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- Faculty Publications (148)
- 2014
- Chapter
Reaching Your Potential: Know Yourself—and Find Fulfillment
By: Robert Steven Kaplan
Despite racking up impressive accomplishments, you feel frustrated with your career—convinced you should be achieving more. You may even wish you had chosen a different career altogether. These feelings often stem from a common error: buying into others' definitions of...
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Kaplan, Robert Steven. "Reaching Your Potential: Know Yourself—and Find Fulfillment." Chap. 3 in HBR Guide to Getting the Mentoring You Need, 31–42. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2014.
- Career Coach
Anne Marie Checcone
Anne Marie (HBS '04, Johns Hopkins ‘98) advises HBS students and alumni through professional and personal transitions that impact their career trajectory. Anne Marie helps clients to clarify their professional goals, craft their job search strategy, and navigate a...
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- April 2009 (Revised June 2020)
- Case
Al Capone
By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen
In 1929, Chicago, IL mob boss Al Capone was at the height of his power. As head of the extensive crime organization known as "The Outfit" during most of U.S.'s Prohibition Era (1920-1933), Capone oversaw hundreds of brothels, speakeasies, and roadhouses which served as...
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Keywords:
Bootlegging;
Entrepreneurship;
Crime and Corruption;
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Business History;
United States;
Chicago
Nicholas, Tom, and David Chen. "Al Capone." Harvard Business School Case 809-144, April 2009. (Revised June 2020.)
- October 1989 (Revised October 1992)
- Case
Smoke Wars: The Case for and Against the Cigarette Industry
Describes the arguments for and against the tobacco industry. With the per capita demand for cigarettes steadily declining by 2% to 3% every year, the tobacco companies have been using various approaches to stem the tide. Many such moves, however, have come under...
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Keywords:
Debates;
Marketing Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Performance;
Social Issues;
Consumer Products Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Smoke Wars: The Case for and Against the Cigarette Industry." Harvard Business School Case 590-040, October 1989. (Revised October 1992.)
- February 2008 (Revised June 2011)
- Background Note
Social Networks: The Portals of Web 2.0
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett
Social networks have evolved into influential, compelling and persuasive systems, the portals of Web 2.0 and one of the most powerful media phenomena in 2008. This note provides a brief background and description of various social network sites including MySpace,...
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Bradley, Stephen P., and Nancy Bartlett. "Social Networks: The Portals of Web 2.0." Harvard Business School Background Note 708-488, February 2008. (Revised June 2011.)
- April 2019
- Article
Shooting the Messenger
By: Leslie John, Hayley Blunden and Heidi Liu
Eleven experiments provide evidence that people have a tendency to “shoot the messenger,” deeming innocent bearers of bad news unlikeable. In a preregistered lab experiment, participants rated messengers who delivered bad news from a random drawing as relatively...
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Keywords:
Judgment;
Communication;
Sense-making;
Attribution;
Disclosure;
Interpersonal Communication;
Perception;
Judgments;
Motivation and Incentives
John, Leslie, Hayley Blunden, and Heidi Liu. "Shooting the Messenger." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 148, no. 4 (April 2019): 644–666.
- Career Coach
Phil Wong
Phil (Caltech ‘05, HBS ‘10) is currently the CFO and co-founder of Sevi Health, a healthcare startup on a mission to simplify primary care in the US. His role at Sevi focuses on acquiring clinics, integrating housing and healthcare for seniors living in senior...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Finance;
Financial Services (All);
Investment Banking;
Financial Services (All);
Investment Management;
Financial Services (All);
Private Equity;
Financial Services (All);
Venture Capital;
Financial Services (All);
Health Care;
Startup - Founder;
Entrepreneurship
- 26 Feb 2011
- News
Consumers Hold On to Products Longer
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
U.S. Companies Should Show Confidence in the U.S.
- 18 Jun 2019
- Video
A joint degree that blends business, science, and ethics
- Article
Fixing What Really Ails Japan
By: Michael E. Porter and Hirotaka Takeuchi
Conventional wisdom claims that Japan’s “economic miracle” stemmed from its unique model of government guidance and its revolutionary corporate management techniques. An in-depth study proves this seriously wrong. Rampant government intervention has caused more...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Competition;
Innovation and Invention;
Business and Government Relations;
Japan
Porter, Michael E., and Hirotaka Takeuchi. "Fixing What Really Ails Japan." Foreign Affairs 78, no. 3 (May–June 1999): 66–81.
- November 2019
- Case
Gillette: Cutting Prices to Regain Share
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
After losing market share to low-priced competitors such as Harry’s and Dollar Shave Club for several years, Gillette decided to fight back by launching new products and increasing advertising. When these efforts failed to stem the losses, Gillette decided to cut the...
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Price;
Public Equity;
Retail Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., and Daniel Fisher. "Gillette: Cutting Prices to Regain Share." Harvard Business School Case 720-378, November 2019.
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Disrupting the Single-Use Plastic Economy
- September 2020
- Case
Minerva 2010: Turbulent Times
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2010, amid a flurry of new discoveries, Cynthia Bamdad, founder and CEO of Minerva Biotechnologies Corporation (Minerva), raised $6.6 million to test her new cancer drugs in mice. It had been more than 6 years since she had announced that she and her small team at...
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Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Minerva 2010: Turbulent Times." Harvard Business School Case 721-390, September 2020.
- August 1997 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Argentina's YPF Sociedad Anonima (D): The International Platform
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In March 1995, YPF (the former Argentine state-owned oil and gas utility, privatized in late 1993) acquired the Dallas-based Maxus Energy Corp., one of the world's largest independent oil and gas exploration companies. YPF's first acquisition is nearly bankrupt, with...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Globalization;
Borrowing and Debt;
Privatization;
Managerial Roles;
Energy Industry;
Argentina;
Texas
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Argentina's YPF Sociedad Anonima (D): The International Platform." Harvard Business School Case 398-005, August 1997. (Revised February 1999.)
- 05 May 2021
- News
How Do You Embed a Sense of Purpose Into a Company?
- 15 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
One Month into the New MS/MBA Biotech
Harvard’s new MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences joint degree program confers an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Master of Science from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Medical School in the Harvard Department of View Details
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
What Tech Pioneers Can Learn From Emerging Markets
- 23 Nov 2013
- News
Are American Workers the Best?
- April 2003
- Case
Captain Crisis in the United States Army, The
From 1989 to 1999, the Army watched as captain attrition rose from a planned and acceptable 6.7% to a staggering 10.6%. At the beginning of a new century, the Army leadership is concerned that current and projected staffing levels for junior officers are insufficient...
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Beaulieu, Nancy D., and Jamie Warder. "Captain Crisis in the United States Army, The." Harvard Business School Case 903-126, April 2003.