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  • 20 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018

disruption, well, disrupted. At Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, our most popular stories about HBS faculty research have always been those that help readers become better managers and outstanding leaders, and it was no... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • News

'Rooted' In Innovation

team, novel biotechnology that extends cassava’s shelf life from three days to 18 months. The process transforms the cassava tuber into nutritious food products that provide alternatives to wheat flour. The first View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg

    John W. Brown

    by 2004, and the number of employees increased from 325 to 15,000 during the same time period. Brown steadfastly expanded the company’s product lines and introduced an effective decentralized management... View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare
    • 13 Jun 2017
    • Blog Post

    Benefits of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

    Before matriculating at HBS, Damjan Korac (MBA 2017) had a plan to combine his interest in technology and management. Damjan interned as a product manager at Microsoft after his junior year at Princeton, and... View Details
    • Profile

    Diane Esber

    tech industry. After she completes her MBA, she plans on exploring options in product management. "It's fun working with products you can touch and feel and use," Dianne says. "Product View Details
    • 23 Feb 2022
    • News

    Rethinking Low-Wage Work

    • 01 Dec 2008
    • News

    No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis

    twenty years of experience at J.P. Morgan & Company, where he headed global investment banking and global equities. The regulatory structure did not keep pace with two decades of deregulation and product innovation on Wall Street, Rose... View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson;Martha Lagace; deregulation; moral hazard; the middle class; Finance
    • 01 Apr 1998
    • News

    New Releases

    capacity, and identify where improvements in quality and productivity will have the highest payoffs. The authors reveal how managers can conduct fact-based negotiations with customers and suppliers -... View Details
    • 23 Oct 2019
    • News

    Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program

    product manager and mechanical engineer, thought that the MS/MBA program would suit her wide-ranging interests. “I didn’t want to abandon the technical rigor and science that I love, but I wanted the... View Details
    Keywords: University Collaborations; MS/MBA
    • Web

    Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

    Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details
    • 01 Sep 2003
    • News

    Globalization Revisited

    argued that advances in communications technology were increasingly inspiring consumers around the world to want the same things. Therefore, he declared, international companies should cease to act as “multinationals” that customized their View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 30 Oct 2014
    • Blog Post

    Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Robert Leke...

    younger members of the team. I hope to one day help in building this investment firm into one which is known for its hands-on management approach, patient capital and deep knowledge in the sectors within which we operate in Africa. -... View Details
    Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
    • November 1997 (Revised May 1998)
    • Case

    ASIMCO: The Alliance Brewing Group

    ASIMCO is a direct investment fund with $350 million invested in 17 Chinese joint ventures in the brewing and auto components industries. The CEO must decide whether to invest in distribution to grow the brewing business or to invest in additional manufacturing joint... View Details
    Keywords: Production; Distribution; Joint Ventures; Decision Making; Investment Funds; Growth and Development Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; China
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    • April 1984
    • Supplement

    Johnson & Johnson (A): Philosophy & Culture, James Burke, Video

    By: Francis Aguilar
    James Burke, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, discusses the company's philosophy and culture, with particular emphasis on the significance of the Credo. View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Culture; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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    • September 2020
    • Case

    Merck: COVID-19 Vaccines

    By: Willy C. Shih
    COVID-19 infections were still climbing across the U.S. and many other parts of the world in September 2020, and it seemed that every time Ken Frazier, the CEO of Merck & Co. consented to an interview in recent months he always seemed to hear the same question,... View Details
    Keywords: Vaccines; COVID-19 Pandemic; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Product Launch; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    • 29 Jul 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Get Off the Dime!

    seen a variation on this story? Getting the Bosses' Approval From Ted Watson The general idea—hardly unique to us—was to do business consistently across all of our operating units. We would have the same approach to conducting any activity regardless of whether a View Details
    Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
    • 24 Apr 2014
    • News

    Betting big on star power can be a winning strategy in business—not just show business

    creating marketing efficiencies. Although the digital revolution promised to democratize content production and distribution, the reality is that blockbuster strategies are more applicable and entrenched than ever before. Citing companies... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2005
    • News

    Answering the Call

    associate John Klug (MBA ’72). Recalls Sasser, “The idea was to view process analysis — a concept we taught in Production and Operations Management — in a setting that didn’t involve steel mills, printed... View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • October 1996 (Revised March 2000)
    • Teaching Note

    Intercon Japan TN

    By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
    Teaching Note for (9-688-056). View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Production; Business Subsidiaries; Conflict and Resolution; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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    • 02 Sep 2019
    • What Do You Think?

    Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

    given the length of the economic recovery from the depths of 2008. But are several basic forces at work that put the notion of an imminent recession to rest? In the early 1960s, in a class on business logistics at The Ohio State University, I ran an experiment in which... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Service