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  • 01 Jan 2005
  • News

  • 08 Jan 2008
  • News

Why so many companies fail at succession

  • December 1987
  • Case

John Hancock Financial Services: Sports Sponsorship

By: Stephen A. Greyser
Senior corporate communications executives of a major financial services firm are reviewing the company's sports sponsorship program and are considering expanding it. Hancock already is the corporate sponsor of the Boston Marathon and has the opportunity to sponsor the... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Performance Evaluation
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    Acquirer-Target Social Ties and Merger Outcomes

    This paper investigates the effect of social ties between acquirers and targets on merger performance.  We find that the extent of cross-firm social connection between directors and senior executives at the acquiring and the target firms has a significantly negative... View Details
    • 22 Apr 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Does Spirituality Drive Success?

    Executives from a wide range of industries trooped to Harvard Business School to discuss how their spirituality helps them be powerful leaders. The stories emerged from three panel sessions at the Möbius Leadership Forum, held April... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild
    • June 18, 2019
    • Article

    Research: Investors Reward Companies That Talk Up Their Digital Initiatives

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Wilbur Chen
    A study of how companies disclose their digital initiatives on earnings calls and written communications finds that more firms are using these technologies, that financial markets reward companies that disclose such initiatives, but that financial performance... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Technologies; Disclosure; Investment; Performance Improvement
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    • June 2008 (Revised April 2013)
    • Case

    Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty

    By: Geoffrey Jones and David Kiron
    Considers the creation of the world's largest fragrance company by Bernd Beetz, appointed chief executive of Coty Inc. in 2001. In 1990 the German consumer goods company Benkiser began acquiring fragrance and cosmetics brands with the intent of developing a beauty... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Germany; United States
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    • 24 Oct 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

    the executive ranks. All those things add up. Unfortunately, employers historically aren’t very good at connecting those dots. They don’t understand their own economics. Gazette: Why aren’t they better at seeing the full picture of these... View Details
    Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
    • 2008
    • Article

    Linking Crisis Management and Leadership Competencies: The Role of Human Resources Development

    The problem and the solution. Most executives are aware of the negative consequences associated with an organizational crisis and focus on communications and public relations as a reactive strategy. However, many neglect the other leadership responsibilities... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership Development; Crisis Management; Human Resources; Experience and Expertise
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      Roy D. Shapiro

      Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

      • December 2021 (Revised January 2023)
      • Case

      Katerra (A)

      By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
      In April 2020, Katerra executives struggled with a series of decisions that would determine the fate of one of the best-funded construction startups in history. Katerra was founded in 2015 by technology-industry executive Michael Marks and commercial real estate... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Entrepreneurship; Failure; Construction; Real Estate Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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      • March 2016
      • Case

      Residency Select or J3Personica?

      By: William Kerr and Kathryn S. Roloff
      Residency Select, LLC provides psychometric assessments for matching medical students to residency programs. After a series of successful pilots, founder Alan Friedman is considering whether to continue developing his offerings in this area, or whether to expand into... View Details
      Keywords: Marketplace Matching; Expansion; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry
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      • 03 Jan 2023
      • What Do You Think?

      How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

      (iStockphoto/400tmax) While summarizing comments to this same question asked about Jack Welch in last month’s column (shown below), I received word of Frances Hesselbein’s death. Welch was regarded by many as the greatest CEO of the 20th century. Hesselbein, national... View Details
      Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
      • December 2014 (Revised June 2016)
      • Case

      Cameron Trebbi at Taylor Lowell, LLP

      By: Karthik Ramanna
      Cameron Trebbi is a senior executive overseeing accounting policy at a large global auditing firm. His role is to lobby the firm's position with various accounting rule-making bodies worldwide. The firm is close to acquiring as new audit clients a consortium of Chinese... View Details
      Keywords: Lobbying; Thin Political Markets; Accounting; Business and Government Relations; Accounting Industry; China; United States
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      • August 2006 (Revised September 2008)
      • Case

      Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper

      By: Boris Groysberg, Victoria Winston and Shirley Spence
      What does it take to build a successful career over time? Describes Amy Schulman's career progression and role as a star senior litigator and top executive at one of the world's largest law firms. It focuses on different stages in her career and what she did to be... View Details
      Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Employee Relationship Management; Groups and Teams; Time Management; Personal Development and Career; Gender
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      • May 20, 2024
      • Article

      Porter’s Five Forces and Competitive Advantage in Web3

      By: Scott Duke Kominers and Liang Wu
      Competitive strategy — the art of crafting and executing plans to achieve an advantageous position in the market — is integral to any business, and especially relevant for platforms because it determines their ability to achieve network effects and scale. But web3... View Details
      Keywords: Five Forces Framework; Competitive Strategy; Business Strategy; Network Effects; Digital Transformation
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      • August 2021 (Revised April 2022)
      • Case

      KKR

      By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
      In June of 2021, KKR’s executive team convened to prepare for an upcoming board meeting. From a small, three-person partnership that started in 1976 and invested only in U.S. LBOs, the firm 45 years later was a public company that employed over 1,600 people and managed... View Details
      Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Public Equity; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development Strategy; Profit; Strategy; Finance; Private Equity; United States
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      • January 1999
      • Case

      Ciba Specialty Chemicals

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt
      Based on extensive interviews, this case discusses the environmental policies of a successful firm in the specialty chemicals business. Executives at Ciba have differentiated products along environmental lines and have used environmental scrutiny as a tool for cutting... View Details
      Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Business or Company Management; Cost Management; Risk Management; Business Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Competitive Advantage; Chemical Industry
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      • 04 Apr 2023
      • Book

      Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

      While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
      Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology
      • 19 Jan 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

      react to AI systems, the researchers worked last year with the luxury fashion retailer Tapestry Inc., whose accessory and lifestyle brands include Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman. The firm employs 18,000 people worldwide and has... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne