Activities - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

ensemble for, give or take, close to 40 years, but this past summer was their final concert tour as a group. "The Medici String Quartet is one of the very best such ensembles, probably one of the very best ever. One of my favorite research strategies is to find... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

17 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

in Austria, China, and India. Students can explore strategy transformation, geographic expansion, the process of introducing new measurement approaches, alignment of activities with strategic goals, and issues in leading change both... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

principles and practices. Quelch and Jocz lay out the six fundamental characteristics that marketing and democracy share: (1) exchange of value, such as goods, services, and promises, (2) consumption of goods and services, (3) choice in all decisions, (4) free flow of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

Marshall Plan for Africa. This would require government expenditures. But there's also a tremendous opportunity to match the activities of philanthropists-I know many of our HBS alums are very generous and would love to get involved in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

of 2020 that continued beyond her tenure. “At HBS, I’ve taken an active role in volunteering through the African American Student Union and the Africa Business Club to provide coffee chats and mock interviews for prospective students,”... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Money Matters

spending a large amount of time and resources on activities that do not create any value for stakeholders or customers.” The World Bank’s annual report on global business regulation, Doing Business 2010, ranks India 133 out of 183 nations... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

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Print View - Course Catalog

operations tool stack give visibility into sales activities and drive sales forecasting accuracy. Course Content and Organization: There are live cases and traditional cases to reinforce the three core themes of the class. We have six... View Details

20 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

get replacement coverage since any new insurer would learn the reason for the drop.” Thus, it makes practical sense for drivers to lie to their personal insurers, saying they weren’t engaged in TNC activity at the time of an accident. In... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance

06 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School

support during their time at HBS. Many professors joined the charge, actively encouraging women to apply to HBS. But others were uncomfortable with women in the classroom. A 1971 alumna remembers several professors who never called on a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

13 Jun 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants

intelligence firm for nearly $2 billion, he remained active in venture capital, start-ups and charity work. In 2009 he founded the risk management consulting firm K2 Global Consulting with his eldest son. That was also the year he asked... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Banking; Financial Services

07 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Are Creative People More Dishonest?

puts you more at risk to do the wrong thing." The Perils Of Inducing Creativity In another study, which included 111 university students, the researchers tested whether they could actively induce creativity, and whether doing so... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

07 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Improving Brand Recognition in TV Ads

that tracks the eye movements of nearly 2,000 participants over 31 commercials to show how various branding patterns of activity influence consumer "zapping," or ignoring, commercials. “The days when you could tell a consumer... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Media & Broadcasting; Entertainment & Recreation

24 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 24, 2007

and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Although these laws account for less than 7 percent of U.S. public funding for education, their mandates strongly influence the activities of schools and school districts.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Photographs from the HBS Archives document the activities of training schools and courses at HBS during World War II, including the Army Air Forces Statistical School, Army Air Forces War Adjustment Course, Army Supply Officers Training... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Lesson from the Fall

Skilling’s conduct will reopen discussions of what was the real offense committed by Skilling. The answer to this question is important because many of Skilling’s allegedly fraudulent activities fall into the “shadowed space” or... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

12 May 2015
News

A Flash of Insight

specially configured, nuclear-powered submarine, a “spook boat” that was engaged in covert operations. He found his naval service rewarding, but when his five years of active duty were up, it was time to move on. “I thought that being an... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; 9/11; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2005
News

Clark Bids Farewell to HBS

values will be an important legacy. Do you have a stronger sense of the role and influence of HBS in academia? I believe our deep commitment to teaching as a critical and important professional activity is something that is sorely needed... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2004
News

One-on-One with Robert McNamara

HBS,” McNamara explains. “It was a terrible wrench for Margy and me because our years at Harvard were certainly among the happiest of our lives.” (Eventually, “through force of will,” McNamara says, Margy recovered, raised three children, and led an View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

18 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 18

less future-oriented behavior (Chen, 2013). Yet, research has not established how this mechanism may affect the future-oriented activities of corporations. We theorize that companies with strong-FTR languages as their official/working... View Details