CEO Role - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

including cars and refrigerators. It has projects in development with GM's OnStar and in cloud computing. In addition, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam sees small "pots of gold" everywhere in the business, even in the traditional... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

13 Dec 2016
First Look

December 13, 2016

health care marketplace and make competing on value central to their strategy. All stakeholders in the health care industry—regulators, providers, insurers, employers, and patients themselves—have roles to play in creating real... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

not see their role ‘as an enabler of direct public participation in decision-making through formats such as deliberative meetings, and do not believe there are personal benefits for investing in these activities.’ And yet if society is to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

grow: What types of hiring challenges will I face? Which investors should I try to target at my company's various stages of growth—and what challenges will they introduce? Will I be replaced as CEO at some point, and, if so, will I... View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

Unless men embrace their role in eliminating gender bias and barriers, organizations and institutions will never leverage the value that women bring to the workplace. “Most positions of power are still held by men,” says Colleen Ammerman,... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

perspectives from founders, CEOs and numerous executives, board members, partners, customers, analysts, and the tech and financial press. Two of the firms became cognitive referents for online investing while the other three fizzled out.... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

01 Mar 2014
News

Generation Next

done at Godrej. (Earlier consultants, she notes, often operated as yes-men for her father.) They didn't disappoint: Vivek Gambhir (MBA 1997), the Bain partner who headed the project, notably challenged the status quo, and Nisa went on to hire him as head of strategy... View Details

Keywords: Mark Bergen; Godrej Group; Management

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

focus on entrepreneurial actors trying to deliver better health and education outcomes at a lower cost and requiring less time to more people. He also will discuss the role of ventures in addressing climate change. Some of the... View Details

September 2019 (Revised September 2019)
Case

Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

By: John R. Wells, Carole A. Winkler and Benjamin Weinstock

In August 2019, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The first major storm of protest followed the surprise election of Donald Trump as President of the United States on November 8, 2016; many put the blame at the door of fake... View Details

Keywords: Facebook; Fake News; Mark Zuckerberg; Donald Trump; Algorithms; Social Networks; Partisanship; Social Media; App Development; Instagram; WhatsApp; Smartphone; Silicon Valley; Office Space; Digital Strategy; Democracy; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Controversy; Tencent; Agility; Social Networking; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Messaging; Monetization Strategy; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Headquarters; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Trends; Communication; Communication Technology; Forms of Communication; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Crime and Corruption; Voting; Demographics; Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Initial Public Offering; Profit; Revenue; Geography; Geographic Location; Global Range; Local Range; Country; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; International Relations; National Security; Political Elections; Business History; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Information Management; Information Publishing; News; Newspapers; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Dissemination; Human Capital; Law; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Systems; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Marketing Channels; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Monopoly; Media; Product Development; Service Delivery; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Rank and Position; Opportunities; Behavior; Emotions; Identity; Power and Influence; Prejudice and Bias; Reputation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Status and Position; Trust; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Valuation; Advertising Industry; Communications Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; California; Sunnyvale; Russia

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17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

group decided that I would be the social director!" The benefit was having a good excuse to invite Levitt, who was not teaching in the AMP program, to dinner. "We became good friends," she recalls, adding that she applied a number of Levitt's insights... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

01 Jan 2014
News

To Spot Financial Trouble Early, Use Three Circles: A conversation with Blythe McGarvie of Harvard Business School

10 Mar 2015
News

Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

with a successful entrepreneurial track record and a Boston address. “I am a tech CEO.” With so few women in leadership roles in the information technology sector and a dramatic gender imbalance throughout the field, Kraus’s title is more... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2012
News

Faculty Research Online

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’ CEOs of global companies increasingly mandate that their employees learn English. The problem: these workers can experience a loss of status and believe they aren’t as effective in... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2011
News

Extraordinary People

getting the job done. Over the years he transformed Joh. A. Benckiser SE (JAB) from a small, privately held German company into a successful global powerhouse. In addition to serving as chairman and CEO of JAB, Harf’s many View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

25 Oct 2019
News

Jane Fraser Named President of Citigroup

Jane Fraser (MBA 1994) was named president of Citigroup this week, also taking on the role of CEO of Global Consumer Banking at the bank. The position, notes CNN, makes her second-in-command at the country’s... View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Elaine L. Chao (MBA 1979)

positions in the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, including director of the Peace Corps, president and CEO of United Way of America, and her present post, U.S. Secretary of Labor. I remember driving to Boston with my parents to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2007
News

Pharma Suits a Farm Gal

GRAHAM: From rodeo to CEO. Amylin Pharmaceuticals CEO Ginger Graham (MBA ’86) had a good year in 2006, with Amylin stock up as much as 45 percent, with Byetta and Symlin, its two innovative diabetes drugs, performing well, and with the... View Details

Keywords: biopharmaceutical company; Health, Social Assistance; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

14 Apr 2023
Blog Post

New MBA Course Asks Students: What’s More Important—Purpose or Profits?

Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS). Over two days, 11 faculty members from across the School taught five new cases involving companies ranging from Microsoft to Sweden’s Northvolt electric battery maker, raising questions about the View Details

02 May 2023
News

Banking’s Regular Rescuer

Photo via LinkedIn Photo via LinkedIn With this week's takeover of First Republic, the New York Times took a look at how JPMorgan Chase, led by CEO Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982), has leveraged its role as the go-to... View Details

29 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

purpose-driven brands. More recently, I served as CEO of a private equity-backed beauty and wellness company. Like many career journeys, my path ebbed and flowed. When my kids were young, I decided to step away from full-time View Details

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