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  • 26 Sep 2011
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Lady Gaga

tour, "Fame Kills." The event was supposed to launch in November but, on September 13, West famously stormed the stage at the MTV Music Awards, just as the young country star Taylor Swift was accepting the award for Best Female... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Entertainment & Recreation; Music
  • 08 May 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Capitalizing On Innovation: The Case of Japan

Keywords: by Robert Dujarric & Andrei Hagiu
  • 10 Nov 2015
  • Blog Post

Using an MBA for a Career Change

file cabinets??  So I applied to business schools and was lucky enough to be admitted to HBS.  I tried out things I never would have done had I stayed in auditing.  HBS FIELD 2 at Dafiti.com in Sao PauloAcademic immersion experience during first year Every January... View Details
  • 11 Mar 2024
  • News

In Harmony

private equity in Asia, Kim was born 60 years ago into a very different Korea. In 1970, when Kim was seven years old, Korea’s annual GDP per capita was just under $280. Still recovering from war and finding its financial footing, it’s a View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park
  • 10 May 2010
  • Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

negotiated relationship that individuals have with other individuals or that individuals have with society. In addition, there is a cultural quality about what constitutes a leader that changes across social situations, whether we are discussing gender or issues in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • 15 Dec 2023
  • News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Norwegian investment fund for developing countries which has committed 60 percent of its portfolio to sub-Saharan Africa. Fynn asked the panelists why they’re investing and building businesses in Africa; why they believe companies,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 28 Mar 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

in his recent book, some are less fungible than others. Germany was cited by Peter Sebregondi as a country that has pursued an enlightened strategy toward manufacturing, through its continued support of an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing
  • July – August 2009
  • Article

Restoring American Competitiveness

By: Gary P. Pisano and Willy C. Shih
For decades, U.S. companies have been outsourcing manufacturing in the belief that it held no competitive advantage. That's been a disaster, maintain Harvard professors Pisano and Shih, because today's low-value manufacturing operations hold the seeds of tomorrow's... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Value; Production; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Government and Politics; Social Issues; Management Practices and Processes; Investment; Research and Development; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Competency and Skills; Service Industry; United States
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  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

1,300 MBA students traveled abroad to 20 countries this year for hands-on, immersive learning experiences. The centers’ primary focus has been on case writing and facilitating faculty research, explains Executive Director Victoria... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 11 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

diversification. In terms of opportunities, the exploitation of primary commodities in countries located far away from the main European markets became far more practical. At the same time new markets were opened by steamships, new ports,... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Leaders Leap: Transforming Your Company at the Speed of Disruption By Steve Dennis (MBA 1984) Wonderwell Renowned thought leader on business strategy and innovation Steve Dennis argues that most business transformations are doomed to fail... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 16 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

paradigm behind global value chains, generally a production network, suggests that firms should outsource to the countries with the lowest overall costs. (Firms could potentially source particular intermediate inputs from only one... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2016
  • Supplement

Mahindra Tool: Project Economics

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Christopher Payton
The case describes Mahindra Lifespace Developers’ (MLDL), a unit of Indian conglomerate Mahindra and Mahindra, foray into the affordable housing segment. MLDL sees a huge opportunity in selling apartments to the burgeoning population of urban workers, which is badly... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Business Startups; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Housing; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Human Needs; Social Issues; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; India
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  • 26 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 26

evolution of multinational banks over time and suggest a conceptual framework in which this development can be understood. In-depth analyses of the multinational banking strategies of selected countries and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Oct 2020
  • Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

socialize and exercise rather than work longer hours, add up to a lot of time. And our choices powerfully shape whether we’re happy or not.” Here, Whillans shares six research-based strategies for managing the minutes on the clock, all... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond. The following excerpt describes strategies and tactics to overcome another party's counterproductive behavior and keep the deal on track. These are ideas that... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
  • 04 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 4

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2280370 A Formal Theory of Strategy By: Van den Steen, Eric Abstract—What makes a decision strategic? When is strategy most important? This paper studies the structure and value of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 07 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

accommodating an appropriate level of economic activity. Businesses have historically overcome this type of challenge through the introduction of risk-mitigating technologies, which in this pandemic include technologies, business practices, and View Details
Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso
  • Web

A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

“I’m really attracted to its mission to help children grow smarter, stronger, and kinder – especially the kinder part in this current age.” Although she hasn’t discussed specific projects yet, Mizuho will serve as Director of Strategy for... View Details
  • 2023
  • Case

Christiana Figueres and the Collaborative Approach to Negotiating Climate Action

By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro and Mina Subramanian
This case study centers on Harvard’s Program on Negotiation 2022 Great Negotiator, Christiana Figueres, and her efforts as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to build momentum for, and ultimately pass, the 2015... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Negotiation; Environmental Regulation; International Relations; Leadership
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