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Tools | New Venture Competition

business plans are no longer submitted for the NVC, but are shared here for you to see more detailed information on the ventures. AppSuccess 2011 Finalist A collaborative web-based platform which matches low-income high school seniors with college students from top... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Faculty Books

given predictable, reliable, low-cost care) and iterative (the patient’s condition is unknown; tremendous resources may be required for diagnosis and treatment, often with uncertain outcomes). To reduce costs and manage care effectively,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

companies from Germany dealt with the incarceration of thousands of their German national employees in India during World War I and World War II in her recent working paper, Countering Political Risk in Colonial India: German... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2016
First Look

March 1, 2016

a model that illustrates the complementarity between infrastructure and institutions and provides conditions for whether fines, subsidies, or a combination of both are the optimal response. One point of the model is that the optimal fine... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism

companies, the researchers posit that they work best when three separate conditions are met: capital markets are well developed; companies recognize a single bottom line (such as profitability or sales); and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Feb 2020
News

Research Brief: May I Ask Your Advice?

implicit effort to not seem negative, but reserving that input has performance consequences later on,” Whillans says. “A better understanding of how advice-seeking closes those gaps would be a really powerful effect of this work.” For more on the research, see their... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

15 Nov 2020
News

Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard

record. The $25,000 Peter M. Sacerdote Runner-Up Prize went to DreamworldVR, a nonprofit that connects isolated pediatric patients battling chronic conditions to others in the same situation through a virtual reality multiplayer video... View Details

27 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 27

for almost 25 percent of Internet use. Practically overnight, social media seems indispensable to our lives-from friendship and dating to news and business. What makes social media so different from traditional media? Answering that question is the key to making social... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Four Questions for David Garvin and Michael Roberto

Harvard Business School professors David A. Garvin and Michael A. Roberto fielded questions about their article in an email interview with HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace. Garvin and Roberto discuss the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2007
News

Exhibit at Baker Library Marks HBS Centennial

data, “to see what he can tell us about what we’ve found out.” Over time at Hawthorne, Mayo and his protégé, HBS professor Fritz J. Roethlisberger, discovered that physical working conditions and financial... View Details

Keywords: Elton Mayo; Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Telecommunications; Information

December 2024 (Revised March 2025)
Case

Strategy and CEO Succession at Starbucks

By: Krishna G. Palepu and David Lane

On August 13, 2024, Starbucks announced that Laxman Narasimhan who was appointed as the CEO only in September 2023, was stepping down as CEO and board director “with immediate effect.” Laxman would be replaced on September 9 by Brian Niccol, CEO since 2018 of Chipotle... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Corporate Governance; Leadership; Management Succession; Cost Management; Labor Unions; Working Conditions; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Service Operations; Investment Activism; Governing and Advisory Boards; Resignation and Termination; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

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08 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime

wrongdoings that are detected, the real figures are likely higher, he notes. In their statistical models, Heese and his colleagues controlled for variables like local economic conditions and the local fraud environment and found that... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Aug 2008
What Do You Think?

Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

organization's abilities." Stephen Denny advised that "It takes a management culture with drive, consistency and a strong dose of killer instinct to make stretch ... stick." Anju Kotwani advanced the opinion that "'Stretch' View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

08 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Writing the Case for Public School Reform

working with leadership teams from nine urban school districts over the course of three annual sessions to coordinate research and create coherent, scalable systems for education reform. Two cases written for PELP and taught by HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

01 Jun 2020
News

Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom

the way we communicate. Rachel Greenwald (MBA 1993) (photo by Marea Evans Photography) READ MORE April: Rachel, your interest in communication techniques grew out of what you've seen in your work as a matchmaker. What do the dating world... View Details

Keywords: Zoom

01 Jun 2002
News

In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data

scenario carries a caveat, though, according to research by HBS assistant professor Susan Kulp. Her work suggests that the profit gains of VMI depend on both the retailer's willingness to provide detailed demand information and the... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

in which people find their way to the work roles and work environments that will be most rewarding. This book was different. It is more of a reflection, looking back over my 40 years of View Details

23 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

as when a U.S. auto company builds a parts plant in Mexico, has come into prominence only in the past few decades. Cutting costs is fair enough, unless it is done by paying less-than-living wages, creating unsafe working conditions, or... View Details

Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence

29 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Exploring Sustainable Energy: A Visit to Vestas Wind Turbine Manufacturing in Odense, Denmark

extreme weather conditions without interruption, stressing each component at 3x the expected load. Vestas discussed their unique partnership structures with their customers and suppliers to ensure the safety and quality of all of its... View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

Inside MBA Admissions

paperwork. An all-time high of 10,382 applications arrived for the Class of 2004. Dewey characterizes that number as a spike influenced by poor economic conditions that unleashed pentup demand. The Admissions Office received 8,526... View Details