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  • April 2019 (Revised June 2019)
  • Case

From Globalization to Dual Digital Transformation: CEO Thierry Breton Leading Atos Into 'Digital Shockwaves' (A)

By: Tsedal Neeley, JT Keller and James Barnett
Thierry Breton, chairman and CEO of IT company Atos, faced a pivotal juncture. After spending eight intense years scaling the company globally to over 100,000 employees in 70 countries, he was ready to take the next crucial step. Breton was convinced that rapid digital... View Details
Keywords: Dual Digital Transformation; Transformation; Disruption; Employees; Competency and Skills; Training; Decision Making; Digital Transformation
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  • 16 Nov 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million

First 1,000 Customers, we explored how these two-sided platforms got their start and attracted a significant number of early adopters based on a Harvard Business School case that professor Teixeira wrote with Morgan Brown. “Airbnb... View Details
Keywords: by Thales S. Teixeira and Michael Blanding; Retail; Transportation; Accommodations
  • 30 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

‘Intrinsic Joy’ Sparks Ideas Better than Cash

and producing things for everyone else.” You Might Also Like: University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet Why a Failed... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology
  • 16 May 2023
  • HBS Case

How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

One thing that stuck with Pete Stavros from the dinner-table conversations of his youth was that capitalism seemed fundamentally broken for his father, who earned an hourly wage working construction. The... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 12 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 12

  PublicationsOne-Switch Conditions for Multiattribute Utility Functions Authors:Abbas, Ali E., and David E. Bell Publication:Operations Research Abstract We introduce a variety of new independence conditions for multiattribute utility... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 25

their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those choices: in many cases, once manufacturing capabilities go away, so does much of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 2021
  • What Do You Think?

How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?

Phillip Mathew kicked things off by stating that “Selection recommendations must undergo rigorous independent review the selection criteria and process of gathering and presenting the judgment data needs to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 15 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 15

http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/13-039%20Nov%202012_612ce7e2-7f81-4eea-9126-3c0964f2be2f.pdf August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics Search-Based Peer Firms: Aggregating Investor Perceptions Through View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

    Elie Ofek

    Elie Ofek is a Professor in the Marketing unit at the Harvard Business School. Professor Ofek's research focuses on new product strategies in technology-driven business environments as well as in consumer-oriented companies in general. He explores interactions... View Details

    Keywords: internet; internet; internet; internet
    • 07 Feb 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

    a survey of more than 1,500 senior executives from over 90 countries helped form a picture of today’s digitally mature company. However, it’s one thing to know where you aspire... View Details
    Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
    • June 2025
    • Case

    Zerodha

    By: Das Narayandas and Kairavi Dey
    Zerodha Broking Pvt. Ltd. (Zerodha) was among India's largest online broking platforms. Nithin and Nikhil Kamath started Zerodha to empower retail investors and remove the hurdles to investing in stocks. The company pioneered tech-first discount broking, charging... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Services Industry
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    • 22 May 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

    Kalda, and Vincent W. Yao of Georgia State University. The paper shines a light on a student debt crisis that Democratic presidential hopefuls have called a national emergency. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has proposed forgiving student loan... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 15 Feb 2022
    • Book

    When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

    Decades ago, a talented young musician pursued his childhood dream of becoming the world’s greatest French horn player, studying with great teachers, attending music festivals, and always earning first chair. At 19, he dropped out View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 05 Sep 2023
    • Book

    Failing Well: How Your ‘Intelligent Failure’ Unlocks Your Full Potential

    In the 1990s, after drugmaker Eli Lilly spent more than a decade and millions of dollars developing the new drug Alimta to treat lung cancer, the medication came up short in effectively treating cancer in expanded trials. While the... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • September 2008 (Revised April 2009)
    • Supplement

    Wyoff and China-LuQuan: Negotiating a Joint Venture (B)

    By: James K. Sebenius and Cheng (Jason) Qian
    Through stalled joint venture talks between Pennsylvania-based Wyoff Corp. and Jinan-based China-LuQuan, strategic and cross-cultural negotiation challenges are explored both from American and Chinese perspectives. Wyoff, a leading U.S. chemical company, has been... View Details
    Keywords: Joint Ventures; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Chemical Industry; China; Pennsylvania
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    • 01 May 2013
    • What Do You Think?

    Why Isn’t ‘Servant Leadership’ More Prevalent?

    of coffee prior to the board meeting. Instead of summoning someone to clean it up, he asked a colleague to get him cleaning compound and a cloth, things easily found in a... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett
    • 23 Jul 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Sam Walton: Great From the Start

    Newport empty-handed. With the store intact, Holmes gave it to his son. Thus, Walton suffered from nepotism in a sense just as George Eastman had. Holmes must have figured there was no particular reason to be content with 5 percent of... View Details
    Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Retail
    • TeachingInterests

    Strategy and Technology

    By: Andy Wu

    The Strategy and Technology elective course explores the unique aspects of creating effective strategies for technology-intensive businesses.

    • What strategies win in markets with network effects?
    • How can technology be... View Details
    • 22 Aug 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Master the One-on-One Meeting

    from a group meeting or standup unless there are specific things you took off-line in that meeting or need to provide/get constructive feedback. 24 hours or so before the meeting, email the employee a list View Details
    Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
    • 15 Mar 2024
    • HBS Case

    Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work

    “Circumstances change and we all have to adjust,” Wing says, “but we should at least talk about it.” What to do when things go wrong Delicate conversations are difficult for a reason: The subjects often hit a nerve, bringing up plenty... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman