The Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Jan 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts

The founder, Arthur Demoulas, had two capable sons, Mike and George, who joined him in his little store, took it over, and then built a great supermarket business. The founder... View Details

Keywords: Retail

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan

world, the economics were terrific. The business was highly scalable but, in addition, there was a great market for the digital information. So... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

July 2002 (Revised March 2003)
Case

North East Medical Services

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Wendy Carter

Sophie Wong, president and CEO of North East Medical Services, a health care organization dedicated to serving the underprivileged Asian American community in San Francisco, must decide how to reposition the organization to serve patients from multiple income levels... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Human Resources; Leadership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Health Industry; San Francisco

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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

19 Feb 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

great day!” What does this honor mean to you, personally and also professionally? Pradhan: “This really is a team award. On the personal side, it is an award that belongs to my wife, my parents, and my... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

11 Apr 2018
News

The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)

communities and to do so with a great team of people. I saw that The Mission Continues was hiring, and because they do that type of work with veterans, the job seemed like a... View Details

26 Feb 2014
News

The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)

was still in love with what I was doing, and that's probably the reason I could find the energy to make it all happen. "Believing anything is possible is awesome when you study in a View Details

Keywords: online shopping; fashion; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

15 Jun 2018
News

Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life

look for meaningfulness as something that happens to us. We have a great vacation, and we're thankful that we do. We have a great marriage, and we put work into it, but we're thankful that fate brought us... View Details

14 Jul 2021
News

The First Five Years: Nicolas Manes (MBA 2020)

single day where I spent more than fifteen minutes alone.” What was your favorite spot on campus? “Definitely the iLab! There I met my cofounders and some great mentors, like Professor Javier Segovia.” Can... View Details

18 May 2015
News

The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)

women. Oh, and of course, the HBS Show 2009: One Western Story. I devoured all six minutes of my stage time as Annie Patel.” Can you finish this statement? Great mobile products “Make your life easier.”... View Details

Keywords: Google; Yahoo; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

Web

Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

will give the world something new.” Edwin Land, "Annual Christmas Message to Employees of the Polaroid Corporation," December 23, 1942 4 Edwin Land defined greatness as... View Details

19 Jan 2023
Blog Post

11 Ways to Reengage Employees in the New Year

access to a meditation tool, and setting norms around mental health days. To promote physical wellness, try a Wellness Wednesday initiative where staff are provided the time off to take an exercise class or share a healthy lunch together.... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

22 May 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders

Brown teaches a case about Disney in her MBA elective course, The Business of Aesthetics (Photo courtesy of Pauline Brown) Brown has honed that ability to the point of poetic brevity. Asked recently what’s... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Beauty & Cosmetics; Apparel & Accessories; Auto; Tourism

19 May 2016
Blog Post

Finding the Path: Making Space for Reflection During Recruiting

loved about writing. I liked going from ambiguity to clarity. I liked the iterative process of finding the right answer and then communicating it powerfully. But I also needed to be around people – View Details

Keywords: Consulting

23 Oct 2018
News

Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: There are about 130,000 words in Casey Gerald’s first book, There Will Be No Miracles Here, and each of those words was written by hand. It had to be that way, Gerald says—the writing had to... View Details

13 Dec 2018
Blog Post

Working at the Intersection of Business and Environment

Education programs around the world. We have a group of core faculty who are particularly active in writing case materials on environmental topics including climate change, sustainable cities, clean energy, and integrated reporting. A... View Details

29 Apr 2020
Book

The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages

Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Apr 2017
News

Panera-bred Leaders Have Risen Throughout the Restaurant Industry

his success last year, when Friendly’s owner Sun Capital Partners put him in charge of the Johnny Rockets retro burger-and-shakes chain. Maguire said Shaich kept the Panera team laser-focused on three goals:... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

03 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Hire an MBA: The Benefits and Misconceptions for Startups

skills Students gain exposure to a diverse set of industries and functions through the case method, which makes them a great addition to startups where working across functions is part of View Details

Keywords: All Industries; Entrepreneurship

22 Mar 2022
News

Clubs Mark a Milestone and the Lunar New Year

not know each other, were born in the same remote town in China. “That was a weird coincidence,” says Montano, adding that she is now reading a book written by someone she met at the event. “It was a View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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