Leading - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Feb 2021
Book

How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect

think like a social scientist about what would actually lead another person, one I didn’t know well, to change his behavior. I am confident that my effort flopped and that Doug understood the psychology of changing the commenter’s ethical... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Mar 2024
News

The Internet's Next Frontier

While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical construct: it is a sandbox—an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

that mediation is not an excellent one, the entire brand suffers from it." "It's about leading a customer through an experience that feels new and comfortable at the same time," says Steuben's Haupt. "In the end,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

16 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

to gather the information that has accumulated over the course of months or years in a low-touch way, it could help determine the best course of action to take.” The result may not be Crazy Rich Asians, but it may lead to a crazy rich... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Exploring Career Passions through Short Intensive Programs – Moving Beyond Direct to Consumer

SIP is an exciting opportunity for me to learn and teach simultaneously. Combine 100 students who want to create, own, invest in, or advise DTC businesses with 25 founders and lead them with two faculty - one a long term HBS faculty... View Details

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

to provide critical care to patients. “Donors don’t just want to buy medical equipment and supplies. They want to buy outcomes,” says Dr. Ryan McBain, the project lead at PIH. “They want to make sure that the money they are investing is... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

(ESG) factors and measure and manage impact investments. The program was developed by leading Harvard Business School faculty and is delivered in an active learning environment based on the HBS signature case-based learning model. Are... View Details

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Frist Faculty Commons | About

Corporation, and today it is the leading provider of health-care services in the United States. HCA was the subject of a 2012 HBS case study. Thomas F. Frist Jr. is director of the Patricia C. and Thomas F. Frist Jr. Foundation, which... View Details

04 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted

The old boys’ club is alive and well in the workforce, as male employees regularly schmooze with their male bosses during coffee breaks, after-work drinks, and golf outings. All this socializing gives men a huge career advantage over women, View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

"private-public entrepreneurs" who establish private businesses that sell to government agencies or sometimes to citizens directly. In Philadelphia, for example, Textizen enables citizens to communicate with city health and human services agencies by text... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

University, 1920 A leading figure in the cooperative movement, after leaving HBS, W. C. Matney became director of the Bluefield Institute (today the today the historically black college Bluefield State) Department of Business... View Details

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Join the MOC Affiliate Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

impact in their home regions. Prospective MOC affiliate institutions are evaluated based on the following criteria: Institutional Requirements Accreditation status of the university by either international accreditation standards or national ministry of education Rank... View Details

28 Oct 2022
Blog Post

Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)

other as we reach personal milestones. What are you doing now? How has your MBA prepared you for your post-HBS career? I have the honor of serving as Vice President of Marketing at Ellevation Education, the nation’s leading K-12 software... View Details

27 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 27

argues Mikołaj Piskorski, one of the world's leading experts on the business of social media. In A Social Strategy, he provides the most convincing answer yet, one backed by original research, data, and case studies from companies such as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

devices, on the other hand, Stern found the opposite trend—and dramatically so. The first device in any given category—say, a coronary stent—took on average 34 percent longer to be approved than the next device in that category, leading... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

04 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

The Business of Life

A few years ago, a colleague at Harvard Business School visited Clayton Christensen's office to talk about leading a values-driven life. "He told me that he had decided against having religion in his life," Christensen recalls, explaining... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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24 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 24

high-powered incentives lead to greater screening effort and more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited liability typically enjoyed by credit officers. Second, we present direct evidence... View Details