HBS alumni and faculty authors, podcasters, and digital denizens on the year’s most necessary books, podcasts, and apps

The McDonald’s turnaround isn’t about reinvention—it’s about remembering what made the Golden Arches a global icon in the first place

Re: Chris Kempczinski (MBA 1997); Kristy Cunningham (MBA 1998); Morgan Flatley (MBA 2004); By: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

HBS alumni have ushered in an era of easy reselling

Re: Rie Yano (MBA 2010); Jie Charles (MBA 2010); Christopher Homer (MBA 2009); James Reinhart (MBA 2009); Israel Ganot (MBA 2000); Eric Grosse (MBA 1995); Aditya Julka (MBA 2009); Osman Khan (MBA 2009)

Re: Beto Sicupira (OPM 9); Marcel Telles (OPM 10); Ray Daniels (MBA 1983); By: Daniel Morrell

Big risks and bigger rewards in the business of entertainment

Re: Anita Elberse (Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration); By: Patrick Kirchner

Re: John A. Deighton (Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus); Joseph B. Lassiter (Senator John Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management, Retired); William A. Sahlman (Baker Foundation Professor Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus); Michael I. Norton (Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration Unit Head, Negotiation, Organizations & Markets)

Re: Larry Kramer (MBA 1974)

Re: Cathy Benko (MBA 1989)

Re: Mike Jensen (MBA 1970); By: Roger Thompson

Re: Peter Olson (MBA 1974); By: Julia Hanna

Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter (Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration); Nitin Nohria (George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor); John P. Kotter (Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus); David A. Thomas (Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus); Joseph L. Badaracco (John Shad Professor of Business Ethics)