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- 01 Jul 2011
- News
Searching for Professional Significance
- July 1990 (Revised August 1994)
- Supplement
U.S. Auto Industry: Scenarios and Choices for the 1990s, Supplement
Provides relevant back-up data for the required scenario writing exercise. View Details
Salter, Malcolm S. "U.S. Auto Industry: Scenarios and Choices for the 1990s, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-002, July 1990. (Revised August 1994.)
- Blog
How the Pandemic Changed Case Development in Latin America
At HBS, research and case development are tightly intertwined. Cases provide the opportunity for faculty to develop ideas, gain insight into nascent research questions, and illustrate theory in practice. In addition, case writing provides... View Details
- 27 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution
In the decades prior to the advent of radial tires," writes Donald Sull in Business History Review, "Firestone Tire & Rubber was viewed by some observers as the best managed U.S. tire company." But in the face of French... View Details
- 25 Mar 2013
- News
Decide and make your move
- 04 Aug 2020
- Video
Tools
- June 2001 (Revised March 2012)
- Background Note
Developing a Teaching Case (Abridged)
Provides an overview of the case development, interviewing, and case writing process. View Details
Keywords: Cases
Roberts, Michael J. "Developing a Teaching Case (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Background Note 901-055, June 2001. (Revised March 2012.)
- February 1985
- Article
Motivation and Creativity: Effects of Motivational Orientation on Creative Writers
By: T. M. Amabile
72 members of the college community who identified themselves as actively involved in creative writing participated in individual laboratory sessions, in which they were asked to write 2 brief poems, to investigate the hypothesis that intrinsic motivation is conducive... View Details
Keywords: Social Psychology; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Performance; Personal Characteristics; Situation or Environment
Amabile, T. M. "Motivation and Creativity: Effects of Motivational Orientation on Creative Writers." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 48, no. 2 (February 1985): 393–399.
- 08 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
We’ve Now Been Asking “What Do You Think?” for 20 Years
friends. As a member of the committee, I was asked to write a monthly column highlighting management research findings by HBS faculty members and colleagues at other schools. It occurred to me that the column might represent an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- August 1988 (Revised October 1988)
- Background Note
Business Plan
Describes the various uses for a business plan and focuses on writing a business plan to attract financing for a new venture. View Details
Roberts, Michael J. "Business Plan." Harvard Business School Background Note 389-020, August 1988. (Revised October 1988.)
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
Why ‘work-life balance’ doesn’t work
- 02 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?
It’s a sticky but common dilemma for managers: A valued employee finds out that a coworker earns more, gets upset, and demands a raise. If gender or race figure into the wage gap, tensions can escalate fast. Companies, including Whole Foods, Starbucks, and the social... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- March 2001 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Rent-Way, Inc. (B)
By: David F. Hawkins
The company acquires RentaVision, Inc. and writes inventory down as part of acquisition accounting. View Details
Hawkins, David F. "Rent-Way, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 101-090, March 2001. (Revised July 2001.)
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
In the early 1990s, both Teradyne and Hewlett-Packard identified new technologies that had enormous potential to cause new-market disruptions. As with most disruptive innovations, these technologies offered to provide smaller and less expensive solutions for customers... View Details
Jaya Y. Wen
Jaya Wen is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on issues in development economics, political economy, and firm behavior.
Professor Wen has a Ph.D. in Economics... View Details
- 12 Nov 2014
- Op-Ed
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
Nicolas P. Retsinas is Senior Lecturer in Real Estate, Harvard Business School and former Federal Housing Commissioner. Rob Couch is Counsel, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings and former President of GNMA. Over six years ago, when the federal government placed Fannie Mae... View Details
- 29 Mar 2015
- News
How one office cut down on emails with handwriting
- 30 Oct 2018
- News