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  • 03 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

charismatic but controversial cofounder of WeWork, who quit as CEO in 2019 after a bungled initial public offering amid questions about his business practices. “The market values the experience they have and rewards them in terms of high... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-113.pdf Key Drivers of Successful Implementation of an Employee Suggestion-Driven Improvement Program Authors:Anita L. Tucker and Sara J. Singer Abstract Service organizations frequently implement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2021
  • Case

Steve Schwarzman on Dealmaking I: “Becoming a ‘Friend of the Situation’” (A)

By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green
Blackstone Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman, whom Forbes has called “Wall Street’s Greatest Dealmaker,” played a major role in the negotiations that transformed Blackstone from a fragile startup in 1985 with $400,000 in capital into a dominant... View Details
Keywords: Dealmaking; Bargaining; Conflict Resolution; Negotiation; Private Equity; Conflict and Resolution; Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Negotiation Tactics; Financial Services Industry
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  • Web

Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

Accounting & Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students May 2025 Case Humana Commits to Value-Based Care By: V.G. Narayanan , Henry Eyring and David Lane In late 2023, CEO Bruce... View Details
  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

waste transformation—technologies important to efforts to mitigate climate change. CEO Scott Jacobs (HBS MBA 2007) describes how Generate Capital’s keys to success involve applying new business models and... View Details
  • 20 Jun 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

an ongoing basis." The mission of the CEO should align with the organization's performance. The band's mission is to make fulfilling music that comes from the four members' heads, hearts, and souls, and that connects to many audiences.... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 20 Aug 2007
  • Working Paper Summaries

Hedge Fund Investor Activism and Takeovers

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Michael Schor; Banking
  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

these are-- it is a school where people come to learn how to be very successful in the material world. Brooks: Yeah. Goldberg: Right? What are you teaching then about happiness if you're telling us in the book that wanting less is one of... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
  • 18 Jul 2023
  • Interview

Jeffrey Rayport on Product Market Fit, Profit Market Fit and Whiplash, and More

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Doug Levin
This episode of "Lessons from Startup Life" podcast features Jeffrey Rayport, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Jeffrey specializes in teaching and researching growth-stage technology ventures and their scalability. Prior to... View Details
Keywords: Scaling And Growth; Start-up; Diversity; Equity; Inclusion; Technology; Business Startups; Product Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation
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Entrepreneurs-in-Residence - Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs-In-Residence Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Venture Capital Advisors Lawyers-in-Residence Rock Executive Fellows The Entrepreneurs in Residence have founded, sold, or IPO’d successful ventures in tech, consumer products,... View Details
  • 07 Jul 2022
  • HBS Case

How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)

filing for bankruptcy? And more importantly, how did Smith and Cuscuna rebound from their first failed venture to open another successful ice cream shop? The startup, like many others, was a victim of its own success, says Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 16 May 2023
  • HBS Case

How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

KKR sold CHI in 2022 for 10 times the equity it had invested, it amounted to the company’s most successful deal in more than two decades—and a payout of $360 million to its 800 employees. It was validation that changing the mindset of... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 26 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 26, 2016

diversity of sources. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50204 PathBreakers? Women's Electoral Success and Future Political Participation By: Bhalotra, Sonia, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jun 2019
  • Blog Post

Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud

became a successful lawyer working for the Israeli Supreme Court. She had hoped she could combine law and business together, but, “I realized that being a lawyer meant working from the sidelines. And I want to call the shots myself.”... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
  • 31 Jan 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

democratized both inside and outside of companies. In the past, CEOs and other senior leaders were seen as the legitimate strategic decision-makers because they had more access to data and could decide if and when to share it. With much... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
  • Research Summary

Building Effective Relationships Across Cultures

Trust is the foundation of any successful collaborative relationship. In my first stream of research, I draw on the basic distinction between cognition-based versus affect-based trust– that is, trust from the head versus trust from the heart – to better... View Details
  • March 2023 (Revised August 2023)
  • Case

Majid Al Futtaim: Adapting the Shopping Mall to the Digital Era

By: Antonio Moreno and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in August 2022, as Ahmed Galal Ismail, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Properties and Fatima Zada, digital and omnichannel director at Majid Al Futtaim Shopping Malls, go over the plans to roll out the omnichannel mall offering for the Mall of the Emirates they... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Strategy; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Value Creation; Competition; Expansion; Profit; Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry; Real Estate Industry; United Arab Emirates
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South Asia - Global

India for an 'Immersion for One' organized by the HBS India Research Center. Events in Pune, Delhi, and Kolkata highlighted her research on “The CEO Factor” examining how CEO characteristics influence... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

The Imposter Among Us

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been difficult to miss the Englishman, who... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • August 2014 (Revised May 2016)
  • Case

Husk Power

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Sid Misra
In late 2013, Husk Power Systems found itself falling further and further behind plan. The founding CEO had decided to resign. His co-founder is faced with the decision of quitting his corporate job in the US to head to India and help form a new management team. Husk... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Model; Business Startups; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Foreign Direct Investment; International Finance; Globalized Markets and Industries; Crime and Corruption; Employee Relationship Management; Independent Innovation and Invention; Employment; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Succession; Management Skills; Emerging Markets; Social Psychology; Culture; Business Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; Africa; India; United States
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