The Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

an "invented here" company. But the 787 introduction has been delayed several times because of design and other glitches. Lessons to be learned here about organizing external innovation? A: This is a great... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

15 Nov 2023

The MBA Tour: Spotlight on Black, Hispanic, and Native MBAs

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on November 15th at The MBA Tour: Spotlight on Black, Hispanic, and Native MBAs hosted by GMAC. This virtual event is a View Details

08 Jul 2002
What Do You Think?

Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?

desires) ... Why should it be any different for the high-flyers? If they are truly good, is it really necessary to pay them more than they can ever hope to spend?" As Stever Robbins says, "Alignment is still a View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

October 2008 (Revised February 2011)
Case

Apple's Core

By: Noam T. Wasserman

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are best friends who enjoy pulling pranks together and talking about electronics. After several small collaborations, Jobs pitches Wozniak on starting a company together to sell computers based on Wozniak's design for a personal computer.... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Equity; Managerial Roles; Partners and Partnerships; Conflict Management

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12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

conservatorship, experts from public, private, and academic worlds concurred: housing finance in the United States was mortally flawed. The private sector reaped the gains... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

01 Oct 2002
News

Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

market. Last month, moreover the nation marked the anniversary of September 11. What has all this meant for HBS? I believe an institution's true character is revealed in times of View Details

24 Feb 2015
News

Florida Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

institution the resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,” said Dean Nohria. “As we do so, we need to think not only of the challenges and... View Details

14 Apr 2021
News

The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)

build a scalable mentorship model, we were able to go back to the framework and build on it.” What are your short- and long-term goals for PowerUP? AS: “I’d like to build PowerUP into a global mentorship program that can supplement all... View Details

06 May 2015
Research & Ideas

A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market

Pablo Picasso's legacy is a curious one in that he composed and left behind some 70,000 works of art, but never did draft a will. Thus, the divvying up of his assets has been a charged and factious exercise in a family already made... View Details

10 Oct 2014
News

Chicago Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

we need to think not only of the challenges and opportunities facing Harvard Business School, but also the great opportunities we have to help create positive change throughout... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign

01 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Video Blog: My Experience in the Joint MS/MBA Engineering Sciences Program

perspective on what's been good and what some of the challenges are with the MS/MBA Program is interesting and helpful, especially if you're thinking about applying. I definitely think it's been a View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

To Educate Leaders Who Make a Difference in the World

Campaign Chair C.D. (“Dick”) Spangler, Jr. (MBA '56), reminded the gathering that the School was founded during “a time of great turmoil and uncertainty” in 1908, when... View Details

18 May 2015
News

The First Five Years: Rena Xu (MBA 2014, MD 2014)

delivery, and also how fortunate I am to be working in health care in Boston, where there is such a high density of talent and great ideas.” Where was your favorite place to study on the HBS campus? “Baker... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

15 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture

years as a time to experiment, to learn to launch something, but also to gain the skills on the operational side, and to expand my network. I was great at finance, I understood... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies

Look beyond the United States and Great Britain and you are likely to find networks of companies — ranging from Latin America’s grupos to India’s business houses to Japan’s keiretsu — that are integral parts... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

20 Sep 2013
News

A Brand of Her Own: Estee Lauder: An Interview with Nancy Koehn

24 May 2021
Blog Post

Rebekah Emanuel: Host of Season 3 of the Climate Rising Podcast

these problems that we really need to solve? Whenever someone is trying to solve a societal problem, I find there's often several analogous ways to think about it. One great pleasure of mine is helping other people solve problems that... View Details

24 Jul 2018
Op-Ed

4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World

must strive to help find solutions. It’s the managers who have learned to exercise their “agency” at every level of a company who will be in the best position to do their job and achieve View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

12 Mar 2019
Blog Post

What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program

export consumers. Against this backdrop of significant inbound interest, the next generation of Africa-focused business leaders should not remain on the sidelines waiting for “an invitation.” As has been... View Details

2014
Working Paper

Stepping Stone, Stopping Point, or Slippery Slope? Negotiating the Next Iran Deal

By: James K. Sebenius

The November 2013 "interim" nuclear deal between Iran and the "P5+1"—the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany—raises challenging questions. Will the initial deal function as a stepping stone toward a more comprehensive deal? Or will it drift into... View Details