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  • 11 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

A Year as Co-Presidents: Q+A with AASU's Bukie Adebo (MBA 2021) and Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021)

Could you tell us more about the work AASU has been able to accomplish and how those events personally affected you? Alexis Jackson: The events during the summer of 2020 made us think critically about how we use our influence to drive... View Details
  • 10 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Become a Value Creator

forget that," says Hall, now the Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration. "That had such a huge influence on me." It's an example of what Hall calls "value-creating" behavior—doing a favor for the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • March 2021 (Revised August 2021)
  • Case

Nayana Mawilmada: Transforming Urban Development in Sri Lanka

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Mahima Rao-Kachroo
In February 2018, Nayana Mawilmada (Nayana), investment head for the Sri Lankan government’s ambitious $40 billion Megapolis project, must weigh an attractive job offer to move from the public sector to the private sector. A massive government project aimed at... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Making; Public Sector; Experience and Expertise; Strategic Planning; Work-Life Balance; Transportation; Risk and Uncertainty; Power and Influence; Personal Development and Career; Real Estate Industry; Rail Industry; Transportation Industry; South Asia; Sri Lanka; Boston; Virginia; United States
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  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

decisions are endogenous, and 3) influencing stores' choices of strategic variables (e.g., pricing) once they have decided to affiliate. We show that search diversion remains a necessary strategic instrument for the intermediary even when... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

rest of us. An imaginative, tech savvy caregiver we employ in our home dreamed up a business based on an unsatisfactory personal experience. Despite her lack of formal training, resources, and investment, she devised a way to test her idea, order the necessary... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 19 Apr 2018
  • Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

influence spanning business, government, and nonprofit organizations, through which they will contribute significantly to the well-being of society. About Nanako Yano Nanako Yano grew up in Tokyo, Japan and attended Pomona College in... View Details
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

the conference examined the application of technology in traditional businesses and the innovations that will influence the everyday activities of a broad spectrum of companies." WSA: Focus on Work/Life Balance "Women have always been... View Details
Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • Web

Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online

framework 5-6 hrs Module 3 Engage Explore customer variability’s role in influencing satisfaction and loyalty and the importance of enhancing customer compatibility as a way to manage it. Highlights Service Customization The Oberoi Group... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

What’s Next

for a better future. What is the role of research at HBS? Roy Zider (MBA 1970), Oakland, California NN: Research is the heart and soul of any great university. It is the way our faculty members develop a deep understanding of management and ideas that can View Details
Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 29 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 29, 2015

contractual frictions play an important role in shaping the integration choices of firms around the world. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49090 How Best-Self Activation Influences Emotions,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Social Change at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He holds an MPhil in Innovation, Strategy and Organization and a PhD in Management from Judge Business School at Cambridge University. Ben’s mission is to use fashion to design a... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

qualities that define a leader? Where does one find a mentor? What are the ingredients in the recipe for success? Getting beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works by Roger L. Martin (MBA 1981) and Sally R. Osberg (Harvard Business... View Details
  • 16 Jan 2020
  • News

Hitting the High Notes

at the age of 13 to study the cello at the Julliard School in New York and later studied with the acclaimed soloist Lynn Harrell (also a student of Lev Aronson) at USC's Thornton School of Music. “That makes Ben a third generation artist View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 05 Jun 2019
  • Research & Ideas

If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?

assuming that all customers are shoppers leads to overestimating their overall price sensitivity. Big lessons from a simple product In the context of retail gas, which many consumers view as a standardized product, a station’s location and amenities, in addition to... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy
  • 02 May 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Where is Consumer Generated Marketing Taking Us?

blogs a more representative discussion vehicle... The same will likely happen in the consumer generated marketing realm when slightly later-to-adopt consumers realize how much they can influence manufacturers...." The proper role of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 28 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

It’s India Above China in New World Order

also concerned about instability caused by migration to cities and the large (though decreasing) role of bankrupt, state-owned enterprises that continue to play a Social Security-like role in China. But the biggest source of worry is the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Profile

Anthony Tan

distributor in Malaysia, Tan had a bright and well assured future. But while earning his MBA at HBS in 2011, Tan was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and began to envision the rewards of starting an enterprise from scratch, especially one that could do View Details
  • 25 Apr 2018
  • Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

methods with an emphasis on policy and practice. When combined with Harvard Business School’s Masters in Business Administration (MBA), students will demonstrate exceptional aptitude in the areas of policy expertise and cross-disciplinary management and will assume... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • 19 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 4/5

is all too familiar and similar to how I felt seeing the human dignity stripped from Tamir Rice, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Michael Brown, and many others. There were no iPhones and no social media then, though.  We watched the story of... View Details
  • 07 Nov 2017
  • Blog Post

Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program

and influence of the WSA is a huge support system in itself. I wanted to become more involved in WSA primarily because I wanted to meet all the incredible women here at HBS. In terms of HBS culture, I feel very much a part of it. That is,... View Details