Filter Results:
(6,573)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(6,573)
- People (18)
- News (1,646)
- Research (3,597)
- Events (43)
- Multimedia (126)
- Faculty Publications (2,381)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(6,573)
- People (18)
- News (1,646)
- Research (3,597)
- Events (43)
- Multimedia (126)
- Faculty Publications (2,381)
- Video
Brinda Somaya
Brinda Somaya, founder and principal architect of Somaya and Kalappa Consultants, explains how conservation became a part of her architectural practice and narrates the story of her first conservation project, the NRK House in Mumbai. View Details
- 09 Jun 2021
- News
How the Retail Workforce Has Changed for Good
- 2022
- Book
Business Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know
By: J.S. Nelson and Lynn A. Stout
An authoritative and practical guide to business ethics, written in an accessible question-and-answer format. In today's turbulent business climate, business ethics are more important than ever. Surveys of employees show that misconduct is on the rise. Cover stories... View Details
Nelson, J.S., and Lynn A. Stout. Business Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022.
Richard S. Ruback
Richard S. Ruback is a Baker Foundation Professor and the Willard Prescott Smith Professor of Corporate Finance, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He is currently focusing his research in applied corporate finance, especially... View Details
- May 2022
- Article
Variance Analysis: New Insights from Health Care Applications
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Susanna Gallani
We use a health care application to illustrate how variance analysis can be used to benchmark costs across similar service delivery sites. Variances for personnel costs, typically the largest cost component in service organizations, are calculated for price, quantity,... View Details
Keywords: Variance Analysis; Benchmarking; Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Health Care; Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Service Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Susanna Gallani. "Variance Analysis: New Insights from Health Care Applications." Issues in Accounting Education 37, no. 2 (May 2022): 27–36.
- July 2024 (Revised March 2025)
- Technical Note
Note on Working with Relatives in the Family Enterprise
By: Christina R. Wing and Hillary B Sieber
This note delves into the intricacies of working with relatives, offering insights and strategic recommendations for navigating the opportunities and complexities inherent in such environments. This note will cover common challenges, best practices and key governance... View Details
Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Governance Controls; Family Business; Business or Company Management
Wing, Christina R., and Hillary B Sieber. "Note on Working with Relatives in the Family Enterprise." Harvard Business School Technical Note 625-034, July 2024. (Revised March 2025.)
- 21 Jun 2011
- News
The Business Secrets of Rock Bands
- 29 Sep 2013
- News
BlackBerry Rare Breakup Fee Seen Deterring Bids: Real M&A
- 17 Apr 2020
- News
Your boss said, ‘You’re furloughed.’ What does that mean exactly?
- 2017
- Chapter
Are Founder CEOs Good Managers?
By: Victor Manuel Bennett, Megan Lawrence and Raffaella Sadun
We investigate the management practices adopted by firms where the founders are also the CEOs using data from the World Management Survey. We find that founder CEO firms have the lowest management scores of any owner-manager pair type and that this difference is... View Details
Bennett, Victor Manuel, Megan Lawrence, and Raffaella Sadun. "Are Founder CEOs Good Managers?" Chap. 4 in Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges. Vol. 75, edited by John Haltiwanger, Erik Hurst, Javier Miranda, and Antoinette Schoar, 153–185. Studies in Income and Wealth (NBER). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- October 1976 (Revised October 1985)
- Case
Washington Post (A)
Concerns the 1975 strike of the pressmen against the Washington Post. Illustrates the importance of past practices of both unions and management and collective bargaining. Also illustrates implementation problems associated with new technologies as well as problems... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Labor Unions; Journalism and News Industry; District of Columbia
Fulmer, William E. "Washington Post (A)." Harvard Business School Case 677-076, October 1976. (Revised October 1985.)
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 19 Apr 2023
- Webinars: Career
LinkedIn for Interviewing
In this webinar from CPD and Jeremy Schifeling, LinkedIn's former head of student and alumni education, you'll learn how to better utilize LinkedIn's data resources and practice tools to prepare for your next interview, find discover the elements of an interview that... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics
- 03 Oct 2011
- News
Kodak's Patent Portfolio, Bankruptcy
- 23 Mar 2015
- News
Why Bad Habits Come Back to Bite Us
- 03 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description
Crafting a simple yet effective job description is a fine art. Many organizations miss the golden opportunity to write job descriptions that captures their culture, conveys what makes them unique, and describe the practical details of the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- January 2008
- Article
The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In 1979, a young associate professor at Harvard Business School published his first... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Five Forces Framework; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy
Porter, Michael E. "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008): 78–93.
- 24 Oct 2020
- News
The Fluctuating Quality of ISS Recommendations
- 26 Sep 2017
- News