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  • 07 Nov 2023
  • News

Love and Money

put you on three sites. I'm not saying it's going to be easy; I'm saying it's going to be worth it. And the goal is to get off the online dating sites as quickly as possible so that love can actually start in real life, and you meet... View Details
  • Article

MIT Roundtable on Corporate Risk Management

By: Robert C. Merton

Against the backdrop of financial crisis, a distinguished group of academics and practitioners discusses the contribution of financial management and innovation to corporate growth and value, along with the pitfalls and unintended consequences of such innovation.... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Market Participation; Finance; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Value; Distribution; Capital Structure; Risk Management; Business Ventures; Business Model; Strategy
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  • 12 Aug 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

think about "the how" of every aspect of the business (including many of the issues above, but also how to manage funds, manufacturing and shipping if applicable, payroll, insurance—the list is endless). As you scale and hire... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • November 2024 (Revised March 2025)
  • Case

Tim Ferriss: What Might This Look like If It Were Easy?

By: Reza Satchu and Denise Koller
In April 2024, writer-podcaster Tim Ferriss—celebrated as the “Oprah of audio” for his billion-download show and known for NYT-bestsellers like The 4-Hour Workweek—found himself at a crossroads. Despite generating a multi-million-dollar annual revenue with just three... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Personal Development and Career; Business Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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  • 01 Jan 2007
  • News

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

utilities, financial services, telecommunications, electronics manufacturing, business process outsourcing, and IT. "Our goal is to strike a balance that allows us to find new avenues for growth locally,... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor

In the half-century since his graduation, Theodore Roosevelt IV (MBA 1972) has earned widespread respect as both a forward-thinking investment banker and an influential activist through his efforts to address climate change and preserve public lands. For much of that... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; climate change; investment banking; leadership; carbon tax
  • Profile

Joy Chen

break of 2020. “It’s about using near-field communications technology to transmit contact information and social media profiles — think of it as a contact manager plus a business card. The goal is to get... View Details
  • 08 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

are being given when they are charged with controlling and managing society's most precious resources. Fourth, it is critical to restore a goal of professionalization in business schools and create some kind... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • November 2010 (Revised February 2013)
  • Supplement

Energy Security in Europe (B): The Southern Corridor

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Sogomon Tarontsi
Nabucco natural gas pipeline, initiated by a group of European energy companies, was intended to connect the broad gas-rich region of the Middle East and Central Asia to Europe for the first time, which would diversify supply sources. At the same time, an... View Details
Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Distribution; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Energy Industry; Russia; European Union
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  • 05 Dec 2022
  • Research & Ideas

5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast

that workers—even those who lack traditional hiring credentials—should be selective about where they work. And companies looking to attract, retain, and grow talent should make sure they’re giving their workers opportunities to advance, says Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 15 Nov 2022
  • Book

Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work

and distributors. It took a village of complicity to create an opioid epidemic that has led to a surge in overdose deaths, says Max H. Bazerman, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • April 2018 (Revised September 2019)
  • Case

Shanda Family Office

By: Christopher Malloy, Lauren Cohen and Essie Alamsyah
Tianqiao Chen, founder and CEO of Shanda Group, has set up his family office in the U.S. in 2016 after exiting from Shanda's Internet games business in China in 2014, again pioneering an unconventional approach to the management of a family office. View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Management; Strategy; Investment; Goals and Objectives; China; United States
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  • 10 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

In a new book, Breakthrough International Negotiation: How Great Negotiators Transformed the World's Toughest Post-Cold War Conflicts, Harvard Business School professor Michael Watkins dissects the art of give-and-take. This excerpt... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
  • Web

Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

(93) Budgets and Budgeting (4) Buildings and Facilities (4) Business Conglomerates (1) Business Cycles (6) Business Divisions (7) Business... View Details
  • 19 Feb 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Amazoned: Is Any Industry Safe?

iPhoto Jeff Bezos, visiting a Harvard Business School classroom 21 years ago, told skeptical students his goal with Amazon.com was to "sell everything to everyone everywhere." Even dog food?... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • Web

Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

Professor Mihir Desai Build an intuitive understanding of financial principles to better communicate with key stakeholders, drive business performance, and grow your career. 6 weeks, 6–7 hrs/week Pay by August 14 $1,850 Certificate New... View Details
  • Profile

Adriana Garcia Ceja

trajectory. “He spoke to everything I had been working for, what it takes to have an impact,” Adriana says. “I realized I could work with international business to develop economies.” After a variety of work experiences involving finance,... View Details
  • 18 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

across from the HBS campus, and several of the Harvard professional schools are scheduled to move next to us within several years. This will eventually position us at the heart of the University's growing commitment to the life sciences, and advance our View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education
  • 24 Apr 2017
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

Source: guvendemir Courage is the quality that distinguishes great leaders from excellent managers. Over the past decade, I have worked with and studied more than 200 CEOs of major companies through board service, consulting, and research as a member of Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage
  • 18 Aug 2022
  • Op-Ed

Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent

benefit from leveraging what I call the TRIAL framework: Trust: Leaders must recognize that trust is hard to gain and easy to lose. So, they must communicate realistic expectations and frequently ensure that their business View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson