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- 27 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership
In the deep heat of an 18th-century summer, a crew of pirates was sailing off the Virginia coast when a lookout spotted a merchant ship to the south. Springing into action, the pirates launched an attack, rocking the merchant ship with a cascade of musket balls and... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
- 31 Mar 2008
- HBS Case
JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis
from taking off.) That day, only seventeen of JetBlue's 156 scheduled departures left JFK, a fact that caused ripple effects throughout the system and displaced crew and aircraft. In subsequent days, JetBlue management canceled more and... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable
could be used for good?’” One particular news story in 2017 caught their interest: After United Airlines forcibly removed a passenger from an overbooked plane to make room for crew members, videos passengers took of the man getting... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
it doesn’t become a habit once insurance stops paying for the program; there isn’t the same social, sticky quality Lee herself discovered when she started rowing on the lightweight crew team in college. “What if there was an option that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Counter Intelligence
When Pano Christou (AMP 195, 2018) was hired at Pret A Manger in 2000, the idea that he would one day run the entire company could not have been further from his mind. At the chain’s Carnaby Street shop, in London’s Soho district, the 22-year-old had enough work just... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 27 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?
Jakarta, Indonesia, crashed into the Java Sea 13 minutes after takeoff. All 189 passengers and crew aboard were killed. Investigations revealed that a design flaw in the aircraft’s Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS)... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 04 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival
are much, much greater than they expected them to be. Crew of the Endurance, when spirits were still high. Photo by Frank Hurley, voyage photographer. Copyright Royal Geographical Society, London. The third reason is that the Shackleton... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
of laughter from the burly men sporting crew cuts and gold DSNY shields who had gathered around her conference table. (The agency employs approximately 7,500 uniformed workers and 2,500 civilian staffers.) “I really like the modernizing... View Details
- 30 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations
shares that his uncle died of cancer. Before long, the two are sitting at the table discussing whether Peter can split up his crew to handle the most pressing repairs for each of his clients. "In that second version, she is being... View Details
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
movies. Another success is how airlines have trained us all to take part in cleaning the plane before landing. During the final approach, a flight attendant asks over the P.A. that we pass our trash and unused items to a crew member in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'
said. Graffiti was also a form of escape. In the 1980s and ’90s, gang violence and drugs were rampant in Los Angeles. For young people seeking a different path, graffiti crews offered an identity that was of the streets but not confined... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 19 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
What is the HBS Show?
the show’s legacy. The #1 thing we and our cast and crew hear following the HBS Show is “thank you.” Thank you from ECs who are grateful for one last opportunity to remember and laugh at the incredible, and at times ridiculous,... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively
Technology and Operations Management Unit. He discussed with students how German soccer team TSG Hoffenheim deploys analytics in scouting and player development. He also noted how New Zealand’s yacht designers and crew prepared for the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Finding Pride
Executive Lifestyles group. He also told me to try out for the B-School Show, because half the cast and crew were gay and lesbian. That year we had about 15 people in the group, with 7 or 8 per class. I went to an alumni event recently... View Details
- 10 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points
command module. There wasn't enough fuel to stop its momentum and turn back for Earth. So the crew decided to let the moon's gravity do the work for them. Moving faster and faster, they orbited the moon once, used a single powerful burst... View Details
Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson
- 02 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity
sophisticated interventions, such as cardiac catheterization and bypass surgery. Big problems with meaningful solutions While the study couldn’t determine why Black patients ended up at lower-quality hospitals, Chandra is investigating three hypotheses: Ambulance View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
to be. I was ultimately introduced to Ernie Phinney (MBA 1978), who was one of the founders of the Alternative Executive Lifestyles group. He also told me to try out for the B-School Show, because half the cast and crew were gay and... View Details
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets
assemble high quality local camera crews and co-ordinate with interviewees, we need a local support base. We have made particular use of Harvard Business School’s network of global research centers . We have also benefitted from the... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
space race. Musk, the head of automaker Tesla, is behind SpaceX, which has developed the Falcon rocket and Dragon spacecraft. Dragon has already delivered cargo to the International Space Station, and SpaceX is finishing preparations to use the vehicle for commercial... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rowing Upstream
What could better symbolize high-level business performance than an eight-oared crew team rowing in perfect unison, their boat powered by a selfless collaboration of strength, skill, and shared purpose? It’s no wonder that advertisers... View Details