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- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Class of 1997 Graduates with Distinction
Social Sciences 47% Other 4% (All data as of Summer 1997) Members of the Class of 1997 participated in a three-day... View Details
- 27 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Voting Democrat or Republican? The Critical Childhood Influence That's Tough to Shake
political beliefs. The strategy was to measure the “extent to which a voter whose family moves to a new neighborhood during their childhood adopts a political behavior similar... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- May 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Bill Cummings: The Cummings Way
By: Christina R. Wing, Robert F. White and Michael Norris
In 2019, Bill Cummings, founder of Cummings Properties and Cummings Foundation and billionaire signer of the Giving Pledge, is winding down his roles at his company and foundation. How should the management move the company forward? View Details
Keywords: Real Estate Development; Philanthropy; Family Business; Nonprofit Organizations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Management Succession; Real Estate Industry; United States; Boston
Wing, Christina R., Robert F. White, and Michael Norris. "Bill Cummings: The Cummings Way." Harvard Business School Case 619-038, May 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- 2016
- Teaching Note
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Raymond Jetson's MetroMorphosis and the Effort to Transform Baton Rouge
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Teaching Note for Case 315-057. Building on his successes as a politician and preacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Rev. Raymond Jetson sought to empower Baton Rouge citizens to innovate solutions for their community challenges. After stepping down as the head of the... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Business and Community Relations; Problems and Challenges; Leadership; Louisiana; Baton Rouge
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Tessa Natanay Hamilton, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Raymond Jetson's MetroMorphosis and the Effort to Transform Baton Rouge." Harvard Business Publishing Teaching Note 316-033, 2016.
- 28 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life
the company norms and culture.” Actively solicit feedback and listen to members of your community about their lived experience so that these practices are part of View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
employees and customers alike,” Frei says. “I couldn’t think of a service business that fit that description in the United States. We’ve been... View Details
- 16 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules
opportunity cost of their time. Yet by law, such meetings are not allowed to convey material information. "There seems to be a disconnect," says Eugene F. Soltes, an assistant professor in View Details
- 22 Jun 2022
- Book
Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path
behind your book? Timothy Butler: Most of my research has been big data-driven, using psychometric assessments to identify the ways in which people find their way to View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
starting a business .” Todd Krasnow (MBA ’83), an EiR from 2006 to 2007, describes the year as “all the fun of being on View Details
- 18 Apr 2007
- HBS Case
How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor
"Magazine Luiza: Building a Retail Model of 'Courting the Poor.'" "Magazine Luiza has made a business of targeting View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
and office space. “It’s our lake view,” jokes DeWitt’s eldest son, William III (MBA ’95), the Cardinals’ senior vice president of business development. “But we won’t have it... View Details
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Leaders: What the Airline Industry Can Teach Us about Leadership (Palgrave Macmillan), coauthored by Anthony J. Mayo and Nitin Nohria of Harvard View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Dr. Manu Chandaria
Manu Chandaria, Chair of the Comcraft Group based in Kenya,describes the challenge of managing his far-flung enterprise with family members doing in business in a number of different locations, including... View Details
- 06 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Cheers to the American Consumer
countries may be the most important of all enablers of entrepreneurship and innovation in America. Why is the... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
about the building that bears his family name, C.D. “Dick” Spangler Jr. (MBA ’56), who returned to campus in June for his 55th class reunion, answered simply: “I’m pleased that... View Details
- 16 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
Am I Eligible for the 2+2 Program?
admission application process for current students, who are either in college or a full-time master’s degree program. It is comprised of at least two years of professional work... View Details
- 12 Mar 2020
- Video
Muhammad Alagil
Muhammad Alagil, Chairman of Jarir Investment in Saudi Arabia, discusses the decision to go public in 2003, which he argues was due to family dynamics and the desire to ensure the continuity of the... View Details
- May 2022
- Supplement
Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Fares Khrais. "Maestro Pizza (C): Taking the Fight Outside." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-401, May 2022.
- 18 Jul 2023
- News
The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)
What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind... View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak