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- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era
Entrepreneurs and managers who can't adapt to the fast pace of change in the world—"a world that should be on Prozac"—are likely to miss out on opportunities in the years to come, says HBS Professor Howard Stevenson. The good news: For those who adapt, this... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- April 30, 2012
- Article
Innovators, Are You Applying the Wrong Lessons from Manufacturing?
By: Don Reinertsen and Stefan Thomke
Product developers can learn much from manufacturing, but many have gone too far in applying ideas that work in manufacturing to their realm. That’s because they have ignored some fundamental differences between the two disciplines. View Details
Reinertsen, Don, and Stefan Thomke. "Innovators, Are You Applying the Wrong Lessons from Manufacturing?" Harvard Business Review (website) (April 30, 2012).
- November 11, 2020
- Article
Lessons on Leading Through Chaos from U.S. Special Operations
By: Boris Groysberg and John Masko
Groysberg, Boris, and John Masko. "Lessons on Leading Through Chaos from U.S. Special Operations." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (November 11, 2020).
- February 2011 (Revised July 2011)
- Case
Deferred Tax Assets in Basel III: Lessons from Japan
By: David F. Hawkins, Karthik Ramanna, Nobuo Sato and Mayuka Yamazaki
In a controversial decision, the Bank for International Settlements includes deferred tax assets as part of a bank's core capital. View Details
Hawkins, David F., Karthik Ramanna, Nobuo Sato, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Deferred Tax Assets in Basel III: Lessons from Japan." Harvard Business School Case 111-076, February 2011. (Revised July 2011.)
- November 1998 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Home Products Division (C): Lessons from Europe
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Home Products Division (C): Lessons from Europe." Harvard Business School Case 399-060, November 1998. (Revised August 1999.)
- 1996
- Working Paper
Mentoring and the Boundaryless Career: Lessons from Minority Experience
By: David A. Thomas and Monica C. Higgins
- January 22, 2002
- Article
Chasing Dreams during Troubled Times: Lessons from the Past
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. "Chasing Dreams during Troubled Times: Lessons from the Past." Boston Globe (January 22, 2002), F5.
- 01 May 2020
- In Practice
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- May 1, 2020
- Article
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Danielle Kost
The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change.
We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details
We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details
"COVID-19's Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (May 1, 2020).
- Article
Beating the Odds: Leadership Lessons from Senior African-American Women
Any list of top CEOs reveals a stunning lack of diversity. Among the leaders of Fortune 500 companies, for example, just 32 are women, three are African-American, and not one is an African-American woman. What’s going on? The authors studied the careers of the roughly... View Details
Roberts, Laura Morgan, Anthony Mayo, Robin Ely, and David Thomas. "Beating the Odds: Leadership Lessons from Senior African-American Women." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 2 (March–April 2018): 126–131.
- Article
The Evolution of Japanese Management: Lessons for U.S. Managers
By: Stephen Marsland and Michael Beer
Marsland, Stephen, and Michael Beer. "The Evolution of Japanese Management: Lessons for U.S. Managers." Organizational Dynamics 11, no. 3 (Winter 1983): 49–67.
- 2011
- Chapter
Nurturing the Accumulation of Innovations: Lessons from the Internet
By: Shane Greenstein
Greenstein, Shane. "Nurturing the Accumulation of Innovations: Lessons from the Internet." In Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors, edited by Rebecca Henderson and Richard G. Newell, 189–224. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- Winter 2022
- Article
Vaccines and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Failure and Success
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Alex Tabarrok
The losses from the global COVID-19 pandemic have been staggering—trillions in economic costs, on top of significant losses of life, health, and well-being. The world made significant and successful investments in vaccines to mitigate the pandemic, yet there were... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Vaccination; Market Design; Health Pandemics; Loss; Outcome or Result; Opportunities; Crisis Management
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Alex Tabarrok. "Vaccines and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Failure and Success." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 38, no. 4 (Winter 2022): 719–741.
- 05 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons in Decision-Making: Confident People Aren't Always Correct (Except When They Are)
Sometimes, the loudest, most confident voice in the room might indeed be the best decision-maker. Other times, the person who understands that they don’t know the answer—and therefore holds back in a discussion—may be wiser. Whether groups and organizations reach good... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 2015
- Book
Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
By: David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano
The authors of the bestselling Competing on Internet Time (a Business Week top 10 book) analyze the strategies, principles, and skills of three of the most successful and influential figures in business—Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs—offering... View Details
Keywords: Management; Strategy; Leadership; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Michael A. Cusumano. Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs. New York: Harper Business, 2015.
- November 2010
- Case
Lessons Learned? Brooksley Born & the OTC Derivatives Market (A)
By: Clayton S. Rose and David Lane
On May 7, 1998, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, chaired by Brooksley Born, issued a "Concept Release" inviting public comment on the relevance and appropriateness of existing regulation of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market, a market with a... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; Public Administration Industry; District of Columbia
Rose, Clayton S., and David Lane. "Lessons Learned? Brooksley Born & the OTC Derivatives Market (A)." Harvard Business School Case 311-044, November 2010.
- 12 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
“And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. So, I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the... View Details
- Article
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
Sebenius, James K. "Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (March 8, 2019).
- Article
Lessons From Hollywood: A New Approach To Funding R&D
By: Gary P. Pisano and Andrew W. Lo
Companies find it increasingly difficult to justify long-term, risky R&D investments—particularly in science-based fields such as biotechnology, advanced materials, and energy. We argue in this article that the traditional venture model has limits for such investments... View Details
Keywords: Financial Innovation; Financial Strategy; Project Management; R＆D; Start-up; Innovation Strategy; Business Model; Research and Development; Financial Management; Risk Management; Strategy
Pisano, Gary P., and Andrew W. Lo. "Lessons From Hollywood: A New Approach To Funding R&D." MIT Sloan Management Review 57, no. 2 (Winter 2016): 47–54.
- 2006
- Working Paper
Natural Resources, Institutions, and Civil War: Lessons from Mexico
By: Stephen Haber, Noel Maurer and Armando Razo