Publications

24 Apr 2023
News

Cold Call: Celebrating 200 Episodes

14 May 2019
News

Karen Mills on Technology and the Future of Small Business

2015
Organizational Change

PublicationsOne-Switch Conditions for Multiattribute Utility Functions Authors:Abbas, Ali E., and David E. Bell Publication:Operations Research Abstract We introduce a variety of new independence conditions for multiattribute utility... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Sep 2013
What Do You Think?

How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?

Christensen reminded us that the root cause of every business disaster is mistakenly pursuing short-term goals ahead of long-term ones." Daniel T. C. Lee commented, "Traditional or not, strategic planning has never restricted View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2020
Blog Post

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

with the adequate reactions of Tsai Ing-Wen (president of Taiwan) and Jacinda Ardern (the prime minister of New Zealand), who took timely government actions to prevent the spread of the virus in their countries. The lesson from these... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

April 2023
Article

Learning Down to Train Up: Mentors Are More Effective When They Value Insights from Below

By: Ting Zhang, Dan Wang and Adam D. Galinsky

Although mentorship is vital for individual success, potential mentors often view it as a costly burden. To understand what motivates mentors to overcome this barrier and more fully engage with their mentees, we introduce a new construct, learning direction, which... View Details

Keywords: Mentoring; Learning Direction; Interpersonal Communication; Learning; Leadership Development

Find at Harvard

December 1997 (Revised December 2013)
Case

CCBN.COM

By: William A. Sahlman

A new service is being developed to help investor-relations managers at public companies communicate with investors over the Internet. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Service Operations; Internet

March 1981 (Revised April 1993)
Case

Sedalia Engine Plant (A)

By: Michael Beer

The new plant manager must deal with the problems and potentials contained in this highly participatory management style plant. View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Employee Relationship Management; Management Style; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Technology Industry

26 Apr 2017
News

The Restaurants Hurt Most by Minimum-Wage Hikes

01 Jun 2024
News

In My Humble Opinion: Career Change

When Wakana Tanaka (MBA 2003) was 13 years old, her father’s new job took the family from their home in Tokyo to Jakarta. It was a big change, not just geographically but also culturally. Tanaka enrolled in an international school where she was encouraged to have her... View Details

Keywords: Michelle Cassidy; recruitment; demographics; Japan

02 May 2023
Blog Post

From Harvard Business School to Spotify: Four Lessons in My Journey to Land My Dream Job

Rodolfo A. Diaz Cabello (MBA 2021) reflects on how his experiences at Harvard Business School supported his path to building new products at Spotify. In October 2022 I joined Spotify as a Senior Product Manager leading a team that... View Details

05 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

technical expertise, said Kapoor. A sense of timing and a good marketing instinct are two qualities at a premium in today's market. "It's not about specialization," said Reiss. "It's about quickly figuring out new trends... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services

July 1998 (Revised April 2001)
Case

Bank of Ireland (BOI): Internet Strategy

Conor O'Toole, Internet business executive, must consider how to take the Bank of Ireland on-line. The bank, and Ireland, and most of continental Europe, lagedlagged behind the United States in adopting Internet techologytechnology. O'Toole wondered how he should... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Internet; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Republic of Ireland

February 2011 (Revised November 2012)
Case

Product Development at OPOWER

By: Thomas Eisenmann and Rob Go

OPOWER, a software startup that helps utilities engage their customers in ways that reduce energy consumption, is scaling rapidly. The company's new head of product management has designed a system to address a point of constant tension: whether to build custom... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Customer Relationship Management; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Product Development; Sales; Customization and Personalization; Energy Conservation; Environmental Sustainability; Information Technology Industry; Utilities Industry

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Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center | About

Kresge Hall once stood. Play About the Name An extraordinary gift to Harvard University and HBS from a Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and family foundation is funding both the new Executive Education facility and financial assistance for... View Details

March 2022
Case

In Data We Trust: Be Mobile Africa and Furthering Financial Inclusion Across the African Continent

By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Pierre Marchesseault

To Cédric Jeannot, leveraging technology to promote financial inclusion was personal. After no established financial institution would accept his technology platform to lower transaction costs for free, Jeannot launched FinTech company Be Mobile Africa in May 2020.... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Fintech; Emerging Market; Fundraising; Financial Inclusion; Strategy; Expansion; Management; Entrepreneurship; Personal Finance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Africa; Togo; Nigeria; Ghana

May 2024
Teaching Note

Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning: Overcoming Onshore Challenges to Offshore Wind

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 324-113. To activate the first wind turbines in the ocean off Martha’s Vineyard eventually supplying clean energy to 400,000 households, Vineyard Wind’s leaders had to navigate the permitting process, numerous delays, and objections from... View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Renewable Energy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; Massachusetts; Martha's Vineyard; New Bedford