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  • 19 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

academic circles; others are working more quietly behind the scenes to effect change. “The university is a nonprofit institution. It has a charter from the state, and it exists in large part to serve society,” says David View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • September 2015 (Revised September 2017)
  • Case

Pershing Square 2.0

By: Robin Greenwood, Samuel Hanson and David Biery
In June 2015 William A. Ackman, the CEO and founder of New York hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, reflects on the success of the fund he has spent over a decade building. Since its inception in 2004, Pershing Square's assets under management had grown from $500... View Details
Keywords: Activism; Value Investing; Portfolio Management; Management; Investment Portfolio; Investment Activism
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  • 07 Feb 2005
  • What Do You Think?

If You Blink, Will You Miss?

years...I also believe that a gut instinct is built, not born." V. A. Emuang commented, "I think vast exposure to life, wide-ranging experiences, and a courageous, positive attitude allows one to blink or thin-slice with better... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Teaching Interest

AMP 170 - General Management: Processes and Action

The Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP) helps drive corporate performance by honing individual capabilities to the highest level of performance. The result is a... View Details

  • 08 Jul 2015
  • What Do You Think?

Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?

colleagues on the Harvard Business School faculty, legendary teacher and thinker Tony Athos. In an organization with a culture of long hours and FILO (first in last out) norms (borrowing from David Physick's comment), Tony liked to sit... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
  • 28 Feb 2011
  • News

Don't Try to Learn from Failure

    Jerry R. Green

    Jerry R. Green

    David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

    John Leverett Professor in the University

    Harvard University

     

    Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

    Keywords: aerospace; education industry; insurance industry; professional services
    • 12 Oct 1999
    • Research & Ideas

    Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

    conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, has used music and singing to help staffers think in unconventional ways. Poet David Whyte brings poetry to corporations such as Merck and Procter & Gamble to stir creativity View Details
    Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
    • 12 Oct 1999
    • Research & Ideas

    Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

    MBA course in negotiation as well as advanced dealmaking electives and Executive Education programs), has developed a model with former HBS faculty member David A. Lax called "three-dimensional... View Details
    Keywords: by Anita M. Harris
    • 03 Dec 2011
    • News

    The taxpayers' burden

    • 11 Dec 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: Dec. 11

    Back, Moving Forward: A Review of Group and Team-Based Research, edited by Margaret A. Neale and Elizabeth A. Mannix, 359-381. Emerald Group Publishing, 2012 Abstract... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 17 May 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: May 17

    interaction in the consultative selling process affects EMC's business, and 3) managing a VAR sales model that distances EMC from its customers. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511124-PDF-ENG Shar Matin (A) David... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • December 2014 (Revised April 2015)
    • Case

    Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs

    By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Hanoch Feit, Edward A. Minasian and Brandon Van Buren
    In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
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    • 02 Jun 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: June 2

    of the Contract: How Contract Structure Shapes Inter-Firm Dispute Resolution Authors:Fabrice Lumineau and Deepak Malhotra Publication:Strategic Management Journal (in press) Abstract This paper investigates how contract structure influences inter-firm dispute... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace

      Robert S. Kaplan

      Robert S. Kaplan is Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He joined the HBS faculty in 1984 after spending 16 years on the faculty of the business school at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he... View Details

      Keywords: health care; nonprofit industry
      • 10 Sep 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

      submitted, from managing a remote workforce to making decisions in the face of vast uncertainty. Not surprisingly, one significant challenge reported by many CEOs was how to position their company to survive, or even thrive, during the... View Details
      Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
      • 13 Jan 2021
      • Research & Ideas

      How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

      added experience, strong identification, and distinct understanding of the organization to the team to support the young players on the pitch. Two experienced homegrown players became the cornerstones of his team: Thomas Müller and View Details
      Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports
      • 27 Apr 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: April 27

        PublicationsRethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads Authors:Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, and Patrick Cullen Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract : "Business Schools... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 27 Sep 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: September 27

      identities, Huh's challenge was to evaluate his growth to date, to look critically at the digital media landscape, and to figure out how to best to spend the $30 million. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511091-PDF-ENG The Huffington Post View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 14 Nov 2019
      • Blog Post

      Future Leaders Dive into the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

      Lying in bed each morning, Emily Batt (MS/MBA 2020) yearned to sleep a little longer, but had no way of knowing when her roommate would finish her seemingly endless shower. That frustration inspired a team project in the new MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program,... View Details