Management Practices and Processes - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2023
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jan 2014
News

To Spot Financial Trouble Early, Use Three Circles: A conversation with Blythe McGarvie of Harvard Business School

08 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 8

The case outlines the key elements of the methodology and the process Morgan Stanley undertook to implement the framework on a worldwide basis starting in 2007 and discusses... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Nov 2019
News

The Ritual Effect

practice them. KEY THEMES He suggests that rituals are not only surprisingly pervasive and highly effective, they are also immensely versatile. Remarkably, rituals seem to work by helping us exactly wherever... View Details

Keywords: rituals

07 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

term. He wrote an article in 1943 in which he speaks of "venture capital." Q: Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy is perhaps Schumpeter's best-known work. What makes it so rich and provocative even... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

seamlessly deliver synchronous and asynchronous online learning. In short, I see the coming year as an opportunity to move many initiatives forward; we must plant the seeds now to ensure that HBS remains at the forefront of View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

Although adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for the enterprise is still in the early days, the technology has matured enough for entrepreneurs to start gathering inspiration View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

how to build performance indicators to monitor financial goals, customer goals, internal process goals, and learning and growth goals. By focusing on these goals, the balanced... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

Many employees fall into a rut. They do their jobs and respond to challenges in a set way to deliver stable results. But consistency can give way to performance gaps between a company’s high achievers and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Executive Education - Entrepreneurship

time with HBS faculty and peers from around the world in programs that encourage and support entrepreneurial leadership. Entrepreneurship-related courses: Families in Business (12-17 NOV 2023) Promote... View Details

01 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat

organization, has some 43,000 employees worldwide, most of the strategic decisions are made by 80 or so senior officials. Headed by the secretary-general, the Secretariat plays key roles in agenda-setting for various deliberative UN organizations View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

31 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

play in inequality as well.” You Might Also Like: The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick What If Closing the Wage Gap Means... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

31 Oct 2007
HBS Case

Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs

What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In "UBS and Climate Change—Warming Up to Global Action?" Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor Forest Reinhardt present the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

25 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

becomes clear you can raise $4 billion for your next fund instead of the planned $1 billion. Professor of Management Practice Nabil N. El-Hage coauthored the case with HBS professor View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

we heard in our interviews was the need for MBA students to cultivate greater self-awareness. Executives said, "The more an MBA understands his or her impact on others and vice-versa, the more effective he or she will be." The second... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

March 2024
Case

Nomad: A License to Bank

By: Paul A. Gompers and Pedro Levindo

In late 2023, Lucas Vargas, CEO and co-founder of Nomad, a fintech that offered financial services in the United States for Brazilian residents, had to decide what to do to ensure the company’s continued expansion. Nomad launched its first product, a U.S. digital bank... View Details

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16 Dec 2021
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

the MBA program. Kareem Stanley (JD/MBA 2024) Where is your hometown? Queens, New York. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? I was in Energy in Project Management / Process... View Details

29 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

Spain, was expanding and wanted to exploit customer information to increase commercial effectiveness. At the same time, it was pushing for innovation in the nascent Spanish credit card market. To avoid the considerable investments of time... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Feb 2019
Book

What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

of Hello Alfred innovated upon the TaskRabbit model by outsourcing the management of TaskRabbit workers to personally assigned butlers, or “Al- freds.” For users, the presence of a butler on the scene allowed for a more trustworthy View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Beauty & Cosmetics; Insurance; Service; Retail

18 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Family Business Club

finance, or for an operating company that is similar to their family’s business before returning to home base. The general management curriculum at HBS exposes students to a variety of functional roles and... View Details

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