Always On - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

[This is the sixth installment in a monthly series on management issues in the time of COVID-19.] We recently asked 600 CEOs: What is keeping you awake at night during this global pandemic? A major and multifaceted concern that emerged is... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

Profile

Eduardo Avalos

your most memorable classroom moment? HBS has a section tradition called Flag Day in which we deliver small presentations on each country represented our classroom. I am a dual citizen of Mexico and the U.S. I proudly represent two... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Counter Intelligence

big believer in focusing on the job that you do, and I’ve always wanted to be the best at whatever that was,” says Christou, who did well enough that he was soon promoted to assistant general manager. It was... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

10 Feb 2020
In Practice

6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy

involving artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and the Internet of Things are changing the way business leaders think about strategy. Here’s what they said: 1. Talent and data are more critical than ever “Traditionally, companies focused View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

past will always trump the future—people prefer not to know about the future because it's so threatening to entrenched interests and to career competencies." Tushman has been focusing his research on... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

21 Mar 2019
HBS Case

The Ferrari Way

“If you drive a Ferrari, you put premium petrol in the tank, you hit the motorway, and you step on the gas.” —Soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic That purring engine. The buttery soft leather. Those sleek curves. The essence of a Ferrari... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto

24 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

earlier—the fact that surveyed employees respond as if their practical capacity were always fully utilized. The Impact of Practical Capacity This table shows the effect on cost assignment when we use rates... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson

Portrait Project

Rory Finnegan

When writing to my grandmother, my very first pen pal, I’d sign my name in cursive with a looping heart attached. It flowed easily from the tip of a glitter pen. Grandma always wrote back, indulging my love of correspondence with neat... View Details

Profile

Chris Aguemon

Coming to HBS is like Waking up one day and realizing you’re a wizard like the case with Harry Potter. The opportunities are endless, the realities of what you can accomplish limitless, and the resources around you to do so are abundant.... View Details

17 Dec 2020
News

Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta

Plex, is also the youngest-ever president of the club, with a mandate to inspire a new generation of diverse business leaders in Japan. “I feel honored, humbled, and thrilled to take on this role as the first female president,” says... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

08 Sep 2022
Book

Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?

Engage with your frontline teams. Never waste a good crisis. Get ready for the long haul. Go on the offense to win now. Always follow your True North. Go to the front lines In surveying the shifting terrain... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

Profile

Brice Fodouop

strong impact on Africa. The Africa Business Conference attracts a thousand people a year; the alumni base on the continent is important to me.” “The HBS ecosystem has been critical in my first few months... View Details

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It

would take to escape the kinds of mazes in which we are always subject to the designs of others. The book is as much about inspiring us to ask the important questions as it is about taking control of our destinies. Q: In challenging the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

When Agreeing to Disagree Is a Good Beginning

School’s Program on Negotiation. “What was it that they figured out that allowed for disagreement to be productive? What can we all do so that disagreement turns out to be productive rather than damaging?” Key, the researchers found, was... View Details

Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette

Web

Generative AI - Alumni

responsibly and effectively in your job search, and leverage HBS's GenAI resources and guidance below. GenAI for Your Job Search View highlights from a webinar on leveraging ChatGPT and other GenAI tools in your job search. View... View Details

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

insurmountable strengths. Incumbents, however, almost always lose battles where the attacker has a legitimate disruptive innovation. To create a new-growth business, companies—established incumbents and start-ups alike—must be View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

Profile

Varnika Menghnani

clearly, especially in her voice, was a story of a postman in France who has a dream of building a palace. I was always intrigued by how he successfully builds a palace with random stones he finds every day View Details

16 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Are You a Strategist?

powerful impact on practice. But the benefits have not come without costs." Montgomery maintains that strategy has been narrowed to a competitive game plan, separate from a firm's larger sense of purpose. This has led to the eclipse of... View Details