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- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
Professor Michael Luca set to find out exactly by how much, and identify winners and losers in the process. "I have always been interested in how companies form their reputations, not only restaurants and hotels but also schools and doctors," says Luca. How... View Details
- 20 Feb 2020
- Op-Ed
Love in the Office Is Wonderful. Except for CEOs.
its inappropriateness—by noting that if they had taken definitive action when those concerns were first expressed, "much, if not all, of the damage would have been averted." Key employees worried about the scarring effect on the organization’s View Details
Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger
- May 2017 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
David Dao on United Airlines
By: Benjamin Edelman and Jenny Sanford
In widely circulated videos, United staff and Chicago security forcibly remove a passenger from his paid seat on an aircraft, injuring him severely. United leadership must decide how to respond to public outcry. View Details
Keywords: Crisis Management; Service Operations; Air Transportation; Contracts; Reputation; Air Transportation Industry; Chicago
Edelman, Benjamin, and Jenny Sanford. "David Dao on United Airlines." Harvard Business School Case 917-026, May 2017. (Revised March 2018.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
identity and reputation from unjust attacks. And the firm as a whole needs a similar defensive capacity for its dealings with hostile competitive firms, community groups, or governmental agencies. The defending and learning drives can... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- February 2010
- Case
Applied Research Technologies, Inc.: Global Innovation's Challenges
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Heather Beckham
Applied Research Technologies, Inc. (ART) is a diversified technology company which has used its entrepreneurial culture and encouragement of innovation as an ongoing competitive advantage. The case concentrates on the challenges faced by Peter Vyas, the Filtration... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Managerial Roles; Management Practices and Processes; Reputation; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Management; Competitive Advantage; Entrepreneurship; Management Systems; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Technology Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Heather Beckham. "Applied Research Technologies, Inc.: Global Innovation's Challenges." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-168, February 2010.
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
he was crazy to risk his reputation on something so novel. But he told himself, “It’s not about me.” It’s about the mission and the people and communities to be served. So he took the risk and is now getting ready to scale his model,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading
hoarders, who hold back their hardest workers from moving on. “Many of the best people are ambitious, and if they feel blocked from advancing, they’ll leave to look for respect and status,” Cespedes says. “The best sales leaders are what I call talent magnets; they... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business
years, the company reported it had hastened the creation of partnerships by 55 percent, grew sales by 44 percent, boosted operating income by 300 percent, increased market cap 155 percent to over $10 billion, and enhanced its reputation... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 15 Aug 2022
- Book
University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed
early Republic, and several became notable national institutions of international repute under the Nationalist government. They educated young Chinese leaders from the back country of Free China during World War II. They survived war,... View Details
- 19 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control
"The feeling that nobody's listening or responding is very frustrating," Avery says. "If social media managers can cut down a company's response time, then they can improve a brand's reputation by quickly turning negative... View Details
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
reputation is attractive,” she says. Not only that, “those companies are more steady and less volatile. They do not go through huge ethical collapses. They’re well-managed, and they’re able to respond [to challenges].” In addition, in... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- February 2023
- Case
Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni
In July, 2019, Springhill Medical Center (“SMC”) in Mobile, Alabama, fell prey to a malicious ransomware attack that crippled the hospital’s internal network systems and public-facing web page. While the hospital rushed to securely restore the network, medical... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Policy; Employees; News; Cybersecurity; Digital Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Management; Internet and the Web; Crisis Management; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Negotiation Tactics; Failure; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Attitudes; Behavior; Perception; Reputation; Trust; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Health Industry; United States; Alabama
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni. "Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center." Harvard Business School Case 123-065, February 2023.
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Beth Clark | About
Elizabeth (Beth) Clark Bio As the Chief Information Officer at Harvard Business School (HBS), Beth Clark oversees the transformation and strengthening of enterprise IT, ensuring alignment with the School's reputation for excellence.... View Details
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
extent to influence how policies were interpreted, in part because of the respect in which the company was held. The corporate reputation for integrity and competence was a major competitive advantage in this respect. A part of the reason... View Details
- Research Summary
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take... View Details
- 09 Feb 2021
- News
Investing in Entrepreneurship
reflecting an outstanding career.” “Peter Crisp has played a leadership role in venture capital. His name and reputation will guide our work to further entrepreneurship and innovation at HBS and at Harvard,” said Eisenmann. “I am honored... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 08 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs
whites, according to Federal Reserve data, potentially driving some to alternative sources of capital, like Kickstarter and other crowdfunding sites. The pullback in support noted in Kerr’s research is national in scope, taking place in cities like Seattle and New... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 28 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets
reputation. Investors trust that they will provide effective monitoring, and auditors exist because of that trust. But the audit firms are large organizations and the work is complex. Mistakes happen and cause us to lose that trust. The complement to View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
train in the sport that had taught him the rewards of continuous physical, mental, and emotional self-improvement? Most of the gyms he toured were “dark and dingy, behind a noodle shop in Chinatown,” mirroring martial arts’ marginalized View Details
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Why HBS? - Doctoral
300 Academic Publications $ 140 m. Investment in Research Student Research Reputation Burning: Analyzing the Impact of Brand Sponsorship on Social Influencers By: Mengjie Cheng and Shunyuan Zhang 01 JUL 2025 | Management Science... View Details