Publications

2011
Chapter

Nurturing the Accumulation of Innovations: Lessons from the Internet

By: Shane Greenstein

09 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

continued success once the downturn ends.” As business leaders begin planning for the coming year in the midst of all the market turmoil and uncertainty, this is one lesson it might pay to remember. View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

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

Educators

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

By: James K. Sebenius

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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

2006
Working Paper

Natural Resources, Institutions, and Civil War: Lessons from Mexico

By: Stephen Haber, Noel Maurer and Armando Razo

2003
Chapter

Management in Perspective: Lessons Learned from Harvard Business School

By: D. Quinn Mills and Franziska Zellweger

Keywords: Management

09 Aug 2022
Cold Call Podcast

A Lesson from Google: Can AI Bias be Monitored Internally?

Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley

01 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Lesson for Startups? Success Takes More Than Technology

They’re helping like-minded people get together—a surfer in San Diego meet other surfers. Kost: In your book, you argue that Airbnb succeeded not because of technology, but because it identified a customer need and moved quickly to meet it. What’s the Airbnb View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Travel; Tourism

12 Mar 2024
HBS Case

How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones

Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Electronics; Information Technology

November 2022
Background Note

The Future of E-Commerce: Lessons from the Livestream Wars in China

By: Ayelet Israeli, Jeremy Yang and Billy Chan

This note explores the emerging multi-billion dollar commerce trend of livestream commerce. Livestream commerce is the sale of goods or services directly to consumers via live shows on digital platforms (such as social media or e-commerce platforms). It is a form of... View Details

Educators

14 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

5 Lessons I Hope Marketers Don’t Learn from Donald Trump

of the rest at 3. Its summary was, “There’s never been a presidential candidate like Donald Trump--someone so cavalier about the facts and so unwilling to ever admit error, even in the face of overwhelming evidence.” This then is the danger of treating last week’s... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Deighton

18 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

at some of the social media missteps brands have taken over the past decade–and the lessons we’ve learned from them. Prioritizing technology over substance Maybe it’s because the medium seems so ephemeral, but digital brand managers are... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology

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

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September 9, 2015
Other Article

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Susan J. Winterberg

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December 2015
Article

Task Shifting in Surgery: Lessons from an Indian Heart Hospital

By: Budhaditya Gupta, Robert S. Huckman and Tarun Khanna

We present a case study that illustrates task shifting, the transfer of activities from senior to junior colleagues, in the context of cardiac surgery at the Narayana Health City Cardiac Hospital (NH) in India. The case discusses the factors driving the adoption of... View Details

Keywords: Service Delivery; Rank and Position; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; India