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  • 17 Apr 2013
  • Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

series of 20-minute presentations followed by discussion groups took an unconventional look at topics such as stereotypes, difference, and organizational change. (Presenters were also asked to write short research-based papers to... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 09 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

Few industries have had the competitive challenges—the literal ups and downs—experienced by the U.S. airline industry since its formation in the 1920s. Consider that its early pioneers had the unenviable task of selling tickets to people... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation
  • June 2024
  • Supplement

Legacy Partners (A)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

Stephen Holbrook and Austin Pulsipher (both HBS '19) had been leading Nutrishare since acquiring the company six months earlier in mid-2021.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Nutrition; Supply Chain Management; Growth Management; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; California
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  • June 2024
  • Supplement

Legacy Partners (B)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Pre-abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

Abstract: Stephen Holbrook and Austin Pulsipher (both HBS '19) had been leading Nutrishare since acquiring the company six... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Nutrition; Supply Chain Management; Growth Management; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States; California
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  • January 2017 (Revised August 2017)
  • Case

Weathernews

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Akiko Kanno
Tomohiro Ishibashi (Bashi), chief executive officer for B to S, and Julia Foote LeStage, chief innovation officer of Weathernews Inc., were addressing a panel at the HBS Digital Summit on creative uses of big data. They told the summit attendees about how the Sakura... View Details
Keywords: Crowdsourcing; Operations; Globalization; Weather; Forecasting and Prediction; Global Strategy
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  • 04 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

organization, join the club. Despite the mantra that goals are good, the process of setting beneficial goals is harder than it looks. New research by HBS professor Max H. Bazerman and colleagues explores the hidden cost when stretch goals... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 01 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

the complexities of case writing throughout the region. Conversations also focused on work that the new Center can foster between, and among, Latin American academics and HBS faculty. (The conference in Buenos Aires was preceded by a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 21 Aug 2000
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study

also extremely flattering to be studied. "To have a case written about us by Harvard," noted one executive at the conference, "is an added value to our brand." The process, of course, can also precipitate doubts, fears... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2011
  • What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?

(people who experience no hormonal change and cannot adapt) leave or are forced out." While ignoring the question of chemical change, dependencies that were posed by several respondents may suggest opportunities for future research.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • January 2016 (Revised February 2016)
  • Case

Citizens United and Corporate Speech

By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
The story of Citizens United began in late 2007, as leading members of the Republican and Democratic parties were preparing for the 2008 presidential primaries. Democrats expected a three-way contest in their party between Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, Senator (and... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Internet and the Web; Political Elections; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Government Relations
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  • 01 Jun 2025
  • News

For the Records

Waterloo Records & Video time. Passing the torch The original Waterloo Records opened on April Fools Day in 1982; John T. Kunz joined a few months in. For 43 years, the Austin store was a local institution and a beacon for music lovers,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photos by Jeff Wilson; Arts, Entertainment
  • 21 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

With its abundance of complex management issues in a rapidly changing environment, Latin America offers a rich landscape for in-depth academic investigation. Some of the research work currently underway by HBS faculty is already earmarked... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • April 2022
  • Article

Demand Interactions in Sharing Economies: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Involving Airbnb and Uber/Lyft

By: Shunyuan Zhang, Dokyun Lee, Param Singh and Tridas Mukhopadhyay
We examine whether and how ride-sharing services influence the demand for home-sharing services. Our identification strategy hinges on a natural experiment in which Uber/Lyft exited Austin, Texas, in May 2016 due to local regulation. Using a 12-month longitudinal... View Details
Keywords: Airbnb; Uber; Natural Experiment; Geographic Demand Dispersion; Sharing Economy; Transportation; Demand and Consumers; Geographic Scope
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  • 06 May 2021
  • Blog Post

The Extraordinary Things We Do on Ordinary Days: A Mother’s Day Tribute

University of Wisconsin and Austin attended Northwestern University. From there, our long-distance relationship continued as he consulted for McKinsey in Chicago, and I attended graduate school at Marquette University for Speech-Language... View Details
  • 13 Mar 2018
  • First Look

March 13, 2018

multidivisional enterprises that have diversified into related product lines. The present book aims to fill in this gap in the literature by adopting a coherent approach to this elusive subject. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    F. Warren McFarlan

    Professor McFarlan earned his AB from Harvard University in 1959, and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at... View Details

    Keywords: communications; computer; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; nonprofit industry
    • 11 Feb 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: February 11

    its effect was quantitatively dominated by inequality-raising effects of population growth. The land distribution program lowered landlessness, but this was partly offset by targeting failures and induced... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Jun 2025
    • News

    Keeping the Faith

    four-day, no-fee, no-credit class during January break. Taught by HBS senior lecturer Derek van Bever (MBA 1988), along with Baker Foundation Professor of Management Arthur Segel, Harvard Divinity School Practitioner in Residence John... View Details
    Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Illustrations by Victo ngai
    • 30 May 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

    Despite recent advances in our understanding of how locations impact the creation and appropriation of value by firms, the speed of these changes has often surpassed the speed of research on the connections between geography and firms.... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 26 Feb 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

    https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55749 forthcoming Review of Economics and Statistics Healthy Business? Managerial Education and Management in Healthcare By: Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, Renata Lemos, and John Van Reenen Abstract— We investigate the... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman