Second Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Feb 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Dynamic Advertising Effect of Collegiate Athletics

19 Nov 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

What do Sir Thomas More, Chinua Achebe, and Sophocles have to offer today's business leaders? For MBA students in HBS professor Sandra Sucher's course, The Moral Leader, great literature helps them find their own definition of moral... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

interconnections across the organization. The second is transitioning from the role of a doer to the role of managing through other people—and that's a big change. "As a new GM, you will be one step away from the customers or one... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 May 2015
Blog Post

A Summer Internship in General Management

Like many of his classmates, Andrew Ling (MBA 2015) decided to use the summer between his first and second year to try out something new. Formerly a consultant at McKinsey, he spent his summer working in a marketing and general management... View Details

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

at a company that would act as an avenue rather than a barrier to his vision of the future of technology. It was Noyce's silicon integrated circuit that gave "Silicon Valley" its name. Andrew Carnegie's career provides a guide to the technological frontier of... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

20 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

second is the trade-off myth. I have found over and over again that, for complex work in organizations, there is no trade-off between creativity and productivity, efficiency, or work quality. NB: How does your research explore the factors... View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

08 May 2022
Blog Post

The Territory of Motherhood: A Reflection in Honor of Mother’s Day

I was anticipating how helpful this community of moms would be to ease the logistical challenges of an early, quick delivery without family in town, I greatly underestimated how important their emotional support and friendships would be through our View Details

13 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

examples: Avis's classic slogan "we're number 2" emphasized that it was playing second fiddle to a giant in the rental car business. Oprah Winfrey's success is largely attributable to her ability to construct a repeating... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma

Great Firms to Fail, Christensen said he believes exciting opportunities await those who come up with ideas for other forms of high-tech start-up financing. When mainstream venture companies become huge financial institutions, he... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

March 2015 (Revised January 2024)
Case

CV Ingenuity (A): How to Evaluate the Commercial Viability of New Health Care Technologies

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Andrew Otazo

Duke Rohlen (HBS MBA ’01) hoped to win over a prominent venture capital investor for Series B financing of his firm CVI that was creating a drug-eluting balloon (DES) to treat peripheral arterial disease. As a second-mover, Duke felt he was more likely to acquire... View Details

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02 Feb 2016
Blog Post

A Summer Internship in General Management

Like many of his classmates, Andrew Ling (MBA 2015) decided to use the summer between his first and second year to try out something new. Formerly a consultant at McKinsey, he spent his summer working in a marketing and general management... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

04 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Motherhood and the MBA

Being an MBA student can be hectic, overwhelming, and a lot of fun - and the same can be said for being a mom. When you’re juggling being an MBA student and a mom at the same time, things can get pretty crazy. We connected with mom and View Details

25 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Dealing with FOMO at HBS

We’ve heard that many HBS students suffer from FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) when they first arrive on campus. There are so many events to attend, people to meet, and clubs to join – it can be a challenge to soak it all in and prioritize what’s important to you. Britt... View Details

16 Jun 2015
Blog Post

Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS

shared a customer-centric view and I deeply admired his vision and determination to bring this vision and practice to our nation’s Veterans via VA. I was humbled and honored when Bob asked me to come join his leadership team. Today, as I lead a large and dynamic team... View Details

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Dissertation Summary

From a contractual viewpoint, the employment relations observed in the early 1960s in large unionized manufacturing firms in the U.S. and Japan represented two contrasting cases. Employment relations in the U.S. were based largely on explicit, elaborate, and... View Details

01 Dec 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Reversing the Null: Regulation, Deregulation, and the Power of Ideas

Keywords: by David Moss; Banking

24 Jan 2024
Op-Ed

Why Boeing’s Problems with the 737 MAX Began More Than 25 Years Ago

of retirement to replace Condit. Stonecipher, a General Electric (GE) alum, immediately set out to change Boeing’s culture, proclaiming, “When people say I changed the culture of Boeing, that was the intent, so that it is run like a business rather than a View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Air Transportation; Transportation; Aerospace

12 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 12

external risks, companies can call on tools such as war gaming and scenario analysis. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2012/06/managing-risks-a-new-framework/ar/1 Working PapersDid Bank Distress Stifle Innovation During the Great... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Aug 2023
Book

You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance

other times, you can take on a more high-stress role. Careers can be fluid, just like life. “It’s not a linear progression,” Wallace says. “I recently went through a chapter of my life when I had my first child and then my second shortly... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

2017
Working Paper

International Business and Emerging Markets: A Long-Run Perspective

By: Geoffrey Jones

This working paper explores long-run patterns in the strategies of international business in developing countries. There was a massive wave of Western multinational investment in the developing world during the first wave of globalization before the 1920s. The... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; History; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges

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