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  • 04 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM

living in San Francisco working at a data science startup as a product manager. I have always gravitated toward technology and science throughout my life, and machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science were fascinating as... View Details
  • October 2023
  • Article

Finding New Business and Developing Relevant Sales Capabilities

By: Frank V. Cespedes
There are few alternatives to growth for most companies. It’s the rare firm whose goal involves getting smaller and, for employees, there is a strong correlation between their company’s growth rate, promotion opportunities, and job satisfaction. But a growth strategy... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Sales
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  • October 2022
  • Case

Margaret Thatcher: Changing the World

By: Robert L. Simons and Shirley Sun
This case traces the rise of Margaret Thatcher, the daughter of a shopkeeper, from a small industrial town in England to the longest-serving leader in the Western world. The case describes how she became interested in politics at an early age, attended Oxford, and... View Details
Keywords: Politics; Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Business ＆ Government Relations; Values And Beliefs; Work-life Balance; Mission And Purpose; Government Administration; Power and Influence; Great Britain; Europe
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  • Research Summary

Working Hard and Investing for an Early Retirement

I examine consumption, leisure, and portfolio choices made over the life-cycle using a model allowing for semi-flexible leisure and an endogenously chosen retirement date. Under a Cobb-Douglas utility specification, I present closed-form expressions for optimal... View Details
  • 23 Oct 2018
  • News

Why women fall into the negative feedback trap

  • November 2023
  • Teaching Plan

Geely SEA: New Electric Vehicle Platforms

By: Willy Shih
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 622-001. Kent Bovellan, the Chief Engineer and Head of the Vehicle Architecture Center for Geely Holding, the Hangzhou, China headquartered global automotive group, was debating the platform choice for an upcoming "D" segment midsized... View Details
Keywords: Product Innovation; Product Architecture; Product Engineering; Platform Design; Platform Strategy; Product Design; Product Development; Cost Management; Competitive Strategy; Industry Structures; Product Positioning; Auto Industry; China; Sweden
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  • 18 Mar 2021
  • News

With More People Working from Home, Valuable Connections Lost

  • February 2017
  • Teaching Note

Paez

By: Jill Avery
Paez, an Argentine start-up fashion brand, sold traditional alpargatas, a sleepy category that suddenly woke up when TOMS, a U.S. company, appropriated the traditional alpargata design, covered it with fashionable colors and prints, and tied it to a social cause.... View Details
Keywords: Brand Management; Brand Positioning; Competitive Positioning; Competitive Strategy; Retailing; Go To Market Strategy; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Argentina; Latin America; South America; Europe
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  • Web

Featured Topics - Faculty & Research

Featured Topics Business and Environment Business History Entrepreneurship Finance Globalization Health Care Human Behavior and Decision-Making Leadership Social Enterprise Technology and Innovation Initiatives & Projects Behavioral... View Details

    Michael A. Wheeler

    Mike Wheeler joined the HBS faculty in 1993 and has taught extensively in its MBA, Executive, and distance learning programs. His highly interactive 8-week/40-hour HBS Online Negotiation... View Details

    Keywords: green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology; green technology
    • 14 Oct 2011
    • News

    Steve Jobs, the Immediate Case Study

    • April 2007
    • Case

    Schibsted

    By: Bharat N. Anand and Sophie Hood
    In 2006, newspaper firms in developed markets were severely threatened on three fronts: the growth of online news, online classified advertising, and free newspapers. Schibsted, however, had managed to cope with these challenges successfully, and had become something... View Details
    Keywords: Transition; Product Launch; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; Competitive Advantage; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Scandinavia
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    • 01 Mar 2018
    • News

    Leadership books for volatile and uncertain times

    • May–June 2018
    • Article

    Layoffs That Don't Break Your Company: Better Approaches to Workforce Transition

    By: Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
    Today layoffs have become companies’ default response to the challenges created by advances in technology and global competition. Yet research shows that job cuts rarely help senior leaders achieve their goals. Too often, they’re done for short-term gain, but the cost... View Details
    Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Employees; Transition; Strategic Planning
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    Negotiation Ethics and Moral Decisionmaking

    By: Michael A. Wheeler

    Whenever people and organizations negotiate, they implicitly decide what -- if anything -- they owe their counterparts in regard to candor, distributional fairness, and the possible use of pressure. The deals that they reach may also have impacts on stakeholders who... View Details

      Dwight B. Crane

      Mr. Crane was a member of the Finance Faculty at Harvard Business School for a number of years, working primarily in the field of financial institutions and corporate governance.  He taught in the MBA and executive education programs at the School, most recently... View Details

      • October 1995
      • Background Note

      Coordination: An Overview

      By: Ananth Raman
      Designed to accompany Module II of the first-year required course on Technology and Operations Management. Particularly useful in conjunction with Corning Glass Works: Erwin Automotive Plant, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc., Johnson Controls, Automotive... View Details
      Keywords: Management; Operations; Technology; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      Case Study: Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up?

      By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble
      The article discusses an intern for the technology security company Zantech addressing her concerns about her boss in Seoul, South Korea, regarding an inappropriate suggestion on misrepresenting her identity. An overview of the ethical aspects of addressing her... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Labor and Management Relations; Organizational Culture
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      • 31 Mar 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: March 31, 2009

      and Sugata Roychowdhury Abstract We examine the accrual choices of outsourcing firms with links to U.S. congressional candidates during the 2004 elections, when corporate outsourcing was a major campaign... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • December 2007
      • Background Note

      The Music Recording Industry: Digital Rocks

      By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett
      Digital and mobile technologies profoundly and forever changed the long-held value proposition for the recorded music industry--the 12-song physical CD selling at $15. By 2007, it was apparent that the music recording business had become a digital business, and... View Details
      Keywords: Arts; Disruption; Music Entertainment; Distribution; Practice; Technology Adoption; Value; Music Industry
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