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  • 08 Apr 2015
  • News

Why and how managers should help workers set boundaries

  • 27 Apr 2022
  • News

Healthy (and Unhealthy) Coping Strategies for Anxious Times

  • July 2010 (Revised December 2010)
  • Case

Beohemija's Duel

By: Das Narayandas and Kerry Herman
Vladimir Joksic, Director of Marketing for Serbia's Beohemija, along with his marketing team has managed to grow Duel, the firm's soap powder offering from single digits to almost 40% of the Serbian market in just a few short years. He has used innovative and... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Growth and Development; Innovation Strategy; Management Teams; Marketing; Product Launch; Competition; Consumer Products Industry
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  • Research Summary

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

By: Sandra J. Sucher

In this research I develop cases and articles that provide thought-provoking, real-world examples of the ways in which social identity differences emerge and are managed in the workplace, and the skills needed to constructively engage with differences to create and... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Equity; Social Issues
  • 21 Aug 2017
  • News

Help Your Team Achieve Work-Life Balance — Even When You Can’t

  • 17 Jun 2021
  • Blog Post

Setting a Higher Bar on Fatherhood

Though my classroom experience may look similar to any other student, it’s in that extracurricular time that the differences come to life. Sure, I don’t attend as many social events as the average student, but it’s not a major loss when I have a small fan club of my... View Details
  • 2021
  • Case

Starbucks: Opposing a Local Tax to Address Homelessness while Promoting Social Justice

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
In 2018, the Seattle City Council unanimously voted 9-0 for a tax that would require companies whose annual revenue surpassed $20 million to pay the city $275 per employee per year. The tax money would then be used to combat homelessness in Seattle. In response,... View Details
Keywords: Taxation; City; Welfare; Wealth and Poverty; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Seattle
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  • April 2004 (Revised June 2004)
  • Case

Entrepreneurship Goes Global: ResMed's Gamble

By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Andrew N. McLean and Meg Glinska
On the basis of its innovative medical device for treating sleep apnea, CEO Peter Farrell has made Australian-born ResMed a successful global company. But the company is struggling to implement a strategy to expand the device from its focused core market to a much... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Globalization; Innovation and Management; Management; Marketing Channels; Production; Expansion; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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  • 17 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817067-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-042 Casper Sleep Inc.: Marketing the 'One Perfect Mattress for Everyone' “A Warby Parker of mattresses? Somebody is going to do it. Why not us?” This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2013
  • Case

An Entrepreneur's New Product Development Journey

By: Elie Ofek
This case tracks the new product development process undertaken by Gauri Nanda, the founder and CEO of Nanda Home, as she ventures to innovate beyond her initial product launches. Having achieved commercial success with her first product Clocky, a roll away alarm clock... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Product Development; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 2018
  • Article

Knowledge about Tuberculosis and Infection Prevention Behavior: A Nine City Longitudinal Study from India

By: Sophie Huddart, Thomas Bossuroy, Vincent Pons, Siddhartha Baral, Madhukar Pai and Clara Delavallade
Background
Improving patients’ tuberculosis (TB) knowledge is a salient component of TB control strategies. Patient knowledge of TB may encourage infection prevention behaviors and improve treatment adherence. The purpose of this study is to examine how... View Details
Keywords: Health Disorders; Knowledge Dissemination; Behavior; India
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  • 09 Apr 2024
  • Book

Why Work Rituals Bring Teams Together and Create More Meaning

than a decade ago. He quickly became conscious of the high-wire act of books, music, and snuggles as he and his wife attempted to soothe their child to sleep each night. As the coauthor of a previous book about the link between our... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Web

Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

firm-specific sanctions instead of blanket tariffs. February 2025 Case Dreaming Big: Calm Considers Spinning Off Its Sleep Experience By: Sara McKinley Torti January 2025 Case Duolingo: On a "Streak" By: Jeffrey F. Rayport , Nicole... View Details
  • 14 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

When a Vacation Isn’t Enough, a Sabbatical Can Recharge Your Life—and Your Career

time when some companies are pushing employees to think of themselves as little more than a cog in a wheel. “Americans see business as very much like Elon Musk sleeping under his desk, not Steve Jobs learning calligraphy,” DiDonna says.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

The Imposter Among Us

better when I am getting enough sleep and allowing myself to explore and find excitement and mastery outside the workplace. —Samantha Trotman Burman (MBA 1993) Bitte? When the subsidiary north of Toronto was divested, the incumbent HQ... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • Web

Faculty & Research - Entrepreneurship

country to avoid the higher taxes. Research in the aftermath of the 2018 U.S.-China trade war examined this phenomenon, finding that, while tariff circumventi... More Research February 2025 Case Dreaming Big: Calm Considers Spinning Off Its View Details
  • 16 Nov 2021
  • HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

depression, sleep and appetite disorders, and addiction. Some workers had hanged themselves or set themselves on fire, while others had jumped out of windows, off highway overpasses, or onto train tracks. According to the case, the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
  • 05 Oct 2023
  • News

On the Move: Massimo (Max) Magni (MBA 2003)

Our “On the Move” series highlights HBS alumni who are taking on new roles and responsibilities. Here we speak with Massimo (Max) Magni (MBA 2003), who has been named Macy’s new chief customer and digital officer. In this role, Magni will take charge of Macy’s digital... View Details
Keywords: Retail Trade
  • 31 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World

commonsense default rather than sleeping late and eating berries? How did it become normal to work more than what is necessary for survival? This was one of the texts that helped canonize and codify the basic ingredients of capitalism.”... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna