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Uber in China (C): The Cost of Success for Didi

On June 30, 2021, ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing (Didi) raised $4.4 billion in its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the largest IPO of a Chinese company listed on an American exchange since Alibaba raised $25 billion in 2014.... View Details

Keywords: Uber; Didi Chuxing; Start-up Growth; Regulation; Ride-sharing; Transportation; Business Startups; Business and Government Relations; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Growth and Development; Policy; Competition; Laws and Statutes; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; China

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30 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

high-stakes player contracts involving millions of dollars. He intuitively understood that emotions were an important factor in dealing with people as passionate as athletes. "The last thing I wanted to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

04 Sep 2019
News

INK: Out of Exile

meant two things to me: One, it was permission be a writer, which was really the beginning of it all for me. Second, it was something I had also found with HBS: immigrant security. For my entire life I had... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

22 Dec 2022
Blog Post

TOP 10 MBA VOICES BLOGS OF 2022

unique and tailored to various learning styles. One of the most powerful ways of learning is through reflection, including through reflections of others. This is why, as a fan... View Details

25 Feb 2015
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Jeffrey Schnapp, Harvard Graduate School of Design

05 Jul 2011
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The Business of Champions

Last month, more than one million people lined the streets of Boston for a parade in honor of their National Hockey League champion Boston Bruins. Talk about consumer excitement over a product! On that score... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

17 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees

In a post-pandemic business world of hybrid work and quiet quitting, companies must rethink how they motivate employees. Good incentive plans and reward structures require a careful analysis of a company’s... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

office employees from their work, surfing the web is arguably the most irresistible time-waster of all. In order to deal with that problem, many companies either prohibit Internet use during working hours,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

26 Feb 2021
News

Harvard professor: Focusing on time instead of money can make you happier ― here’s how

09 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs

Old-fashioned mentoring may be one of the most effective ways to improve job performance, but many mentorship programs don’t reach new hires who need guidance most, new research suggests. Newly hired employees at a United States call... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

29 Aug 2018
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The Value of Valleys

I did. Frank Lorenzo, class of 63'. As a CEO of continental airlines, and before that Texas International Airlines, we faced airline deregulation, which was of course very... View Details

22 Aug 2016
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The Future of GE

consumer businesses we were in. We’ve exited plastics and things like that. In the last 15 years, we’re one of the few leadership teams in history that’s sold $100 billion in businesses and bought $100... View Details

October 2007
Article

The Art of Designing Markets

By: Alvin E. Roth

Traditionally, markets have been viewed as simply the confluence of supply and demand. But to function properly, they must be able to attract a sufficient number of buyers and sellers, induce participants to make their preferences clear, and overcome congestion by... View Details

Keywords: Market Design; Market Participation; Market Transactions; Information Technology; Internet and the Web

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Do Leaders Lead in Business Process Innovation? The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption

This paper investigates how market position influences firm propensity to adopt new process innovations. Using detailed data from the U.S. Census of Manufactures, I study the adoption of frontier e-business practices during the early diffusion of the commercial... View Details

07 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ‘The Art of Negotiation’

book excerpt The Swing Of Things From Chapter 6, The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World By Michael Wheeler Paying heed is one aspect View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael A. Wheeler

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

High 90 1990 Internet "irrational exuberance" Antigovernment sentiment: Waco standoff; Oklahoma City bombing Influence: Medium-Low 1900 19 First significant enforcement of Sherman Antitrust Act Pure Food and... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

The School of Life

into a book, How Will You Measure Your Life? The following excerpt, adapted for the Bulletin by Allworth, presents a fresh look at what it means to have “the right stuff” at work and draws a parallel to good parenting. Helping your children learn how to do the... View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Management

01 Nov 2018
News

The Power of Civility

engaged in the organization. One of the benefits of that is having a network of entrepreneurs around the world, like-minded people who see things... View Details

11 Jun 2021
News

The Power of Resilience

that mindset that can help people create their own silver linings. Hanna: It sounds like one of the things we can remember in these situations is that it's OK to ask questions and to push back and to take a... View Details

25 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

reason to deal with the issue of doctor burnout. “Organizations have an ethical imperative to take care of their employees,” Goh says. And doing so could help take care of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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