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- October 2014
- Background Note
Leader-as-Architect: Alignment
Part of a leader's job is to equip the organization to transform inputs into outputs by defining organizational strategy, shaping organizational identity, and then managing four organizational components—formal organizational structure, culture, people, and critical... View Details
Keywords: Organization; Resource Management; Leadership; Business Processes; Design; Organizational Design; Identity; Strategy; Resource Allocation; Strategic Planning; Alignment
Bernstein, Ethan, Ryan Raffaelli, and Joshua Margolis. "Leader-as-Architect: Alignment." Harvard Business School Background Note 415-039, October 2014.
- 27 Jan 2011
- News
Dancing elephants
- 16 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part
this moment in time, companies finding opportunities to collaborate within their industry is a powerful way forward. In addition, Kevin and Kenneth agree that diversity and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 10 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
High Commitment, High Performance Management
CEOs and boards of directors is hard but ultimately the only path to sustained commitment and performance. Human nature is such that we do not want to know the truth, and lower... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
Jacqueline Ng Lane
Jackie Lane is an Assistant Professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School and a co-Principal Investigator of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH) at the Digital Data Design Institute (D^3) at Harvard. She... View Details
Marketing Metaphoria
Why do advertising campaigns and new products often fail? Why do consumers feel that companies don't understand their needs? Because marketers themselves don't think deeply about consumers' innermost thoughts and feelings. Marketing Metaphoria is a groundbreaking book... View Details
- Web
Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
railroads with which the Nashua and Lowell had dealings. Alfred D. Chandler Papers The collection provides a comprehensive view of historian Alfred D. Chandler’s sixty year academic career. Chandler’s study of railroads as the first... View Details
- July 2023
- Article
Takahashi-Alexander Revisited: Modeling Private Equity Portfolio Outcomes Using Historical Simulations
By: Dawson Beutler, Alex Billias, Sam Holt, Josh Lerner and TzuHwan Seet
In 2001, Dean Takahashi and Seth Alexander of the Yale University Investments Office developed a deterministic model for estimating future cash flows and valuations for the Yale endowment’s private equity portfolio. Their model, which is simple and intuitive, is still... View Details
Beutler, Dawson, Alex Billias, Sam Holt, Josh Lerner, and TzuHwan Seet. "Takahashi-Alexander Revisited: Modeling Private Equity Portfolio Outcomes Using Historical Simulations." Journal of Portfolio Management 49, no. 7 (July 2023): 144–158.
- June 1992
- Case
Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and William A. Teichner
A group of investors is considering buying the sequel rights for a portfolio of feature films. They need to determine how much to offer to pay and how to structure a contract with one or more major U.S. film studios. The case contains cash flow estimates for all major... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Debt Securities; Contracts; Cash Flow; Valuation; Capital Budgeting; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
Luehrman, Timothy A., and William A. Teichner. "Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project." Harvard Business School Case 292-140, June 1992.
- 13 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt
the implications of our findings, which is to say that the government could actively influence the corporate sector's borrowing decisions by shifting its own financing between T-bills and bonds. Why should... View Details
- March 2022
- Article
Strategic State Capacity: How States Counter Opposition to Climate Policy
By: Jonas Meckling and Jonas Nahm
When can states implement policies against the opposition from powerful interest groups? Research on state capacity has examined bureaucratic sources of capacity, leaving unexplained why countries with similar levels of bureaucratic capacity vary in goal attainment. We... View Details
Meckling, Jonas, and Jonas Nahm. "Strategic State Capacity: How States Counter Opposition to Climate Policy." Comparative Political Studies 55, no. 3 (March 2022): 493–523.
- Spring 2020
- Article
The Future of Platforms
By: Michael A. Cusumano, David B. Yoffie and Annabelle Gawer
Platforms power the world’s most valuable companies, but it will get harder and harder to capture and monetize their disruptive potential. View Details
Cusumano, Michael A., David B. Yoffie, and Annabelle Gawer. "The Future of Platforms." Art. 61304. Special Issue on Disruption 2020. MIT Sloan Management Review 61, no. 3 (Spring 2020).
- February 2015 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
China Shenhua Energy Company
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, G. A. Donovan and Keith Chi-ho Wong
A leading Chinese energy firm, active in coal mining and electric power generation, analyzes coal-to-liquids technology in light of energy security and environmental concerns. View Details
Keywords: Environment; China; CO2; Coal Mining; Electricity; Sustainability; Energy; Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; China; Asia
Reinhardt, Forest L., G. A. Donovan, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "China Shenhua Energy Company." Harvard Business School Case 715-026, February 2015. (Revised March 2016.)
- 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 16 Oct 2019
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HBS Online Management Essentials
Maximize your managerial effectiveness by shaping and influencing processes in the critically-important treetop level between 50,000 feet (strategy) and ground level (daily tasks and activities). Program Dates: October 16, 2019 - December 11, 2019 View Details
- 01 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?
"I think Friedman will cast the longer shadow . . . the expansion of markets has speeded up the process of globalization . . . the corporate power of multinationals has not been as dominant as Galbraith had envisioned." In... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
State Street’s SHE: Investing in Women Leaders
- 10 Apr 2022
- News
The Steps Needed To Empower the Powerless | Julie Battilana PhD
Tomomichi Amano
Tomomichi Amano is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing Unit at HBS. He teaches the Marketing course in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Amano draws on economic theories to understand novel mechanisms by which new... View Details
Professor Amano draws on economic theories to understand novel mechanisms by which new... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?
or quarterly, but if the chemistry is strong, it can be a powerful partnership that’s well worth the money and time. My dear friend Steve Schlafman has great advice here on how to find the right fit with a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin