Publications

29 Jun 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered: How do I build my business in this... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Professional Development - Alumni

for you. You may want to start planning by getting your finances in order, or consider an encore career to pursue meaningful work. Pioneering research & contributions to business management. Learn More About... View Details

11 Oct 2023
News

Soldier On

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

and its core value proposition. Describe your business model. Describe its stage of development (concept, prototype, beta, growth, etc.). Describe your primary source of competitive advantage. Summarize View Details

October 2005 (Revised June 2007)
Case

Volkswagen of America: Managing IT Priorities

Describes the efforts of Volkswagen of America, the U.S. subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, to arrive at a process for setting IT funding priorities so that they align with business priorities and the company's overall strategy. The process is carefully thought out and... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Business Subsidiaries; Resource Allocation; Information Technology; Alignment; Auto Industry; United States

November 2023 (Revised March 2024)
Case

Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security

By: Elie Ofek

In the summer of 2023, the co-founders of Infarm, a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company, were contemplating a major pivot going forward. While Infarm had successfully shown it could grow over 75 products—mainly herbs, leafy greens and mushrooms—in modular... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Model; Market Entry and Exit; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Transition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe; North America; Toronto; Northeastern United States

05 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program

business in other languages and cultures. While both law and business were of interest to me in college, the importance of an integrated, multidisciplinary approach became clear in my first job after... View Details

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

costs, and enabled businesses to form mutually beneficial alliances.Once two or more companies agree to do business with each other on activities beyond simple procurement, they again face a challenge in... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

01 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

When Do Alliances Make Sense?

treasure trove that could help businesses plan their alliance strategy. “If an alliance is so much better, why isn't everything done by alliance?” Firms often ask this question when considering a large... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

other research here , Adi’s other research here , and Jonathan’s other research here . More Info Business Credit Programs in the Pandemic Era By: Samuel G. Hanson , Jeremy C. Stein , Adi Sunderam & Eric Zwick OCT 2021 The authors develop... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

business and civic leaders helped the city clean up its act, but by the early 1980s, most of the smokestacks had shut down anyway, as manufacturing jobs moved out of the area. People left in droves. Visitors today see a different... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

June 2010
Background Note

A Note on Corporate Entrepreneurship: Challenge or Opportunity?

This note provides an overview of the rationale and the challenges associated with building new businesses within established companies. It provides a framework for understanding why corporations pursue entrepreneurial ventures and the various levers that they employ.... View Details

Keywords: Business Plan; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities

13 Aug 2020
Blog Post

The U.S. Job Search for International Students

international students should know about working in the U.S. after business school. Do many international students choose to work in the U.S. after business school? Yes, many do. In the Class of 2019, 65% of... View Details

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Your Alumni Community - Alumni

research & contributions to business management. Learn More About HBS Faculty & Research Learn More About HBS Faculty & Research Magazine Latest Issue of HBS Magazine Latest Issue of HBS Magazine Volunteer Alumni support the School and... View Details

12 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?

Internet pioneers looked at everything from Wi-Fi "hot spots" to the future of broadband at a recent telecommunications conference at Harvard Business School. The issues were debated at the Bandwidth Explosion colloquium held... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

Kyle Leahy (MBA 2011) stepped into the CEO role of Glossier in May 2022 ready to take the brand to new heights. Since its founding in 2014, Glossier had disrupted the beauty industry, created a powerful community-driven brand, and was looking to build the View Details

06 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness

research and collaborate with the business and academic world. In addition, government officials and business leaders need to map out a long-term plan focused on efforts to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

July 2009 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Pfizer: Letter from the Chairman (A)

By: Robert L. Simons and Natalie Kindred

This case explores maximizing shareholder value as a goal in executive decision making. Over a period of nine years, three different Pfizer CEOs make critical decisions intended to increase shareholder value. But the results are disappointing. To allow students to... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Annual Reports; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States