Rankings - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2003
News

James E. Burke, MBA 1949

all about making decisions, and you don't make decisions without making mistakes. Don't make that mistake again, but please be sure you make others.'" As Burke moved up the ranks of the company, focusing initially on advertising and... View Details

26 Apr 2016
First Look

April 26

traditional rating and ranking system. The new process involved informal monthly meetings between managers and their reports, and it more closely tied bonuses to business performance. Would it serve to motivate employees? Could its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

of the twentieth century, the first twenty-two years of my life seemed to revolve around an unending series of tests designed to rank me versus my peer group. At the end of each grading period, my mom would ask me if I had made the honor... View Details

04 May 2009
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands

valuable brands list. The rival 2008 Interbrand ranking of the top 100 global brands included 13 financial services brands. Citi appeared on both lists. Today, with its brand reputation seriously damaged, Citi's stock price is in the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Banking; Financial Services

03 Apr 2009
What Do You Think?

How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?

information moves where needed and not everywhere it can." [This reflects a complaint I came across recently from a senior manager that a problem with the latest generation entering business ranks is that "everyone reports to... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Publishing; Journalism & News

05 Mar 2008
What Do You Think?

Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?

newer generations of talent will retain their innovative ways as they mature. Or that important tasks of management will be ceded to those lower in the ranks while newly-minted senior managers still maintain their enthusiasm for... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Jun 2015
News

Screen Grab

big way.” This year, just over half of the 204 million Americans who engage in digital video viewing will do so on their smartphone, a 14 percent increase over 2014 according to research firm eMarketer. Kilar ranks his own screen... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

07 Sep 2021
News

September 2021 Alumni Books

and scholar, Shakib Arsalan. In his letter, Basyuni Imran requested that Arsalan explain the reasons for the backwardness of Muslims of the time, compared to other nations. Furthermore, Basyuni asked Arsalan to suggest what they needed to do in order to join the View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Mar 2016
First Look

March 15, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216029-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 316-013 HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics By 2015, the HNA Group had grown from its roots as Hainan Airlines, a small airline founded in 1993, into a global... View Details

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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

engagements have included Starbucks’ corporate headquarters, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Hollywood Commission on Sexual Harassment and Diversity chaired by Anita Hill. Dolly’s 2018 TED Talk was viewed more than 1.5 million times in its first month... View Details

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

development due to corrupt business practices? Will it be able to enact more effective reforms? Jones: The latest Corruptions Perceptions Index ranks Turkey as 78 out of 180 countries in their level of corruption, more corrupt than China... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities

response to the question, “Which place looks safer?” Those pairwise comparisons were converted into ranked scores. Artificial intelligence algorithms were used to teach a computer to predict scores from image features like shapes,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Real Estate

02 Jul 2014
What Do You Think?

Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?

formal leadership training nor thought of cashing out. Are founders and entrepreneurs a separate breed? Should they be excused from a discussion of great leadership? Or are the most successful among their ranks a harbinger of the future... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together

program at HBS, many of whom pursue careers in the venture capital industry. In fact, people with Harvard MBAs make up 24.4 percent of the professional ranks at venture capital firms in the United States, according to a study by... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

11 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center

example, turnover is lower when employees have been promoted from within the ranks of the company. Similarly, employees who are not given responsibility for a wide range of queries were found to be more likely to leave. According to the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service; Financial Services

01 Oct 1999
News

Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic

and Fortune ranked her among the 50 most powerful women in American business. Business Week said you had "worked magic" at Banana Republic. What has your strategy been? I would love to take the credit for it, but I can't. The changes at... View Details

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Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement

their menopausal health and wellness is overlooked by their employer. One in five women report having left or considered leaving a job because of their menopause symptoms. Women are vital to the U.S. workforce, and the Great Resignation saw the already slim View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

create at least one venture within 10 to 20 years of graduating 1,300+ cases on entrepreneurship 150 first-year students participate in Startup Bootcamp #1 PitchBook Rankings (2021) + Female founders + Founder count + Company count +... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

24 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 24

a variety of metrics, Trader Joe's ranked as one of the most successful grocers in the United States in 2013. Experts estimated that the company had the highest sales per square foot of any major grocery chain, even significantly high... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 27

cardinal preferences than the Boston mechanism independently of whether individuals can submit a complete or only a restricted ranking of the schools, and 2) subjects with a higher degree of risk aversion are more likely to play... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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