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- 19 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Seven Lessons from the Section Experience
building a disability-tech startup (TestParty) since graduation. As an undergraduate, I studied philosophy. My days were filled with Emmanual Kant’s reflections on the categorial imperative, Ralph Waldo... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
deploying assets is superior to Walmart's. At the same time, the traffic that was being generated by lower food prices is being threatened by much leaner and more competitive grocery stores. View Details
- 21 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Parable of the Bungled Baggage And the Unhappy Customer
presentation to their top management group. I was going to give the presentation right at the airport. First class flight from Boston to that location. It was really a great... View Details
Keywords: by W. Earl Sasser
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
$120 million redevelopment initiative completed in 2005. The Tennessee Aquarium—a soaring, impressive glass-and-brick structure—stands on the banks of View Details
- Research Summary
The Game Has Changed
By: Max H. Bazerman
Many prior books on negotiation, including books co-authored by Max Bazerman, have addressed how to create and claim value in negotiation. These ideas have proliferated in business schools, where negotiation is often the most popular course. Class participants... View Details
- August 2023
- Article
What About the Race Between Technology and Education in the Global South? Comparing Skill-premiums in Colonial Africa and Asia
By: Ewout Frankema and Marlous van Waijenburg
Historical research on the race between education and technology has focused on the West but barely touched upon ‘the rest’. A new occupational wage database for 50 African and Asian economies allows us to compare long-run patterns in skill premiums across the colonial... View Details
Frankema, Ewout, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "What About the Race Between Technology and Education in the Global South? Comparing Skill-premiums in Colonial Africa and Asia." Economic History Review 76, no. 3 (August 2023): 941–978.
- 06 Nov 2008
- Op-Ed
Selling Out The American Dream
anything but a good example for the average citizen. Left-wing politicians are equally guilty of framing the American Dream in material terms. They claim the Dream is... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 11 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Perfecting the Project Pitch
Everyone has a good idea for the next hot start-up or the next great invention. Everyone. Just turn to the person next to you on View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher
- 31 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Transitioning From the Military to Business School
Back in 2009 David Ulrey became a West Point graduate – five years later he made the move to Boston and joined the Class of 2016 at HBS. In the... View Details
- February 2019 (Revised July 2025)
- Case
Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (A)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh, Christina R. Wing, Emilie Fournier and Anna Resman
This case covers the rise and fall of Theranos, the company founded by Elizabeth Holmes in 2004 to revolutionize the blood testing industry by creating a device that could provide from a small finger prick the same results and accuracy as intravenous blood draws. As... View Details
Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Corporate Accountability; Organizational Culture; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Entrepreneurship; Lawsuits and Litigation
Hsieh, Nien-hê, Christina R. Wing, Emilie Fournier, and Anna Resman. "Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 619-039, February 2019. (Revised July 2025.)
- 18 Aug 2017
- News
Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Navy
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
When Fahey steps in front of the class he reveals his decision, which was made after the case was written. The position reports to View Details
- 05 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
The Reflective Leader
Les Williams (MBA 2005) is the Partner and Chief Revenue Officer for Risk Cooperative. Les completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia in Mechanical Engineering. As an MBA student, Les... View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years
second year, it brought us emotionally closer and created a deeper sense of community. I stumbled during my first Zoom class in August last year – I was still on mute as I made a comment in a Finance class.... View Details
- February 2007
- Case
Paul Robertson and the Medici String Quartet
Describes the approach to creative collaboration and leadership adopted by Paul Robertson as leader of one of the most highly regarded string quartets in recent history. Intended to prompt a discussion of a variety of issues surrounding management of creative... View Details
Austin, Robert D., and Shannon O'Donnell. "Paul Robertson and the Medici String Quartet." Harvard Business School Case 607-083, February 2007.
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
30-session course relying largely on cases can cost more than half a million dollars in materials. Of course, cases can be used over and over. But that’s not the rule. In fact,... View Details
- 2018
- Working Paper
The State of Open Source Server Software
By: Shane Greenstein and Klaus Ackermann
The study assembles new data to construct a census of worldwide web server use across the globe. We document a large concentration of investment in the United States, and a wide dispersion across scores of countries. We find tens of billions of dollars of unmeasured... View Details
Keywords: Internet; Open Source; Internet and the Web; Policy; Open Source Distribution; Internet and the Web; Global Range
Greenstein, Shane, and Klaus Ackermann. "The State of Open Source Server Software." Working Paper, September 2018.
- 14 Jun 2021
- Op-Ed
When Your Nerves Get the Best of You, Change the Narrative
focusing on the class I was about to lead, my mind turned to all the ways I fell short: my lack of consulting... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
- Research Summary
The State of Small Business Lending: Innovation and Technology and the Implications for Regulation
Small businesses were among the hardest hit in the Great Recession, accounting for more than 60% of the total jobs lost. The economic crisis was one focused on the banking sector, which is one reason for the disproportionately high impact on America’s small businesses,... View Details