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  • November 2015
  • Case

Rubicon Global

By: William A. Sahlman and Hunter Ashmore
The case describes Rubicon Global, a startup that aimed to disrupt the waste management industry. The company started with a bold idea: create a cloud-based, full-service waste management company providing low-cost, highly efficient, and environmentally friendly... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Rubicon; Rubicon Global; Waste Management; Startups; Disruptive Technology; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Entrepreneurship; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business Startups; Corporate Finance; Service Industry
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  • 06 Jul 2023
  • News

Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Back in 2014, When Chris Marinak (MBA 2008) was in the process of rolling out the instant replay system as a Senior Vice President at... View Details
  • March 2022 (Revised May 2022)
  • Case

Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (A)

By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details
Keywords: Compensation; Collaboration; Executive Search Firms; Consulting Firms; Compensation and Benefits; Restructuring; Human Resources; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Consulting Industry; Employment Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America; Oceania
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  • 27 May 2022
  • Blog Post

Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023

search process of members, and raise awareness and support for the military among the members of the Harvard University community. In honor of Memorial Day weekend, we checked in with seven AFAA students from the US military. Below are... View Details
  • March 1996
  • Case

Ernst & Young United Kingdom (A) (Abridged)

By: John J. Gabarro and Samantha Graff
Intended to be a robust example of the challenges encountered during the early stages of a large-scale organizational transformation effort in a professional service firm. Describes a massive change program initiated and led by the new managing partner along with a... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Leading Change; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Problems and Challenges; United Kingdom; London
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  • 04 Sep 2013
  • What Do You Think?

How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?

the pace of change it can also be cleverly leveraged to facilitate an iterative, evergreen process of strategy formulation and implementation." David Wittenberg added, "Strategic planning, especially long-term strategic... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 25 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

doctrine, this essay proposes a synthesizing principle: if the deal process involves an adequate market canvass, meaningful price discovery, and an arms-length negotiation, then there should be a strong presumption that the deal price... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

and barriers to creating and claiming value, the most promising sequence and process design, etc.— should be informed and modified by two classes of potentially relevant cross-border factors, the general and the negotiation-specific.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Blog

What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

As you rise in your organization and gain more management responsibility, you may be wondering what you can do to foster a more inclusive and equitable culture within your team and across the organization. That's a big question, so here... View Details
  • Research Summary

Overview

By: Roberto Verganti
Roberto’s research focuses on how to create innovations that are meaningful for people, for society, and for their creators. He explores how leaders and organizations generate radically new visions, and make those visions come real. His studies lie at the intersection... View Details
Keywords: Integrated Design; Strategy; Design Thinking; Innovation; Artificial Intelligence; Design; Technology; Leadership; Innovation Strategy
  • 30 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Amager Bakke: A Look into the Future of Waste Incineration

greenhouse gas emissions far below EU regulatory requirements, the plant’s own environmental approved limits, and even current state-of-the-art reference levels. Our impressions The facility has a beautiful and creative design, both... View Details
  • 16 May 2023
  • In Practice

After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?

status and manage tricky processes under pressure. For example, how to get a timely board resolution to temporarily tap into personal funds to make payroll during the SVB situation could translate into how to fast-track a decision on how... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Technology; Financial Services
  • Web

Courses - Private Capital Project

firm's effectiveness throughout the deal process in the context of tax reforms, regulatory uncertainties, and global market volatility. The curriculum addresses issues pertaining to industry infrastructure,... View Details
  • Web

Business History - Faculty & Research

production technology who used attorneys in connection with his patenting work at a time when Japan was still in the process of formally institutionalizing its patent attorney system. In accordance with Lamoreaux and Sokoloff's... View Details
  • 27 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 27, 2007

with Abernathy, Rebecca Henderson and Carliss Baldwin, Clark placed product and process designs at the center of his explanation of how innovation determines the structure and evolution of industries. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

When Celebrity ‘Crypto-Influencers’ Rake in Cash, Investors Lose Big

With limited regulatory enforcement and few gatekeepers, crypto influencers with large social-media audiences can move global markets with a single tweet. The most prominent, including celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan,... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • Web

Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications Courses Sample Student Projects MOC Student Projects on Country & Cluster Competitiveness The competitive assessments listed on this page have been prepared by View Details
  • 27 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

organizational units, one for law enforcement and one for domestic intelligence, seeking what scholars call “structural ambidexterity.” Two, the FBI could have pursued “contextual ambidexterity” wherein senior management establishes simultaneous structures and View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Oct 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

learning and transition, and that success consists of surfacing errors and learning from them. Make a clear distinction between mistakes and malfeasance. Allow time for team members to process losses with... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
  • 10 Jan 2023
  • Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

before we fully embrace the new beginning. Think of it as that time between how you associate yourself with “we.” When you stop saying “at my last company, we ” but you have yet to associate yourself with the “we” of your new role and still refer to your new View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin