Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits
Few companies wrestle with their moral mission and financial goals like those in journalism. Research by Lakshmi Ramarajan explores how a disrupted industry upholds its values even as the bottom line...
View ArticleCOVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted
A global supply chain reshuffling is underway as companies seek to diversify their distribution networks in response to pandemic-related shocks, says research by Laura Alfaro. What do these shifts mean...
View ArticleHBS Faculty Books of 2023: Find Happiness, Fix Things, and Fail Well
From authoritarian regimes to social responsibility, we take a look back at some of the new books by Harvard Business School faculty members this year.
View Article$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s...
Scott's hands-off approach and unparalleled pace—helping almost 2,000 organizations and counting—has upended the status quo in philanthropy. While her donations might seem scattershot, an analysis of...
View Article15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
Harvard Business School podcasts gave listeners an inside view of Twitter, Google, and Apple, and featured executives from BlackBerry, LinkedIn, and Volvo, to name a few. Here are some of the year's...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Popular Articles of 2023
The most-read stories about Harvard Business School faculty research reflect a year filled with both excitement and concern about the influence of generative artificial intelligence on the workplace,...
View Article10 Trends to Watch in 2024
Employees may seek new approaches to balance, even as leaders consider whether to bring more teams back to offices or make hybrid work even more flexible. These are just a few trends that Harvard...
View ArticleDo Boomerang CEOs Get a Bad Rap?
Several companies have brought back formerly successful CEOs in hopes of breathing new life into their organizations—with mixed results. But are we even measuring the boomerang CEOs' performance...
View ArticleHarnessing AI: What Businesses Need to Know in ChatGPT’s Second Year
Companies across industries rushed to adopt ChatGPT last year, seeing its potential to streamline tasks formerly handled by people and vendors at much higher cost. As generative AI enters its next...
View ArticleCould Clean Hydrogen Become Affordable at Scale by 2030?
The cost to produce hydrogen could approach the $1-per-kilogram target set by US regulators by 2030, helping this cleaner energy source compete with fossil fuels, says research by Gunther Glenk and...
View ArticleTechnology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?
When COVID pushed service-based businesses to the brink, tipping became a way for customers to show their appreciation. Now that the pandemic is over, new technologies have enabled companies to...
View ArticlePsychological Pricing Tactics to Fight the Inflation Blues
Inflation has slowed from the epic rates of 2021 and 2022, but many consumers still feel pinched. What will it take to encourage them to spend? Thoughtful pricing strategies that empower customers as...
View ArticleAre Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?
Many companies set emissions targets with great fanfare—and never meet them, says research by Shirley Lu and colleagues. But what if investors held businesses accountable for achieving their climate...
View ArticleMore Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World
Non-fungible tokens might seem like a fad approach to selling memes, but the concept could help companies open new markets and build communities. Scott Duke Kominers and Steve Kaczynski go beyond the...
View ArticleHow to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers
Three-quarters of US employees are balancing caregiving with their careers. If companies could prevent five of them from quitting, they could save $200,000. Joseph Fuller offers a seven-point plan for...
View ArticleWhy Boeing’s Problems with the 737 MAX Began More Than 25 Years Ago
Aggressive cost cutting and rocky leadership changes have eroded the culture at Boeing, a company once admired for its engineering rigor, says Bill George. What will it take to repair the reputational...
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