Publications

Portrait Project

Onaizah Panhwar

for the values they instilled in me. Twelve years ago, my parents and I were in a driving accident in which they both passed away. I survived the accident with a scarred face and a head injury but immediately after, I had to step up for... View Details

Blog

The Female Executive's Perspective: A conversation with HBS AMP Women on Applying

consider taking advantage of AMP. While the traditional AMP program has taken place entirely on campus over seven continuous weeks, we now deliver the program in two formats, designed for busy senior executives. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the View Details

Responsibility of Business

rich collections at the Harvard libraries, along with energetic assistance from the librarians, were also indispensable resources. During my fellowship, I was honestly surprised by the number of faculty who were critically examining the purpose of View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

The Power of Many

and values alumni gifts — even smaller contributions. Our support — big or small — enhances every aspect of the HBS experience that we all found so special.” Faheen Allibhoy (MBA 2003), HBS Alumni Board Member (photo by Susan Young)... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Andrews, Raymond Remembered

increasingly interested in the study of ethics and personal values in the workplace and encouraged practicing managers to write about this subject for the magazine. Raymond was a member of the HBS faculty from 1950 to 1987. As faculty... View Details

Portrait Project

Polina Yampolska

and attain inner peace. Only this inner peace will allow me to find my place in civilization and journey along my path, improving the lives of people and organizations and living by values akin to those of the Hippocratic Oath: to be... View Details

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U.S. Competitiveness Project - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network U.S. Competitiveness Project U.S.... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

Alumni Bookshelf

Capital: The Story of Long-Term Investment Excellence by Charles D. Ellis (MBA 1963) (Wiley) Ellis’s latest book takes an inside look at The Capital Group Companies, revealing the people, practices, and values that have brought this firm... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jan 2009
News

Robert F. Greenhill, MBA 1962

Founder and Chairman, Greenhill & Co., LLC Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education: B.A., Philosophy, Yale University, 1958 On Leadership: “Leadership flourishes when the organization values respect and... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Four Promoted to Full Professor

(1979) and a DBA (1992), both from HBS. Stuart C. Gilson has been a member of the HBS faculty since 1991. His research focuses on how companies can create value by restructuring their assets, operations, and financial obligations in... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

high consideration. Spiritual and ethical factors are often viewed as separate “silos,” but these core values pervasively shape, bind, and energize the economic culture. Long-term policy and growth must emanate from—and reflect—the... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

suggest ways in which the School and the larger alumni community might work together to provide maximum value to HBS graduates. The Alumni Communications Committee is chaired by Byron Carlock (MBA '88). Communication is the key to keeping... View Details

03 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 3

Carliss Y. Abstract—How do firms create and capture value in large technical systems? In this paper, I argue that the points of both value creation and value capture are the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

create value for shareholders and society alike. That worked in many cases. But some executives who were loaded up with stock options succumbed to the temptation to “game” a financial-markets inefficiency, inefficiencies caused by... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

April 2021 (Revised April 2021)
Case

Project Restart: Deciding the Future of English Football

By: Nour Kteily and Deepak Malhotra

In March 2020, the English Premier League football (soccer) season was suspended partway through due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two months later the season remained in limbo, with a looming deadline to decide whether to attempt to complete the season or curtail it—and... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Sports; Health Pandemics; Decision Making; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Motivation and Incentives; Outcome or Result; Perception; Negotiation; Sports Industry; United Kingdom

March 2021 (Revised June 2022)
Case

Bill Wilson: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer

This case describes the life choices of Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. A young man with tremendous potential, Wilson hit rock bottom as a drunk. An epiphany, coupled with his personal drive, led him to build a worldwide organization that has helped... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Nonprofit Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career

October 1991 (Revised October 2004)
Case

Hilton Manufacturing Company

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

A professional manager is hired by a small manufacturing company after the president discovers he made poor decisions. One product appears to be unprofitable, whereas the product sold in highest volume is under competitive price pressure. A crude cost accounting system... View Details

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Asset Pricing; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Decisions; Governance Controls; Performance Effectiveness; Business Strategy; Two-Sided Platforms; Fair Value Accounting; Manufacturing Industry

December 2005 (Revised November 2006)
Case

Corning, 2002

By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn

Corning, with large investments in fiber optic technology, was hit particularly hard by the collapse of the telecommunications industry in 2001. With over $4 billion in debt, the firm's survival appears to rest on raising additional equity capital. The protagonist is... View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Financial Condition; Financial Instruments; Valuation; Capital; Public Equity; Stock Shares; Business or Company Management; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry