The Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2014
News

HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World

responsibility shared by so many business leaders in countries with great income disparities. Learn more at www.hbs.edu/businesshistory/emerging-markets Global Case Writing Shaped by Faculty Interests Assistant Professor Doug Chung’s... View Details

Keywords: faculty research

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

office.” “The private sector vendor community has done a great job of attracting that talent,” says Lefkowitz. “You may not want to wear a suit—and maybe you’d have trouble passing a background check, and maybe you want to play video... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

04 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Finding My Passion in the Startup Space

rely to a large extent on how well you gel with the team during the interview process. Early on at Blueground, it was clear that the culture was a View Details

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

summaries of the working papers published by Harvard Business School faculty—along with links to the full text of those papers. Here are the five most downloaded working papers... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Apr 2016
News

How Disney’s Alan Horn Manages the Movies

say that the semi-autonomous businesses, with Pixar and Lucasfilm based in Northern California, run themselves. But director Rob Reiner, Horn’s old friend and former partner at Castle Rock Entertainment, suggests that even View Details

17 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper

for profit margins? The stakes are high. Without a doubt, bringing more customers into online channels offers a great upside. Not only do they contribute to sales today, but they may continue to buy online... View Details

Keywords: by Ayelet Israeli, Eva Ascarza, and Laura Castrillo; Retail

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A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Company’s Hawthorne Works in Cicero, Illinois. Ultimately, though, many managers and scholars regarded this comprehensive study, the results of which were published in 1939 in the midst of View Details

17 Feb 2015
News

The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)

about the job? What do you find most challenging? “I enjoy most the moments when we can see our research and testimony, and the experience of our researchers, directly... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

13 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Benefits of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

his business and leadership skillset, Damjan planned to spend the next two years focused on engineering. “I knew it wasn’t enough just to be a strong software engineer. It might be enough to build a great... View Details

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

an expert on the history of German savings institutions and has written on the German financial system more broadly. We are just beginning our planning for the project, which... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

encompassed other important inflection points. The end of the Civil War was one. The onset of the Great Depression... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

01 Sep 2009
News

Make the Most of HBS Alumni Resources

thinking. I hope we all take advantage of what this great school can still do for us. — Ann Kelly (MBA ’99) is a partner at the Global Philanthropy Group in Seattle, Washington, where she lives with her... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

“what would I have done in that situation?” Interesting and diverse characters, great acting, and multiple story lines made for compelling viewing. Rosabeth Moss Kanter On my serious reading pile are books about American history and View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Jun 2013
News

Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

chief Arne Duncan his secretary of education in 2008, there was great optimism in the charter school movement. Duncan, after all, had long welcomed charters—public schools operating outside View Details

Keywords: David McKay Wilson; charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community

could offer to incoming MBAs interested in the tech community? My favorite tech roles to date have all been ones where I felt strongly about both the company culture and the... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

The US Patent System’s Uncertain Fate

to sue. “Patent trolling” is the opportunistic use of a patent to extract licensing fees or settlements when no infringement has occurred. On average it takes 18 to 24 months and about $500,000 to $3 million for a patent holder to defend... View Details

Keywords: April White

18 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is

and develop new workflows. “We can put sensors on something and get great data out of it, but then the question becomes what are we going to do with that data—and how are we going to make money off of it?”... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

25 May 2021
Blog Post

The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work

important because meaning in life has great motivational power. Research finds that nostalgia motivates the pursuit of important life goals by increasing that sense of meaning. Humans are an existential... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

22 Oct 2018
Blog Post

HBS Marketing Club Presents: The Brand Summit

As marketers, we believe it is our job to create value, communicate that value to our customers, and capture a portion of that value for our firms. A great way to do this is to build strong brands, allowing us to reap View Details