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January 2022
Case

Strategic Agility: Lessons from Jazz

By: Francesca Gino and Gary Pisano

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1993
Chapter

Lessons from the Thrift Crisis

By: C. Y. Baldwin and B. C. Esty

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Services Industry

February 19, 2010
Article

Reading List: Lincoln's Leadership Lessons

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Leadership

September–October 2023
Article

Building Brand Engagement: Lessons from NFTs and Collectibles

By: Frank V. Cespedes and Ben Plomion

The financial hype about Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has cooled considerably since trading in that market went from more than $780 million on May 1, 2022 to less than $295 million for the entire month of May, 2023. But brands launch marketing campaigns in this medium,... View Details

Keywords: Opportunities; Digital Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy

06 Mar 2020
Book

A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading

Click to watch. “The best teachers are leaders, and the best leaders are also teachers,” says Harvard Business School Professor Thomas DeLong, who since 1997 has taught more than 20,000 MBAs and executives on campus and around the globe. Like leaders, he says, teachers... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

September 14, 2009
Article

The Lessons of Lehman: Do the Opposite

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Learning

1997
Chapter

Building Competitive Advantage: Lessons from Other Countries

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Global Range

18 Dec 2013
HBS Case

Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal

to facilitate it," says Professor of Management Practice Clayton S. Rose, who sees in Armstrong's story an ideal vessel for teaching lessons about business ethics and leadership. Along with research associate Noah Fisher, Rose wrote... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

To discuss the case's lessons for managers, Abdelal and Alfaro joined forces on an e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge's Cynthia D. Churchwell. Cynthia D. Churchwell: What are the key issues that managers should know about the... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

10 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

It's common wisdom: When it comes to starting a new business, it matters who you know and how much money you have. But research into the inspiration and success of entrepreneurs has not delved very deeply into why this is so. Does it matter whether who you know are... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

2020
Guest Column

Learning from Lehman: Lessons for Today

By: Laura Comstock, Michael Holland and Peter Tufano

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Financial Instruments

March 27, 2020
Other Article

Lessons from Italy's Response to Coronavirus

By: Gary P. Pisano, Raffaella Sadun and Michele Zanini

Policymakers in many parts of Europe and the United States are struggling to bring the rapidly spreading Covid-19 pandemic under control. In doing so, they are repeating many of the mistakes made in Italy, where the pandemic turned into a disaster. A major contributing... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Government and Politics; Decision Making; Italy

July 31, 1988
Article

Private Industry's Lessons for the Pentagon

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Learning; Government and Politics

January 26, 2010
Column

Lessons for the American Housing Markets

By: Robert C. Pozen

Keywords: Markets; United States

July–August 1990
Book Review

Business and Battles: Lessons from Defeat

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Learning

Article

Capital and Control: Lessons from Malaysia

By: Rawi Abdelal and Laura Alfaro

Keywords: Capital; Malaysia

July–August 2014
Article

Sustainability in the Boardroom: Lessons from Nike's Playbook

By: Lynn S. Paine

One surprising role of Nike's corporate responsibility committee is to provide support for innovation. More and more companies recognize the importance of corporate responsibility to their long-term success—and yet the matter gets short shrift in most boardrooms,... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry