Publications

1997
Chapter

Building Competitive Advantage: Lessons from Other Countries

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Global Range

July–August 2014
Article

Sustainability in the Boardroom: Lessons from Nike's Playbook

By: Lynn S. Paine

One surprising role of Nike's corporate responsibility committee is to provide support for innovation. More and more companies recognize the importance of corporate responsibility to their long-term success—and yet the matter gets short shrift in most boardrooms,... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry

29 Sep 2022
Talk

Lessons from U.S. COVID Hospital Crisis

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Hospital Capacity; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Health Industry; United States

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Article

Lessons from the GoDaddy Customer Revolt

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Paul Myer Kominers

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July 18, 2012
Article

Leading Change: Two Stories, Four Lessons

By: Nancy F. Koehn

December 25, 2011
Article

Leadership Lessons From the Shackleton Expedition

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Leadership; Learning

1998
Article

Beyond Knowledge Management: Lessons from Japan

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi

Keywords: Knowledge; Learning; Japan

summer 2002
Article

Negotiating Lessons from the Browser Wars

By: James K. Sebenius

Keywords: Negotiation; Learning; Web

Article

The Dark Side of Strategic Alliances: Lessons from Volvo-Renault

By: Robert Bruner and Robert Spekman

This article explores sources of failure in strategic alliances drawing on field research into one of the most prominent alliance collapses in recent years. The alliance of Volvo and Renault married the two largest enterprises in their respective countries for economic... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Alliances; Failure; Auto Industry; Europe

26 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest

compensation decisions would impact perceptions of status, and ultimately, the likelihood of constructive dissent within the expedition teams. Nevertheless, this relatively minor decision did send a strong signal to others in the organization. The View Details

Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto

28 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Ground Game, Air Wars, and Other Marketing Lessons From Presidential Elections

key battleground states where candidates typically concentrate their campaign resources. "Marketing is very crucial in an election," Chung says. Lessons For Business Readers Chung says the paper may be the first to analyze the effects of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Apr 2021
Working Paper Summaries

The World Management Survey at 18: Lessons and the Way Forward

Keywords: by Daniela Scur, Raffaella Sadun, John Van Reenen, Renata Lemos, and Nicholas Bloom

12 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

classroom, discuss the case with my students, and find out what business lessons emerge for the rest of us who are not as tall, handsome, and muscular.” Read the first page of Anita Elberse's case study Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. View Details

Keywords: Re: Anita Elberse; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation

2018
Book

Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level

By: James K. Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns and Robert H. Mnookin (with a forward by Henry A. Kissinger)

As professors and practitioners with careers devoted to negotiation, we are often asked “Who are the world’s best negotiators? What makes them effective?” Inevitably Henry Kissinger’s name comes up as an elite, if controversial, negotiator from whom we can learn a... View Details

Keywords: History; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Personal Development and Career; Negotiation Style; United States