Northeastern United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2022 (Revised September 2022)
Case

Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff

By: Navid Mojir, Vincent Dessain, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney

Lilium is a German company focused on developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) that can be used to offer air taxi services. The company went public in September 2021 through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal, raising more than... View Details

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Educators

Purchase

06 Dec 2021
News

Rescue & Recovery

day-to-day work grinds on. In August, after the withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan, scores of Mercy Corps staff members (also the organization’s longest continuous international presence) were... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
Case

Community Solutions

By: Brian Trelstad and Tom Quinn

Community Solutions was an anti-homelessness nonprofit founded in 2011 after protagonist Rosanne Haggerty grew frustrated with the limited impact of traditional housing and outreach strategies. It set an ambitious goal, reached in some partner communities, of ending... View Details

Keywords: Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Social Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Capital Budgeting; Capital Markets; Country; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Housing; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Opportunities; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Poverty; Welfare; Well-being; System; Equality and Inequality; Consulting Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; New York (city, NY); Florida; Texas

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Educators

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06 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

identified four different approaches people used to perform necessary evils effectively, so that the task got done and the victims were treated with decency and respect.” Margolis, an associate professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works

Review article with legendary soccer coach Sir Alex Ferguson, on his team management and leadership lessons. (It was so well received that it deserves a sequel!) But I am mostly very hard at work on the release of Blockbusters—it's my first book, so everything is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

14 Nov 2019
News

Keeping Red Lobster Fresh

implement the changes, then you make the big remodel change and become visibly different. And we're actually right at the point of making that transition where we've gotten the new initiatives in place and are beginning to remodel and open new View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

United States required a much stronger domestic intelligence service, and Mueller believed that that service should reside within the FBI. Critics, however, called for the Bureau to narrow its scope, focus... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

depletion of natural resources. He thinks one of the main reasons people in the United States are more concerned about the environment is that incomes are higher. "Although people who think of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Apr 2018
News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

many of the artists that Joyner and her husband, private equity investor Alfred Giuffrida, collect are enjoying increased visibility. Major museums in the United States (and beyond) are reevaluating the... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

20 Oct 2016
News

Smart Moves

information, connected car services, and analytics, founded by Bryan Mistele (MBA 1995). The figures aren’t much better in the United States, where Los Angeles tops the list at 81 hours. And in the rankings of nations, the US, with an... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

pictures in online marketplaces were the inspiration for the research. "In the early days of the Internet, online marketplaces like eBay were relatively anonymous," says Luca, an assistant professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Advertising

29 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 29

and analyzes a novel data set consisting of a 1% sample of all outward-facing web servers used in the United States. We find that use of Apache potentially accounts for a mismeasurement of somewhere between $2 billion and $12 billion,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

Mike Babcock, as head coach? Or was it sub-coaches and player-leaders who made the judgment calls at critical moments? The answer, of course, is all of the above. Even at the top, leaders often come in pairs, trios, and quartets, operating as a View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Profile

Arjun Goyal

Coming from a family of doctors, Arjun Goyal anticipated a life in clinical medicine in his home country of Australia. But when his education directed him to a year of research at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, where he... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

01 Mar 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

and come away with a deeper understanding of the greatest strengths and vulnerabilities of the nation’s democracy as well as its resilience over time. He adapts the case method to revitalize conversations about governance and democracy and show how the View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

Case Study: A Place at the Table

of the transformative nature of their experience: "What I learned at HBS I don't think could be learned anyplace else," states a 1962 alumna quoted in the case. By 1985, women made up 25 percent of the graduating MBA class; 10 years... View Details

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

01 Feb 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?

fact, large global companies to which jobs were formerly outsourced have begun setting up operations in the US and United Kingdom. Is it time to recognize the advantages of bigness when it comes to employment and economic development? If... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2010
News

This Is What I Do

are notably aggressive in their pursuit of research, therapies, and cures. These organizations apply results-oriented business approaches to medical and academic research that in the past would typically move at a stately pace. (Brad... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Health, Social Assistance; Accommodation; Hospitality; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Profile

Kim Chen

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I sought to expand the way I think about my career and business and the context in which both operate. I knew HBS would help me do so by exposing me to a diverse set of classmates, topics, and sides of many important... View Details

Keywords: Retail; Nonprofit / Government

Portrait Project

Zameer Kassam

When they say "with this ring, I thee wed," I will be there. When they want to show their daughter how proud they are, I will be there. When they want to thank their mother for her tireless devotion, I will be there. I will be part of each celebration, the... View Details

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