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- 17 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both?
after dropping out of Stanford University, knew the product didn’t deliver while she solicited new business and investments. Defense attorneys say Holmes “believed” in the revolutionary blood-testing device and that “trying hard and... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
As entrepreneurial rocket companies come closer to shooting the first space tourist into the void, perhaps even this year, another reality is dawning: The business of space is no different than new industries everywhere else. It’s tough... View Details
- January 2023 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Elon Musk at Tesla
By: George Serafeim and Amram Migdal
This case gives an overview of Elon Musk’s career arc through the lens of the 2003 founding of Tesla and its growth through 2022. Background information is included on Tesla’s unique strategic decisions, its operational and reputational struggles and successes, and the... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Decision Making; Design; Energy; Renewable Energy; Engineering; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Values and Beliefs; Governance; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Leadership Style; Management; Goals and Objectives; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Society; Social Issues; Strategy; Transportation; Value; Auto Industry; Transportation Industry
Serafeim, George, and Amram Migdal. "Elon Musk at Tesla." Harvard Business School Case 123-044, January 2023. (Revised June 2024.)
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
foreign firms or in vertically linked industries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-012.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsLi Ka-Shing and the Growth of Cheung Kong Harvard Business School Case 407-062 No abstract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
remained engaged. “On the surface, YouTube’s business model appears to be the work of genius. But it has posed problems.” According to Google investor John Doerr, she inherited a stretch goal set in 2012 to... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
Online, and broaden the faculty's ambitious research agenda. Growing unrestricted current use giving to a sustainable annual level of $40 million was one of the major goals of The Campaign for Harvard View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program
Street, which will directly connect with my future goal of creating a stronger financial sector in Mexico. Second, the case method has been a fantastic source of learning. In the first year we read more than 250 cases that involved... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
module devoted to utilizing customer-operators to improve operations (HBS No. 608-135). Purchase this exercise: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608126 Equity Derivatives Harvard Business School Note 208-117... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Blog
Which HBS Executive Education Program is Right For Me?
Business School Executive Education is always striving to create new programs that match business leaders' needs in an ever-changing work environment. The Program Advising team regularly attends program... View Details
- 01 Jan 2017
- News
Improving Health Care Delivery
through big data by offsetting the cost of collection and analysis and by tapping into the tremendous amount of existing medical information available. “I think HBS can be a leader in making use of that information from a business and... View Details
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
wise or lucky. His blend of new statistical methods and old common-sense reasoning helped him profit as the forecasting industry first developed. Irving Fisher, Economic Forecasting, and the Myth of the Business Cycle Author:Walter A.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Jason A. Kilar
interviewed with Bezos in a professor’s office, flew to Seattle a week later, and accepted a job offer on the spot. He thought he would stay for two years but he spent the next nine years working alongside Bezos whom he called “the single greatest View Details
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
each branch of the armed services must make. Army and Marine Corps officers operate in an inherently uncertain environment. They define the mission but then give subordinates the flexibility to adjust to realities on the ground. This leadership experience tends to turn... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Considering Retirement - Alumni
like to have? Are you attracted to stability – or adventure? Some people prefer time for family and hobbies; others want an encore career (perhaps in nonprofit service) that applies the skills they acquired in their previous careers to new View Details
- 01 May 2020
- What Do You Think?
Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?
THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) How to Make Furloughs More Humane (Harvard View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
model for integrating diverse values offers some grounds for thinking about parallel virtues in the business case. Our goal is not to offer any general prescription for organizational democracy at this stage... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Office of Strategy Management
"Why is there such a persistent gap between ambition and performance?" ask Robert Kaplan and David P. Norton in "The Office of Strategy Management" in the October 2005 Harvard Business Review. "The gap arises, we... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS
at HBS. Before we kick off the ABCs, let us introduce ourselves. We are HBS CPD – Harvard Business School Career & Professional Development. A – Aldrich. Aldrich Hall is one of our main academic buildings where most MBA classes are... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
L.E. Simmons
who has achieved lofty financial success in his professional career while remaining firmly grounded in solid business wisdom. The second oldest of four brothers who grew up in rural Kaysville, Utah - all of whom went on to earn MBAs at... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 18 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
media on the train, may actually interfere with people’s ability to transition into work mode smoothly—which makes them feel gloomier about their jobs and more likely to quit. “I was surprised with this finding myself,” Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman