Filter Results:
(1,795)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,795)
- People (5)
- News (749)
- Research (983)
- Events (9)
- Multimedia (10)
- Faculty Publications (295)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,795)
- People (5)
- News (749)
- Research (983)
- Events (9)
- Multimedia (10)
- Faculty Publications (295)
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Come Sail Away
When Michael Sard (MBA 2018) arrived at HBS, he owned about 50 Hawaiian shirts. “It was one of the few items in a man’s closet that could have a ritual to it around going out, like a tuxedo does,” he says. Purchase options, however, seemed limited to two extremes:... View Details
- 27 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets
suggests that it is in fact probably the only way to remain competitive in the long run. It is not an easy matter. Reputations take generations to build and can be hugely damaged by a single incident. Silverthorne: What new ideas does... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
analysis. And a few are motivated simply by the vision of a better and more humane way of conducting business. Overall, though, my experience has been that probably half, and maybe even two-thirds, categorize ethics mainly as a risk... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 03 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator
to win in court. Why was he behaving so irrationally? Deepak suggested to the executive that the problem was probably not that the employee was behaving irrationally, but that he lacked credible information. The executive was convinced... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
- 01 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing
"If restaurants were required to say that they were choosing not to reveal their hygiene [rating], I think it would be a day before everyone would stop going," says Luca. Of course, requiring restaurants to reveal that they are choosing not to reveal is View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 May 2022
- Blog Post
MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS
Year: Second Mom of: Mia (3.5 years old), Leo (4 months) Pre-HBS Industry: Banking Post-HBS Industry: eCommerce What is the best part about being a mom at HBS? HBS is probably one of the best places on earth to raise children! The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
York after graduating from college. Then, in 1988, Ferguson and Keith Clinkscales (MBA 1990) founded Urban Profile, a lifestyle magazine for young African-American professionals. “We didn’t consider printing costs or subscribers,” Ferguson remarks. “It’s View Details
- Profile
Dilan Gomih
what business school is about: it helps you find people you can help, and it comes back to you. There's an authenticity to the friendships among students and faculty. I got to know people quickly – people who will probably be at my... View Details
- 27 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Recovering from the Need to Achieve
steps create the probability that you will not be controlled by your fears," DeLong writes. "It means that as you begin a new behavior, begin a new relationship, take on a new job, or start on a challenging new assignment, you... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
complained that when they started, they were "blissful in their ignorance." But after this sustained development, they could now see problems, root down to their probable cause, design solutions, but the team members couldn't... View Details
- 12 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster
they need is probably not a panel discussion. Rather they need someone with a high degree of expertise and lived experience in the field to brainstorm individually around their challenge. These resources sit on top of the foundational... View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?
switch to alternative dairy products, whether for health, price or sustainability reasons. This transition will likely occur slowly and alternative dairy products probably won’t ever fully replace animal dairy products, but we feel that... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal
economics, and market design, was that the right was structured as what he terms a Before and After Right of First Refusal (BA-ROFR). The right holder is offered an initial deal by the asset owner—the landlord offers to sell the flat to the renter for $100,000, View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Box Office Power of Stars
We all understand at some level that stars in the worlds of film, sports, and even business create results. If you want big box office for Pirates of the Caribbean, it probably pays to sign Johnny Depp to play the lead. But Harvard... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?
product. Others were less negative, arguing that the Company probably had to do what it was doing to “stay in the game.” The Company’s management faced a major decision. On the one hand, it could unwind the effort to begin production in... View Details
- 16 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?
risk considered plausible. It assigned a probability of 11 percent to such a pandemic (against, for instance, a 19 percent assigned to global energy shortage or a 17 percent assigned to shortage of labor), making it not really that rare... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
an open-minded and approachable person in a more powerful position who can take the lead. Certainly we need to be prudent. But in a more rapidly changing world, finding opportunities in crises probably reduces your overall risk. To Learn... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
- 02 Aug 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?
“Engagement comes from spirit, and if the organization has little or no spirit—if it see mission as simply ‘maximizing shareholder value’—then engagement will remain an elusive thing.” George Yurieff added that “as long as the order entry numbers are on (or over)... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 May 2025
- Blog Post
How to Work with Search Firms
out The position they were calling about A sample conversation might go like this: "About two years ago you called me about a CFO position in East Overshoe, Minnesota. After some conversation we agreed that this probably was not a good... View Details