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  • 01 Nov 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

are subject to non-compete agreements. Because laws regarding NCCs represent a patchwork among states, a question continually arises about their enforceability across state lines. One solution advanced by unions and public advocacy groups... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 07 Nov 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

Anita Elberse, a Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School, studies high performers in creative industries—from basketball superstar LeBron James to pop diva Lady Gaga, from actor Tom Cruise to tennis powerhouse Maria... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation
  • Web

Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

innovation Earn by: completing any three courses within this subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization Learn More about what you earn Syllabus 5 Modules, 25-30 Hours Download full syllabus HBS Senior Lecturer Jeff Bussgang... View Details
  • Web

Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services

long_int This queue is dedicated for interactive (foreground / live) work, for testing (interactively) code before submitting in batch or scaling, or for exploratory work. Serial and parallel jobs using 1 to 4 cores are permitted in this queue, can run a maximum of 3... View Details
  • 02 Aug 2007
  • What Do You Think?

How Will Millennials Manage?

time(s)." August Ray said, "They will work long and hard, provided they care." Phil Dourado suggests that they will reward their subordinates for changing things rather than maintaining the status quo. At the same time, there were others who find the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 31 May 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?

of customers and the volume of sales increase, the retailer gains a dominant position in the market. The goal gradually shifts from attracting more customers to increasing prices and margins in order to achieve higher profits. That View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

surged Learning Tracks Launched HBS Online saw a surge of interest in online learning as a result of the pandemic. In May 2021, the group launched Learning Tracks to enable professionals to specialize in a particular subject area and... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

The Internet's Next Frontier

transmitted around the globe. It is a subject that Kominers explores in depth in the recently published book he coauthored with Steve Kaczynski, The Everything Token: How NFTs and Web3 Will Transform the Way We Buy, Sell, and Create.... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 2011
  • Book

Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar

By: Chet Huber
Detour is the story behind the launch of OnStar’s now well known blue button, as told through the eyes of its founder and CEO of over fourteen years, Chet Huber. It’s a personal narrative that describes the events that led up to General Motors’ unexpected choice... View Details
Keywords: General Motors; OnStar; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Transportation; Safety; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Success; Business History; Auto Industry
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  • 21 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer

not just assuming that because you are based in a country, you necessarily have to be subject to all the disadvantages imposed by that particular context." "wrapping Up In The Brazilian Flag" When Ghemawat turned the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

New Urban Order

compelling,” says Senior Lecturer John Macomber, coauthor with Joseph Allen of Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity. “In other words, more and more of these companies will enter the mainstream.” The need for climate adaptation (the... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

(PSSC). Not only was the PSSC proactive in seeking to identify failures, it ensured that all failures were subject to analysis so that learning could take place. For example, the PSSC determined that "Focused Event Studies"... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
  • Blog

What Black Executives Really Want

insecure, and unable to deliver their best work because of the environment in which they were operating. They were surviving, but not thriving. WHAT SOLUTIONS DID YOUR RESEARCH SUBJECTS OFFER? I put it to them this way. "If you were going... View Details
  • 15 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

would always remind his visitors that good source material was the key to good history and would want to know what research collection they were using at Baker Library. His enthusiasm for the subject of business history, and for history... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

about the subject in a paper, "Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis" [PDF]. In the Clarksville survey, there were four characteristics that define people who were most interested in the product: They have no... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 03 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

Leadership As a subject of scholarly inquiry, leadership-and who leaders are, what makes them tick, how they affect others-has been neglected for decades. The Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Harvard Business School's... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • Web

Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online

data processing practices of Harvard Business School or other Harvard University organizations independently of our Websites and Services. Your use of our Services is subject to the HBS Online Terms of Use . Additional terms may apply for... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2021
  • What Do You Think?

What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

consciously working with your superior to obtain the best possible results for you, your boss, and the company.” However, it didn’t trigger the amount of follow-on research that the subject deserved after early interest in the topic died... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 04 Jun 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

track5 How Does a Board Introduce to the Organization a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior? The question of conditions under which a board might hire a CEO fired elsewhere for inappropriate behavior, the subject of this... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 19 Mar 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

program successful. Neeley, who has studied this unmined subject for nearly 10 years, worked closely on the case with Mikitani, described by some as Japan's Bill Gates. Mikitani expected that the initial global English-only conversion... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard