Going Public - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

demonstrably bright future ahead. Like the talent point above, C-level executives at companies that were rocket ships at one point find themselves either laid off or disillusioned by their future prospects. That stretch VP of sales? Go... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

response to it, particularly in the developed economies, fits this description. Environmentalism, as we have known it since the 1960s, has been grounded in the physical sciences, law, economics, and public policy. Advocates for strong... View Details

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

one—including how things like data sourcing, volume, diversity, privacy and security will be handled. Data can be acquired in a number of ways including crawling public data, finding data-rich partners, gathering it from customers, or... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

function more at the center of things and avoids a risky conversation with the CEO about why training might not solve the problem. “It is threatening, which is why most people don’t want to go through what we call an honest collective and... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

09 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

instruction, putting them significantly behind Hispanics (21 percent) and whites (38 percent). With significantly less support than white children, Black students go on to complete four-year programs at View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

million square feet of office space rented by companies like Honeywell and KPMG, EcoWorld features 134 thousand square feet of retail and other public spaces. During our tour, we saw first-hand how these View Details

12 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb

“In times of crisis, when tensions are running high and discrimination is spiking in the world around us, you're going to be more susceptible to it if you're a platform that has decided to have a design that enables it,” says Luca, who... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Technology; Travel

28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

under construction in Boston, Massachusetts, but before going any further, the two leaders plan to discuss what they have learned so far from their U.S. experience and how that should inform their strategic growth decisions moving... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

confidently maintain and expand its leadership in education and research for future generations. HMC's investment portfolio is evolving. Repositioning of the portfolio's liquid assets— public equities and hedge funds—is well underway.... View Details

01 Jun 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

involving two or more constituents with both power and interest, should they postpone action? Should they act but do it quietly with as little publicity as possible, hoping that the decision will go... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

Picture the Jamaican bobsled team going for the gold at the Winter Olympics. Or competitors in what seem fundamentally unbalanced battles: the Chicago Cubs versus the New York Yankees, Apple versus Microsoft, and Southwest Airlines versus... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Are You Supporting Your B Players?

to for lifestyle reasons. There are others who aren't ever going to be stars, "which is fine," said DeLong. Unlike A players, B players are often more secure in their objectives and know where they want to go. They need less... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

How to Avoid a Price Increase

downsizing versus price increases from two perspectives: how manufacturers and the public think consumers behave, and how consumers actually behave. What did your research show? A: The research Jay Koehler and I have conducted shows that... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

revenues—she increases her chances of getting a large bonus the following year. This is a variation on the "big bath" theory of corporate financial reporting: If you're going to take a loss, take as big a loss as possible.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

25 Mar 2015
HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

institution whose mission is to expose the public to art, this aggressive digital marketing and selling raises uncomfortable questions about the difference between disseminating artwork and profiting from it. "Museum marketing... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

experiences and reactions in the context of their current workplaces. In the results below, we focus on women who are working full time. About half of alumnae had recently experienced some kind of harassment, ranging from sexually suggestive comments to pressure to... View Details

18 Jan 2018
News

The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast

tend to have a really nice quality perception, it also helped improve our overall quality scores. So, it really was the trifecta in terms of overall performance. Morrell: So this pilot process begins in the San Diego market. Did you go on... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

going dark, fearful of offending or of being accused of taking advantage of an unfortunate situation for corporate gain. According to estimates from a March 2020 survey of marketers conducted by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, nearly... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

12 Oct 2017
News

Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

the decision to deepen his commitment to serving others by enrolling in a seminary program at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. “I’d been thinking about it for a long time,” he reflects. “I had been feeling led on this path for most of my life, but... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

are offered in public and private cohorts. Public cohorts include individuals and participants from other companies, while private cohorts are limited to participants from your organization. Can a faculty... View Details

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