Hub And Spoke - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Jun 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants

For most of the 20th century, three bond ratings agencies—Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's—dominated the credit ratings industry, recently controlling 97 percent of the market. But the status quo was disrupted by the 2008 global... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Banking; Financial Services

30 May 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride

the evolution of the field at HBS. In March, Mike Roberts, executive director of Entrepreneurial Studies at HBS, spoke with Stevenson about entrepreneurship's remarkable rise in importance and popularity. Q:... View Details

Keywords: by William Mahoney

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

deliberations. Boards need to think more carefully about how they manage and organize themselves. Palepu: Paul, you spoke about the breakdown of checks and balances in the... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

first flocked to the area in the 1940s and worked together to build the entertainment hub it is today: a destination for gambling, trade shows, comedy, music, and some of the... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

03 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize

Greyser cites the early days of Airbus, which began as a consortium of independent European aviation firms, to build planes together using the Airbus brand as a hub—and to compete with Boeing, Lockheed, and the like. "Airbus was a View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?

the face of a new competitive threat. HBR published comments from four management gurus on what DataClear should do. (See Close Up.) Now it's your turn. We have included an excerpt of the case and a summary of the consultants' advice. But... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

19 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

nonprofit research organization that he founded in 2005. As he read the literature on inequality and spoke with numerous scholars in the field, Moss noted the diversity of situations in which the phenomenon... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

group of managers heading every function but also spoke with a cross-section of employees (with translators) and even several customers and partners. Since one of the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning

recording studio for the band; a backup device for your photos; a TiVo-like recorder and digital entertainment hub for the living room. Despite the buzz, Apple faced a familiar marketing challenge. Most... View Details

Keywords: by Youngme Moon

18 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 18

strategy? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/813079-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 313-057 Milwaukee (A): Making of a World Water Hub Starting in 2007 Milwaukee leaders from different areas (large established companies, civic... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

In June, Professor Joe Bower (with fellow HBS professors Dutch Leonard, David Moss, and Lynn Paine) led an HBS faculty colloquium on "The Future of Market Capitalism." The HBS Alumni Bulletin spoke... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

23 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?

Britain’s perceived glory days in the nineteenth century, when the country was the economic hub of the world. The Governor of the Bank of England, a legion of economists, and scores of other experts have... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini

10 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 10

region's burgeoning energy sector by attracting green-minded companies to the urban core and position Charlotte as a highly progressive business center. The idea was to make Charlotte the "new energy View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

It's best to be nice when negotiating a business deal, but it's also OK to be aggressive in pursuing your interests—as long as you back up your position with facts. "If you're a seller and your price seems high, but it's justified in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

01 Nov 2024
In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

disadvantage compared to firms started during more stable times. Take action: Leverage co-working and social spillovers If you do decide to start your company after a layoff, it’s important to be near other entrepreneurs, research... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

29 Oct 2007
HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

increasingly turn to athletes to promote their products. The marketing executives I spoke with told me they value these endorsements especially because it is getting more and more difficult to reach a wide... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

Self-confidence is not the real secret of leadership. The more essential ingredient is confidence in other people. Leadership involves motivating others to their finest efforts and channeling those efforts in a coherent direction. Leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them

Frei. Their customers are better off and the organizations earn a disproportionate share of the profits over their competitors. Frei, who spoke with HBS alumni on June 4 in a session titled... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

articles, "Clusters and Competition: New Agendas for Companies, Governments, and Institutions" and "Competing Across Locations: Enhancing Competitive Advantage... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

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