Place Making - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 18, 2008

acquisition is more likely to take place when there is a common venture capital investor linking the acquirer and the target. Finally, we show that long-run post-acquisition abnormal returns are higher for the acquiring firms when the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

location It’s not just about having a desirable place to live. Think carefully about how location impacts your commute, your family obligations (school pick-ups and drop-offs), and access to resources that can View Details

08 Sep 2015
First Look

September 8, 2015

high-level positions as less desirable yet equally attainable. In Studies 5–7, when faced with the possibility of receiving a promotion at their current place of employment or obtaining a high-power position after graduating from school,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Oct 2014
What Do You Think?

Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

rarely ask is, "What else could it be?" It's a question designed to disrupt focus. Max Bazerman, in his new book, The Power of Noticing, concludes that excessive focus, among other things, is one of the reasons leaders fail to notice important facts relevant... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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The Value of the HBS Case Method – Lessons from an SVMP Participant

(SVMP). I applied and attended SVMP and found the week to be one of the most informative and transformational weeks of my life. During SVMP, we were placed in sections where we studied three cases a day and prepared for class in the... View Details

11 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas

Kikovic Each year, the small northeast Texas town of Marshall pulls out all of the stops for its annual Wonderland of Lights festival. And for years, South Korean electronics company Samsung also worked hard to make it special. The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

declared bankruptcy on June 1, 2009. “All stakeholders must work together to make GM's bankruptcy filing a comma rather than a period in the storied history of this American corporate icon." -Daniel Heller Its future appears... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

04 Nov 2009
What Do You Think?

What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?

capitalism there is a place for government, and economists, in the capitalistic system, but in this case less is more." Gerald Nanninga suggested that we "limit government's role to defining capitalistic criminal activity and... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Portrait Project

Olga Sokolova

indeed: starting from a Barbie and MTV in my room to opportunities to travel to, and even study in, places which before had seemed so out of reach. It felt as if we were growing up together, my country and I, going through the same... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

History Matters

The stunning collapse of three high-profile banks in recent months—Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank—churned up a host of headlines and fears: Are these signs of major instability? The first dominos to fall? In the second edition of their... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

have over 20 mothers on campus. While we still have a long way to go to make our business school classrooms, board rooms, and executive leadership teams representative of their constituents – including mothers – we are hopeful that this... View Details

25 Jan 2016
Blog Post

3 Tips on Coming to HBS with a Partner

while her husband Spencer is enrolled at Harvard Law. We checked in with her to find out what tips she could offer to incoming students with partners. 1. Make sure your partner knows he/she will be included in the HBS community... View Details

16 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem

proportion to their presence in the wider pool of qualified candidates. A fair algorithm may also change the applicants ranked highest, theoretically giving more opportunities for a variety of candidates to make a hiring company’s short... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

worked on by encouraging employees to develop a personal regime: Exercise at home, meditate, and make sure you reach out and talk to people, even if that socialization takes place virtually, just to View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

increasingly brought to the market by networks of firms, each focused on only specific pieces of the overall puzzle. Competition takes place both between competing platforms and between products that build on top of these platforms.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2021
What Do You Think?

Can We Train for Trust?

legitimacy—that is, whether followers believe the leader has earned their position.” "This work suggests that trust can be engineered, at least at the organizational level." We know how to create a great place to work and how to engage... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

constant link to the Web that will place today's 56k modem in the history books next to the UNIVAC—promises to transform the advertising industry. Currently only about 1.4 million U.S. households have a high-speed Internet hookup, but... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

18 Jan 2018
News

The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast

order from kiosks. We had delivery set up so they could experience what delivery was all about. We had our mobile app and our mobile order and pay. Our new value programs are hot off the grill beef. So they could really experience it all and it View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places

06 Jun 2008
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?

deeply—entrepreneurs Big companies are no place for big thinkers." Providing time to reflect, particularly in an era of multi-tasking and the tyranny of technology, was most frequently suggested as an antidote to the dearth of deep... View Details