Year Up - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Feb 2010
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?

Summing Up What is the right mix between intuition and analysis? Several clear themes characterized responses to this month's column. Dominant among these was that the best way to reach a decision depends on a number of factors, including... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Web

Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

proximity that clusters provide, companies can do things together without formal ownership or legal relationships. And this kind of flexibility opens up more possibilities for change and dynamism, which are crucial ingredients in a modern... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

06 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

Sometimes when John R. Wells, a professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, meets a senior manager from a successful company, he likes to ask the provocative question, "Is your company already dead?" In his more than 35 View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

e-mail Q&A with HBS Working Knowledge. (An excerpt follows from his new book, 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis.) Martha Lagace: What leadership gaps do you see today in business and society? Bill George: I wrote 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis to explore why so many... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

When start-up thredUP launched its peer-to-peer online exchange for used children's clothes two and a half years ago, its creators were the latest generation of entrepreneurs competing online as multi-sided platforms (MSPs), alongside... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

going back thousands of years to bazaars, but technology has enabled platforms to be globally scalable, which had never previously been possible. While many people lump innovation and transaction platforms together, we argue that they are... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2014
News

Generation Next

grocery. All of the new businesses were unprofitable, though, and the losses from rural retailing threatened to overwhelm the entire company. Even worse, the avian flu had dented the poultry feed business, hitting the pockets of its farmer clientele. In the fiscal... View Details

Keywords: Mark Bergen; Godrej Group; Management

01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

moment, the model for Barnes & Noble, a venerable but struggling small chain, which that year sold its single remaining location on Fifth Avenue in New York to a bookseller named Leonard Riggio. But the retail landscape was already... View Details

Keywords: April White

11 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Mixing Open Source and Proprietary Software Strategies

Adopting a new business model can be a strategic, game-changing play in any industry. But knowing when and how to try something new can be tricky, particularly in the constantly evolving software industry. The open source (OS) movement is one model—it's going strong... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Web Services

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

that moment of the microprocessor, and with it the personal computer. Here again IBM played the critical role. The personal computer had been initially commercialized by young hobbyists in the late 1970s. In 1980 IBM's managers set up a... View Details

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

04 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

recent research in a new article in Harvard Business Review, “The Other Diversity Dividend,” co-written with HBS research associate Silpa Kovvali. They focused on the venture capital industry, which provided a unique laboratory for investigating financial performance.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services

04 Jun 2018
What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

over for partner and left the firm. “He, the protected rainmaker, went on to make sexual advances to many other female associates and 15 years later is still employed in a cushy job at the firm.” Assuming that this situation is not unique... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

for the 40 percent of American workers stuck in low-wage jobs? This session will feature recent research from the School's Managing the Future of Work Project. Participants will gain an understanding of what lies beneath the headlines and of the various forces that... View Details

11 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Meet the MBA Class of 2020

View Video Andrew Baxter “YOU BUILD UP PERSONAL CAPITAL BY SHARING COMMON EXPERIENCES.” HOME REGION St. Andrews, UK UNDERGRAD EDUCATION Imperial College London, Chemical Engineering, 2011 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Shell, Schlumberger HBS... View Details

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

rapidly leveraging new ways of doing things, both from an operational and commercial standpoint, quickly became a number one priority. Keeping up to date with the latest governmental information was a useful starting point for many, but... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

Person Page

Read excerpts from DENIAL

By: Richard S. Tedlow

The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears

Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)

From Denial: Why Business... View Details

07 Dec 2015
Blog Post

What I Wish I'd Known About HBS

manager at Goodreads in San Francisco. Here’s what Greg wishes he’d known about HBS. What do you wish you’d known about RC year in advance? FOMO is real. Embrace your section experience and make it as meaningful as possible. One of the... View Details

18 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Coming to HBS after Military Service

Not everyone has the luxury of a break between their military service and HBS, but take whatever time you do have, whether it is 2 weeks or 2 years, and allow for self-reflection before the excitement (and chaos) of RC year begins. The... View Details

08 Mar 2016
Blog Post

6 Discoveries I Made About HBS

students should know about HBS. 1. First year is really hectic RC year is a lot more work than people are willing to admit! There's a ton of new material to cover and exercises to complete, especially... View Details

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