Publications

17 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?

Advisors, more than 20 enclosed malls have been shuttered over the last few years with another 60 on the endangered list. José Alvarez: Ecommerce has significant implications... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

March 2024
Case

From “BIG” Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag

In the summer of 2023, Eduard (“Eddie”) Croitoru, Vice President (VP) of ICL Group (“ICL”) Corporate Initiatives, was reflecting on ICL’s internal ideation program, the Business Innovation for Growth (BIG) Accelerator. When Raviv Zoller became the CEO of ICL in 2018,... View Details

July 2008 (Revised January 2010)
Case

Affinity Labs, Inc.

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Elizabeth Kind

In November 2006, Chris Michel left Military.com, which he founded in 1999, to start Affinity Labs, a global network of online communities. That month, Michel raised a Series A round of venture funding and established a partnership with Monster, which he had sold... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Demand and Consumers; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks; Online Technology

Leslie A. Perlow is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. She leads the Crafting Your Life Special Project, dedicated to helping individuals make purposeful life choices while gathering... View Details

Career Coach

Connie Walsh

Connie (Kellogg '94) works with students and alumni who have had a wide variety of backgrounds and interests. Connie has 20+ years of business experience at Fortune 100... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail; Social Enterprise; Technology

13 May 2021
Blog Post

HBS Got Talent

parody of “You’ll Be Back” from the musical Hamilton. We raised over $22,500 for Breaktime, and the show was a huge success! Thank you to all who participated, watched, and... View Details

William A. Sahlman

William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

Career Coach

Aaron Mitchell

inclusion and opened doors for marginalized communities to flourish. His work has led to features in The New York Times, CNBC, and Wired. Aaron currently serves on the boards... View Details

09 Jun 2015
Blog Post

Pursuing Meaning through an HBS/HKS Joint Degree

Originally from Mexico City, Mexico Paulina Ponce de Leon moved to the United States in 2001 to attend Wellesley College. After graduating from Wellesley, Paulina spent a year travelling and pursuing a... View Details

27 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Horrible Boss Workarounds

when bosses fail to realize that they're not communicating clearly. Kanter cites an old joke as an example: A man drives to a gas station to fill up his tank, and the attendant can't help noticing that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Career Coach

Rohit Sahni

investment pitches, accounting and financial questions, and financial modeling. Rohit enjoys helping students explore a profession within financial services. He also enjoys helping students communicate and synthesize their motivations,... View Details

16 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future

What were you doing prior to HBS? What made you decide to go to HBS? Before HBS, I worked at Tesla as a design engineer and project manager. I had the opportunity to work on groundbreaking products alongside some View Details

11 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Saying “Race” Out Loud: Leading Conversations on Diversity in HBS Classrooms

senior associate dean for culture and community three years ago. Via teaching faculty retreats focused on real-life classroom scenarios, coordinating cases featuring issues of... View Details

14 May 2013
Blog Post

Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Matt…

it takes to build and run high-performing organizations. I grappled with the difficult decisions that managers face daily and learned from classmates different ways of approaching challenges and... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

Career Coach

Vincent Dessain

Vincent (HBS MBA’87) draws on more than 25 years of experience as a higher education senior executive at HBS and INSEAD and in the corporate world both in View Details

May 2009 (Revised October 2009)
Case

Newton-Wellesley Hospital

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Natalie Kindred

How will Newton-Wellesley Hospital (NWH) preserve its private practice tradition while remaining effective and competitive in a healthcare industry demanding increasing integration between physicians and hospitals? This is the decision facing Newton-Wellesley Hospital... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Profit; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Integration; Health Industry; Massachusetts