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- September 1999 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
Swatch Group, The: On Internet Time
By: Luc R. Wathieu, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
Under the leadership of Nicholas Hayek, the Swatch Group, makers of the Swatch watch, is widely credited with revitalizing the Swiss watch industry by offering a consistent set of brands addressing all segments of the global watch market. New opportunities beyond the...
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Wathieu, Luc R., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Swatch Group, The: On Internet Time." Harvard Business School Case 500-014, September 1999. (Revised November 2000.)
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
to their employers. Internment not only robbed companies of these key employees, it also made it more difficult for companies to recruit and retain workers for their European businesses. “Only [a] few of the old India experts have found their View Details
- June 2016
- Case
Big Spaceship: The Evolving Agency
By: Boris Groysberg and Matthew G. Preble
This case discusses the evolution of Big Spaceship, an advertising and marketing agency, from a product-focused business to a relationship-oriented one as clients seek deeper and more meaningful long-term partnerships. The 15-year-old company had already evolved...
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Digital Marketing;
Advertising;
Advertising Campaigns;
Marketing;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Social Media;
Advertising Industry;
United States;
New York (city, NY)
Groysberg, Boris, and Matthew G. Preble. "Big Spaceship: The Evolving Agency." Harvard Business School Case 416-003, June 2016.
- 28 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time
that body of knowledge was derived primarily from companies in the United States, Europe, and Japan. But as emerging markets in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America continue to grow, so does an interest in how they came to be...
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by Julia Hanna
- 23 Jun 2020
- Book
Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System
spread the ideas of Final-Five Voting, scaling a few early innovators into a coast-to-coast campaign of universal adoption and action. Thanks to the upstart laboratories of democracy that have shown us the way (in victory and defeat), we...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52939 forthcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Computer Vision Uncovers Predictors of Physical Urban Change By: Naik, Nikhil, Scott Duke...
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Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
activities on the job that are not perceived as work while "working" in ways that are non-productive. In short, we're not thinking creatively enough about work. Those are themes that recur in the comments to this month's column....
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- September 2019
- Case
Netflix: A Creative Approach to Culture and Agility
By: Ranjay Gulati, Allison Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga
By 2018, Netflix had been credited for revolutionizing how viewers consumed entertainment—shifting from ad-fueled linear network programming to a highly personalized, on-demand, all-you-can-consume, ad-free model. The company was riding a long wave of revenue and...
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Keywords:
Digital Technologies;
Streaming;
Video On Demand;
International Expansion;
Leadership;
Information Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Leadership Style;
Management Style;
Organizational Culture;
Entertainment;
Media;
Change Management;
Expansion;
Technology Industry;
United States
Gulati, Ranjay, Allison Ciechanover, and Jeff Huizinga. "Netflix: A Creative Approach to Culture and Agility." Harvard Business School Case 420-055, September 2019.
- December 2010
- Article
Organising Response to Extreme Emergencies: The Victorian Bushfires of 2009
By: Dutch Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
How can people and organisations best respond to emergency events that are significantly beyond the boundaries of what they had generally anticipated, expected, prepared for-or even imagined? What forms of organisations are likely to be best able to cope with such...
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Keywords:
Organizations;
Management Practices and Processes;
Natural Disasters;
Crisis Management;
Boundaries;
United States
Leonard, Dutch, and Arnold M. Howitt. "Organising Response to Extreme Emergencies: The Victorian Bushfires of 2009." Australian Journal of Public Administration 69, no. 4 (December 2010).
- 18 May 2016
- Other Presentation
Competing to Change the World: Creating Shared Value
The principle of shared value involves creating economic value in a way that also creates value for society by addressing its needs and challenges. Shared value is becoming an integral part of strategy and is defining a whole new set of best practices that companies...
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Keywords:
Society;
Shared Value;
Value Creation;
Strategy;
Civil Society or Community;
United States
Porter, Michael E. "Competing to Change the World: Creating Shared Value." ZfU Seminar, ZfU International Business School, Zürich, Switzerland, May 18, 2016.
- April 1995 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
Choice Hotels International, 1995
By: Tarun Khanna and Israel Yellen Ganot
Illustrates the various ways in which Choice Hotels, the franchiser for seven mid-market hotel chains, can realize economies of scope across its multiple products. Also provides an opportunity to discuss the benefits and limitations of various organizational forms...
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Organizational Structure;
Competition;
Franchise Ownership;
Accommodations Industry;
United States
Khanna, Tarun, and Israel Yellen Ganot. "Choice Hotels International, 1995." Harvard Business School Case 795-165, April 1995. (Revised June 1996.)
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
subsumed by the other three. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53024 August 2017 Obstetrics & Gynecology Relationship Between Labor and Delivery Unit Management Practices and Maternal Outcomes By:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- January 2001 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
The American Medical Association-Sunbeam Deal (A): Serpent on the Staff Meets Chainsaw Al
By: Ashish Nanda and Kimberly A. Haddad
Facing dwindling membership and looking to increase its revenue, the American Medical Association (AMA) signed an endorsement deal with Sunbeam Corp., a leader in the small home appliance industry, in August 1997. In the deal, the AMA would receive significant...
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Keywords:
Conflict of Interests;
Organizations;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry;
United States
Nanda, Ashish, and Kimberly A. Haddad. "The American Medical Association-Sunbeam Deal (A): Serpent on the Staff Meets Chainsaw Al." Harvard Business School Case 801-326, January 2001. (Revised October 2002.)
- 09 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools
engaged in education in ways that are generous, well-intended, effective at alleviating the symptoms of a weak education system, and thoroughly inadequate to help strengthen the system," says Harvard Business School Professor Jan W....
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- 2016
- Chapter
Unpacking the Dynamics of Successful Change: Ten Insights from the Private Sector
Book Abstract: The aim of this book is to catalyze global interest in the pursuit of transformational changes in natural resource and environmental management. It is shown that transformational policy reforms involve fundamental shifts in strategy with far-reaching...
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Change Management;
Environmental Sustainability;
Policy;
Transformation;
Australia;
New Zealand;
China;
United States;
Europe;
Southeast Asia
Henderson, Rebecca. "Unpacking the Dynamics of Successful Change: Ten Insights from the Private Sector." Chap. 3 in Transformational Change in Environmental and Natural Resource Management: Guidelines for Policy Excellence, edited by Michael D. Young and Christine Esau. Routledge, 2016.
- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
lived. For Di Tella and his coauthors, the situation presented the ideal opportunity to research the beliefs of those who hold property rights versus those who do not, all other conditions being equal. "In the United States, there...
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by Julia Hanna
- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
advice to businesses using affiliate marketing programs. His new working paper, written with Wesley Brandi, is titled Information and Incentives in Online Affiliate Marketing. The paper offers ways to help companies make better choices...
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- June 2017
- Case
Maggie Wilderotter: The Evolution of an Executive
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott and Robin Abrahams
In a career that spanned over 30 years, Maggie Wilderotter served as CEO of two publicly traded companies and served on 32 corporate and 9 association and nonprofit boards of directors. As CEO of Frontier Communications, a U.S. telecom company with over $25 billion in...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Managing People;
Networks;
Strategy And Leadership;
Personal Development and Career;
Personal Characteristics;
Leadership Style;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Gender;
Power and Influence;
Telecommunications Industry;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah L. Abbott, and Robin Abrahams. "Maggie Wilderotter: The Evolution of an Executive." Harvard Business School Case 417-091, June 2017.
- 25 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress)
control, allowing us to buy our way out of unforeseen bumps in the road, whether it’s a small nuisance, like dodging a rainstorm by ordering up an Uber, or a bigger worry, like handling an unexpected hospital bill, says Harvard Business...
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by Michael Blanding
- September 2023
- Supplement
David Beckham (B): Signing Lionel Messi to Inter Miami CF
By: Anita Elberse and David Moreno Vicente
In June 2023, David Beckham, co-owner of Major League Soccer team Inter Miami CF, is hoping to find a way to bring Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the best players the world of soccer has ever seen, to his team. But Messi—a seven-time winner of the Ballon d’Or...
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Keywords:
Soccer;
Football;
Superstars;
General Management;
Sports;
Negotiation Offer;
Competitive Strategy;
Compensation and Benefits;
Entertainment;
Media;
Marketing;
Sports Industry;
Miami
Elberse, Anita, and David Moreno Vicente. "David Beckham (B): Signing Lionel Messi to Inter Miami CF." Harvard Business School Supplement 524-040, September 2023.