Publications

September 2024 (Revised November 2024)
Case

Moss & Associates: 'Empower to Create the Exceptional'

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott

In 2023, Moss & Associates, a Fort Lauderdale-based general contractor, celebrated its 20th anniversary. The business was founded by Bob Moss and his sons, Chad and Scott. The company had grown to 3,800 employees generating over $3 billion in revenues via two business... View Details

Keywords: Solar; Growth; Community; Organizational Culture; Family Business; Growth Management; Construction Industry; United States

29 Feb 2024
HBS Case

Beyond Goals: David Beckham's Playbook for Mobilizing Star Talent

Superstar talent brings the kind of wattage that can power a business to the next level, as recent high-stakes decisions facing soccer legend David Beckham show. Two new Harvard Business School case studies examine the questions Beckham... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

May 2011
Book Review

Book review of Learning by Example: Imitation and Innovation at a Global Bank, by David Strang.

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Keywords: Learning; Innovation and Invention

Read Now

24 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

Strategic Value Of Values: A New Guidance System By Rosabeth Moss Kanter Any company can say it has values, but what Banco Real did was to embed them in business practice and make them credible to the... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

December 1996
Supplement

Montague Corp.: A Presentation to the Owner/President Management Program by David Montague

By: Norman A. Berg

05 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

becomes undeniable, they shift to blame—trying to sue new entrants, for instance, for not playing by the old rules. Third, they begin to take action, but only in the form of insignificant alterations. At this point, a company's leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

31 Oct 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

Source: FangXiaNuo The Harvey Weinstein horror show has brought attention to previously unspoken abuses of male power to sexually harass and suppress women. Prominent women are joining the #MeToo moment, feeling safety in numbers as they reveal facing egregious... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

official responsibility for Continental Airlines' decision to keep flying during the power blackout in August 2003, but that decision was foreordained by the actions of all the other people who claimed leadership on the ground, and knew... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

more productive." [New CEO] Greg Dyke virtually eliminated consultants at the BBC to force managers to think for themselves.— Rosabeth Moss Kanter Invensys's leadership team acted on this theory by... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

November 2018
Case

David Hysong and SHEPHERD Therapeutics

By: Ananth Raman, John Masko and Aldo Sesia

In 2016, David Hysong, at age 27, found out he had a rare, incurable cancer. Rather than wait around to die, Hysong, a recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School, decided to launch a biotechnology company called Shepherd Therapeutics to development treatments for his... View Details

Keywords: Cancer; Therapeutics; Drugs; Health Care and Treatment; Business Startups; Product Development; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges

Book Review

Review of Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies, by David E. Nye

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Society; History; United States

Book Review

Review of Understanding American Economic Decline, edited by Michael A. Bernstein and David E. Adler

By: Willis Emmons

Keywords: Economy; Economics; United States

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Four Questions for David Garvin and Michael Roberto

Harvard Business School professors David A. Garvin and Michael A. Roberto fielded questions about their article in an email interview with HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace. Garvin and Roberto discuss the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

January 2013 (Revised October 2013)
Case

Chef Davide Oldani and Ristorante D'O

By: Gary Pisano, Alessandro Di Fiore, Elena Corsi and Elisa Farri

This case examines the unique business model of Ristorante D'O, a high end gourmand restaurant located near Milan, Italy. Founded by Chef Davide Oldani, D'O offers meals at approximately one-third the price of other Michelin starred restaurants. Oldani has made this... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Expansion; Creativity; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Milan

July 2022
Case

David Crane’s Clean(er) Energy Strategy at NRG

By: George Serafeim, Michael W. Toffel and Tom Quinn

In 2015, David Crane was the CEO of NRG, the second-largest energy producer in the United States. NRG got most of its power from fossil fuels, but Crane – hired as CEO in 2003 as NRG emerged from bankruptcy – had invested heavily in alternative energy, loudly... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Leadership; Corporate Governance; Transformation; Alternative Energy; Energy Generation; Climate Change; Corporate Accountability; Renewable Energy; Energy Industry; United States

Book Review

Book Review of "How to Change the World," by David Bornstein, Oxford University Press, 2004

By: Mark R. Kramer