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- 11 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Saving the Planet
"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for Business If there is one positive...
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- 2010
- Book
Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads
By: Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin and Patrick Cullen
"Business Schools Face Test of Faith." "Is It Time to Retrain B-Schools?" As these headlines make clear, business education is at a major crossroads. For decades, MBA graduates from top-tier schools set the standard for cutting-edge business knowledge and skills. Now...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Business Education;
Curriculum and Courses;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Problems and Challenges
Datar, Srikant M., David A. Garvin, and Patrick Cullen. Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads. Boston: Harvard Business Press, 2010. (Selected by Strategy + Business as one of the Best Business Books of 2010.)
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
A few years ago, a colleague at Harvard Business School visited Clayton Christensen's office to talk about leading a values-driven life. "He told me that he had decided against having religion in his life,"...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Apr 2020
- News
The business of saving the world
- 30 Jan 2011
- News
The Power of the Platform at Apple
- July 2005
- Article
The Consequences of Labor Market Flexibility: Panel Evidence Based on Survey Data
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
We introduce a new data set on hiring and firing restrictions for 21 OECD countries for the period 1984 –1990. The data are based on surveys of business people in the countries covered, so the indices we use are subjective in nature. Controlling for country and time...
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Keywords:
Job Security Provisions;
Subjective Data;
Unemployment;
Employment;
Labor;
Markets;
Data and Data Sets
Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "The Consequences of Labor Market Flexibility: Panel Evidence Based on Survey Data." European Economic Review 49, no. 5 (July 2005): 1225–59.
- February 2015 (Revised September 2016)
- Teaching Note
Making stickK Stick: The Business of Behavioral Economics
By: Leslie K. John and Michael Norton
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: Making sticK Stick: The Business of Behavioral Economics (514019). The case focuses on a... View Details
This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: Making sticK Stick: The Business of Behavioral Economics (514019). The case focuses on a... View Details
Keywords:
Behavioral Economics;
Behavior Change;
B2B Vs. B2C;
Human Resource Management;
Marketing Of Innovations;
Health & Wellness;
Weight Loss;
Charitable Giving;
Marketing;
Consumer Behavior;
Entrepreneurship;
Internet and the Web;
Health;
Business Model;
Sales;
Human Resources;
Health Industry;
United States
John, Leslie K., and Michael Norton. "Making stickK Stick: The Business of Behavioral Economics." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 515-088, February 2015. (Revised September 2016.) (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
New Year's Eve 1999 gave revelers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for celebration—the exhilarating thrill of ringing in a year that's always had an aura of science fiction mystery. When View Details
- March 2023 (Revised April 2023)
- Case
Shelly Sun at BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leader
By: Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman and Sarah L. Abbott
Shelly Sun had founded BrightStar Care, a home health care and medical staffing agency, 20 years earlier and had grown the business to over 300 franchised locations and $654 million in annual system-wide sales. Sun had spent years working to get “the right people in...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneur;
Family Business;
Franchising;
Health Care;
Women-owned Businesses;
Growth And Scaling;
Organization;
Franchise Ownership;
Entrepreneurship;
Work-Life Balance;
Growth and Development;
Health Industry;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, Colleen Ammerman, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Shelly Sun at BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leader." Harvard Business School Case 423-067, March 2023. (Revised April 2023.)
- 2022
- Book
The Heart of Business (ハート・オブ・ビジネス)――「人とパーパス」を本気で大切にする新時代のリーダーシップ
By: Hubert Joly and Caroline Lambert
A remarkable turnaround by a leader with a remarkable philosophy: Find your noble purpose. Put people at the center. Unleash human magic.
"It was fall in Minnesota. It was getting cold and we were supposed to die." This is how Hubert Joly describes the early,... View Details
"It was fall in Minnesota. It was getting cold and we were supposed to die." This is how Hubert Joly describes the early,... View Details
Joly, Hubert, and Caroline Lambert. The Heart of Business (ハート・オブ・ビジネス)――「人とパーパス」を本気で大切にする新時代のリーダーシップ. 英治出版, 2022, Japanese ed.
- 2013
- Book
Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment
By: Anita Elberse
What's behind the phenomenal success of entertainment businesses such as Warner Bros., Marvel Enterprises, and the NFL—along with such stars as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, and LeBron James? Which strategies give leaders in film, television, music, publishing, and sports an edge...
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Keywords:
Entertainment;
Business;
Strategy;
Media;
Digital Technology;
Blockbuster;
Superstar;
Film;
Television;
Music;
Publishing;
Performing Arts;
Nightlife;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Information Technology;
Marketing Strategy;
Music Entertainment;
Success;
Sports;
Business Strategy;
Film Entertainment;
Television Entertainment;
Music Industry;
Fine Arts Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Publishing Industry
Elberse, Anita. Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2013.
- 1979
- Book
Energy Future: Report of the Energy Project at the Harvard Business School
By: Robert B. Stobaugh and Daniel Yergin
Stobaugh, Robert B. and Daniel Yergin, eds. Energy Future: Report of the Energy Project at the Harvard Business School. New York: Random House, 1979. (1980, Ballantine Books; 1983, Vintage Books; also published in French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish; Bestseller list of NYT, Time Magazine, Publishers Weekly; for a report on this book, see front page NYT, July 12, 1979.)
- 10 Sep 2020
- News
The Business of Access
Karae Lisle (MBA 1998) has watched firsthand the struggles of homeless, with a close family member living on the streets and in shelters in Florida, on and off, for years. His...
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- 08 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
WesTrek: A Recap of the Largest Professional Trek at Harvard Business School
Two days after fall finals, 150 HBS students descended on the Bay Area for WesTrek 2017, the largest professional trek at Harvard Business...
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Technology
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
and promising a new generation of singles a better way to date. With the help of Facebook and smartphones, this new era of online dating...
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April White
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
constructive dialogue between environmentalists and the rest of society. His own career path could have been a case study for the book. After graduating from Harvard View Details
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
in emerging markets relatively small, business is beginning to eye this huge population at the bottom of the View Details
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by Garry Emmons
- 24 May 2021
- News
Putting Purpose at the Heart of Business Is Harder Than It Looks
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
and mastery of business. “However, they often don’t get to tackle some of the big issues that intersect business and society and that don’t fit...
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Educational Innovation
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Business of Babies
The demand for babies by infertile couples and other would-be parents is huge — and little discussed. HBS professor Debora L. Spar addressed the market realities of adoption...
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