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- 04 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness
When US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in 2020, Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Edward Chang noticed something interesting: To fill the vacancy, then-President Donald Trump replaced Ginsburg with another woman, Amy Coney Barrett, even though... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating
Got a problem? Throw some collaboration software at it. It's a common strategy among today's managers: Organizations spend a lot of money on technology that enables employees to tackle problems collectively. Hence, the market is rife with connectivity tools and... View Details
- 2018
- Book
Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and Life
By: F. Gino
The world’s best chef.
An airline captain who brought his flight to safety in a daring water landing.
A magician known for his sensational escape acts.
A computer scientist who founded a world-renowned animation studio.
What do all of these... View Details
An airline captain who brought his flight to safety in a daring water landing.
A magician known for his sensational escape acts.
A computer scientist who founded a world-renowned animation studio.
What do all of these... View Details
Gino, F. Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and Life. New York: Dey Street Books, 2018.
- May–June 2018
- Article
Layoffs That Don't Break Your Company: Better Approaches to Workforce Transition
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
Today layoffs have become companies’ default response to the challenges created by advances in technology and global competition. Yet research shows that job cuts rarely help senior leaders achieve their goals. Too often, they’re done for short-term gain, but the cost... View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Employees; Transition; Strategic Planning
Sucher, Sandra J., and Shalene Gupta. "Layoffs That Don't Break Your Company: Better Approaches to Workforce Transition." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 3 (May–June 2018): 122–129.
- Research Summary
Structural Breaks in Dynamic Factor Models: Representation and Testing (with James Stock and Mark Watson)
We demonstrate the equivalence of various of structural break representations for approximate dynamic factor models and show that even in the presence of such breaks, the estimated factors consistently span the fundamental factor subspaces. We propose tests to... View Details
- July 2015
- Teaching Note
Breaking Bad (the Rules): Argentina Defaults, Inflates (and Grows), 1997–2015
By: Rafael Di Tella
- 1999
- Book
Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America
By: D. A. Thomas and John J. Gabarro
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Management Practices and Processes; Diversity; United States
Thomas, D. A., and John J. Gabarro. Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
- 2017
- White Paper
Illuminating the Path Forward: Breaking Free from the 60/40 Portfolio
By: Ross Stevens, Joshua Zwick and Randolph B. Cohen
Stevens, Ross, Joshua Zwick, and Randolph B. Cohen. "Illuminating the Path Forward: Breaking Free from the 60/40 Portfolio." White Paper, Stone Ridge, 2017.
- December 2013 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Breaking Bad (the Rules): Argentina Defaults, Inflates (and Grows), 1997–2015
By: Rafael Di Tella and Fernanda Miguel
In late October 2011, after losing 1 billion of dollar reserves in one month, the Argentine government began imposing a series of currency controls, limiting the ability to buy foreign currency. As of October 2011, Argentina's tax collection agency AFIP had been... View Details
Di Tella, Rafael, and Fernanda Miguel. "Breaking Bad (the Rules): Argentina Defaults, Inflates (and Grows), 1997–2015." Harvard Business School Case 714-036, December 2013. (Revised March 2024.)
- August 2006 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
Rwanda and the Thousand Hills Coffee Co.: Breaking New Grounds
By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Michelle McDonald
Examines the strategies of a Boston-based start-up to market Rwandan coffee. Describes the history of the coffee industry, the era of cartelization and the International Coffee Agreement, and the subsequent collapse in producer prices after 1989. Also describes the... View Details
Keywords: History; Marketing Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Food and Beverage Industry; Rwanda; Boston
Jones, Geoffrey G., and Michelle McDonald. "Rwanda and the Thousand Hills Coffee Co.: Breaking New Grounds." Harvard Business School Case 807-004, August 2006. (Revised July 2008.)
- February 19, 2025
- Article
To Break the Cycle of Low-Wage Work, Redesign the Workforce System
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Kerry McKittrick
Fuller, Joseph B., and Kerry McKittrick. "To Break the Cycle of Low-Wage Work, Redesign the Workforce System." Work Shift (February 19, 2025).
- 14 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Are You Managing To a ‘T’? Time To Break With Tradition
management. It relies on a new kind of executive, one who breaks out of the traditional corporate hierarchy to share knowledge freely across the organization (the horizontal part of the "T") while remaining fiercely committed to... View Details
Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen & Bolko Von Oetinger
- Summer 2013
- Article
Where Implementation Breaks Down: Why Can't Companies Get the Job Done?
By: David A. Garvin
A great plan for the future isn't so great if you can't execute it properly. Conceiving a project or initiative demands different approaches and skills than acting on it and following through. Here's a guide to removing the roadblocks on the path toward effective... View Details
Keywords: Implementation; EXECUTIVE Ability (Management); Management Practices and Processes; Performance Effectiveness; Management Skills
Garvin, David A. "Where Implementation Breaks Down: Why Can't Companies Get the Job Done?" Conference Board Review 50, no. 3 (Summer 2013): 38–45.
- October 7, 2021
- Article
How to Build a Life: How to Break a Phone Addiction
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: How to Break a Phone Addiction." The Atlantic (October 7, 2021).
- May 1993 (Revised July 1994)
- Background Note
Complementarity, Compatibility,and Product Change: Breaking with the Past?, A Conceptual Framework
Dhebar, Anirudh S. "Complementarity, Compatibility,and Product Change: Breaking with the Past?, A Conceptual Framework." Harvard Business School Background Note 593-120, May 1993. (Revised July 1994.)
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
Launching a social justice startup takes more than a moving story. Ask Harley Blakeman, the 32-year-old founder of Honest Jobs. He has perfected his elevator pitch, but that doesn’t mean launching his business has been easy. A once-homeless teenager from Florida,... View Details
- Article
Breaking up Is Never Easy: Planning for Exit in a Strategic Alliance
By: Ranjay Gulati, Parth Mehrotra and Maxim Sytch
This article highlights several important dimensions of planning for exit from strategic alliances and also offers several examples of the disastrous consequences of inadequate exit-planning. While many companies fall into the trap of having no exit plan, other... View Details
Gulati, Ranjay, Parth Mehrotra, and Maxim Sytch. "Breaking up Is Never Easy: Planning for Exit in a Strategic Alliance." California Management Review 50, no. 4 (Summer 2008): 147–163.