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  • 04 May 2021
  • Book

Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

useful, as it can help us connect with a purpose, which in turn determines how we relate to our work. This is why Best Buy employees are encouraged to reflect on that question. “What drives you?” has become a central element of the Best... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
  • 16 Jun 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases

the board but only on items selected as your inflation-busters. For cash poor consumers, these promotions should hit the key price points on small pack sizes. For cash rich consumers, encourage multi-unit purchases ahead of the inevitable... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

develop insights that drive impact. Activities include awarding fellowships, such as the Goldsmith Fellowship—established in 1988 by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and Richard L. Menschel (MBA 1959)—to encourage students from the... View Details
  • 12 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

agents optimize. But providing agents with information about the benefits of an action often fails to encourage that action. This paper proposes a far-reaching behavioral explanation: information may make salient that the benefits of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Program

Value Creation Through Effective Boards

Health & Safety Protocols Admissions Criteria and Process You can submit an application through the IESE Business School website. Because availability is limited, we encourage you to apply as early as possible. Admission is a selective... View Details
  • 08 Feb 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Psychological Influence in Negotiation: An Introduction Long Overdue

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
  • October 2016
  • Case

Triangulate: Stay, Pivot or Exit?

By: Thomas Eisenmann, Shikhar Ghosh and Christopher Payton
Sunil Nagaraj, Triangulate's founder had spent a few years trying to launch a dating application that matched users based on their behavior on social media. Based on input from advisors, the company changed its focus from a B2B site to a B2C dating site with a unique... View Details
Keywords: Early Stage; Pivot; Two Sided Markets; Business Model; Business Exit or Shutdown; Product Launch; Venture Capital; Failure; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Social and Collaborative Networks; United States; North America
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  • July–August 2013
  • Article

Leadership Lessons from the Chilean Mine Rescue

By: Faaiza Rashid, Amy C. Edmondson and Herman B. Leonard
Three years ago, when a cave-in at the San José mine in Chile trapped 33 men under 700,000 metric tons of rock, experts estimated the probability of getting them out alive at less than 1%. Yet, after spending a record 69 days underground, all 33 were hoisted up to... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Crisis Management; Learning; Mining; Mining Industry; Chile
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  • 5 Feb 2013
  • Conference Presentation

Financing Entrepreneurial Growth

By: Tom Alberg, Andrew A. Bogan, Harold Bradley, Robert D. Cooter, Monika Gruter Cheney, Oliver R. Goodenough, William R. Hambrecht, Frank Hatheway, Thomas F. Hellmann, Marianne Hudson, Jared Konczal, Josh Lerner, Robert E. Litan, Diane Mulcahy, Ramana Nanda, Frank Partnoy, Joe Ratterman, Nava Ravikant, Jay R. Ritter, Alicia Robb, David T. Robinson, Allison Schrager, Barry Silbert, E. R. Sirri, Daniel Stangler and Sharon Vosmek

Despite recent innovations in entrepreneurial finance, particularly at the early stage of business creation, many new and young companies continue to face hurdles to acquire capital.

The Kauffman Foundation addressed current challenges and opportunities in... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; United States
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  • 2012
  • Chapter

When Identities, Interests, and Information Collide: How Subgroups Create Hidden Profiles in Teams

By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Lisa Kwan and Lisa B. Kwan

Purpose—We review how team members' identities and interests affect team functioning, paying special attention to subgroup dynamics triggered by fault lines and coalitions. This review sets the stage for describing novel pathways through which identities and... View Details

Keywords: Information; Conflict of Interests; Interests; Groups and Teams; Identity; Performance
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  • September 2012
  • Article

Food Choices of Minority and Low-Income Employees: A Cafeteria Intervention

By: Douglas E. Levy, Jason Riis, Lillian M. Sonnenberg, Susan J. Barraclough and Anne N. Thorndike

Background: Effective strategies are needed to address obesity, particularly among minority and low-income individuals.

Purpose: To test whether a two-phase point-of-purchase intervention improved food choices across racial, socioeconomic (job... View Details

Keywords: Working Conditions; Safety; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competitive Advantage; Cost
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  • Web

Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About

Media Guidelines for Faculty and Staff We encourage faculty and staff to review the School's social media guidelines—as a form of best practice; for their personal safety and well-being; so as to be aware of (and to avoid where... View Details
  • Web

Leadership Initiative - Leadership

encourage interdisciplinary exchange in order to bridge the gap between scholarship and practice. Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century Faculty Chair Linda A. Hill Faculty... View Details
  • Web

About - Global

encouraging a global perspective in research, study and practice. 1990 Internationalization of MBA admissions. The School sees a jump to 21% of First-Year students being international, representing 58 countries. 1983 HBS’ 75th Anniversary... View Details
  • 27 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

your circle of competence, then operate inside that perimeter,” Huang advises. 2. Own your constraints and encourage others to see past them In Huang’s freshman year of college, she was shocked to fail a writing assignment. When she asked... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Solving for Z

unusually keen on bringing their personal backgrounds and perspectives to work with them. At Bank of America, this is accomplished in part through “Courageous Conversations”: group discussions aimed at encouraging employees to talk about... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government
  • 01 Nov 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

consistently kind and to offer encouragement and show genuine interest in employees' mental well-being in punishing times. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, at once forceful and compassionate, remarked that one of the criticisms... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
  • Web

Profiles - MBA

at the forefront of solving one of the most pressing problems of our generation, with people who challenge my assumptions constantly and encourage constant learning. Find Michael on LinkedIn , Twitter , and his personal website . COMPUTER... View Details
  • Web

About - Business & Environment

the School’s ten units. We catalyze research and share insights with business leaders. We encourage faculty and students to address climate change and environmental sustainability in MBA classrooms. We host academic and executive... View Details
  • Web

Executive Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Institute for Racial Reconciliation "I have a small cohort of colleagues and friends from the program. We meet virtually every other month to encourage one another to complete our stated goals (developed before completing the program),... View Details