Publications

08 Apr 2015
What Do You Think?

Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?

can actually use." Paul Hamilton-Smith opined that software companies "mostly subsist from their renewal revenue stream. That stream is generated by 'new and improved' software versions." And... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

08 Aug 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road

rejiggering to compete in our ever-more-mobile, Internet-dependent society. Recovering from crisis requires more than a push-button response. Source: Olivier Le Moal Margolis, who co-wrote a Harvard Business Review article called How to Bounce Back from Adversity with... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

a series of meetings so as to surface and test a set of core strategic assumptions. Or they might assign someone to play the devil's advocate so as to ensure that a thorough critique and risk assessment of a proposal has been conducted before moving forward. View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

paper called, "Asset Allocation and Asset Location: Household Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances," published by the Journal of Public Economics in August, 2004. Using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF),... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

funded by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, had spent more than double that to produce the spaceship, but it was worth it, they said, for the bragging rights. “The prizes had a real impact" —Josh Lerner... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

03 Oct 2005
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?

and continues to be a lack of good leadership! . . . The politics of international labor interaction are extremely complex and will require tremendous leadership ability to negotiate win-win deals across countries so that employees of corporations in diverse nations... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

theory" as advanced in the classic by Paul Lawrence and Jay Lorsch, Organization and Environment. This extraordinarily rich heritage has exercised an impact around the world and continues to inform the... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education

01 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Team Success Starts with the Individual—and with Love

him, revealed him to be a master of using intrinsic rewards as motivational tools. Here are four ways to be a better coach of individuals based on his wisdom: 1. Boost self-confidence Inspired by the groundbreaking work of Timothy Gallwey... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Sports

August 1992 (Revised September 2002)
Case

Star Distributors, Inc. (A)

By: David A. Thomas

Depicts the conflict and organizational problems that emerged in a franchise operation owned by Paul Logan, an African American, and John Heyman, a white American. Provides the opportunity to examine the ways in which race influences managerial behavior and... View Details

Keywords: Conflict Management; Performance Effectiveness; Franchise Ownership; Race; Management Style; Conflict and Resolution; Business and Stakeholder Relations

06 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?

average winds, Cape Wind will provide three quarters of the Cape's and Islands' electricity needs." As the case details, however, before Cape Wind could realize its ambitions it first had to weather multiple regulatory, legal, and public relations hurdles, including... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

November 2015 (Revised October 2017)
Case

Nestle's Creating Shared Value Strategy

By: Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer, Kerry Herman and Sarah McAra

This case considers Nestlé’s creating shared value (CSV) strategy, which focused on the three categories of nutrition, water, and rural development. In the packaged food and beverage industry, pressure had mounted since the 1990s to improve supply chain sustainability... View Details

Keywords: Shared Value; Health And Wellness; Nutrition; Health; Labor; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Operations; Food and Beverage Industry; Switzerland; Europe; Africa; Latin America; North America; Asia

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

the turnaround of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston. Paul Levy, who became CEO in early 2002, managed to bring the failing hospital back from the brink of ruin. We had ringside seats during the first six months of the... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Digital Designs on the Inner City

the inner city will require a commitment not only by the government, but also by the private sector, a five-member panel, moderated by Randal Pinkett of the MIT Media... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

In a recently published book on current international research in business history, edited by Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones, HBS professor emeritus Alfred D. Chandler Jr. contributed an essay on the opportunities... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

June 2013
Case

Hess Corporation

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante

On January 29, 2013, Elliott Management, a hedge fund run by Paul E. Singer, which owned 4.5% of Hess Corporation stock, put forward a slate of five independent directors it wanted elected to improve the company's performance. Elliott argued that Hess lacked focus and... View Details

Keywords: Takeover Attempt; Board; Hess; Governing and Advisory Boards; Organizational Structure; Acquisition; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry