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  • January 2016
  • Case

Sentient Jet: The Uber of Private Jets

By: Anat Keinan and Sandrine Crener
Founded in 1999 in the Boston area, Sentient Jet had become a leading private aviation company in the United States. Its success was built on the introduction of a groundbreaking membership program that offered business travelers the flexibility and convenience of... View Details
Keywords: Private Jets; Private Aviation; Luxury; Luxury Service; Uber; Branding; Growth Strategy; Client Acquisition; Innovative Business Model; Disruptive Innovation; Collaborative Consumption; Disruption; Disruptive Business Model; Travel; Reputation Management; Sharing Economy; Word Of Mouth; Customer Engagement; Aircraft; Membership Programs; Loyalty Program; Brand Positioning; Brand Building; Brand Differentiation; Customer Service; Exceeding Consumer Expectations; 2-way Business Model; Marketing Partnerships; Netjet; Air Transportation; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Air Transportation Industry
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  • Web

A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

activities, sentiments, interactions, norms, and personal and professional connections of individuals and groups that had developed over extended periods of time. The existence of the informal organization,... View Details
  • 2024
  • Article

Crucibles, Multiple Sensitive Periods, and Career Progression

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sunasir Dutta, Hise O. Gibson and Eric Lin
We study the effects of crucible experiences along multiple sensitive periods on career progression. While prior literature has hinted that individuals can be imprinted during multiple sensitive periods, not just during the early career, there has been scant attention... View Details
Keywords: Military Service; Personal Development and Career; Transformation; Power and Influence; Learning; Human Capital
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  • Article

Howard Raiffa: The Art, Science, and Humanity of a Legendary Negotiation Analyst

By: James K. Sebenius
Rightly known as the “father of negotiation analysis,” Howard Raiffa was my thesis advisor, colleague, and friend for over 30 years. The bulk of this article develops an account of his intellectual trajectory from game theory to statistical decision theory to decision... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Analysis; Bargaining; Howard Raiffa; Negotiation; Personal Development and Career
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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

The Ontological Foundations of Leadership and Performance: Being a Leader, and the Effective Exercise of Leadership, A New Model

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger

This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed by the authors and taught at the U. of Rochester Simon School of Business. The intention of the course is to leave the participants actually being leaders and being able to... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Business Education; Knowledge; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Performance Effectiveness; Attitudes; Behavior; Perspective
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  • 05 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

their projects to potential investors. (The idea was to determine the effects of envy in a field setting, not whether those feelings affected the chances of winning funding.) Some entrepreneurs listened to what they thought was an audio recording of a fellow... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Nov 1999
  • Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

Leading in the 21st Century is an HBS Executive Education program being held in January 2000. Professors Gary Hamel and John Kotter talk about the course and the new realities of leadership and competitive success. Q: What led the two of you to View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 14 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings

fatigue has long set in for many employees, a likely factor in shrinking meeting times. Gathering in person doesn’t seem as draining as staring at a screen. “The issue with Zoom is that you’re always on there. You have to show a... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Is Hybrid Work the Best of Both Worlds? Evidence from a Field Experiment

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna, Christos A. Makridis and Kyle Schirmann
Hybrid work is emerging as a novel form of organizing work globally. This paper reports causal evidence on how the extent of hybrid work—the number of days worked from home relative to days worked from the office—affects work outcomes. Collaborating with an... View Details
Keywords: Hybrid Work; Remote Work; Work-from-home; Field Experiment; Employees; Geographic Location; Performance; Work-Life Balance
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  • 05 Dec 2022
  • Research & Ideas

5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast

percent of its jobs, like software development, for example, widening possibilities for advancement. The company has also developed apprenticeship programs, allowing employees to earn while they learn. Southwest Airlines. In its 51-year... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Jul 2024
  • Blog Post

Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)

are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? As an intern at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), I am spending the... View Details
  • 08 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 8, 2010

literature on willpower. Understanding how willpower develops can shed important light on time-inconsistent economic decision making, a topic that has received substantial attention over recent decades. In particular, we argue that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2022 (Revised July 2022)
  • Case

Leonard Bernstein: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case traces the rise of Leonard Bernstein from a middle-class family in Boston to the conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The case describes how he studied music intensely as a young man and developed mentors to open doors for him. As his fame grew,... View Details
Keywords: Impact; Personal Development and Career; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • 21 Dec 2023
  • Blog Post

Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2023

Professor Ting Zhang about her personal journey, her time at HBS, and her advice for HBS leaders. Read More>>> HOW I SPENT MY HBS 2+2 DEFERRAL: JADA HAYNES I love the flexibility and optionality that the 2+2 deferred admissions... View Details
  • July 2020 (Revised November 2020)
  • Case

Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads

By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko
For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for urban Indian families. Over the 2010s,... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization and Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; United States
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  • 12 Sep 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How Can Financial Advisors Thrive in Shifting Markets? Diversify, Diversify, Diversify

broadly for other industries looking to appeal to younger clients or adapt marketing strategies to a fluid business environment. Sizing up a changing investment world Historically speaking, financial advisory firms have focused on financial and retirement planning,... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Financial Services
  • Web

Research Services - Faculty & Research

distraction of fundraising and the constraints of third-party grants or sponsorship. HBS also provides a wide array of services to support faculty in the development of a large number of breakthrough business ideas, innovative course... View Details
  • April 1999
  • Teaching Note

Managing Experimentation: Module Overview Note for Managing Product Development(Note for Instructor)

By: Stefan H. Thomke
Describes the conceptual foundations and pedagogy for a module on managing experimentation in the development of products and services. The module has been taught in the second-year elective MBA course Managing Product Development. The purpose of the module is to help... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Business or Company Management; Product Development; Personal Development and Career; Science; Technology Adoption
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Community Values | About

Community Values At Harvard Business School we believe that leadership and values are inseparable. The teaching of ethics here is explicit, not implicit, and our community values of mutual respect, honesty and integrity, and personal... View Details