Publications

03 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series

developed by HBS Professors Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna. To date, the CEM project has conducted deep and impactful interviews with business leaders in 30 countries across emerging markets on topics... View Details

01 Sep 2024
News

Ink: Framing the Full Picture

Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

03 May 2019
News

Giving Voice to Black and Hispanic Women

investment in terms of making a decision to develop a magazine that will speak volumes about how these two communities, particularly Hispanic women and black women, are going to make a difference in the lives of all of us as we continue... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Student-Profile

Ahmmad Brown

wanting to refine the way I think.” Ahmmad believes his MBA program helped him develop a clear and concise style of thinking and writing, which enables him to quickly get to the heart of an issue. After spending two years as a consultant... View Details

01 Apr 1999
News

HBS Collaboration Helps Management Education for Minority Students

seminars and participate in internships with member corporations. In addition, the Alliance has put a priority on helping each school develop an educational strategy focused on business practice. "Developing... View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

26 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Where is Home for the Global Firm?

example, the fragmentation of production around the world, distribution outlets worldwide, and research and development facilities that capitalize on local talent pools. But we still basically think that firms belong to some home View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

it." Still, companies around the country are managing to pick their way through such uncomfortable territory in an effort to respond to their employees' deeper yearnings. While spirituality is a highly individual and personal matter,... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

10 Apr 2015
News

Former Harpoon CEO Launches New Craft Beer Venture

Keywords: Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Oct 1999
News

The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success

Do successful firms in different countries share cultural traits? HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé's long-standing interest in this and related research has led him, with Professor John U. Farley of Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School, to examine... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them

Frei. Their customers are better off and the organizations earn a disproportionate share of the profits over their competitors. Frei, who spoke with HBS alumni on June 4 in a session titled "Capitalizing on the Power of the Customer," said three successful... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2021
News

Monaco's Digital Transformation

the budget, and the people needed to have a coherent and consistent vision,” says Genta. Another key asset is the country’s cohesiveness as noted by Prince Albert when he established the Extended Monaco, Smart Principality program that Genta oversees: “Monaco, in a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

January 2020
Case

Ureed.com: The Marketplace for Language

By: Ashley V. Whillans, Esel Çekin and Alpana Thapar

Jordanian entrepreneur, Nour Al Hassan, founded Tarjama in 2008, tapping into an underserved and high demand need: Arabic translation service. Its lean model comprised of hiring full-time employees, mainly women, who worked from home. It steadily grew over the... View Details

Keywords: Language Translation; Freelancers; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Management; Expansion; Quality; Growth and Development Strategy

April 2011
Case

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts: Alternative Futures

By: Allen Grossman and Coleman Radell

Ren Levy took over Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts when it was a group of warring constituents and has successfully brought a diverse group of arts organizations together. View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategy; Arts

June 2010 (Revised January 2012)
Case

Blue Man Group: Creativity, Life and Surviving an Economic Meltdown

In 2008, Blue Man Group's three co-founders are facing the prospect of losing not just a business but a way of life they have built together. The case follows the story of Chris Wink, Matt Goldman, and Phil Stanton as they pursue their creative passion and build the... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

24 Apr 2014
News

For African farmers looking to escape poverty, honey brings sweet success

Yusuf Keshavjee (OPM 17, 1991) helps African farmers and their families escape poverty through beekeeping. He cofounded Honey Care Africa (HCA), a private-sector enterprise in Kenya that partners with local NGOs and international View Details

Web

Forest L. Reinhardt | About

HBS campus. Professor Reinhardt has taught HBS’s required MBA courses on Strategy and on Business, Government, and the International Economy. He has developed and introduced elective courses on Food and... View Details

June 2004 (Revised November 2004)
Case

Microsoft in 2004

By: Michael G. Rukstad, David B. Yoffie, Brian DeLacey and Deborah Freier

Surveys Microsoft's expansion into new businesses, such as mobile and embedded devices, home and entertainment, and business solutions, as it faces challenges due to size and maturity and outside threats from Linux and Google. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Applications and Software; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Washington (state, US)