Future Focus - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1998
News

HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector

its own capabilities. (photograph by Peter Simon) HBS professor and BLSS chair Rosabeth Moss Kanter: involvement with social challenges helps business build its own capabilities. (photograph by Peter Simon) The focus of the Business... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Books

today's top executives must build organizations in which the new can constructively displace the old and where talented employees are encouraged to help formulate company strategy. "Successful e-leaders focus on two things: a new approach... View Details

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

what’s a manager to do given the uncertainty of both predictions and prophets? Here’s some advice to CEOs, CFOs, sales managers, and others who allocate the major resources in most firms. Whatever else you do in thinking about the future... View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

12 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

feasible or desirable to think about changing firms themselves. Can firms create shared value? Can industries regulate themselves? What are the responsibilities of managers? Does "purpose" matter? If academics chose to focus on... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

important and what are the keys to analyzing and understanding a country's near-term direction? A: Any business person is interested only in the future—in where markets and countries are heading. The only way to understand the near-term View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

supplier capabilities and hence about future supplier performance. This paper presents a multi-period model of service level competition among suppliers selling substitutable products to a customer that engages in supply learning. We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2014
News

What’s Next

HBS's vantage, it is clear Allston will enhance the University's mission and extend our impact. Global I would like to see more balance of studies on different continents. A lot of focus is on the United States; India, China, and Africa... View Details

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

07 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

small-business owners can take now Mills offers three recommendations to cash-strapped business owners: Focus on social media and email to reach customers. The coronavirus pandemic forced many analog companies to embrace digital... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service

14 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

NOTICE For web-based businesses looking to attract users, the implications have some interesting strategy considerations, although this is not a large focus of the study. “To reach people, you can’t do what you usually do, which is have a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Web Services

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

pure process focus to substance: the principles of designing agreements that create value and are sustainable. Inexperienced negotiators, says Sebenius, often unconsciously limit themselves to a one-dimensional process of sitting at the... View Details

Keywords: by Anita M. Harris

01 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US

management consulting while living in the South, Straughn-Turner was all in. Not only was it a welcome move geographically, Straughn-Turner found that he was also fascinated by the transportation, hospitality, and services focus within... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

08 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 8

same approach they do! Based on extensive research and interviews, Own Your Future shows how to apply the simple model they use-Act. Learn. Build. Repeat-to reinvent the way you maneuver in an unpredictable job market. Here's how it... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

Ruhr [The Future of the Past: German Capitalism from the Viewpoint of the Rhine and Ruhr] Author:Jeffrey Fear Publication:In Uberschreitungen. Das Wechselspiel von Wirtschaft und Kunst im 19. Jahrhundert [Crossings: The Interaction... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2000
News

The Entrepreneurial Venture

going to have some very disappointed customers on Valentine's Day, so we decided to offer the best customer service ever. We called every single customer and explained that our reshipment would be late. We sent a follow-up letter of apology from me and included a... View Details

17 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring

focus on the future. One interviewee described how, “Every week, I wrote myself one email about what I accomplished personally and professionally that week—to reflect on the week and assess what I want to continue doing and what I would... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

04 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 4

entrepreneurs who are building new ventures. In 2005, the group is considering increasing its investment focus to include a broader range of technologies, including emerging technologies (for example, Mobile and RFID technologies) and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About

incentives and trained salespeople to focus on doing what was best for the customer rather than push a particular product to earn a commission. Other organizations have changed processes to enable representatives to View Details

30 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Driving Social Impact Through Consumer Behavior: Nonprofit to Finance to Retail with Nicole Krantz (MBA 2022)

better habits,” she said. Once again looking out towards the future of her career and the skills she would need to advance, Krantz was confident about her next move – honing her leadership abilities at Harvard Business School. The... View Details

Keywords: Retail

20 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)

core project this summer was to develop a feasibility study for Region of Choice’s expansion into equitable business development. To accomplish this, I led interviews and focus groups to understand the challenge, conducted a survey of 65+... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

beyond me! Liesl Pike Moldow’s (MBA ’93) “My Real Career” deserves praise for honesty and love. In the future I will look to my copy of the Bulletin for more than class news. Mike Smedley (AMP 50, 1966) Leamington, England One-Sided... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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