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23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

Rohit Daniel Wadhwani's research and teaching interests lie in business and financial history and public policy. He received his B.A. with honors from Yale College in 1991. From 1991 to 1995 he worked as a management consultant with APM... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

18 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

Profile

Adriana Garcia Ceja

broader business skill set. I was privy to a small subset of business, and there were other skills I need to learn: marketing, general management.” Leadership in difficult times “Because I sought specific... View Details

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Corporate Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Strategy Strategy Strategy Explained Business Strategy Creating a Successful Strategy Corporate Strategy The Role of Leaders Related Topics Corporate Strategy Corporate Strategy Big companies aren’t necessarily more successful... View Details

27 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

It's common in Harvard Business School classrooms to discuss the "pivot," the moment an enterprise changes direction to pursue a new strategy. On a visit to eastern Japan, MBA students talked to Masamichi Ono, CEO of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail

23 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 23

Todd Rogers and Michael I. Norton Publication: Harvard Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010) Abstract This article presents a dual interview based on a research study we conducted. Our study found that an artful dodger of questions... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2014
Case

Microfinance Services in Rural Areas--Farmers' Self-reliance Branch of CFPA Microfinance in Shangyi County

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Siqun Yang and Meihua Shen

Microfinance is introduced into China in the 1990s. It had gone through 3 phases since the beginning, namely the pilot phase when all Microfinance practices are sponsored by charity funds based on projects, the promotion phase when the government subsidized some... View Details

Keywords: Rural Entrepreneurship; Value Added; China; Risk Management; Microfinance; China

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30 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2013

Most Popular Articles 2013 How to Spot a Liar Key linguistic cues can help reveal dishonesty during business negotiations, whether it's a flat-out lie or a deliberate omission of key information, according to research by Lyn M. Van Swol,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

[research] hasn’t included everyone,” says Coffman, the Piramal Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. A 2021 Williams Institute study found that about 1.2 million people... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Feb 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Amazoned: Is Any Industry Safe?

iPhoto Jeff Bezos, visiting a Harvard Business School classroom 21 years ago, told skeptical students his goal with Amazon.com was to "sell everything to everyone everywhere." Even dog food? students wondered, which would... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

February 2022 (Revised May 2025)
Case

Resident 2020

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Thomas O. Jones

Launched in 2016, Resident was a leading player in the direct-to-consumer bed-in-a-box mattress market, where it was one of at least 175 venture-backed companies competing in the space. By late 2020, it had realized over $500 million in revenue, profitability in the... View Details

Keywords: Digital Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation; Operations; Entrepreneurship; Competitive Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Decisions; Marketing Strategy; Cash Flow; Demand and Consumers

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02 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/318002-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-068 Eastern Bank: Innovating Through Eastern Labs Eastern Bank is a 200-year-old New England mutual bank with a community focus. Eastern... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

excluded from the Communist world. In the twenty years after 1945 the European colonial empires were dismantled. In some cases, decolonization was followed by an aggressive reaction against the businesses of the former colonial power, and... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

24 Jan 2018
Blog Post

10 Reasons Why HBS Peek Weekend was worth the trip across the pond - a british perspective

studying at Bristol University. Before we applied to Peek Weekend in Spring 2017, we never imagined ourselves going to business school, let alone Harvard Business School. Fast forward six months and we find... View Details

27 Oct 2021
Blog Post

HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing

report. Small businesses are a major growth lever for wealth creation and employment in Massachusetts and across the country. Yet, many BIPOC-led and -owned businesses... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor

In the half-century since his graduation, Theodore Roosevelt IV (MBA 1972) has earned widespread respect as both a forward-thinking investment banker and an influential activist through his efforts to address climate change and preserve public lands. For much of that... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; climate change; investment banking; leadership; carbon tax

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

The health insurance system in the United States is broken, and business is paying the price. Employers' insurance premiums reached an estimated $450 billion in 2000, and then shot up again, at three times the rate of inflation, in 2001.... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

raised in the case are how to raise the necessary capital and structure the deal and whether or not to buy the company. This case inspired me to think about small business and manufacturing in a more... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

10 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

In a new book, Breakthrough International Negotiation: How Great Negotiators Transformed the World's Toughest Post-Cold War Conflicts, Harvard Business School professor Michael Watkins dissects the art of give-and-take. This excerpt... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

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Output and asset price fluctuations

What are the sources of business cycles? How are these shocks propagated in the economy? Why are their effects so persistent? How can we explain asset price fluctuations? How are shocks transmitted internationally?To study these questions, I have developed a series... View Details

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