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- June 10, 2022
- Article
What Top Executives Can Learn from Junior Employees
Having reached the pinnacle of their careers, many top executives think their learning days are over. Their role, as they see it, is to make pronouncements, define strategy and impart to others the benefits of their vast experience—that is, to tell the employees below...
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "What Top Executives Can Learn from Junior Employees." Wall Street Journal (online) (June 10, 2022).
- 31 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations?
expensing meals, however, one of your coworkers grabs fast food while working through lunches and dinners, but later buys a gift card at a grocery store to make up the...
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- 28 Mar 2021
- News
Kominers' Conundrums: ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ in Seven Puzzles
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
meeting, make a presentation, and give performance feedback. The third theme was the need for MBAs to develop a better sense of the realities of organizations within which...
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- September 2006 (Revised March 2012)
- Case
Fritidsresor Under Pressure (A): The First 10 Hours
By: Joshua D. Margolis, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
When a tsunami hit Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004, the leadership team at a Swedish tour company must manage a devastating crisis affecting thousands of its customers and employees in Thailand. Documents the challenges the company faced in the first ten hours of...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Leadership;
Crisis Management;
Natural Disasters;
Tourism Industry;
Thailand;
Sweden
Margolis, Joshua D., Vincent Marie Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Fritidsresor Under Pressure (A): The First 10 Hours." Harvard Business School Case 407-007, September 2006. (Revised March 2012.)
- 09 Nov 2021
- News
How to Live When You’re in Pain
- Web
Career Path - MBA
Career Path How will you make an impact? Every student’s journey at HBS and beyond is different, which is why our Career & Professional Development team provides personalized career resources to help students View Details
- 01 Oct 2012
- News
The Future of Leadership
- 08 Sep 2021
- Video
Women in Industry Series: Military
- 15 Dec 2016
- HBS Seminar
John-Paul Ferguson, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Jillian J. Jordan
Jillian Jordan is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches Negotiations in the MBA elective curriculum.
Professor Jordan’s research investigates moral... View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Hubert Danso
Hubert Danso, Chair of the South-African based financial services group Africa Investor, argues that making greater use of the African diaspora offers a huge business opportunity for Africa.
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- October 2018 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Commonwealth Bank of Australia: Unbanklike Experimentation
By: Ryan W. Buell and Leslie K. John
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
In August 2017, Commonwealth Bank of Australia was looking for ways to differentiate itself from competing banks and was also trying to improve the financial well-being of... View Details
In August 2017, Commonwealth Bank of Australia was looking for ways to differentiate itself from competing banks and was also trying to improve the financial well-being of... View Details
Keywords:
Transparency;
Experimentation;
Banks and Banking;
Credit Cards;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Competitive Strategy;
Banking Industry;
Australia
Buell, Ryan W., and Leslie K. John. "Commonwealth Bank of Australia: Unbanklike Experimentation." Harvard Business School Case 619-018, October 2018. (Revised February 2020.)
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
Healthsuite is an open platform that provides a secure and private home for data, allowing care providers and consumers to use the information to make decisions about patient care. Philips executives are...
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- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
years—developing a gut reaction that a particular candidate, while spectacular on paper, isn't a good fit for his portfolio company. At the end of the day, as Leonard and Swap...
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by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- August 2006 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Natura: Global Beauty Made in Brazil
By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Explores the globalization strategies of Natura, Brazil's largest cosmetics company. Founded in 1969, Natura grew using a direct selling model. Led by its three founders, the firm made distinctive use of Brazil's diversity and became characterized by high ethical and...
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Keywords:
Global Strategy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Brazil
Jones, Geoffrey G., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Natura: Global Beauty Made in Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 807-029, August 2006. (Revised October 2012.)
- Article
Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970
By: G. Jones and Rachael Comunale
This article contributes to the literature on political risk in business and economic history by examining both new perspectives (risk encountered by companies domestically, rather than risk for foreign investors) and new settings (emerging markets economies in Latin...
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Keywords:
Political Risk;
Emerging Market;
Bribery;
Business & Government Relations;
Turbulence;
Violence;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Emerging Markets;
Crime and Corruption;
Business and Government Relations;
Business History;
India;
Latin America
Jones, G., and Rachael Comunale. "Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970." Australian Economic History Review 58, no. 3 (November 2018): 233–264.
- 10 Apr 2023
- Video
Career Journeys | Jerome Fulton Jr.
- December 1989
- Background Note
Note on How Organizations Can be Structured
By: D. Q. Mills
Describes four basic organizational forms--hierarchy, division, matrix, and cluster. Diagrams of each are included. Their strengths and weaknesses under different business environment conditions are detailed. There is a table comparing the forms on several key...
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Keywords:
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure
Mills, D. Q. "Note on How Organizations Can be Structured." Harvard Business School Background Note 490-040, December 1989.
- Summer 2013
- Article
Where Implementation Breaks Down: Why Can't Companies Get the Job Done?
By: David A. Garvin
A great plan for the future isn't so great if you can't execute it properly. Conceiving a project or initiative demands different approaches and skills than acting on it and following through. Here's a guide to removing the roadblocks on the path toward effective...
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Keywords:
Implementation;
EXECUTIVE Ability (Management);
Management Practices and Processes;
Performance Effectiveness;
Management Skills
Garvin, David A. "Where Implementation Breaks Down: Why Can't Companies Get the Job Done?" Conference Board Review 50, no. 3 (Summer 2013): 38–45.