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  • 06 Jan 2021
  • News

A Message from Dean Srikant Datar

these skills necessary to make wise and critical judgments. We'll have to think imaginatively about the implications of these technologies on our research and in our educational programs. Finally, I'd say that I'm a very strong believer... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

From Where We Stand

told you at the start of your career? NAINA LAL KIDWAI Naina Lal Kidwai (MBA 1982), country head, HSBC India, director, HSBC Asia-Pacific, New Delhi, India Keep your worst critic close to you. If you care to... View Details
  • 30 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

pricing and the merits of billing over time. Also, see an excerpt from a recent Harvard Business Review article by Gourville and collaborator Dilip Soman. Mahoney: What are some first steps managers can take once they have decided to tackle their pricing strategy? Are... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
  • 01 Jun 2020
  • News

Meal Plan

consumed outside of the home, we felt it was critical to continue to operate—our restaurants serve 4.3 million meals a day on average. With so many of our locations already set up for drive-in, drive-through, and takeout, about 97 percent... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; restaurants; COVID-19; pandemic; recovery; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
  • 05 Nov 2021
  • Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
  • 01 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 1

production. We also discuss design flexibility as an intervening variable that is critical in intermediating conflicts that commons organizations cannot resolve. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2321691 NBC and the 2012... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

The Prophet of Start-Ups

ahead of the competition,” says Robert A. McCabe (MBA ’58), a close friend and former investment banker at Lehman Brothers. A Man of Action During World War II, Doriot played a critical role in the Allied victory — and learned how to... View Details
Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

program management is critical is related to decisions that maximize the performance of the system as a whole, but involve trade-offs at the individual project level. For example, it is far more effective for an orbiter to relay signals... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

networks are critical to leader decision making. These case studies also suggest several conditions under which strong exposure is more or less likely to lead to decisions that truly reflect prior career imprints. First, leader decision... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 02 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15602   PublicationsSeven Lessons for Leading in Crisis Author:Bill George Publication:Warren Bennis Series. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, 2009 Abstract Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis outlines the seven View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

Making Dental Care Accessible to All in Brazil No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316149-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-062 HBS in 2016 The case explores opportunities and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 29

http://hbr.org/search/214005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 114-009 Contempo Technologies, Inc. and Betty Sievers: A Clash of Interests in an Uncertain Time In an era of rapidly evolving systems of health care delivery, the impact... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

Mike Babcock, as head coach? Or was it sub-coaches and player-leaders who made the judgment calls at critical moments? The answer, of course, is all of the above. Even at the top, leaders often come in pairs, trios, and quartets,... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • 10 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons from the Browser Wars

order to slow the build-up of network effects around the first mover and ensure that the second mover's product begins to build up a critical mass. A number of smaller strategic elements converge to generate this window of opportunity,... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology
  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

Building a Movement

organizations—our students today do not care about this divide. So many of them come to HBS with a deep interest not only in making profit but also in doing good. So it’s multiple stakeholders putting pressure on businesses, and... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

notion of strategy was put away,” another said. “In the most critical times, it was just next month.” Inflation was a particular problem. Argentina’s annual inflation rate reached 438 per cent in 1976, and 3058 per cent in 1989. “I... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

crisis to end, a better approach is to embrace this time,” Gino says. “We might find new routines and activities that we appreciate more.” Tap into your inner spark of curiosity. Curiosity is critical to learning, innovation, and even... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
  • 07 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

providing information for students on CWA's history, the nature of Section 363 auctions, and the bidders who were involved in the process. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=908004 Connectivity in Health View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 14

about and acknowledging his own contributions to organizational underperformance or other work problems is critical to getting employees to improve and generating positive business results. He notes his approach reduced his employees'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 15

  Publications August 2013 American Economic Review Private Equity, Jobs, and Productivity By: Davis, Steven J., John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda Abstract—Private equity critics claim that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne