Risk-centric Business Cycles - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

simple steps that don't require long cycles of implementation." In his remarks, Paul Deninger of Broadview examined some of the forces of change at work in manufacturing today, including an influx of communications technologies,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

23 Jun 2021
Blog Post

How I Sourced My Internship Outside of the US: Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

drawn to business development and tech and felt a strong sense of direction. Speaking with alumni in the field reinforced and validated her interest, and sparked the idea of joining a startup for the summer given her background was... View Details

08 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Private Equity

Equity/Venture Capital/LBO roles after graduation. Often students are returning to Private Equity after two years of previous banking experience and two years of Private Equity experience before business school. There is also strong... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

04 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

"The study of e-commerce has unfolded in much the same way that e-commerce thrust itself on the business world—with a great deal of overstatement," says Marc J. Epstein, Visiting Professor and Wyss Visiting Scholar in Social... View Details

Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein

19 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo

fallacious," Nolan charged. In a lively discussion with about fifty HBS alumni held during reunion weekend this summer, Nolan, who spent a year's sabbatical concentrating on Internet2, described the current state and potential of the beast. Though its View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Mar 2008
News

HBS Blogs

http://daniellongo.blogspot.com/ (a cycling trip; archived since May 2008) OPM 17 Carol Cone, What Do You Stand For? https://www.conecomm.com/ (cause branding and corporate responsibility; archived since Aug. 2007) OPM 30 Will McKee,... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jun 2009
News

Cynthia Carroll

in enterprise development through our incubator units in South Africa and Chile, which support over 220 freestanding businesses providing jobs to some 13,500 people. In South Africa, I’m also very proud that we have the largest workplace... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management; Mining

01 Feb 2002
News

Karen Tumulty Reports on America

named business editor. "I could see even then that newspapers were expanding their business coverage," Tumulty says, "and that got me thinking about going to business school,... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

24 Aug 2017
News

Unlocking Potential

path for criminal justice. A family dinner-table conversation about the concept of recidivism eventually led Anderson to pursue a business education, jobs working on private-sector approaches to the problem, and ultimately to found her... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Community Partners; Legal Services; Professional Services

Profile

Paris Wallace

monitors and tracks their monthly cycle and suggests the optimum time for baby-making. Its pregnancy app guides women to healthier pregnancies. In its two years of existence, this Boston-based health technology startup has helped more... View Details

05 Apr 2004
What Do You Think?

Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?

terms of value created for customers, employees, and shareholders? If the latter, is it the natural result of a system of incentives geared to short-term financial rather than longer-term business benefits? And what does it say about the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age

with Microsoft (The Free Press), Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano of MIT's Sloan School of Management use this high-tech confrontation to outline a comprehensive approach to strategy in the ultracompetitive environment created by the Internet. Warp-speed View Details

Keywords: by Daniel Penrice

08 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

In the new book International Strategy: Context, Concepts, and Implications, Harvard Business School Adjunct Professor David J. Collis presents a comprehensive guide to a topic of ever-increasing relevance for managers across all sectors... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2008
News

Avoiding a Succession Crisis

CEO about as tough as it ever has been. Companies need world-class efficiency, constant innovation, and a customer orientation. This requires a group of talented, dedicated people working as a team across business units and country... View Details

Keywords: Joseph L. Bower; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

28 Mar 2019
News

California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change

take action on climate now, while Roland Hwang, Managing Director, Climate and Clean Energy Program, NRDC, closed with a talk on reimagining the role of government and opportunities to create virtuous cycles with View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2013
News

Five Bright Ideas

European Computer Driving License, a basic requirement for any IT job in Europe, which otherwise can cost as much as $500 per course.) English language, computer skills, and business management curricula are especially popular. Explains... View Details

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

03 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 3

PublicationsTalk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations Authors:Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2012 Abstract How can leaders make their big or growing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

focused on physical health much more than they have on mental health," says Professor John A. Quelch, Charles Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. In collaboration with... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

03 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 3

field and other business fields complements the contributions from industrial organization economics (IO). These business fields also offer theoretical and empirical challenges to the IO paradigm, which... View Details