Observation - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Jan 2018
News

A Visible Example of What’s Possible

College of Business at San Francisco State University. Oubre observes that her HBS degree was the first step to a career that allowed her to “be a visible example so that more people who look like me will see what’s possible.” After... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Passing the Torch

several units, reorganize relations with customers, and increase diversity at the top of GE's executive ranks, with the company looking "completely different in three or four years." All well and good, but many observers are wondering if... View Details

Keywords: Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2004
News

He Loves New York

Why, observers puzzled, would Wall Street dealmaker Bruce Wasserstein (MBA 1971, JD 1970) pony up $55 million to buy New York magazine? Once the standard-setter of the city-magazine genre, the publication no longer seems to be the... View Details

15 Aug 2019
News

Finding a Fix for Food Allergies

accelerate discoveries. “We built an organization we would want to invest in ourselves,” observes Greg. “We need to broaden the net and provide incentives for scientists to work together within food allergies and across disease states to... View Details

Portrait Project

Alice Yen

orange persimmons and brown turkey figs. Standing by his side, I observed my dad creatively experiment with recycled reflective compact disks to keep the deer and robins from having an early bite. After the season ended, I watched as he... View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

Mandela in Triumph at Harvard

partnership between those of the North and the South in helping to shape a world order that answers to the shared and common needs of all peoples." Mandela, noting that many of his countrymen have benefited from Harvard and its programs, View Details

25 May 2016
News

A Focus on Sustainability

improving the sustainability of our planet, Ferenbach believes that the best way to make progress in this arena is to work with—not against—business and government. “The vast majority of the economy is private. It is markets that influence change,” View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Recognizing Potential

transformational classroom experience," observes Stevens. "I think the time is right to adapt innovative technologies to extend the School's impact and define a new standard for online management education." View Details

Keywords: Internet; distance learning; online education; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Dec 1998
News

HBSAAAA Convenes in San Francisco

power and influence. "The issues discussed had wide relevance," observes program chair Willa E. Seldon (MBA '86). Adds Wilkinson, "The dialogue took advantage of shared experiences from the vantage points of early- through late-career... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

25 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

The Powerful Strategic Tool Companies Should Not Try to Control

World Nutella Day a cease-and-desist letter in 2013. The company backed down and eventually embraced this day of honor of its beloved product. Companies devote significant resources to holding focus groups and collecting customer feedback. But companies that cultivate,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

29 May 2013
Blog Post

Perks of the LVMH Family

within Sephora. Someone should do a case study on branding at Benefit! Then of course, we got treated to amazing brow waxing at their new Brow Bar and boutique on Sutter St. It’s interesting to observe beauty retail in a small, single... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

01 Sep 2008
News

Entrepreneurship Program in Fourth Year

globalizes, we need to give back, and pedagogy happens to be something we’re good at,” observes HBS professor Howard Stevenson, who cochaired the program with HBS senior lecturer Mike Roberts and professor Youngme Moon. Stevenson adds... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 2002
News

All Aboard

management is essential, too. Another key is public support. “I think the public is way ahead of the politicians on this,” Gunn observed in the Toronto Star (July 7, 2002). “They drive, and they know what's happening out there. I think... View Details

08 May 2015
News

An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society

world’s largest corporations has created an opportunity for managers to consider the interests of a broader set of stakeholders. The role of the corporation in society can be a function of the larger economic, social, and political context, and as a result can evolve... View Details

31 Mar 2022
News

A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

to take it off their hands. The realization that evening was sobering: Thousands of people around them were in need. “When you live in a country like India, you tend to just normalize what you see around you,” observes Ghose of the more... View Details

21 Jan 2022
News

Real Talk

their research? “The approaches are largely: cover your rear end,” observes Harmeling. And, say the Equitas partners, other models are largely a few hours’ worth of training made up of PowerPoint presentations, computer quizzes, and... View Details

08 Apr 2011
News

Management Matters In Health Care, Too

figure them out,” he said. “We’re going to have a revolution in coordinating care,” observed David Cutler, a Harvard professor of applied economics and a nationally recognized expert in the economics of health care. To underscore his... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2003
News

Gregg Petersmeyer

C. Gregg Petersmeyer learned about giving back from his parents. He observed in them and their contemporaries a tremendous empathy for their fellow citizens going through the shared hard times of the Depression and World War II. “Today,”... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Mar 2008
News

Reflections on the “Artistry” of Teaching

are taken from various written accounts of Christensen’s observations about teaching. Truly effective classroom teaching is artistry, and I believe those artistic skills and techniques can be taught and learned. >>>> To me, the very first... View Details