Leading Teams - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association

excited to co-create the in-person Jewish experience at HBS throughout the upcoming year. JSA Priorities for 2022-2023 Our leadership team is passionate about building connections - whether among Jewish students at HBS, across other... View Details

26 Jan 2022
News

Making Peace with Anger

also realized was that the expectation that I had for the group to turn around their operations either the next week or the next month, or even in that quarter, were wildly unrealistic and unfair. But by stepping back, I gave the team the... View Details

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

Testing whether better marketing yields results John and her fellow researchers proposed that the problem may not be the incentives themselves, but how they are presented. In particular, failing to promote incentives effectively could View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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Brian Kenny | About

Brian Kenny Bio Brian Kenny is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer (CMCO) at Harvard Business School. He has led marketing and communications work for several global institutions. As the School’s first CMCO, Brian has oversight of the HBS brand globally,... View Details

12 Apr 2016
First Look

April 12, 2016

are propelling capitalism into a new form that can be characterized as "virtual capitalism." And global corporations in their size and global influence are leading the embodiment of virtual capitalism into the modern world.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

talent, so everyone on that team feels they are on the same level,” Viceira says. “But at the same time, if you all look alike and think alike, that’s going to lead to group thinking and mistakes. This firm... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

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Research Design - Impact Investments

impact investing, our team has drawn upon several established resources, including: the Community Development Venture Capital Association (CDVCA), ImpactAssets, ImpactBase, and Preqin’s alternative assets database. We have further used... View Details

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

based on "industry best-in-class performance measures or direct competitors," Hope and Fraser write; and give teams "an extended period of time to reach them"—two to three years. Atlanta-based eye-care company CIBA... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

01 Mar 2024
News

Elevator Pitch: Banking On It

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Marc Escapa (MBA 2017) Andres Klaric (MBA 2017) Cofounders and co-CEOs, Fuse Concept: Fuse makes it easier for lenders to tackle digital innovation, offering a next-gen loan-origination platform that simplifies... View Details

Keywords: fintech; finance; entrepreneurship; Finance

January 2025
Case

GE Appliances 2025: Energizing Change

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small

At the turn of 2025, Kevin Nolan, CEO of GE Appliances following its acquisition by Chinese appliance giant Haier in 2016, is reviewing progress toward his net zero carbon vision for homes, which would otherwise exacerbate the global warming climate crisis. An... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Transformation; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Product Development; Organizational Culture

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09 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture

Economics; Steven J. Davis of the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business; and Lightcast Chief Economist Bledi Taska. Crunching the ‘WHAM’ algorithm To parse where and how people are working remotely, the researchers teamed with... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

17 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price

will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Marketing Research. The research could help retailers and marketers decide when it's best to lead with price, which products work best with that strategy, and how to frame sales... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

13 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion

and funny material posted on social media, to promote health, beauty, and snack food products. Our job was to develop a new snack food designed for the Korean millennial consumer. The FIELD course began in second semester. First, we picked our desired destination city.... View Details

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

Strategy Dynamic Teaming Economics for Managers Entrepreneurial Marketing Entrepreneurship Essentials Financial Accounting Global Business Launching Tech Ventures Leadership Principles Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability... View Details

01 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Better by the Bundle?

has been thin. Do shoppers prefer them? Do sales increase when companies bundle their offerings? Or, would a bundle cannibalize sales from its existing products leading to lower overall revenues? To help answer these questions, Kumar... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness

interactive and one pre-recorded—and examined how happy and connected people felt before and after the videos. Those who participated in the live experience felt much less lonely, although that bump didn’t last. The team shared their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jun 2023
News

From Big Pharma to Startup

Hunter Goble (MBA 2022) did not enroll in Harvard Business School with dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. After earning his MBA, Goble intended to return to Eli Lilly to continue to work building brands and launching products. He envisioned himself View Details

Keywords: April White

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By: Rohit Deshpande

Rohit Deshpandé is Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business Schoolwhere he currently teaches in the Owner/President Management Program and in other executive education offerings. He has also taught global branding, international marketing, and... View Details

05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

business grows. Outlining the overall trajectory of the business, creating long- and short-term goals, and leading a committed team are just some of the perks of being part of a family business. “Working... View Details

13 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

historic 5-1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt manifested the need for action; the club parted ways with manager Niko Kovač. The Bayern team appointed Flick as new team manager to View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports

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