Publications

January 2010 (Revised March 2011)
Case

Ben Bernanke: Person of the Year?

By: Lakshmi Iyer and Matthew C. Weinzierl

In response to the economic and financial crisis of 2008–2009, the Federal Reserve greatly expanded the scale and scope of its activities. Though lauded by many experts for its actions, the Fed and its chairman, Ben Bernanke, faced harsh criticism from some public... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Central Banking; Governance Controls; Policy; Crisis Management; Power and Influence; Public Administration Industry; United States

Educators

October 2007
Article

Realizing the Promise of Personalized Medicine

By: Mara G. Aspinall and Richard G. Hamermesh

Keywords: Health

06 Nov 2023
Podcast

Making Global Sustainability Personal at Bühler

The global food supply chain is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental challenges. Many companies avoid these issues or make token efforts to reduce their impact on the planet. But as CEO of the Swiss-based technology giant Bühler... View Details

August 1995
Article

Can Computer Personalities Be Human Personalities?

By: C. I. Nass, Y. Moon, B. J. Fogg, B. Reeves and D. C. Dryer

Keywords: Information Technology; Personal Characteristics

17 May 2022
News

Delivering a Personalized Shopping Experience with AI

A New Approach to Building Your Personal Brand

For better or worse, in today's world everyone is a brand. Whether you're applying for a job, asking for a promotion, or writing a dating profile, your success will depend on getting others to recognize your value. So, you need to get comfortable marketing yourself. In... View Details

Video

SIPs 2021: Developing Personal Leadership Effectiveness

January 2025
Article

Personal Growth in Organizations: A Review and Integrative Theoretical Framework

By: Manjari Ganti, Susan Ashford and Grace Cormier

Personal growth has interested management scholars for nearly a century, yet research on personal growth has not cohered into a substantive research domain. Nevertheless, various bodies of literature have made important strides in understanding specific elements of... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Growth and Development

2009
Other Teaching and Training Material

Personal Rapid Transport at Vectus, Inc.

By: Benjamin Edelman

PRT vehicles—often called "driverless taxis"—sought to combine the best characteristics of cars, taxis, and trains, while adding features unavailable in any existing transportation system. Like cars and taxis, PRT vehicles carried small groups—often just a single... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Network Effects; Transportation Networks; Transportation Industry

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Jun 05 2022
Testimonial

Pursuing a Personal Approach to Leadership

11 Jun 2015
News

A personal mission to serve veterans

Maura Sullivan (MBA 2009) served as assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs at the US Department of Veterans Affairs in 2014-15, where she helped to correct mismanagement problems that plagued the agency. “I can’t imagine anything more worthy of... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Personal crises inform a life’s work

One of the youngest women to attend HBS, Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA 1977) was building a successful investment banking career when a cancer diagnosis at age 29 spurred her to volunteer at the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations. She eventually became the... View Details

May 16 2023
Testimonial

Professional and Personal Growth Merge at OPM

March 1998
Teaching Note

Personality Types: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (TN)

By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy

Describes a class design for teaching students about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The Ideal Organization exercise is the centerpiece of the class. It demonstrates that people with different cognitive types have distinct preferences for the type of... View Details

Keywords: Job Search; Working Conditions; Personal Development and Career; Situation or Environment; Perception; Integration

April 2009 (Revised July 2009)
Exercise

Bringing AMP Home: Personal Case Study

By: Michael L. Tushman

This exercise helps AMP participants build their own personal case study. They develop a gap statement, do formal root cause analysis, and action planning. This exercise is done for each participant and each phase is shared with living group colleagues. View Details

Keywords: Cases; Personal Development and Career; Education; Management

February 1987 (Revised August 1988)
Case

Gillette Personal Care Division: Marketing Planning and Control

Bill Ryan, president of the Gillette Co.'s Personal Care Division, is considering changing the division's planning and control system for marketing. White Rain, the division's most recent success, had been launched by taking shortcuts through the system, while other... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Management Systems; Consumer Products Industry; United States

Educators