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HBS Alumni Research Tips: Finding Market Data & Insights | Baker Library
provides articles and reports on economic outlook and market conditions. Related Help View all HBS Alumni Research Tips: Target list of companies Learn with Baker Library: Baker Library Resources for Alumni HBS Alumni Research Tips:...
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- 22 Jun 2021
- News
Looking at Losses in Gender Equity in Post-COVID Canada
Collenette, adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa and founder of The Prosperity Project; Jen Lee Koss (MBA 2008), founding partner of Springbank Collective; and Michelle Banik, a human resources consultant and former chief people...
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- May 2024
- Teaching Note
Making Progress at Progress Software (A) and (B)
By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Hannah Riley Bowles, Emma Ronzetti and Alexis Lefort
In this case, the Human Capital team at Progress Software has identified that some employees have a hard time understanding how to advance within Progress. This realization leads the team to develop several major people-process innovations: the introduction of...
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- May 2019 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
Walmart's Workforce of the Future
By: William R. Kerr and Jordan Bach-Lombardo
Faced with intense competition from Amazon, Walmart began a transformation of its operations and workforce in 2015. The goal was to create an omnichannel retail experience for customers that seamlessly joined online and offline shopping. This case explores Walmart's...
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Walmart;
Managing The Future Of Work;
Workforce;
Automation;
Ecommerce;
Omnichannel Retail;
Operations;
Transformation;
Employees;
Training;
Information Technology;
Infrastructure;
Disruption;
Competitive Strategy;
E-commerce;
Information Infrastructure;
Retail Industry
Kerr, William R., and Jordan Bach-Lombardo. "Walmart's Workforce of the Future." Harvard Business School Case 819-042, May 2019. (Revised July 2019.)
- September 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Zurich Insurance: Zurich Oxygen
By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly
Zurich Insurance was undergoing organizational change after implementing five new people practices focused on manager development, diversity and inclusion, job model and data analytics, recruitment, and talent pipeline. The case “Zurich Insurance: Fostering Key People...
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Keywords:
Managing Change;
Management Development;
Leadership;
Organization Behavior;
Management Skills;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leading Change;
Leadership Development;
Human Capital;
Human Resources;
Insurance;
Insurance Industry
Groysberg, Boris, and Katherine Connolly. "Zurich Insurance: Zurich Oxygen." Harvard Business School Case 417-036, September 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- September – October 2011
- Article
Manage the Culture Cycle
By: James L. Heskett
Organizational culture—the shared assumptions, values, and behaviors that determine "how we do things around here"—can be measured and shaped. In organizations with large numbers of customer-facing employees, it can account for up to half of the difference in operating...
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- November 2005 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Tad O'Malley: December 2004
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon and Sean Klimczak
Tad O'Malley, a second-year student at Harvard Business School, must choose among three offers from private equity firms. Each firm presents a unique combination of history, culture, and compensation. Traces Tad's strategy in obtaining these offers and lets students...
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Private Equity;
Compensation and Benefits;
Job Offer;
Negotiation Tactics;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Development and Career
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, and Sean Klimczak. "Tad O'Malley: December 2004." Harvard Business School Case 806-024, November 2005. (Revised November 2007.)
- March 2001 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Merck Latin America (C): Brazil
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Examines Merck's change effort in Brazil from the perspective of the local employees.
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Employees;
Operations;
Perspective;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Brazil
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Merck Latin America (C): Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 401-031, March 2001. (Revised September 2002.)
- February 1998
- Case
Lyondell Petrochemical Company
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Daniel P. Erikson
In August 1994, Lyondell Petrochemical Co.'s corporate parent and largest single shareholder effectively shed its stock, resulting in the resignation of 5 of its 11 directors. The remaining outside directors immediately acted to overhaul the executive compensation plan...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Executive Compensation;
Design;
Business or Company Management;
Management Teams;
Mining Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Daniel P. Erikson. "Lyondell Petrochemical Company." Harvard Business School Case 498-028, February 1998.
- February 1990 (Revised July 1990)
- Case
Internal Revenue Service: Automated Collection System
By: Nitin Nohria
Describes how the IRS's collection operations changed from a largely manual system (COF) to an automated system (ACS). A central aspect of ACS was the electronic scheduling and maintaining of work. While with ACS the IRS accomplished significant improvements in the...
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Keywords:
Sovereign Finance;
Revenue;
Information Technology;
Taxation;
Change Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Design;
Human Resources;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Nohria, Nitin. "Internal Revenue Service: Automated Collection System." Harvard Business School Case 490-042, February 1990. (Revised July 1990.)
- 22 Apr 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught
you'll find that very few actually wind up in the industrial sector, which had been the focus of the long-standing Business Policy course. When Kim Clark became Dean, he stressed that entrepreneurship—the pursuit of opportunity beyond the View Details
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- Profile
Sherry Chen
but more importantly, to create efficient, livable and sustainable cities in China. How has Harvard Business School prepared you for your current role & your long term career? HBS has brilliant resources in real estate and urban...
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- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
“What does it take for us to support our beliefs?” – Johnny Bowman
alternative. Here at HBS I have two years and a mountain of resources to focus on answering this question: “What does it take for us to support our beliefs?” There are centuries-old business, political, and social obstacles to creating...
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Technology
- Portrait Project
Sheharyar Malik
meager resources could buy. She never married again, never even went on a date, as that would be a distraction from her sole purpose in life – to make her sons the best human beings they could possibly be. That single-minded focus,...
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Giuseppe Morgana
What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? The number-one thing is the ability to participate in different entrepreneurial ventures. Since coming to HBS, I’ve been able to fulfill that passion through a combination of View Details
- Portrait Project
Aaron Chadbourne
resources to embrace life's toughest challenges, to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, and to measure impact one person at a time. I long to build organizations, to change public policy, and to imagine new solutions that...
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- Fast Answer
Networking
What resources can I use for networking? Bloomberg For a specific person: Type the person's name and hit HELP, then choose PEOPLE. To screen for people: Type PEOP and hit GO for the People /search menu. Fill in amber fields to specify...
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Polaroid Corporation Collection | Baker Library
the 2000s. The collection features correspondence and memos, patents, human resource records, marketing materials, research and development documentation, test photographs, audiovisual materials, and annual reports. The material...
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Expanding Horizons
my own ability to analyze the decisions of business leaders in my historical research. My research has benefited enormously from the resources available at Harvard Business School. The materials available across the Harvard libraries...
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- 02 Sep 2022
- News
Strength in Numbers
bring a curation engine that’s really unrivaled nationally—and, eventually, globally—to understand what’s working with respect to mental health, and bring scale and resources to bear, so that we can help these organizations and create a...
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