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- November 2021
- Case
Steve Schwarzman on Dealmaking II: When They Hold All the Cards (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green
Blackstone Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman, whom Forbes has called “Wall Street’s Greatest Dealmaker,” played a major role in the negotiations that transformed Blackstone from a fragile startup in 1985 with $400,000 in capital into a dominant...
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- December 2016 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
U.S. Digital Service
By: Mitchell Weiss, Nick Sinai and Michael Norris
Mikey Dickerson and Haley Van Dyck found themselves far from home and far from certain about where to take the U.S. Digital Service (USDS) next. In the summer of 2015, they had landed in London to meet with Mike Bracken, director of the United Kingdom’s Government...
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Keywords:
Public Entrepreneurship;
Haley Van Dyck;
Mikey Dickerson;
United States Digital Service;
Digital Services;
Innovation Teams;
Scaling Innovation;
18F;
Presidential Innovation Fellows;
Government Digital Service;
Mike Bracken;
Innovation Fellowships;
Entrepreneurship;
Government Administration;
Innovation and Management;
United States;
United Kingdom
Weiss, Mitchell, Nick Sinai, and Michael Norris. "U.S. Digital Service." Harvard Business School Case 817-032, December 2016. (Revised October 2018.)
Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy
In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled...
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Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal
"A spectacular achievement" - Library Journal
From the financial fraudsters of Enron, to the embezzlers at Tyco, to the Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, the failings of corporate titans are regular fixtures in the news. But what drives wealthy and...
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- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
What lessons could the humid shores of the Caribbean, the freezing heights of the Himalayas, or the farthest reaches of Earth's atmosphere hold for your company or organization? Although those places couldn't be more different, all were...
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by Garry Emmons
- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
co-author of The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI. The case, and its reverberations as ChatGPT’s success escalates the AI race, offers lessons for those who are interested in AI...
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Blending Heritage and Innovation: Lisa Yan (MBA 2025) - MBA
Addressing Inequities in Education: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Amal Tariq (MBA 2025) Seven Lessons from the Section Experience Admissions Events Check out our upcoming webinars, prospective student days, and information sessions on...
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- 09 Nov 2023
- News
A Third Act for Ron Shaich (MBA 1978)
Widely credited with pioneering the concept of the restaurant industry’s $80 billion “fast casual” segment, Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) started small: a 400-square-foot business in Boston’s Downtown Crossing that sold cookies. From those humble but tasty beginnings, Shaich...
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Bridging Science and Business: My Summer Internship at Eli Lilly - MBA
Lessons from the Section Experience Admissions Events Check out our upcoming webinars, prospective student days, and information sessions on campus and around the world. – View Events Recorded Virtual Events Curious about HBS? We have...
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Economic Association (forthcoming). (Pre-published online May 11, 2023.) With Alfaro, Laura, Nick Bloom, Paola Conconi, Harald Fadinger, Patrick Legros, Andrew F. Newman, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. The World Management Survey at 18: View Details
- May 2021
- Simulation
Customer Compatibility Exercise Application
By: Ryan W. Buell
Customers impose considerable variability on the operating systems of service organizations. They show up when they wish (arrival variability), they ask for different things (request variability), they vary in their willingness and ability to help themselves (effort...
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- March 2004
- Case
L.L. Bean: A Search for Growth
By: Rajiv Lal, Walter J. Salmon and James Weber
In mid-2003, CEO Chris McCormick felt L.L. Bean was in a good position to begin to grow again. For nearly 90 years, the company sold clothing and gear for outdoor enthusiasts through its catalogs and a single retail store in Freeport, Maine. In the three decades prior...
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Business History;
Restructuring;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Cost Management;
Sales;
Performance Improvement;
Diversification;
Distribution Channels;
Resignation and Termination;
Retail Industry;
Web Services Industry
Lal, Rajiv, Walter J. Salmon, and James Weber. "L.L. Bean: A Search for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 504-080, March 2004.
- 02 Mar 2018
- HBS Seminar
William F. Maloney, World Bank, Chief Economist, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions
- 18 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent
pleading with workers to return to offices by saying, "I'll get on my knees and do whatever you want.” While more than a few employees might love to see a CEO grovel on their knees, the critical lesson here is that Starbucks employees are...
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by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- Web
Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Negotiating the Gift of Life (A) By: Alex Chan March 2024 | Faculty Research Describes a negotiation where lives are truly at stake, where key lessons on persuasion and the role that identity might play in a negotiation are ... Research...
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- 15 Nov 2022
- Book
Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work
which publishes in November, can provide important lessons for business people in an era where consumers expects companies to behave responsibly more than ever. Enabling unethical behavior In the case of Purdue Pharma, McKinsey advised...
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by Pamela Reynolds
- 08 Oct 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Federal Reserve’s Abandonment of Its 1923 Principles
- 15 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Shaky Business: How Handshakes Win Negotiations
the table.” A possible future area to study, the researchers suggest, is whether hugs, high-fives, or fist bumps elicit the same amount of cooperation. Related Reading: The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations Henry Kissinger's View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 05 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
A Pathway to Public Service: Brandon Moore (MBA/MPP 2025)
Brandon Moore (MBA/MPP 2025) shares his experience in public service and why he decided on the joint degree program with Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School. The MBA/MPP and MBA/MPA-ID are three-year programs that combine the core curricula of the HBS...
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- 02 Nov 2023
- News
Seeding Startups
a mobile shopping app acquired by Motivity Labs. Now Nadkarni, who retired from entrepreneurship in 2015, is the one sharing lessons to the next generation of startup founders. “I love working with smart people. I love the idea of helping...
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April White