Field Research - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Leaders: What the Airline Industry Can Teach Us about Leadership (Palgrave Macmillan), coauthored by Anthony J. Mayo and Nitin Nohria of Harvard Business School, and Mark Rennella, a former research associate.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation

11 May 2015
Research & Ideas

A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure

Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

01 Mar 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

creative new markets. Lessons in Corporate Finance: A Case Studies Approach to Financial Tools, Financial Policies, and Valuation by Paul Asquith and Lawrence A. Weiss (DBA 1989) (Wiley) This book explains the fundamentals of the field in... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

unexpected connections between fiction and finance. Complete Table of Contents December 2023 The Imposter Among Us The uneasy truth about faking it, making it, and sometimes feeling like a phony Wide Horizon In the wake of his son’s autism diagnosis, investor John... View Details

07 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 7

Although some research has examined overt status rivalries, typically focusing on battles for the top positions, our study contributes novel findings on the effects of disagreement amongst all members' perceptions of their team's status... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Jun 2021
News

Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

Stanford Angels, convened the top thought leaders in the field of entrepreneurship for the landmark virtual conference, “Emerge Stronger: Lessons from the Pandemic for Investors and Entrepreneurs,” held May 12 and 13. More than 350 people... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

Qualitative Analysis, edited by Erik Martinez Kuhonta, Dan Slater, and Tuong Vu. Stanford University Press, forthcoming Abstract This chapter assesses the contribution of contemporary qualitative research on Southeast Asia to the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Sep 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

expert in the field brings you the latest research and real-world stories on how to develop your own personal networking strategy to help you achieve the future you want. What It Takes: Lessons in the... View Details

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

reliance on non-renewable or non-recyclable resources a sustainable economy will not emerge until graduate schools research and teach how to identify and manage the existential risks referred to above.” Nick C teed up the appropriate... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Apr 2017
Research Event

The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy

at Harvard Business School who researches the evolution of peer-to-peer online platforms; and Andrei Hagiu, a visiting associate professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management at the MIT Sloan School of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Service

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

economics, researchers who study leadership argue or assume that individual leaders are surprisingly unimportant. Strikingly, social scientists in every field have identified different versions of the same... View Details

03 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry

observations. Although healthcare as a whole still suffers from the elephant problem, it's suffering less all the time—at least where science is concerned—thanks to remarkable and ever-faster scientific advances. Chief among the advances is genomic View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

01 Jun 2007
News

Power Trip

School’s Leadership Initiative. But there’s another way to assess business success, as found in the pages of Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership. Mayo (MBA ’88) is the book’s coauthor, with HBS professor Nitin Nohria and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online

course. Learn about bringing this course to your organization . Learner Stories 90% are more self-assured at work I now feel that I have a broad overview of finance and can approach topics with a strong, integrated framework instead of approaching them in isolation.... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

on track. Underpinning his advice with research and illustrating it with stories from others’ successes, Barnett lays out practical, step-by-step processes to help readers realize their goals. Money, Murder, and Madness: A Banking Life by... View Details

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

parent's strategic focus." The Xerox Corporation originated as a photography-paper business called the Haloid Company. 3 The Haloid Company's entrance into what would later become its principal business came in 1947, when it and the Battelle Memorial Institute, a... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

16 Aug 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers

Steenburgh of HBS and Jill Avery (HBS DBA'07) of Simmons School of Management. We asked Steenburgh to explain how practitioners can use the toolkits in their businesses. Sarah Jane Gilbert: Can you describe the marketing analysis toolkits? What led you to develop the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

01 Sep 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020

multilateral trade mechanisms in the aftermath of the Second World War, is changing rapidly and creating waves of uncertainty. This is especially true in higher education, a field increasingly built on international cooperation and the... View Details

17 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 17

commitment toward corporate social responsibility since its founding days, Green Mountain faced an ethical decision point in 2007 as new information from the field uncovered a chronic dire problem facing coffee communities-seasonal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

rank or status. Although some may not immediately associate Harvard Business School as an exemplar of humility, everything we do is rooted in that quality. In our classrooms, we encourage students to talk more than the faculty. Our View Details

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