Aging - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

The Three Components of Family Governance

act responsibly toward the business and the family. Regulate appropriate family and owner inclusion in business discussions. The family assembly typically meets annually, lasts one to two days, and includes all adult family members (yes, including in-laws). Families... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Reinventing the Future of Business

members’ research, the creation of a more porous research ecosystem with the rest of Harvard and beyond, the integration of new content and insights into the School’s curricula, and the ability to help companies be more competitive in the View Details

13 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

was black or white. But many of the fourth and fifth graders avoided mentioning race during the game. As it turns out, racial colorblindness is a social convention that many Americans start to internalize by as young as age 10. "Very... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Jun 2022
HBS Case

From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages

into a step on a more ambitious career ladder. “Instead of making the assumption that these recruits are going to be truck drivers from age 23 until 62, you’re saying you might be a truck driver for a while, but then you might move into... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

discussion around one’s relationship with money. Most adults have very different perspectives on money and typically this is rooted in deep family or personal experiences, sometimes starting in early childhood. A parent losing a job, having to work at a young View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

20 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

study confirming this was done by a group of researchers, Merton Reznikoff, George Domino, Carolyn Bridges, and Merton Honeymon, who studied creative abilities in 117 pairs of identical and fraternal twins. Testing twins aged fifteen to... View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

16 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 16

Publications 2006 Stanford University Press Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future By: Groysberg, Boris, and Paul M. Healy Abstract—Wall Street equity analysts provide research products and services on publicly traded companies to institutional and retail... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control

strategies that brand managers have used in order to cope with it. Avery recently sat down with HBS Working Knowledge to discuss their findings. According to the paper, consumers are operating in four concurrent Web-based eras: The Age of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

25 Apr 2024
News

Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

06 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents

From an early age, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had a passion for inventing. In The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, journalist Brad Stone wrote that even as a child, “Bezos had dreams of becoming an inventor like Thomas... View Details

Keywords: by Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg; Retail

11 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups

School Working Knowledge. [Image: themacx] Related Reading How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI How do you approach... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Events - Business History

15 Nov 2021 Business History Seminar: Global Business and Society “The Age of Reaction: Democracy and Inequality in the Thought of William Graham Sumner, Andrew Carnegie, Booker T. Washington and Frederick Taylor” Kimberly Phillips-Fein,... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

From Chalkboards to Chatbots

of Generative AI Redefining How Businesses Operate Competing in the Age of AI Keeping Informed About AI When Baker Library staff members determined the need for a biweekly newsletter about GenAI to help keep the HBS community informed, it... View Details

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Building From the Bottom Up - Managing the Future of Work

experience of America’s lowest wage earners—those earning below $40,000 a year—when it comes to upward mobility? Are workers able to aspire to an increase in pay or a promotion or both after a reasonable time of employment? A survey of 1,025 low-wage workers View Details

22 Sep 2023
News

Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

how my path to HBS was not linear. I'm not American—you can tell from my accent. I was born and raised in Cameroon. I had a very unique experience of losing my father at a critical age when I was 15, about to enter high school and... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

2025) | Case | Faculty Research Tim Leiweke reviewed how his development group and partners had completely rebuilt an aging Seattle landmark into the world’s greenest arena, carrying the visible name Climate Pledge Arena. It had attracted... View Details

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Alumnae Circles - Alumni

STRUCTURE Groups meet monthly, at a location of their choosing, to talk about their lives in an atmosphere of intimacy and trust. Meeting structure and topics of discussion vary greatly from group to group, but they can include issues such as: Work/Life Balance... View Details

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

the age of fossil fuels. Heavy industry accounts for more than 30% of global emissions that cannot be mitigated by today’s technology. A complete energy transition will require sustainable hydrogen to power heavy industry and beyond.... View Details

01 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

London in the 1960s. The Whitehall researchers attributed shorter life expectancies among lower-level civil servants, who tended to die at younger ages than their bosses, to the psychological stress of working in subordinate positions.... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

March 2014
Case

Babcock International Plc

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin

In 2013, Babcock International Plc (Babcock) was the largest engineering services provider in the UK with sales of over £3 billion. Under the leadership of CEO Peter Rogers, Babcock had grown revenues and profits nearly tenfold over the previous decade as it benefited... View Details