R＆D Project Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Jul 2017
HBS Case

It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family

Transitioning to next-generation leadership in a family-run restaurant business is a tricky recipe. Credit: ansonmiao Harvard Business School case studies are often set in large corporations, where the wide range of problems encountered by View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

05 Jun 2009
What Do You Think?

What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?

economy without continued expansion." P. Maxson, assuming also that growth has limits, asked, "will we manage this change, or will we let ourselves be mauled by it?" A more basic question may be whether a stable economy and... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

17 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 17

PublicationsAn Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions Authors:Craig J.Chapman, Thomas J. Steenburgh Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract Prior research hypothesizes that View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

managers; interns sending written questions that senior managers would later answer; and intern group research project meetings in which interns would gather online for 30 minutes to work together without... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

19 May 2021
Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

at large. About the Authors Joseph B. Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. He co-chairs the HBS Project on Managing the Future of Work and... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

John C. Mulliken

Strategy consultant, former CTO & CPO, public & private company board member, retail & climatetech entrepreneur, early stage investor. Father of two, husband, sailor, hiker, and aspirational road biker.

John is a senior lecturer in the... View Details

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the CLIMB program and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Organizational Leadership ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Organizational Leadership... View Details

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Deshpande Henry McGee Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Entrepreneurial Sales 103 Lou Shipley Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Field Course: Field X (also listed under Finance) Randolph Cohen Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Field Y: Projects in... View Details

2010
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Utilizing Team Member Expertise Under Pressure

By: Heidi K. Gardner and Erin McFee

Pressure intensifies on a strategy consulting team as they deliver a critical project, and the team manager faces a dilemma about her changing role on the team. Although she had been the key decision-maker in the early weeks of the project, Julia Narino now finds that... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Managerial Roles; Organizational Culture; Projects; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Customization and Personalization; Consulting Industry

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22 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution

other for more than 10 years, and have often worked together on projects such as cases and articles. After spending over a decade with the Microsoft Office team, Steven was asked to manage Windows... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

06 Jul 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

government policies, short-term corporate management thinking, the World Trade Organization (Paul saying, “Personally, I’m a long-time supporter of globalization, but the WTO decision-making process needs to be more transparent and... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing

16 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Competition Make Us More Creative?

produce incremental market share in a crowded market—then it’s not worth pursuing,” he says. IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGERS The implication for managers is that sharp incentives can be effective in eliciting... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

November 2006 (Revised February 2007)
Case

Microsoft Xbox: Changing the Game?

By: Andrei Hagiu

In September 1999, the Microsoft Xbox team was wondering which strategic choices would give it the best chance against the upcoming Sony PlayStation 2. Initially called "Project Midway" within Microsoft, the console project was intended to counter the perceived threat... View Details

Keywords: Customers; Recruitment; Leadership; Management Teams; Multi-Sided Platforms; Two-Sided Platforms; Production; Strategy; Competition; Expansion; Video Game Industry; Texas

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03 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

03 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 3

achieved something, however small. If the person drags out of the office disengaged and joyless, a setback is likely to blame. This progress principle suggests that managers have more influence than they may realize over employees'... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

study there. The two-year project included the creation of the Bloomberg Center, an extension of the building’s southern footprint and new south-facing entrance named to honor William Henry Bloomberg, the late father of New York City... View Details

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

farmland. We see our land’s ability to serve as a sink for anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions as a key element of the climate solution. As a farmland asset manager, we can direct restorative and regenerative soil and water management... View Details

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

many took as the key to their business success. More recently, the limitations of “strong” cultures have come into focus. As important as conformity is, leaders and companies have recognized that organizational performance hinges on the ability of employees to View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

07 May 2012
Research & Ideas

The Art of Haggling

of bargaining, while in Getting to YES, Harvard Law School Professor Roger Fisher and Harvard Negotiation Project Senior Fellow William Ury advocated for an approach that can benefit both parties. Fisher and Ury's message took hold, given... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

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