Creative Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2012
News

On a Sound Track

time. I had worked closely on day-to-day operations with the firm’s founder since 2005, so I was up to speed on most things, including the public offering. But being up to speed on something and owning ultimate responsibility are two... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio accessories; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

29 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

research and suggests ways that entrepreneurs can work toward being both rich and royal. Sarah Jane Gilbert: Tell us about the conflict entrepreneurs face when establishing a new venture between the profit motive and the control motive.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services

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Online Creating Brand Value Course | HBS Online

C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator “This course melds art and science to unpack the creativity and research behind iconic brands, so that you can apply successful strategies and tactics to your product, service, or... View Details

12 Dec 2018
News

Lesson Plan

on Iraq. For the Japanese in the room, it’s a sobering reminder of how war, and its aftermath, can affect a country and its people for decades. For the American, it indicates a clear need for political change. When her two-year commitment in Japan is complete, she... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

about the world of noncompetes before you embarked on this study. How did you get interested in studying them vis-à-vis inventor mobility? What gap in the research did you want to investigate? Matt Marx: You're right; this topic drew directly on my experience. After... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 10

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-095.pdf Working PapersBehavioral Ethics: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Moral Judgment and Dishonesty Authors:Max H. Bazerman and Francesca Gino Abstract Early research and teaching on ethics focused... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1997
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Facing the Music

about the recent slump but also about the fascinating workings of the star-maker machinery behind the music that moves America. Strauss Zelnick, president and CEO of BMG Entertainment North America, a division of Germany's Bertelsmann AG... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems By Wendy K. Smith (PHDOB 2006) and Marianne W. Lewis Harvard Business Review Press Life is full of paradoxes. How can we each express our individuality while also being a team... View Details

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

on all counts, you have a model that is under significant pressure. Alvarez: What's fascinating is that the model has worked for Walmart for a very long time and looked like a juggernaut that nobody believed could be stopped. You had this... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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One-Year Action Plan Update - Advancing Racial Equity

our community can be the best that they can be. We are focused on this goal, but here too, we have work to do. And then just to complete that thought, Brian, as Jan said, we excelled in unleashing the View Details

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

and written about Apple for the last decade, generating several case studies. His latest case, Apple Computer 2004, co-written with research associate Debbie Freier, was recently published by Harvard Business School Publishing. Yoffie sat down with HBS View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

agency. The average team lets go 38.5 percent of its roster during the off-season meaning that a quarterback could be working with a completely new cast every year. For teams looking to hire a QB, finding someone who fits the bill is not... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

01 Jun 2020
News

Keeping the Beat

privilege of her education to elevate feminine voices in the music industry. Gandhi has released two albums of her own since graduating from HBS and is working on her third. She is also a public speaker and a 2020 TED Fellow—work that,... View Details

Keywords: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

08 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

increasing the welfare of poor people in poor countries. Nongovernmental organizations are largely staffed by altruistic employees and volunteers working towards ideological, rather than financial, ends. Their founders are often intense,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Jun 2017
News

Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?

path. It works for recruiting too, allowing companies in search of specific personality traits to find ideal workers. Today I talk with neuroscientist Frida Polli, cofounder and CEO of pymetrics, about what characteristics make for, say,... View Details

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Design Officer at Intuit. Earlier in his career he worked as a design engineer at HP and at IDEO, where he became a Partner and Global Managing Director. He led the growth of IDEO’s own new ventures, such as IDEO U, CoLab, and View Details

01 Jun 2014
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Ready for Takeoff

iron ore among them—found a growing market as China's demands grew with its economy. And because Brazil had done the hard work of building a better policy foundation, the boom meant sustained economic growth. So while other Latin American... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 2019
News

City on a Hill

beds in the West Wind dormitory, where Marietta broke ground on a $475,000 renovation project last fall, they’ll burn some calories learning traditional Appalachian folk dances from a teacher who attended day camp at Pine Mountain as a youngster, came to View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

09 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 9, 2008

Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji, Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many independent rating systems are designed primarily to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing... View Details