca, Finale, New Leaders... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Learning from Global Immersion Experiences

of Business Administration The wisdom of the Turkish proverb, “A tribulation is better than a hundred warnings,” was not lost on the HBS students who traveled to Istanbul this year as part of the required, yearlong FIELD (Field Immersion... View Details

28 Jun 2011
News

IDEO's Approach to Innovation

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 1999
News

Negotiating in 3-D: An Overarching Way to Get to Yes?

has developed a "three-dimensional" model that, in addition to utilizing two familiar and traditional aspects of negotiation, offers a third, multifaceted approach that has enormous potential to increase effective negotiation. According... View Details

Keywords: Anita M. Harris

06 Aug 2024
Cold Call Podcast

How EdTech Firm Coursera Is Incorporating GenAI into Its Products and Services

Keywords: Re: Suraj Srinivasan; Education; Technology

Web

War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity - Course Catalog

competing ideas, ideologies, and narratives. Examine the powerful role that our implicit models and “theories of the case” play in the choices we ultimately make as leaders and strategic actors. Face the... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

reliable ones? Should we abandon our current business model for an entirely new one? Making bold changes demands bold leadership and, often, massive cultural transformation. Li points to organizations that... View Details

05 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?

effects of competition have an advantage within their markets, says Alexander J. MacKay, assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, who coauthored the study Consumer Inertia... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

June 2014
Teaching Note

Doing Deals and Leading Teams at XAF Partners

By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott and Robin Abrahams

Private equity firm XAF Partners had grown steadily over the last decade, establishing offices across Asia. At the end of their day-long partners' retreat, several firm partners discuss the challenges they face as "producing managers." These include collaboration and... View Details

Keywords: Management; Time Management; Development; Competency and Skills; Talent and Talent Management; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Business or Company Management; Management Practices and Processes; Financial Services Industry; China

Web

Digital Transformation - HBS Online

months, 5-6 hrs/week Apply by November 3 $6,500 Credential Certificate Courses (2) AI Essentials for Business Professors Karim Lakhani and Marco Iansiti Compete in the age of AI with a comprehensive approach... View Details

May 2018
Case

Environmental Platform LEEDership at USGBC

By: Michael W. Toffel, Timothy S. Simcoe and Aldo Sesia

By 2018, it was clear that U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) had significantly contributed to the growth of green building and over its 25-year history had become a powerful brand in the construction sector with its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Standards; Business Model; Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Construction Industry; Green Technology Industry