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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
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Stephen A. Greyser
Stephen A. Greyser is Richard P. Chapman Professor (Marketing/Communications) Emeritus, of the Harvard Business School, specializes in brand marketing, advertising, corporate communications, the business of sports, and nonprofit management. A... View Details
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sports
- 2009
- Book
The Adventures of an IT Leader
By: Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan and Shannon O'Donnell
Becoming an effective IT manager presents a host of challenges-from anticipating emerging technology to managing relationships with vendors, employees, and other managers. Ultimately, a good IT manager must be a strong business leader, not just a technical...
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Books;
Leadership;
Crisis Management;
Personal Development and Career;
Relationships;
Safety;
Information Technology
Austin, Robert D., Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell. The Adventures of an IT Leader. Harvard Business Press, 2009.
- April 2005 (Revised June 2005)
- Compilation
Boeing 787: The Dreamliner
By: Richard L. Nolan and Suresh Kotha
Boeing dominated the commercial airline manufacturing business since bringing out the first commercial airline jet airliner. But in 2005, it delivered fewer new planes than its fast-moving competitor, Airbus. Boeing responded by transforming its manufacturing business...
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Competitive Strategy;
Risk Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Air Transportation Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Nolan, Richard L., and Suresh Kotha. "Boeing 787: The Dreamliner." Harvard Business School Compilation 305-101, April 2005. (Revised June 2005.)
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The “Hawthorne Effect” – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us A New Vision An Essay by Professors Michel Anteby and Rakesh Khurana Introduction The Hawthorne Plant Employee Welfare Illumination Studies and Relay Assembly Test Room Enter Elton Mayo Human Relations and...
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- February 2015
- Case
CLP: Powering Asia
By: George Serafeim, Rebecca Henderson and Dawn Lau
Richard Lancaster, taking over from Andrew Brandler, was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CLP Holdings Ltd., one of the leading power companies in Asia, with operations in China, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Australia, and India, and an energy portfolio spanning coal,...
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Energy Generation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Goals and Objectives;
Values and Beliefs;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Energy Industry;
Asia;
India
Serafeim, George, Rebecca Henderson, and Dawn Lau. "CLP: Powering Asia." Harvard Business School Case 115-038, February 2015.
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Hiring Organizations
International Investment British Petroleum - BP Brookfield Advisors India Private Limited Brookfield Asset Management Brydon Group, The Bubble Budderfly By Rotation C C3.ai Cabot Cambridge Associates LLC Canada Pension Plan Investment...
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Stories
Basket Chase Baskits president and CEO Robin Kovitz (MBA 2007) on the tactics and the trials of her “acquisition entrepreneurship” journey Re: Robin Kovitz (MBA 2007); Richard S. Ruback (Baker Foundation Professor Willard Prescott Smith...
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- Research Summary
Great Negotiator Study Initiative
What can be legitimately be learned from closely studying great negotiators at work? Since 2000, the Program on Negotiation (PON)—an active inter-university consortium mainly comprised of numerous faculty from across... View Details
- July 2011 (Revised September 2018)
- Case
Nashton Partners and Its Search Fund Process
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Nashton Partners was a search fund founded by two HBS MBA's that raised $500,000 to finance a search for a company that they could purchase and then run for the next five to ten years. The case examines the search fund structure, the two-year search, and two potential...
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Acquisition;
Capital Structure;
Financing and Loans;
Investment Funds;
Partners and Partnerships
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Nashton Partners and Its Search Fund Process." Harvard Business School Case 212-006, July 2011. (Revised September 2018.)
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Finance - Faculty & Research
Marijuana Market By: Robin Greenwood , Richard S. Ruback and Robert Ialenti MBA student William Chism, the founder of fully integrated medical marijuana company based in Mississippi, must respond to a significant disruption in the...
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- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
the sale of insurance products). Moreover, the use of CLV information did not have a negative impact on pricing, as some of the literature suggests, nor on default risk, indicating that managers increased sales to more profitable customers View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- March 2011
- Article
The New M&A Playbook
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Richard Alton, Curtis Rising and Andrew Waldeck
Companies spend more than $2 trillion on acquisitions every year, yet the M&A failure rate is between 70% and 90%. Executives can dramatically increase their odds of success, the authors argue, if they understand how to select targets, how much to pay for them, and...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Model;
Disruptive Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Integration
Christensen, Clayton M., Richard Alton, Curtis Rising, and Andrew Waldeck. "The New M&A Playbook." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 3 (March 2011).
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
model reconfigurations. We consider three business models: the proprietary model (where all software modules offered by the firm are proprietary), the open source model (where all modules are open source), and the mixed source model...
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Martha Lagace
- August 2000 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Dell's Working Capital
By: Richard S. Ruback and Aldo Sesia
Dell Computer Corp. manufactures, sells, and services personal computers. The company markets its computers directly to its customers and builds computers after receiving a customer order. This build-to-order model enables Dell to have much smaller investment in...
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Ruback, Richard S., and Aldo Sesia. "Dell's Working Capital." Harvard Business School Case 201-029, August 2000. (Revised December 2003.)
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
is survived by his wife, Katherine Casey (MBA 1963), and his four children: Elizabeth Anne (MBA 1993), Katherine Mary, Mark (MBA 1998), and Michael. Cashin Family (MBA 1980) Fellowship The Cashin Family Fellowship was established through...
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Courses - Entrepreneurship
Courses First Year (Required Curriculum) During the first year at HBS, all students pursue the same course of study called the Required Curriculum. By studying under a common curriculum, students build a solid, broad foundation of general...
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- April 2020
- Teaching Note
Cambridge Franchise Partners
By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
Teaching Note for HBS No. 217-082. Cambridge Franchise Partners (CFP) was established by Matt Perelman and Alex Sloane (both HBS ’15) to pursue a roll-up strategy in the quick service restaurant (QSR) sector. Burger King (BK) approved CFP’s request to become a...
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Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Library Search Search Search Lehman Brothers: 1850 - 2008 Exhibition Lehman Brothers Timeline 1844 Henry Lehman emigrates from Rimpar, Germany, and settles in Montgomery, Alabama, where he opens a general store specializing in dry goods. 1850s Henry Lehman is joined...
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Finance Curriculum - Faculty & Research
builds on the foundation developed in Finance I, focusing on three sets of managerial decisions: How to evaluate complex investments. How to set and execute financial policies within a firm. How to integrate the many financial decisions faced View Details