Artist - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

about food, business, and artistic vision. HBSWK: Both cases are about chefs that are pioneers in a certain kind of cuisine, faced with the issue of how to expand while remaining true to their culinary roots. How do you see them meeting... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

11 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers

Finnish-American artist and an engineer father, a Midwesterner, and an accomplished engineer in her own right. This personalization alone could help get others past their simplistic thinking about her. And if she can genuinely connect her... View Details

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Publishing; Web Services

20 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

2000. A coalition of 60 artists Against Piracy—including Alanis Morissette, Hanson, and Bon Jovi—supported this effort. With financial support from RIAA, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, Disney, Myplay.com, and the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

feelings and aesthetics rather than ideas, a stronger interest in people rather than things, prefer jobs in social or artistic areas, extraversion expressed as gregariousness rather than assertiveness, and neuroticism, characterized by... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

04 May 2007
What Do You Think?

How Do Managers Think?

Article Ask an artist how she creates a work of art, and chances are she can't tell you in a way that would enable you to do it. Similarly, managers I've observed over the years have great difficulty dissecting how they make tough... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

27 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?

Source: FangXiaNuo The topic of creativity tends to conjure conversations about individual geniuses whose artistic or scientific contributions have rocked history—the Ludwig Van Beethovens, the Emily Dickinsons, or the George Washington... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Feb 2005
What Do You Think?

If You Blink, Will You Miss?

able to practice blink are unable to describe how they do it, any more than an artist can describe how he or she produces a work of fine art. But many believe that it is a learned behavior. In fact, some of the experts described in the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Apr 2016
Research Event

What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?

organizations toward positive social change. “We change the language; we change the conversation,” said writer and hip hop artist Bryonn Bain. “We don’t have a truly functional democracy if every voice is not heard.” Mensah said if... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

Case 815-042 The Structure and Functioning of Art Markets The production, valuation, and consumption of contemporary art are guided by cultural and economic forces that play out in primary and secondary markets. Artists seek the attention... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Apr 2017
HBS Case

This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly

turn-around artist who had saved many companies from financial distress, Guvenal started by learning as much as he could about Turkasset’s debtors. He and his team discovered many of them were small-business owners suffering from poor... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions

A couple of years ago, hip-hop artist Macklemore topped the Billboard 100 chart with Thrift Shop, a paean to buying inexpensive used clothing from Goodwill Industries. Indeed, like the rapper, millions of people know Goodwill primarily as... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

this past September, the New York Philharmonic opened with the US premiere of Swing Symphony by Wynton Marsalis, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Additional networking opportunities. Lincoln now has forums that enable board... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

05 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

case:http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806153 L. Londell McMillan 805-084 On the plane back to New York City, L. Londell McMillan focused on the music on his headphones, the latest offering from his friend and long-time... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

music, just like grocery shoppers buying organic milk or fair trade coffee." This lesson applies across all businesses. "We think this is only true for artists and entertainers, but it's true for making tennis shoes and semiconductors,... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

08 Nov 2024
HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

making it a moving beacon for the American entrepreneurial spirit while having some fun amid a bleak war. "Disney had this mission of bringing happiness and joy to people. You saw this in Disney from a very young age." He also used his time in war-torn Paris to turn... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation

03 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 3

and make a recommendation to the chairman on whether to hold a similar event in 2013. As part of their deliberations, the executives were expected to consider where a potential 2013 convention should be held, which artists to invite,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, has used music and singing to help staffers think in unconventional ways. Poet David Whyte brings poetry to corporations such as Merck and Procter & Gamble to stir creativity by helping employees bridge their... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

10 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

recruited star with a track record of box office successes or with a strong artistic reputation. Finally, in an extension to the study, I do not find that the involvement of stars in movies increases the valuation of film companies that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

of big data. Rather than relying on artistic vision, Peck wanted the company to use the mining of big data obtained from Google Analytics and the company’s own sales and customer databases to select the next season’s assortment. Peck was... View Details