Publications

01 Dec 2016
News

Recognizing the Value Proposition

he adds. “I see tremendous opportunity for collaborative partnerships now that the [Harvard John A. Paulson] School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will be located adjacent to HBS.” Seizing that... View Details

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

deceptive veneer of familiarity, cultural gulfs and local differences often remain hidden. There is an increasingly international style of management.— John Quelch, HBS Amid these conflicting realities, however, Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2017
News

@Soldiers Field

Program—has been offered under the auspices of the School’s US Competitiveness Project. HBS launched a new joint master’s degree program in partnership with the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering... View Details

Keywords: YALP; Engineering Sciences; sculpture; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

experimentation rule the day. Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business by John A. Quelch (Oxford Univ. Press) The public health... View Details

Web

Bibliography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. Business Historical Society. “Industrial Pictures and Their Relations to Business History.” Bulletin of the Business Historical Society 8 , no. 3 (May 1934): 42. Cotter, Arundel. The Gary I Knew.... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

Alumni Books

Professional Property Development by John McMahan (MBA ’61) (McGraw-Hill) McMahan addresses the fundamentals of successful property development — marketing, financing, planning, designing, construction, merchandising, and property... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

15 Nov 2016
News

HBS and SEAS Explore Opportunities for Innovative Thinking

Professor Lauren H. Cohen (photo by Eliza Grinnell) Professor Lauren H. Cohen (photo by Eliza Grinnell) Professor Karim R. Lakhani (photo by Richard Howard) Professor Karim R. Lakhani (photo by Richard Howard) Collaboration between faculty members at Harvard Business... View Details

September 2000
Article

Challenges Facing Family Companies in the Gulf Region

By: John A. Davis

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Family Business; Global Range

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September 2021
Comment

Commentary on ‘2019 Academic Marketing Climate Survey: Motivation, Results and Recommendations', by Jeff Galak and Barbara E. Kahn

By: John A. Deighton

This paper reflects on the conclusions of a survey by Galak and Kahn on the climate experienced by faculty of all genders and ethnicities in the marketing departments of US business schools. View Details

Keywords: Gender; Equality and Inequality; Organizational Culture

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January 2009 (Revised November 2009)
Background Note

Adult Life Stages

By: John A. Davis

This note describes basic concepts of adult life stage theory and summarizes Daniel Levinson's research findings on the adult development of men and women. View Details

Keywords: Transition; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Culture; Gender

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October 2005 (Revised February 2007)
Background Note

Negotiating Your Entry into Your Family Business

By: John A. Davis

Provides guidance to junior generation members of a business family concerning negotiating their entry into their family's business. View Details

Keywords: Family Business

July 2005 (Revised February 2007)
Background Note

Principles of Family Business System Change

By: John A. Davis

Identifies several practical principles to keep in mind when changing a family business system. View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation

September 2004
Teaching Note

Marketing James Patterson (TN)

By: John A. Deighton

Teaching Note to (9-505-029). View Details

February 2004 (Revised May 2007)
Case

George Barker

By: John A. Davis

George Barker, the 40-year-old CEO of his family's commercial real estate design and development firm, must deal with the unsatisfactory performance of his brother Peter, who is also in the business. Although Peter's performance is upsetting to George, George feels... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Family and Family Relationships; Real Estate Industry

August 2002
Case

MicroFridge: The Execution

By: John A. Deighton

Supplements the case. View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products Industry

August 1997 (Revised November 1997)
Background Note

Performance Evaluation of Family Members

By: John A. Davis

July 1998 (Revised May 2005)
Case

Anderson Steel Service, Inc.

By: John A. Davis

Explores the management of family and business issues and helps to identify a range of topics with which families in business wrestle. Describes a dilemma faced by sixty-eight-year-old Charles Anderson, the semi-retired founder of the company and the father of three... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Family Business; Problems and Challenges; Business or Company Management; Family and Family Relationships; Strategy; Steel Industry