Family Businesses - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

of us to navigate the coronavirus crisis by conveying to employees, colleagues, friends, and family that “I’m here for you.” About the Authors Howard Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Professor Emeritus of Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
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Keroche (F): Future Growth Plans

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding

This case describes Keroche co-founder Tabitha Karanja’s 2012 decision to invest in additional production capacity. In November 2012, with a loan from Barclay’s bank, Keroche began constructing a new state-of-the-art beer brewery using German technology. The new plant,... View Details

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29 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying

"If men don't take the virus as seriously as women do, and they're not wearing masks and social distancing as much, that could help explain why they are suffering the consequences more," says Harvard Business School Associate Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

kind that comes from years spent sitting in a plastic-and-bamboo shelter with no end in sight. Each day is the same, giving these migrants too much time to ruminate about the horrific violence they survived, family they lost, and where... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

fierce business competition, your bargaining endowment can spell the difference between closing the deal and being shut out. A healthy bargaining endowment explains how Darren Rovell won a job on national television while other journalism... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

13 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 13, 2007

MaterialsFurman Selz LLC (A): A Tale of Two Acquisitions Harvard Business School Case 905-066 Profiles a firm that was reacquired by two companies with different degrees of success. Highlights integration challenges present in acquisition... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Building a Powerful Prestige Brand

distributed their products through company-owned salons. Estée decided to focus her efforts on premium department stores. Estée had spent most of her adult life marketing directly to consumers. But in the late 1940s she and her husband began to envision the View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn; Beauty & Cosmetics; Consumer Products; Retail

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

gain with considerable pain A crucial point to reinforce is that the vast majority of lift outs involve a team moving from one company (OldCo) to its direct competitor (NewCo). Occasionally, a firm goes out of business and teams move to... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

14 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Smartphone Addiction

work together to create 'predictable time off,' people, teams, and ultimately the organization all stand to benefit.” Most consultants simply accepted the resulting demands on their time as the price they had to pay for annual salaries of well over $100,000 for recent... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

focused on physical health much more than they have on mental health," says Professor John A. Quelch, Charles Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. In collaboration with... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

27 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 27

a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: Should they go it alone or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards are at stake.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Jul 2020
Op-Ed

It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees

coverage with tax-free contributions from employer-funded ICHRAs. This HRA-Public Option combination could reduce the premiums not only of the millions of insured SME employees and family members, but also those of the 3.4 million... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard J. Boxer; Health; Insurance

13 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

make the first move. Health care institutions must lead the charge by updating technologies and internal incentive structures to protect providers and patients now and in the future. Susanna Gallani is the Tai Family Associate Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt; Health

16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

opportunity cost of their time. Yet by law, such meetings are not allowed to convey material information. "There seems to be a disconnect," says Eugene F. Soltes, an assistant professor in the Accounting & Management Unit at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

implemented. But strong vision about the wrong decisions, such as subordinate or others' decisions, may be detrimental to strategy and its implementation. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2383972 Cases & Course Materials Harvard View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

17 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper

Business School. Eva Ascarza is the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration. Laura Castrillo is the former head of analytics for Europe, the Middle East,... View Details

Keywords: by Ayelet Israeli, Eva Ascarza, and Laura Castrillo; Retail

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders

McGinn believe that negotiation skills are crucial to closing the gender gap in leadership. Riley Bowles, who earned her doctoral degree from Harvard Business School, is an assistant professor at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Feb 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course

If Noam Wasserman's entrepreneurship elective were a start-up company, investors would be delighted with its growth. When the Harvard Business School professor first offered his Founders' Dilemmas course in 2009, a mere 42 second-year MBA... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

associated with adult outcomes at home. Sons raised by an employed mother spend more time caring for family members than men whose mothers stayed home full time, and daughters raised by an employed mother spend less time on housework than... View Details