John Heinz (MBA 1963) - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery

Venture capital firms ask themselves tough questions these days. Among them: how can they dig out of the dot-com collapse? How should they invest going forward? How should the leader of a firm strike the right note for the future? And is it a field that graduating... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

17 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

Overview and Syllabus Harvard Business School Course Overview 807-123 Explains the mission, philosophy, structure, and classroom and grading policies for the second-year MBA elective International Entrepreneurship. Purchase this overview: View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

economy, while freshly minted MBAs see magic in founding something new. Yes, startups look magical, but they can also be chaotic and inaccessible. Many books are written for those who aspire to be founders, but a company only has one or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

Course MaterialsPerforming Industry Research to Inform Investment Decisions Harvard Business School Note 207-069 Conducting thorough research about an industry is often an important component of investment analysis. Written specifically for HBS View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 May 2018
Research & Ideas

A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety

Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School, and Mike Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at HBS, experts in scheduling and in inspections,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Service

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

findings suggest that overbilling is an important alternative manipulation tool in hospitals. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53299 Healthy Business? Managerial Education and Management in Healthcare By: Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=606118 Ghana: National Economic Strategy Harvard Business School Case 706-497 Set in the year 2001, as President John Kufuor contemplates a national economic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

long-run competitive advantage.— Forest L. Reinhardt One method managers try is to differentiate their products, environmentally speaking, and transfer the additional costs to customers. Star-Kist Foods, a Heinz company, tried this with... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

himself to return to the family business. In his second year in the MBA Program, Goldberg cross-registered for a course "across the river" with Professor John D. Black, a prominent agricultural... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (HBS MBA '03) was excelling at his job—selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals—when the company's 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

02 Feb 2004
What Do You Think?

Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?

doers at the senior levels of management." Advice to leaders in formulating decisions was provided by Keith Pinto, who opined that "Encouraging mavericks, risk takers, and soul searching questions is part of the chaos that leaders need to face to find meaning... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

to demand it. In fact, I believe the SEC should make it a requirement. As we all try to come up with solutions to the problems of the planet, integrated reporting is one way to make sure that companies are part of the process. 2. Rebecca Henderson Senator View Details

Keywords: by Staff

19 May 2016
Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

Research Symposium, an annual event that allows HBS faculty members to highlight a variety of research findings to an audience of doctoral students, staff members, and other professors. This year’s symposium, held last week on the HBS campus, was a joint effort by HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel

07 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

elsewhere. The Leadership and Organizational Behavior course in the First Year of the MBA program has a number of daunting assignments. First, it has to overcome the skepticism that some people have about whether leadership can in fact be... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

world for the better over the next two years, and will prepare us for the inevitable pandemics that follow. William A. Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor and the Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

Asked which institutions must be in place in order for African countries to grow, experts on a panel at the Africa Business Conference had no shortage of suggestions. One panelist, representing the International Monetary Fund, voted for a capable judiciary; a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Apr 2021
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?

senior corporate manager and a highly regarded teacher of future leaders. He cites, for example, lessons he learned working with former Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack. Among other things, they included the abilities to listen,... View Details