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16 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 16

takeovers and/or liberation. Capitalist evolution requires the continuing transformation of its three levels of governance. Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face—and What to Do About It Author:Richard S. View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Aug 2002
News

For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts

exploring the unexpected challenges faced by M. Douglas Ivester in exercising effective leadership during his two-year tenure as chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company. Professor Richard View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

27 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

Working PapersPublic Action for Public Goods Authors:Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer, and Rohini Somanathan Abstract This paper focuses on the relationship between public action and access to public goods. It begins by developing a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 27, 2007

and Kate Roloff Publication:In Team Effectiveness in Complex Organizations: Cross-disciplinary Perspectives and Approaches, edited by E. Sales, G. G. Goodwin and C. S. Burke. SIOP Frontier Series. Mahwah,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2003
News

Globalization Revisited

was no disputing the significance of Levitt’s contribution to the theory and practice of global marketing and to the ongoing assessment of its impact. As HBS professor Richard S. View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Dec 2006
First Look

First Look: December 19, 2006

http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780195310627 The Comovement of Returns and Investment within International Firms Authors:Mihir A. Desai and C. Fritz Foley Publication:In NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics, edited by View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2003
Article

Statistical Portraits of American Business Elites: A Review Essay

By: Richard S. Tedlow and Walter Friedman

Keywords: Management; United States

September 2009
Case

J.P. Morgan

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben

An account of J.P. Morgan's remarkable career in government, railroad, and industrial finance. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business History; Personal Development and Career

Educators

June 3, 2009
Editorial

GM: The World We Have Lost

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben

Keywords: Business Ventures; Auto Industry

November 1995
Case

Communications Revolution, The : 1995

By: Richard S. Tedlow and James Weber

Keywords: Communication; Communication Technology

1998
Working Paper

The Visible Man: An Historiographical Investigation of Quantitative Studies of American Business Leadership

By: Walter Friedman and Richard S. Tedlow

September 2008
Teaching Note

Harrington Collection: Sizing Up the Active-Wear Market (Brief Case)

By: Richard S. Tedlow and Heather Beckham

Keywords: Breakeven Analysis; Product Introduction; Analysis; Consumer Behavior; Profit; Product Launch

November 2009
Case

Incentive or Insult? The Case of Joe Torre and the New York Yankees

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben

Keywords: Sports Industry; New York (city, NY)

Educators

August 2008
Case

Du Pont: The Birth of the Modern Multidivisional Corporation

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben

Du Pont's realization in 1921 that its "U-form" corporate structure was ill-suited to its new diversification strategy led to a pioneering new kind of organization—the "M" or multidivisional form—that has been called the most important innovation of capitalism in the... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Alignment; Corporate Strategy

Educators

October 15, 2008
Editorial

Fast Track the New President

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben

January – February 2008
Article

The Dangers of Wishful Thinking

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben

Too many U.S. businesses (including tires, super-markets, and information technology) have been infected with the disease of denial. The answer? In Lincoln's words, “We must disenthrall ourselves.” View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Success; Behavior; Cognition and Thinking

01 Jun 2005
News

The Nature of Change

“The Class the Dollars Fell On” by Fortune magazine). The case, authored by HBS professors Richard Tedlow and Nancy Koehn in 2001, was originally... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; The Class the Dollars Fell On; case; capstone course; John Shad (MBA 1949); class of 49; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

July 10, 2009
Journal Article

Sears' Edifice Complex

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben