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- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
leadership position against aggressive competition in a rapidly shifting and uncertain technological environment. Traces the evolution and transformation of the company View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
Taliban and founded a consultancy in 2004. The case positions Sediqi's experiences against the background of Afghanistan's turbulent history, with a focus on the contested role of women in Afghani society....
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Sean Silverthorne
- August 2021
- Supplement
Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (C)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud
Describes the events that took place in the first year after Danone became France’s first “entreprise à mission” (mission-driven company).
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Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Governance;
Leadership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Environmental Sustainability;
Goals and Objectives;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
France;
Europe
Esty, Benjamin C., and Emilie Billaud. "Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-356, August 2021.
- August 2021
- Supplement
Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud
Describes the events that took place in the first six months after Danone became France’s first “entreprise à mission” (mission-driven company).
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Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Governance;
Leadership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Environmental Sustainability;
Goals and Objectives;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
France;
Europe
Esty, Benjamin C., and Emilie Billaud. "Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-355, August 2021.
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
leadership team of Rackspace, faced with accommodation of its service offering and dwindling financial reserves, decides to make customer focus the rallying cry of its new strategy. This short case was...
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Martha Lagace
- May 2009
- Teaching Note
Equity International: The Second Act (TN)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Ben Creo
Teaching Note for [209110].
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- 13 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis
Last year, Harvard Business School professor Ranjay Gulati met with the marketing department of a large American corporation and posed a seemingly simple question: What do marketing people actually do? "I got this nervous...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
including suggestions for future research. The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability Authors:Alnoor Ebrahim Publication:Chap. 4 in The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. 3rd ed.,...
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- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
a brand that once again stands for luxury and that has a strong global and digital footprint. Yet, the leadership change is met with skepticism. Is Burberry's current strategy...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
There are three ways to differentiate in retailing: location, location, and location. The problem is that as markets mature, location becomes less potent as a competitive advantage because the consumer has a growing abundance of...
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- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
leadership changes ." Phil Clark comments that " you really cannot hide your identity. No brand, motto, or corporate mission statement written on a wall can cover the reality of what others see." Alexis Meza poses View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
Unfortunately, then as now, the consequences are felt not just by the wrongdoers but by the honest men and women who do their best each day to earn the trust given them. Sometimes honesty does hurt View Details
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by Carla Tishler
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
Summing Up When and Where Will Holacracy Work Best? Holacracy, or self-management, is an interesting concept and not entirely new. It can work, but only under the right conditions. View Details
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
leadership of former chairman and CEO Steve Reinemund who instituted diversity as one of the company's strategic imperatives. It demonstrates the ways in which Reinemund partnered with his View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
We also identify the mediating role that communication and leadership play in generating these effects. We find other-regarding workers tend to depress efforts by 15% on average. However, selfish workers are...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
for someone who's part of the team and who's making them successful. I think that comes from humility. In the new economy of the 21st century, leadership is about this combination of confidence View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
a mutual desire to better understand the phenomena of upward voice, leadership behavior, and organizational learning processes and the organizations' desire to improve its...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
existing theory would predict. We discuss how these findings advance understanding of how organizational structure and corporate leadership interact and of how organizations...
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Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
fundamentalist Taliban and the subsequent U.S.-led invasion of the country. Provides a historical overview of Afghanistan and the position of women in the country to explore...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
Case 407-050 Gianna Angelopoulous-Daskalaki led the bidding organization that secured the 2004 Olympics for Athens and then later the preparations for those Games. Tracks her leadership style View Details
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Martha Lagace