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  • 06 Dec 2017
  • Blog Post

The 23rd Annual Harvard Business School Tech Conference

The 23rd annual Tech Conference took place on September 16th, 2017 at Harvard Business School (HBS) and we had over 1,200 students, professionals, and professors. The goal of this year’s conference was to continue our tradition of bringing View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • 30 Nov 2016
  • Blog Post

Why I Didn’t Think I’d Get in to HBS

application to the world’s best business school – one that prides itself on ethnic, geographic, and industry diversity – felt pretty daunting. Indeed, whatever inkling of hope I might have harbored after looking in the mirror on the... View Details
  • January 2018 (Revised March 2020)
  • Case

SAP: Branding in the Digital Age

By: Das Narayandas and Amram Migdal
By 2017, digital, social, and mobile technologies were rapidly changing the way many of SAP’s traditional customers did business over the last decade. In response to this trend, SAP had acquired companies with capabilities in e-commerce, human capital, workforce... View Details
Keywords: Brand Positioning; Marketing; Sales; Brands and Branding; Strategy; Technology Industry
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  • 2022
  • Chapter

Decarbonizing Academia's Flyout Culture

By: Nicholas Poggioli and Andrew J. Hoffman
Flight is technologically and culturally central to academic life. Academia's flyout culture is built on a set of shared beliefs and values about the importance of flying to being an academic. But flight also generates a large proportion of academia’s carbon emissions,... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Air Transportation; Values and Beliefs; Environmental Sustainability; Higher Education; Education Industry
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  • Web

Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Mining Corporation, 1954–1986 Morton L. Mandel Premier Industrial Corporation, 1958–1996 Alfred E. Mann Pacesetter, 1972–1985 Alex Manoogian Masco Corporation, 1929–1985 Thomas F. Manville Johns-Manville Corporation, 1901–1924 Bernard... View Details
  • 30 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 30

business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters, has seen its stock price fall from 230 pence to a low of 8.8 pence in the past two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jun 2021
  • HBS Case

Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm

industries, including bars and restaurants, retailers, and hotels, forcing many to close their doors for good. But while many service-oriented companies were permitted to gradually reopen with precautions in place, the cruise industry had... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Travel
  • July 2017 (Revised March 2019)
  • Technical Note

The Future of Mobility: Economic, Environmental, and Social Implications

By: George Serafeim and David Freiberg
This technical note explores how advancements in technology are fundamentally transforming how consumers interact with mobility. Transformation is being driven by three independent trends: the emergence of affordable electric vehicles, the development of autonomous... View Details
Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Automobile Manufacturing; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Mobility; Inequality; Electric Vehicles; Ride-sharing; Ambidexterity; Transformation; Disruption; Change; Technological Innovation; Transportation; Equality and Inequality; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry
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  • December 2011
  • Case

Negotiating the Path of Abraham

By: James K. Sebenius and Kimberlyn Leary
The Abraham Path Initiative board faces strategic and negotiating challenges in revitalizing a route of Middle East cultural tourism following Abraham's path 4000 years ago. The Path begins in the ancient ruins of Harran, in modern-day Turkey, where Abraham first heard... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Partners and Partnerships; Negotiation; Social Entrepreneurship; Religion; Culture; Tourism Industry; Israel; Syria; Middle East; Turkey; Jordan
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    Frances X. Frei

    Frances Frei is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. Her research investigates how leaders accelerate performance and design for excellence in leadership, strategy, and operations. She regularly advises senior executives... View Details

    Keywords: nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry
    • 12 Sep 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

    In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Help - Alumni

    Program (GCPCA) Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration (HRPBA) Industrial Administrator (IA) International Senior Management Program (ISMP) International Teachers' Program (ITP) Middle-Management Program (MMP) Mid-Officer... View Details
    • January 2020
    • Case

    Sunset Limited or Full Speed Ahead? Amtrak Talks to Congress

    By: John D. Macomber
    Richard Anderson took the helm of Amtrak in 2017 after leading a successful turnaround at Delta Airlines. Amtrak is a US state owned enterprise with about $3.5 bn in annual revenue (and a large operating loss) that is responsible for substantial segments of passenger... View Details
    Keywords: Railroad; Passenger Transportation; Urbanization; Cities; U.S. Congress; Infrastructure; Transition; Transportation; Rail Transportation; Climate Change; Urban Scope; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Rail Industry; United States
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    • Web

    Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

    associated with enhanced physical and mental wellbeing, such as healthcare and food, and less on experiential categories traditionally associated with enhanced emotional wellbeing, such as travel and entertainment. These patterns converge... View Details
    • 17 Aug 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

    we asked 600 global CEOs across a variety of industries what concerns were keeping them awake at night. Their topics ranged widely, but a handful of overarching mental tasks emerged: Comprehend complex, rapidly changing circumstances... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
    • Web

    Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

    of the King Faisal Foundation. Al-Faisal earned a BSc in industrial management from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. Omar K. Alghanim (MBA 2002) Fellowship The Omar K. Alghanim Fellowship was established through the... View Details
    • Web

    Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

    apastre@mba2025.hbs.edu Olympia d'Hauteville odhauteville@mba2025.hbs.edu Club Email francophones@studentclubs.hbs.edu Future of Work Club Co-Presidents Tuneer De tde@mba2025.hbs.edu Chuck Isgar cisgar@mba2025.hbs.edu Gaming and Game View Details

      Robert C. Merton

      Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

      Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

      Keywords: insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry
      • 2016
      • Book

      Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business

      By: John A. Quelch
      The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under increased scrutiny in the last decade, with an increased expectation that private profit not come at the expense of consumer welfare.

      Consumers, Corporations, and Public... View Details
      Keywords: Consumer; Corporate Culture; Public Health; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Health; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Supply Chain Management; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Advertising Industry; Asia; Oceania; North and Central America; Middle East; Latin America; Europe
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      • 16 May 2012
      • Research & Ideas

      Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?

      States has often turned to cutting-edge technology solutions to solve strategic and operational challenges. “Costs tend to rise in all organizations unless managers and their staffs are skilled in industrial management and strongly... View Details
      Keywords: by J. Ronald Fox; Service