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- February 2010 (Revised March 2012)
- Case
Harvard Business School Executive Education: Balancing Online and Offline Marketing
By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
How does a small business set its online media budget? The HBS Executive Education Division can be viewed as a small-to-medium sized business unit with annual revenues of $107 million. As we watch it change its culture, practices, and organization from offline to...
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Keywords:
Transition;
Marketing Strategy;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Technology Adoption;
Digital Marketing;
Resource Allocation;
Information Technology Industry
Deighton, John A., and Leora Kornfeld. "Harvard Business School Executive Education: Balancing Online and Offline Marketing." Harvard Business School Case 510-091, February 2010. (Revised March 2012.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- Web
Health Care Initiative - Health Care
Health Care Initiative Supporting a dynamic community MBA Experience MBA students focus on health care through industry-related courses, extracurricular activities, and recruiting opportunities. Faculty & Research Faculty collaborate to generate new knowledge and...
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- 05 Jan 2021
- Cold Call Podcast
Using Behavioral Science to Improve Well-Being for Social Workers
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Re: Ashley V. Whillans
- 12 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks
Source: rawpixel Many jobs involve completing a series of sequential, independent, prearranged tasks. Physicians see patients; teachers grade papers; insurance agents process stacks of claims. In the interest of productivity, some View Details
- Fall 2022
- Article
Time to Put the Fossil-Fuel Industry into Hospice
By: Andrew J. Hoffman and Douglas M. Ely
If humanity is to survive the climate crisis, we must manage a just and orderly transition away from fossil fuels. The correct models for this resolution are triage, euthanasia, and hospice.
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Hoffman, Andrew J., and Douglas M. Ely. "Time to Put the Fossil-Fuel Industry into Hospice." Stanford Social Innovation Review 20, no. 4 (Fall 2022): 28–37.
- October 2003
- Case
Financing Biodiversity Conservation by the Global Conservation Fund
By: Mihir A. Desai and Julia Stevens
The Global Conservation Fund is an international nonprofit organization with a $100 million endowment and an exclusive focus on land preservation. The fund and its director must decide which projects to fund over the next year and what financing mechanism to use....
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Keywords:
Environmental Protection;
Project Evaluation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Projects;
Finance;
Decision Making;
Financial Instruments;
Nonprofit Organizations
Desai, Mihir A., and Julia Stevens. "Financing Biodiversity Conservation by the Global Conservation Fund." Harvard Business School Case 204-019, October 2003.
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
industries may split apart. Untapped Potential in the Study of Negotiation and Gender Inequality in Organizations Authors:Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn Periodical:Academy of Management Annals,...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2020
- News
Can the “Cummings Way” Live on After the Founder Retires?
- March 2004 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Jack Smith (A): Career Launch at Toyota
Jack Smith had a stellar career at Chrysler managing major design teams and manufacturing plants before deciding to join industry leader and benchmark Toyota. It is his first day on the job; what will his orientation entail? Cursory walkthroughs and introductions...
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Keywords:
Transition;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Development and Career;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry
Spear, Steven J., and Courtney Purrington. "Jack Smith (A): Career Launch at Toyota." Harvard Business School Case 604-057, March 2004. (Revised May 2004.)
- 15 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives
In some respects, developing strategy is the easy part. Executing that strategy in alignment with strategic priorities is where real mastery of management takes place. We asked Harvard Business School senior lecturer Frank V. Cespedes,...
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- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
in press Academy of Management Annals Scaling: Organizing and Growth in Entrepreneurial Ventures By: DeSantola, Alicia, and Ranjay Gulati Abstract—Entrepreneurial ventures face unique challenges related to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- November 2016
- Article
Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality
By: Mozaffar Khan, George Serafeim and Aaron Yoon
Using newly available materiality classifications of sustainability topics, we develop a novel dataset by hand-mapping sustainability investments classified as material for each industry into firm-specific sustainability ratings. This allows us to present new evidence...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
Investments;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Accounting;
Corporate Reporting;
Regulation;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Integrated Corporate Reporting;
Investment;
Corporate Governance
Khan, Mozaffar, George Serafeim, and Aaron Yoon. "Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality." Accounting Review 91, no. 6 (November 2016).
- October 2011
- Supplement
An Interview with Ganesh Natarajan, CEO of Zensar
By: David A. Garvin
Zensar is a rapidly growing, mid-sized Indian IT services company with a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies. One of its practices, Vision Communities, is an inclusive forum for innovation and strategy formulation. As the company grows,...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Human Resources;
Employees;
Leadership Style;
Management;
Organizational Culture;
Information Technology Industry;
India
Garvin, David A. "An Interview with Ganesh Natarajan, CEO of Zensar." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 312-706, October 2011.
- June 1996 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Skandia AFS: Developing Intellectual Capital Globally
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Takia Mahmood
Focuses on the measurement and management of organizational knowledge as a strategic asset, and on the deployment of information technology, organizational structure, and processes in leveraging that asset.
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Keywords:
Global Strategy;
Knowledge Sharing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Alliances;
Competitive Advantage;
Information Technology
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Takia Mahmood. "Skandia AFS: Developing Intellectual Capital Globally." Harvard Business School Case 396-412, June 1996. (Revised March 1998.)
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FAQs - Alumni
there drop-off programs for kids and teens? Do I have to supervise my children? There are no drop-off options; kids and teens must be supervised by a parent or adult caregiver at all times. HBS staff and faculty and vendors managing...
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- 2021
- Chapter
Multinationals' Need for State Protection: The Creation of the Swiss Investment Risk Guarantee in the 1960s
By: Sabine Pitteloud
This chapter focuses on the role of Industrie-Holding, the Federation of Swiss Industrial Multinational Companies, in the introduction of an investment risk guarantee during the 1960s. The chapter therefore contributes to a) the growing body of literature on how...
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Keywords:
Investments;
Multinational Companies;
Political Risk;
Business & Government Relations;
Investment;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Business and Government Relations;
Switzerland
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Multinationals' Need for State Protection: The Creation of the Swiss Investment Risk Guarantee in the 1960s." In Security and Insecurity in Business History: Case Studies in the Perception and Negotiation of Threats, edited by Mark Jakob, Nina Kleinöder, and Christian Kleinschmidt, 111–134. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2021.
- 06 Jan 2016
- News
Clear lessons offered in delivery debacle
- 30 Jan 2022
- News
Rahul Bajaj: “To Provide Continuity, That Is What an Owner Does”
- August 1980
- Supplement
Renn Zaphiropoulos, A Day with, Video
By: John P. Kotter
Focuses on the management style of Renn Zaphiropoulos in the context of a rapidly changing segment of Xerox's business environment. To be contrasted with the videotape, Day with Fred Henderson (9-881-502) and the case, Fred Henderson (9-480-043).
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Kotter, John P. "Renn Zaphiropoulos, A Day with, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 881-501, August 1980.
- September 2001 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Stevenson Industries (A)
By: John A. Davis and Kacie LaChapelle
Simon Carlson, chairman of the board of his family's fourth-generation industrial company, must decide how to deal with his conflict with the company's nonfamily CEO. Hired by the board just 15 months earlier to pursue growth more aggressively, CEO Paul Steel has upset...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Management Succession;
Management Style;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Teams;
Rank and Position;
Organizational Culture;
Decision Making;
Manufacturing Industry
Davis, John A., and Kacie LaChapelle. "Stevenson Industries (A)." Harvard Business School Case 802-086, September 2001. (Revised June 2005.)