Always On - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

help students to conceptualize; for instance, how would they approach implementing a great idea or pursue a great opportunity? There are always enormous risks, so rather than take on the whole thing, we... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

25 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out

In the fall of 2009, baseball's Anaheim Angels knocked the Boston Red Sox out of the American League Division Series in a humiliating three straight games. Within a matter of weeks, Sox general manager Theo Epstein had launched one of the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Banking

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

reserves of emotional awareness, which they apply to themselves and the people they are trying to influence. From this perspective, it seems to me that if you’re always on a hard-charging default drive, then... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

very quickly ... It's really within that first year that they start to say, ‘This doesn't feel quite right.'" “It happens very quickly,” says Groysberg, reflecting on interviews with college students and young professionals conducted for... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

Career Coach

Jonathan Shepherd

expertise, Jonathan welcomes conversations ranging from self-assessment to goal setting to tactics and execution - always acknowledging how each of these is just one piece of that thing called life. Work... View Details

19 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Seven Lessons from the Section Experience

Section G hosted trips to Saudi Arabia, Colombia, Pakistan, China, Taiwan, Dominican Republic, Cuba, South Africa, Slovenia, and more. The lesson? Travel with the people you love. Even after the experience is over, the memories will live View Details

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

and consider how what they do will increase their odds of achieving their ultimate strategic goal in the future. And, they always respect the unknown. The world never unfolds in some scripted way, consistent with some “official future”... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 May 2018
Blog Post

3 Ways to Get to Know HBS

page for these events or sign-up for our newsletter. 3. Connect with HBS On the Road Attend a Domestic Event: We know it’s not always possible for prospective students to visit the HBS campus, so we also... View Details

01 May 2017
Blog Post

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone at HBS

I had my heart set on attending HBS ever since I completed the Summer Venture in Management Program in 2005. I appreciated the general management approach of HBS and the fact it didn't require a specific concentration View Details

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

percentage of cost savings. Or, a contractor might be paid more for finishing a job early. There are many variations to performance-based pricing including penalty clauses. But, the idea is always the same. Base your price View Details

Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro

05 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 5

and political scientists have written extensively on the history of globalization and patterns of global wealth and poverty, but business enterprises have rarely been identified as significant independent actors. This book argues that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business

A good book on CEO succession is The CEO Within by my Harvard Business School colleague Joe Bower. Bower studied how companies perform after hiring a new CEO, noting whether the successor had been recruited from inside or outside the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Andi Wang; Retail; Auto

25 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

products and services. It's not always the flashiest idea that wins. Mayo gestures to a striking lamp on his desk with a lampshade depicting the HBS campus. Hand-painted by an artist in New Hampshire, the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Web Services

"These are massive projects involving some of the largest companies in the world. One challenge we'll be facing is managing a highly distributed, complex Web services environment outside the firewall while maintaining security... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

08 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs

"What's not to like about an enjoyable service environment and knowledgeable employees? But they aren't always the key to profits," Ton says. "My findings suggest that for retailers that sell undifferentiated products, offer a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

has a historic opportunity to recast itself, to meet the enormous impending demand for the new type of vehicles that a petroleum-deficient world will require. The dream machine that built America can once again help shape its future. After all, the lure of the open... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

06 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

In this uncertain economic climate, downsizing and layoffs are a sadly frequent occurrence. Although bad news is always painful to deliver and to hear, the process of conducting "necessary evils"—such as layoffs or firings—can... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

The Return of the Salesman

Throughout history salespeople have come in all sizes and stripes—peddlers, drummers, canvassers, agents, sales reps, and of course the iconic door-to-door salesman. But it's only been relatively recently that historians have focused scholarly attention View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

Anderson found sustenance in personal and professional relationships that allowed her to talk through the situation and regain her psychological footing. "In the middle of last summer, when no one was hiring, I found six jobs. A new... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls

entrepreneurial track. Finally, in 1980, he launched Tweezerman—that went on to disprove the rule that Dal LaMagna always struck out. Like so many of his other ideas, Tweezerman was an idea that grew out of... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas H. Davenport & Brook Manville; Consumer Products

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