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  • 2013
  • Working Paper

J. Richard Hackman (1940-2013)

By: Ruth Wageman and Teresa M. Amabile
When J. Richard Hackman died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 8, 2013, psychology lost a giant. Six and a half feet tall, with an outsize personality to match, Richard was the leading scholar in two distinct areas: work design and team effectiveness. In both... View Details
Keywords: Social Psychology; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry; Cambridge
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  • January 2014
  • Article

J. Richard Hackman (1940–2013)

By: Ruth Wageman and Teresa M. Amabile
When J. Richard Hackman died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 8, 2013, psychology lost a giant. Six and a half feet tall, with an outsize personality to match, Richard was the leading scholar in two distinct areas: work design and team effectiveness. In both... View Details
Keywords: Social Psychology; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry; Cambridge
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  • August 2024
  • Case

Cristina Ventura: The Career of a Catalyst

By: Linda A. Hill, Allison J. Wigen and Ruth Page
This multimedia case follows the career of Chief Catalyst Officer for the Lane Crawford Joyce Group (LCJG), Cristina Ventura. After beginning her career in luxury in Europe and Asia, Ventura was recruited in 2011 to open Apple’s flagship stores in Hong Kong and South... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Entrepreneurship; Luxury; Family Business; Personal Development and Career; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Technology Industry; Asia; China; Hong Kong
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  • June 2024 (Revised August 2024)
  • Case

Cementos Argos in the U.S.: Go Big or Go Home?

By: Jorge Tamayo, Ruth Costas, Pedro Levindo and Karina Souza
In April 2011, Colombian group Cementos Argos had to decide on whether to double down its business in the U.S., amidst the U.S. cement industry’s lowest performance in 30 years. Argos— Colombia’s leading cement producer and one of the “jewels” of Grupo GEA, the... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Organization; Business Subsidiaries; Talent and Talent Management; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Crisis; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Business Strategy; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Latin America; South America; North and Central America; United States; Colombia
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  • 07 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

limitations and constraints others have accepted, and set out to create new realities. This book is motivated by a simple observation: Leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity, problem solving, business growth-and even... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Hollywood Story

Ruth Epstein (MBA ’88) never went to film school, but nine years at Goldman Sachs proved to be great training for her new career in Hollywood. With fifteen-hour workdays filled with legal and financial negotiations, and the uncertainty of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information
  • 01 Jun 2016
  • News

Community Building

The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center opened this month, providing a vibrant hub of activity for the more than 10,000 senior executives who attend the School’s Executive Education programs each year. Located at the eastern terminus of Harvard... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

Executive Action

A rendering of the new Chao Center (Illustration by Goody Clancy) Harvard Business School broke ground for the construction of a new Executive Education facility—the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center—on April 24.... View Details
Keywords: Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

Chao Family Donates $40 Million to HBS

A MEMORABLE DAY: Dr. Chao and his daughters, flanked by Dean Nohria and Harvard President Drew Faust. HBS and Harvard University have received a $40 million gift from a foundation of Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and family, in tribute to the... View Details
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 26

and benefits and that bundled legislation is valued more than the sum of its parts. Study 2 shows this finding stems from a diminished focus on losses and heightened focus on gains. Study 3 extends our findings to policies involving costs and benefits of the same type... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

  PublicationsHow Leaders Kill Meaning at Work Authors:Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer Publication:The McKinsey Quarterly, no. 1 (January 2012) Abstract Senior executives routinely undermine creativity, productivity, and commitment by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • Web

The Reinvention of Kodak | Information Technology

Featured Case The Reinvention of Kodak The Kodak multimedia case highlights the company's reinvention efforts by its leadership to navigate near bankruptcy and industry disruption from new technology. It explores the resurgence of older... View Details
  • October 2024
  • Article

Challenges and Facilitators in Implementing Remote Patient Monitoring Programs in Primary Care

By: Ruth Hailu, Jessica Sousa, Mitchell Tang, Ateev Mehrotra and Lori Uscher-Pines
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in greater use of remote patient monitoring (RPM). However, the use of RPM has been modest compared to other forms of telehealth.
Objective: To identify and describe barriers to the implementation of RPM among primary... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Technology Adoption; Health Industry
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  • Web

Terror at the Taj Bombay: Customer-Centric Leadership | Information Technology

Featured Case Terror at the Taj Bombay: Customer-Centric Leadership On November 26, 2008, heavily armed terrorists launched a series of attacks throughout the city of Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay). One of the locations attacked was the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower,... View Details
  • Web

Lucky Ones Coffee: Employing People with Disabilities | Information Technology

from the local community, and by early 2023 Holyfield and Matkins operated two coffee shops with 17 employees. The two entrepreneurs must now decide how to grow their business to create still more jobs, and how to structure the business... View Details
  • Web

Featured Cases | Information Technology

Featured Cases Multimedia case studies extend learning beyond the classroom and enhance the case study methodology by deepening contextual understanding. Students are able to experience the immediacy and impact of real-time decisions and... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

The Evolving HBS Campus

appreciation of a gift from Lilian and André Esteves, cofounder and CEO of Brazil-based BTG Pactual. A “topping off” ceremony signaled the completion of the structural phase of the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center, scheduled to open in summer... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

@Soldiers Field

Photos by Susan Young Photos by Susan Young An Instagram-worthy sculpture in the shape of a cartoon speech bubble—and large enough to double as a bench—is one of four new campus art installations, on loan... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

The Evolving HBS Campus

seven-story glass and stone building includes residential space, classrooms, and gathering places used by more than 10,000 senior executives who participate in the School’s programs each year. Named in honor of Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975),... View Details
  • 8 PM – 10 PM EDT, 06 Apr 2016
  • HBS Alumni Events

HBS New York Young Alumni Networking Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2011-2015 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in New York. View Details