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  • 28 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

and Experimentation Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard and Amy C. Edmondson Publication:In The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship, edited by Kim S. Cameron and Gretchen M. Spreitzer. Oxford University Press, 2011 An abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2024
  • News

Leveraging Generative AI

Four decades after HBS became the first business school in the country to require the use of personal computers in the MBA Program, the School is undergoing a different kind of technological transformation, one that leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 16 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

to the challenge. Think of it as a new strategic initiative facing huge execution challenges. These require senior management to get the best information they can about barriers to execution, and it requires trust and commitment. That... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Feb 2005
  • Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

revolutionizing of material things, is greatly needed. The business group largely controls these mechanisms and is therefore in a strategic position to solve these problems. Our objective therefore, should... View Details
Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice
  • 08 Oct 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder

clocked 0.15 percent more hours. But the employees’ extra effort diminished as the difference in rank between employee and manager widened. In some cases, “We were looking at how employees responded to managers who were five promotions away and who they explicitly... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 25 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

by nearly 1,000 female sales agents across the country. How did Walker journey from the cotton fields to the status of an enterprising businesswoman, perhaps even the first self-made African American millionaire in the United States? Her obstacles, shrewd View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

Larry Murphy

It was reading a Life magazine article (Ann Moore, take note) about Eastern colleges that helped propel Lawrence P. Murphy from a small town in Missouri to Williams College, followed by HBS. In 1985, after positions at Citibank, Bain, and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Accommodation; Hospitality
  • 19 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

firms strategically respond to government signals regarding appropriate corporate activity. We integrate institutional theory and research on corporate political strategy to develop a political dependence model that explains (a) how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

Companies can create shareholder value through more effective governance, and through boards that do not simply ensure compliance, but focus their time and efforts on the most critical strategic areas. Past board results have often not... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
  • 02 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

looked past their stubborn bargaining positions to their underlying interests. By stepping back and mapping the parties' real interests, it emerged that the farmers were worried about reduced water flow below the dam, the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 03 May 2024
  • Blog Post

From Harvard to Miss New Jersey: A Journey of Perseverance and Self-Belief

learning to think like a strategic leader. What resonated with me deeply was the way each case study became a narrative of decision-making, where we had to navigate through uncertainties and conflicting perspectives. This experience not... View Details
  • December 2020 (Revised April 2021)
  • Case

Arcos Dorados: A QSR Recovery Plan

By: Forest Reinhardt, José B. Alvarez, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
Arcos Dorados—McDonald’s largest independent franchisee, covering Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)—faced a pandemic that was disrupting the entire consumer foodservice business in 2020. With the exclusive right to own, operate, and sub-franchise McDonald’s... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Customer Value and Value Chain; Income; Macroeconomics; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Food; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Logistics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategic Planning; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; Latin America; Aruba; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Mexico; Panama; Costa Rica; Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Peru; Uruguay; Venezuela; Puerto Rico; Trinidad and Tobago
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  • 27 Feb 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

makes it valuable to firms during both positive and negative economic cycles. Very few strategic constructs can work in both good times and bad. “Considering that the company had already secured some... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 2

Publications Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance Authors: Beiting Cheng, Ioannis Ioannou, and George Serafeim Publication: Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract In this paper, we investigate whether... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2023 (Revised February 2024)
  • Case

21Seeds: Taking Shots at Breakout Growth

By: Elie Ofek, Julian De Freitas, Michael Moynihan and Nicole Tempest Keller
21Seeds, a female-founded flavor-infused tequila startup launched in 2019, had made inroads into the alcoholic beverage industry by focusing on an underserved consumer segment in spirits—women, primarily in their 30s and 40s, many of whom were moms—and by following a... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Distribution Channels; Sales; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

Advisory Boards Help HBS Assess and Attain Its Goals

bimonthly status reports in the Bulletin keep alumni informed about the board's ongoing work. The Board of the Directors of the Associates The Associates of Harvard Business School are individuals that have close personal and strategic... View Details
Keywords: Elena N. Berg; boards; alumni; planning; leadership; advice; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 20 Oct 2010
  • Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

of externalities became additional features of the debate. The introduction of market imperfection arguments actually introduced significant complications: specialization in the "wrong" activities, i.e. those with lower levels of View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
  • 13 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

it through to make a positive change. Purchase the Book: http://www.library.hbs.edu/forms/purchaseform/ The Power of Alumni Networks Authors:Lauren Cohen and Christopher J. Malloy Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, no. 10 (October... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

Business School’s Ranjay Gulati looks at how it tackled the challenge. He identifies several important takeaways for other multinationals: Give the local organizations clout, embrace creative abrasion, build strong functions, and eliminate View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Oct 2015
  • News

Sweet Success

responsible for overall investment, strategic planning, and asset management. Looking for the perfect location for a family vacation retreat in 2009, Turner and his wife, Lydia, found and purchased 400 acres of pristine land in Dover... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg