Future Focus - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

implications of this result for both innovating managers, as well as researchers in the field. We also assess how future work in this area might proceed, based upon these first steps in measuring "design." Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 4

While analyzing one deal requires a familiar conceptual framework, doing the same for a broader "negotiation campaign" calls for a different focus and set of concepts: how to orchestrate a large number of subsidiary deals, often... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

focus on what they are doing completely avoids exploring the why. The hopelessness and desperation that one must have to walk through a broken glass window, risking their lives and freedom in an already intensified moment, to get some... View Details

10 Mar 2021
News

Next Normal

Now, as companies contemplate a return to the office in the coming months, Neeley considers the future reality of hybrid organizations, as some team members commute to the office, a few continue to work from home, and others adopt some... View Details

16 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

past mistakes and are able to improve their skills, learning how to avoid the second-half tenure penalty in their future opportunities. Skills that lead to long tenure and success As we took an in-depth look at the most successful... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

02 Nov 2020
Blog Post

WE RISE

But change cannot wait, says Barna, just one of many alumni and academics in the entrepreneurship and investing sectors who advocate steps toward inclusivity like the ideas offered here. “Innovation through startups is shaping the future... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Venture Capital / Private Equity

01 Jun 2019
News

City on a Hill

and families, and also hosts conferences and retreats for groups both large and small. Taken together, the programming presents a forward vision for the region, Marietta says. “If our future economy is going to be based on outdoor... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

29 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

focus exclusively on estimates of expected payoffs, such as credit ratings, without considering the state of the economy in which default is likely to occur. Such investors are likely to be attracted to securities whose payoffs resemble... View Details