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- March 2022
- Supplement
Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)
By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and...
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Compensation;
Collaboration;
Executive Search Firms;
Consulting Firms;
Compensation and Benefits;
Restructuring;
Human Resources;
Human Capital;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Talent and Talent Management;
Consulting Industry;
Employment Industry;
Asia;
Europe;
Latin America;
Middle East;
North and Central America;
South America;
Oceania
Bernstein, Ethan, and Cara Mazzucco. "Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 422-046, March 2022.
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Spangler Center | About
screens—and a 350-seat auditorium equipped with a state-of-the-art media and presentation system. Many student services are centralized in Spangler’s lower level, including IT...
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- May 2020
- Teaching Note
Edward Jones: Implementing the Solutions Approach
By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 719-411.Updates the classic Edward Jones strategy case as the firm shifts to a new "Solutions" business model from its previous "product" model in response to changes in the brokerage industry, technology and demographics, and its own...
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- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
eliminate more than 70 percent of fraud without decreasing profit. As he explained in his blog: "By delaying payments, a merchant or network differentially harms bad affiliates (who rightly worry they...
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- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
PublicationsHow Much Is a Reduction of Your Customers' Wait Worth? An Empirical Study of the Fast-Food Drive-Thru Industry Based on Structural Estimation Methods Authors:Gad Allon, Awi Federgruen, and Margaret P. Pierson...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Leadership Initiative - Leadership
where he spearheaded its digital transformation to a Software-as-as Service business. Sunand was also Global Head of New Ventures at Thomson Reuters, where he incubated and scaled several digital businesses...
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- 07 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Is HBS Too Big?
potential friends, (nearly) perfected infrastructure and resources, clubs for anything you could be interested in, and a massive alumni base. I’ve experienced all of these things so far. It also gives you...
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Entrepreneurship - Recruiting
Employment Data Entrepreneurship Employment Data Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Class of 2023 Career Data Internship Data Joining a Start-up A start-up is defined here as an...
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Partners and Families - MBA
integrated into life at HBS. The answer is a resounding yes! HBS warmly welcomes significant others and children into the campus community . MBA Partner Resources Partners are vital members of the thriving HBS community. Some of the...
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- 17 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
KFC’s Explosive Growth in China
have picked," says Shelman, a Kentucky native with more than a passing interest in Colonel Sanders. "Not only is this the story of a successful entry into China by...
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- 01 Nov 2017
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?
David DeSteno, Who Can You Trust?, reminded us that “90% of people—most of whom identify themselves as morally upstanding—will act dishonestly to benefit themselves if they believe they won’t get caught.” Possible remedies were suggested...
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- January 2019 (Revised March 2020)
- Case
Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in 2018
By: Emil Siriwardane, Luis M. Viceira and Shawn O'Brien
In early 2018, Blackstone announced that John McCormick would succeed Tom Hill as President and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), the largest fund-of-hedge funds in the world by a sizeable margin. As new CEO, McCormick must...
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Expansion;
Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Services Industry
Siriwardane, Emil, Luis M. Viceira, and Shawn O'Brien. "Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in 2018." Harvard Business School Case 219-063, January 2019. (Revised March 2020.)
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
Research Center lab. When it didn't see the results it sought, Xerox terminated further funding for projects that we know today as Ethernet (by 3Com) and PostScript (by Adobe). These projects were evaluated within Xerox and judged not to...
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- 23 Dec 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms
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by Laura Alfaro & Maggie Chen
- March–April 2021
- Article
Network-biased Technical Change: How Information Management Tools Overcome Some Biases but Exacerbate Others.
By: Gerald C. Kane and Lynn Wu
Organizations have long sought to improve employee performance by managing knowledge more effectively. In this paper, we test whether the adoption of digital tools for expertise search and access within an organization, often referred to as a support to an...
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Digital Tools;
Social Media;
Social Networks;
Transactive Memory Systems;
Augmented Intelligence;
Artificial Intelligence;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Gender;
Equality and Inequality;
Technology Adoption;
Knowledge Management;
Performance Improvement;
Power and Influence;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Kane, Gerald C., and Lynn Wu. "Network-biased Technical Change: How Information Management Tools Overcome Some Biases but Exacerbate Others." Organization Science 32, no. 2 (March–April 2021): 273–292.
- January 2000 (Revised May 2000)
- Case
Patagon.com: Building (and Defending) the First Financial Destination in Latin America
By: William A. Sahlman, Ramiro Montealegre and Luis Pereiro
Describes Patagon.com, a company trying to build a financial portal in Latin America. The company's founders, Wenceslao Casares and Constancio Larguia, must deal with complex financial and strategic challenges as they guide the company in a difficult context.
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Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Problems and Challenges;
Business Startups;
Finance;
Financial Services Industry;
Latin America
Sahlman, William A., Ramiro Montealegre, and Luis Pereiro. "Patagon.com: Building (and Defending) the First Financial Destination in Latin America." Harvard Business School Case 800-185, January 2000. (Revised May 2000.)
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Campus & Culture | About
Campus & Culture Take A Tour A Vital Residential Community A Campus Built on Philanthropy A Commitment to Sustainability 76 % Reduction in waste,...
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- August 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Background Note
Working Effectively with Counsel
Popular stereotypes of lawyers include "overhead," "Dr. No," "internal cop," "keep us out of trouble!" and "get us out of trouble!" Focus groups of business leaders queried in a survey by the Case Western Reserve University Law School associated the word "lawyer" with...
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Bagley, Constance E. "Working Effectively with Counsel." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-007, August 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- September 2024
- Case
Topaz: Navigating Governance, Legacy, and Change
By: Christina R. Wing and Carla Larangeira
Since its founding in 2011, the Garza Sada brothers and their father positioned Topaz among leading family offices in Monterrey, Mexico, with several assets under management. Topaz aspired to have a transformative impact across multiple Mexican industries. An industry...
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- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
problems valuing the business, which seemed at times to resemble more of a holding company or conglomerate than anything else, nor that most consumers barely knew that Unilever View Details