Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (9,166) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (9,166) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 77 of 9,166 Results →
  • 15 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

Coming Out Calculus: A Reflection in Honor of National Coming Out Day

have to do this, how familiar the anxiety is, how it feels like so much of this new world I’m entering in hinges on the answer to a stupid icebreaker question. This existential crisis consumes the last bit View Details
  • 18 Apr 2019
  • Blog Post

Evolution in Entertainment: A Recap of the 2019 Entertainment & Media Conference

sports, gaming, and creative sectors. By gathering a diverse group of talent, we hoped to facilitate conversations about the key trends and questions in the industry, and provide a setting for professional... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
  • September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
  • Case

From Beirut With Love (A)

By: Christina R. Wing, Esel Y. Cekin and Samer Al-Rachedy
This case describes how Robert Fadel, CEO and chairman of ABC, one of Lebanon’s leading retail and real estate groups, professionalized the family business. Robert was the second son of the company’s founder, Maurice Fadel, who had run it single-handedly. Concerned... View Details
Keywords: Family Conflicts; Sibling Rivalry; Second-generation; Foundation; Trust; Work-life Balance; Succession Planning; Corporate Culture; Shareholders; Board Of Directors; Retail; Department Store; Shopping Mall; Real Estate; Growth; Non-executive Chairman; Sustainability; Family Business; Conflict Management; Management Succession; Governance; Leadership; Transformation; Leading Change; Organizational Structure; Management; Growth and Development; Retail Industry; Real Estate Industry; Lebanon; Middle East
Related
  • 11 Nov 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Increased Speed Equals Increased Wait: The Impact of a Reduction in Emergency Department Ultrasound Order Processing Time

Keywords: by Jillian Berry Jaeker, Anita L. Tucker & Michael H. Lee; Health
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 7 The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 2: Strategy without Numbers

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
Functional analysis as set forth in the last chapter decomposes a technical system into functional components that do things to advance the system’s purpose and the goals of its designers. Functional analysis in turn can be used to construct value structure maps... View Details
Keywords: Modularity; Value Structure Mapping; Value Capture; Information Technology; Organizations; Strategy; Value Creation
Related
  • Web

Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

industrial output surpassing that of France, Germany, and Great Britain. The railroads not only set in motion the combined forces of mass production, distribution, and... View Details
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Cheaper by the Dozen: Using Sibling Discounts at Catholic Schools to Estimate the Price Elasticity of Private School Attendance

By: Susan Dynarski, Jonathan Gruber and Danielle Li
The effect of vouchers on sorting between private and public schools depends upon the price elasticity of demand for private schooling. Estimating this elasticity is empirically challenging because prices and quantities are jointly determined in the market for private... View Details
Keywords: Price; Religion; Entrepreneurship; Education
Related
  • Web

Tools of the Trade | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Tools of the Trade As executive director of Boston Collegiate Charter School (BCCS), Shannah Varón (MBA 2009) uses her MBA skillset “all day, every day,” whether the task at hand involves structuring a... View Details
  • 20 Jul 2021
  • Blog Post

Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics

From investment banking, to the federal government, to a beauty startup.From North America, to Africa, to Europe, to South America. Aisha Fatima Dozie (MBA 2002), founder of Bossy Cosmetics, has a colorful, vibrant, and inspiring life... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2021
  • What Do You Think?

Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

(Image credit: iStockphoto/golero) Uncertainty about the future is always on the minds of leaders. Concern about change defines their primary role. It’s up to others to manage, set and meet goals, etc.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 19 Jan 2022
  • Blog Post

From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business

Sara Jetty (MBA 2021) grew up in Carmel, Indiana and received her B.S. from Indiana University. Prior to attending HBS, she held roles at BLK DNM, West Elm, and Bloomingdale’s. During her time at HBS, she interned for Sony Music... View Details
  • March 1992 (Revised December 1992)
  • Case

Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction

By: Dwight B. Crane
Set in June 1991, two months prior to Salomon Brothers' announcement that the firm had violated the Treasury Department's rules governing the auctions of new Treasury securities. Salomon Vice Chairman John Meriwether must decide how to address problems that continue to... View Details
Keywords: Debt Securities; Managerial Roles; Ethics; Market Transactions; Bonds; Investment Banking; Crisis Management; Auctions; Legal Liability; Banking Industry
Related
  • December 2022 (Revised January 2023)
  • Case

Cann: High Hopes for Cannabis Infused Beverages

By: Ayelet Israeli and Anne V. Wilson
Founded in 2018 by Jake Bullock and Luke Anderson, Cann sold “social tonics,” or cannabis-infused beverages. By 2022, the company had several notable celebrity investors and talent partners, had sold over 10 million beverages to consumers, was distributing in six... View Details
Keywords: Stigma; Product Innovation; Product Introduction; Product Differentiation; New Products; New Product Marketing; New Product Management; Brand Management; Branding; Packaging; Positioning; Growth Strategy And Execution; Growth; Cannabis Industry; Purpose; Purpose Brands; LGBTQ; Direct-to-consumer; DTC; Regulations; Channels Of Distribution; Product Development; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Product; Innovation and Invention; Brands and Branding; Marketing; Marketing Communications; Marketing Channels; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Digital Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Canada; North America
Related
  • February 2025
  • Article

Variation in Batch Ordering of Imaging Tests in the Emergency Department and the Impact on Care Delivery

By: Jacob C. Jameson, Soroush Saghafian, Robert S. Huckman and Nicole Hodgson
Objectives: To examine heterogeneity in physician batch ordering practices and measure the impact of a physician's tendency to batch order imaging tests on patient outcomes and resource utilization.
Study Setting and Design: In this retrospective study, we used... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Operations Management; Productivity; Health Care and Treatment; Operations; Outcome or Result; Resource Allocation; Health Industry; United States
Related
  • 05 Aug 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

however, as interesting as the phenomenon described by Annabelle Gawer and Michael Cusumano in their book, Platform Leadership. They include: Did platform leaders set out to create vehicles by which they might control the direction and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett

    Natalia Garbiras-Diaz

    Natalia received her Ph.D. in Political Science in 2021 from the University of California, Berkeley, where she is currently a Research Associate at the Center on the Politics of Development. Prior to joining Harvard Business School, she was a Max Weber Fellow at... View Details
    • November 2012
    • Article

    Does Management Really Work?

    By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
    HBR's 90th anniversary is a sensible time to revisit a basic question: Are organizations more likely to succeed if they adopt good management practices? The answer may seem obvious to most HBR readers, but these three economists cast their net much wider than that. In... View Details
    Keywords: Best Practices; Consulting Firms; Corporations; Cost Control; Employee Training; Executive Ability (Management); Executives—training Of; Hospitals—administration; Industrial Management—research; Productivity Incentives; School Management Teams; Work Environment; Management; Research
    Related
    • 24 Oct 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

    Millions of Americans, from hourly retail staffers to corporate vice presidents, wrestle with the demands of work while parenting young children, caring for a sick spouse or aging parent—or both. That... View Details
    Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
    • 07 Aug 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?

    This week, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of the Clean Power Plan, a major set of rules and incentives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from America's power plants. The plan requires each state to meet a... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities
    • 29 Nov 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

    unlike an informal R&D alliance. As an added nuance, however, you need to be aware that the firms that are not direct competitors might be indirectly tied to your direct competitors, so it gets tricky. Simple awareness of the... View Details
    Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing