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  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

The Imposter Among Us

points of transition along the way. In the stories that follow, alumni share their own reflections on feeling like an imposter, and how they reconcile this inner view with the picture of success that the world reflects back to them. Flip... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • December 2011
  • Article

EXEMPLARY CONTRIBUTION: Transforming Mental Models on Emerging Markets

By: Charles Dhanaraj and Tarun Khanna
Economic growth in the Western world increasingly depends on meaningful engagement with emerging markets such as Brazil, China, India, South Africa, and Turkey. Business schools are responding with increased attention to these markets in their research and curricula.... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Business Model; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Research; Business Education; Learning; Financial Institutions; Framework; Transformation; Perspective; India; China; Brazil; South Africa; Turkey
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  • 21 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

therefore focus their research worldwide, not just on the BRICs. “Often the main prize today is the emerging middle class, which aspires to consume world class products at lower price points." -Krishna G. Palepu "We have been studying... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 08 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 8, 2007

point to the shift to more open systems perspectives on organizations, the conceptions of organizations being embedded in larger social contexts, and recent developments in the study of individual cognition. Why the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Sep 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How Can Financial Advisors Thrive in Shifting Markets? Diversify, Diversify, Diversify

broadly for other industries looking to appeal to younger clients or adapt marketing strategies to a fluid business environment. Sizing up a changing investment world Historically speaking, financial advisory firms have focused on... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Financial Services
  • 24 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

centralized and collocated R&D team, are rapidly becoming outdated. Instead, innovations are increasingly brought to the market by networks of firms, selected for their unique capabilities, and operating in a coordinated manner. This new model demands that firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Leadership Fellows

organization's success Involve managerial and leadership development activities distinct from a permanent full-time position There are two routes to becoming a Leadership Fellow: HBS Sourced: Leadership Fellow positions sourced by HBS are... View Details
  • 11 Mar 2016
  • Blog Post

2+2 Admit Experiments with Career Options

my business skills.  I resolved to apply to the 2+2 Program in order to develop my foundational general management skills. I saw the 2+2 Program as a no risk, high reward opportunity to secure a spot at HBS, enabling me to experiment... View Details
  • 19 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 19, 2006

Alcatel would be able to recover growth in the Chinese market. Initiatives were underway to increase focus on services over equipment, to increase Chinese research and development presence, and to merge with U.S. competitor Lucent.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

strong differences remained among consumer markets. Although American influence was strong, it was already evident that globalization had not resulted in the creation of a stereotyped American blonde and blue-eyed female beauty ideal as the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
  • 2010
  • Book

Builder’s Apprentice: A Memoir

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
In 1986, Andrew (Andy) Hoffman quit an engineering job, declined acceptances for graduate school at Harvard and Berkeley and accepted a carpenter's job in Nantucket. Unbeknownst to him, he had entered the world of high-end custom building. Within four years, he was... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Construction Industry
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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Creating the Market for Organic Wine: Sulfites, Certification, and Green Values

By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
This working paper examines the history of organic wine, which provides a case study of failed category creation. The modern organic wine industry emerged during the 1970s in the United States and Western Europe, but it struggled to gain traction compared to other... View Details
Keywords: Product Launch; Failure; Problems and Challenges; Complexity; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 2012
  • Article

Wider dem sauren Mund. Beiersdorfs U.S.-Geschaeft mit der Zahnpastamarke Pebeco

By: G. Jones and Christina Lubinski
This article examines the growth and ultimate demise of the toothpaste brand Pebeco, which was created by the German personal care company Beiersdorf in 1903. The brand was an enormous international success, becoming for a time the largest toothpaste brand in the... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Market Entry and Exit; Problems and Challenges; Marketing Strategy; Markets; Change; Customers; Social Psychology; Science; Brands and Branding; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Germany
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  • May 2017 (Revised April 2020)
  • Case

Raj Kapoor: The Socialist Showman

By: Geoffrey Jones and Snigdha Sur
This case examines the career of Raj Kapoor, the legendary Bollywood filmmaker of the postwar decades. It explores how Kapoor built RK studios after 1948 by releasing a series of movies that combined romance with social messages focused on the fate of the common man in... View Details
Keywords: Film Entertainment; History; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; Gender; Problems and Challenges; Values and Beliefs; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India; Soviet Union
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  • 18 Oct 2023
  • News

Spreading the Words

Shafiq Khan (MBA 1982) loves to solve problems. It’s what attracted him to the case study method at HBS and, after graduation, to consulting at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Then, at United Airlines, Khan encountered another challenge: The company was spending one-sixth of... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 28 Sep 2016
  • Blog Post

Tackling Inequality: An HBS Independent Project

At HBS, I spent a lot of time thinking about how I would become a “leader who makes a difference in the world.” It was on my mind as I attended career development programs, agonized over internship opportunities, and prepared yet another... View Details
  • October 2019 (Revised April 2020)
  • Case

Carme Ruscalleda: The Chef as an Artist

By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Annelena Lobb
In October 2018, Chef Carme Ruscalleda, the most-starred woman chef in the world at the time, closed the doors of her Restaurant Sant Pau (Sant Pau), as she had on almost every night for the past 30 years—this time for the last time. Ruscalleda had opened the... View Details
Keywords: Restaurants; Sant Pau; Personal Development and Career; Family Business; Leadership Style; Innovation and Invention; Food; Success; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

Entrepreneurial Management Associate Professor Associate Professor Mark L. Egan Finance FIELD Immersion Experience Returns After a two-year hiatus because of COVID-19, the first-year required Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership View Details
  • Web

Leadership Initiative - Leadership

cutting-edge research and course development projects about leadership and leadership development, both within Harvard Business School and through collaborations with other organizations. We foster a global conversation that addresses the... View Details