The Revival Of Family Business In China - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

Keywords: Julia Hanna; department stores; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

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

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

29 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?

interest tax deduction. Retsinas is a senior lecturer in real estate at Harvard Business School, director emeritus of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, and... View Details

Keywords: Construction; Real Estate

11 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." —Henry James As a... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

12 Dec 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

any entrepreneur looking to build a business around an unconventional product that elicits multiple reactions: How do you balance fun and function in order to avoid the danger... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

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

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

19 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work

regular business hours. In fact, the average communication share outside of regular hours for men was nearly 14 percent, versus nearly 9 percent... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Nov 2018
News

New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change

Clubs News Clubs News In partnership with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative (BEI), the HBS Club of New... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; clubs; alumni clubs

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

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

With cross-sector collaborations on the rise, a new book exploring partnerships between business and social organizations in the Americas comes... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

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

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jan 2002
News

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur’s Journey

It's easy to run a company in an up market. OK, sort of easy. But a down market is something else again, and what a roller-coaster year the past year was, said six... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Blog

Inside the Learning: Program Formats Unpacked

Virtual programs and modules that are live online experiences use either the HBS Live Online Classroom (LOC) or a virtual meeting technology such as Zoom. By offering programs in a variety View Details

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

Citation

Purchase

24 Mar 2020
News

“Don’t Zoom While Driving”

24 Oct 2023
HBS Case

From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World

Simons, Baker Foundation Professor and Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. “People are attracted to optimism and... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Dec 2020
News

Embrace the Corona-Blur

entrepreneur, so we have been experiencing each other’s entrepreneurial ups and downs in our small apartment,” she says. It’s been a refrain repeated by her Medley clients as well: “We are seeing the... View Details

18 Jul 2023
News

The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

eye-opening glimpse under the hood of an industry I love. Coupled with my time on movie sets and in production offices, I saw the industry’s huge... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

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