Publications

June 2003
Case

Judo in Action

Contains four short stories about small firms challenging large firms. Illustrates some of the ideas that have been termed "judo strategy." In each case, one can argue that the small firm attempts to use the large firm's size and incumbency to constrain the large firm... View Details

Keywords: Small Business; Competitive Advantage

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January–February 2014
Article

The New Patterns of Innovation

By: Rashik Parmar, Ian Mackenzie, David Cohn and David Gann

The search for new business ideas—and models—is hit-or-miss at most firms. Tackling the problem systematically, of course, will improve the odds of success. Traditional ways of framing this search examine competencies, customer needs, and shifts in the landscape. This... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Information Technology; Innovation and Invention

Web

FAQs - Alumni

materials & lighting; increased healthier, lower emissions plant-based food offerings; and improved landscaping practices. *Note: SRECs, which represent the environmental benefit, are sold to the Harvard Utility to meet State Renewable View Details

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HBS Global Networking Night - Alumni

Programs & Events Programs & Events HBS Global Networking Night Get ready for Global Networking Night on October 22, 2025! GNN is a special evening filled with connection, conversation, and the unique energy of the HBS community. Last... View Details

Article

Forgoing Earned Incentives to Signal Pure Motives

By: Erika L. Kirgios, Edward H. Chang, Emma E. Levine, Katherine L. Milkman and Judd B. Kessler

Policy makers, employers, and insurers often provide financial incentives to encourage citizens, employees, and customers to take actions that are good for them or for society (e.g., energy conservation, healthy living, safe driving). Although financial incentives are... View Details

Keywords: Incentives; Motivation Laundering; Self-signaling; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Perception

January–February 2014
Article

Building a Game-Changing Talent Strategy

By: Douglas A. Ready, Linda A. Hill and Robert J. Thomas

When most of the world's financial services giants were stumbling and retrenching in the aftermath of the 2008 recession, the asset management firm BlackRock was busy charting a course for growth. Its revenues, profits, and stock price all performed consistently... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Success; Business Strategy; Financial Crisis; Financial Services Industry

February 2008
Article

Where Do Transactions Come From? Modularity, Transactions, and the Boundaries of Firms

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

This article constructs a theory of the location of transactions and the boundaries of firms in a productive system. It proposes that systems of production can be viewed as networks, in which tasks-cum-agents are the nodes and transfers—of material, energy and... View Details

Keywords: Boundaries; Production; Market Transactions; Supply Chain; Management; Cost; Theory; Performance Productivity; Information Management; Complexity

Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.

As Dean, building on... View Details

Keywords: energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy; energy

22 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 22

than a decade ago, the U.S. shale revolution began transforming the nation's energy outlook. Technological advances in horizontal drilling and "fracking" facilitated access to substantial new reserves of natural gas and light... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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South Asia - Global

success of these get-togethers. January 2025 Immersive Field Course Case Discussion on “Tata Power and India’s Energy Transition” with Prof. Vikram Gandhi for Immersive Field Course Professor Vikram Gandhi led a visit to India as part of... View Details

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Middle East & North Africa - Global

strategy, global entrepreneurship, scaling tech ventures, , and platform-based business models. April 2025 Teaching Material Aramco: Navigating the Energy Transition By: Tarun Khanna and Samir Junnarkar Teaching Note for HBS Case No.... View Details

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Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

crimsonparents@gmail.com Education Club Co-Presidents Brie Martin bmartin@mba2026.hbs.edu Kang Huh khuh@mba2026.hbs.edu Isaac Goldstein igoldstein@mba2026.hbs.edu Club Email education@studentclubs.hbs.edu Energy & Environment Club... View Details

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

whatever it is you're offering. If it is offered in service, the shifting of the paradigm to "I'm going to use this to serve" makes a world of difference in the energy that you and the way you put that View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

12 Dec 2023
Book

HBS Faculty Books of 2023: Find Happiness, Fix Things, and Fail Well

themselves unfulfilled at the top. In the book Build the Life You Want, Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey offer high achievers a guide to becoming better leaders—of their lives. Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target Digital strategy demands... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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History | About

History Harvard Business School has a long legacy of energy and innovation that we build upon every day to redefine the way management is taught and learned, and to inspire the future of business. Key Start Dates 1908 Harvard Graduate... View Details

June 2022
Teaching Note

Bespoken Spirits: Disrupting Distilling

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 721-419. On October 7, 2020, Bespoken Spirits publicly announced it had received $2.6 million of seed funding for its “sustainable maturation process,” a process that could produce award-winning whiskeys in just days rather than years... View Details

Keywords: B2B Vs. B2C; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Cost Management; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry