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  • June 2012 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Best Buy in Crisis

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In June 2012, Best Buy was in crisis. In 1996, Best Buy overtook Circuit City as the world's leader in consumer electronics retailing; however, 18 years later, Best Buy now found this position threatened. With $51 billion in revenues, it was still the biggest CE... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Competitive Strategy; Ethics; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; Retail Industry
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  • 24 Apr 2023
  • HBS Case

What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks

containing mind-altering chemicals THC and CBD commonly found in marijuana. But a new case study by Harvard Business School professor Ayelet Israeli about a new cannabis-infused beverage company reveals some of the significant and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage
  • 23 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

that gentrification can ruin neighborhoods by forcing out existing businesses that serve the needs of the locals. “We found that changes in the local economy—such as a new coffee shop opening—can predict gentrification,” says Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Finance (Q3) (also listed under Finance) Raymond Kluender Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling Mark Roberge , Lou Shipley Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 Mark Roberge , Lou Shipley , DJ DiDonna Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building the First... View Details
  • Profile

Bobby Tuohy

team of twelve, Bobby split his time between field operations and headquarters, where he led the charge for acquiring necessary resources. “It was the service and leadership I wanted.” Deepening tech skills and leadership abilities As his... View Details
  • 27 Jan 2023
  • Op-Ed

Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?

They have been found guilty and sentenced to prison sentences of 11 and 13 years, respectively. Former McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook agreed to pay a $400,000 fine and accept a five-year ban on serving on public company boards on... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 26 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 26

about the history of bioethanol producers. Our findings show that plants founded during the industrial policy program tend to be, in the long run, more productive than those founded before the program was in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

the researchers found a 7.7 percent increase in the average partisanship of executive teams in that 12-year period, with particularly high year-over-year increases in 2010, 2012, and 2016. Overall,... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

    John C. Mulliken

    Strategy consultant, former CTO & CPO, public & private company board member, retail & climatetech entrepreneur, early stage investor.  Father of two, husband, sailor, hiker, and aspirational road biker.

    John is a senior lecturer in the... View Details
    • 28 Mar 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation

    Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Food and Drug Administration faced the task of convincing a skeptical public of the safety of new vaccines when the agency began authorizing them for emergency use less than a year after the pandemic began. Ultimately, the... View Details
    Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Pharmaceutical
    • 03 Jan 2023
    • Book

    Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

    those bands? What would leaders do if they found that they’re underpaying an employee? “That's often an inhibitor to people having this conversation because they're afraid of what they'll find,” says Opie. Step 2: Building a bridge... View Details
    Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
    • 10 May 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

    Nohria write in the introductory chapter. Yet until recently, scholars have found the subject of leadership difficult to tackle. Why has serious scholarship overlooked or avoided the topic of leadership? Rakesh Khurana: Business schools... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
    • 14 Jul 2023
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

    authored multiple high-impact publications and is the inventor of several patents leveraging the use of biomaterials for drug delivery and diagnosis. During her fellowship, Núria will serve as a founding scientific member to translate... View Details
    • 15 Nov 2022
    • Op-Ed

    Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)

    turning to it for purposes quite different from entertainment. A search for a lunch idea on TikTok returns a collection of videos instead of a list as might be found on Google. A search for a news topic produces creator curations. A July... View Details
    Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
    • Web

    Our Values | About

    instantly. Campus security can be reached, night and day, by calling 617.495.5577, and HUPD is available at 617.495.1212 if any individual senses a threat to their personal safety. Both HUPD and HBS have increased patrols by officers and other security personnel. And... View Details
    • 11 Jan 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

    crucial, especially for managers trying to lead widely dispersed teams during difficult times, says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Julian Zlatev. Many managers believe in maintaining emotional boundaries with employees, but... View Details
    Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
    • 18 Nov 2022
    • HBS Case

    What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

    Last year, the pioneering Black-owned global asset management firm Brown Capital Management found itself at a crossroads. The secret to its success had been a deliberately diverse hiring strategy, but with the looming retirement of its... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
    • Blog

    Your Coach Will Help You Become a Better Leader

    different, all are designed to accelerate your growth as an individual, a team member, and a leader. Who are the coaches? Our executive coaches are seasoned professionals with proven success working with mid-to-senior-level executives.... View Details
    • 24 Jan 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

    commercial product, microbe-enhanced cotton seeds, on an accelerated product development timeline. In late 2016, as the company was about to launch its second product, winter wheat, the management team proposed to again accelerate the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 16 Oct 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

    Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. In studying 100 founders of Indian software companies, they found that those who exert more hands-on management—keeping close tabs on workers with regular evaluations, setting expectations, creating... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman