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Mengwen Zhao
you form effective relationships with auditors? HBS gives us the big picture for managing our career paths." She recalls an observation from a HBS career coach. "He said that the purpose of this...
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- November 2008 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (Abridged)
By: Boris Groysberg, Victoria Winston and Robin Abrahams
Teena Lerner, the CEO of Rx Capital, had a problem. Her three-year-old hedge fund was highly profitable, but in 2004, one of her four equities analysts lost a lot of money for the firm. If Lerner followed her existing compensation system, designed to reward teamwork,...
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Compensation and Benefits;
Employee Relationship Management;
Performance Evaluation;
Groups and Teams;
Financial Services Industry
Groysberg, Boris, Victoria Winston, and Robin Abrahams. "Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 409-058, November 2008. (Revised January 2012.)
- July 1997
- Case
Graffs, The (B)
By: Carl S. Sloane and Gregory C. Rogers
Supplements the (A) case.
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Sloane, Carl S., and Gregory C. Rogers. "Graffs, The (B)." Harvard Business School Case 498-003, July 1997.
- July 1997
- Case
Graffs, The (A)
By: Carl S. Sloane and Gregory C. Rogers
Examines dual-career issues and conflicts between spouses' career objectives, personal values, and life structures. It does so by a in-depth examination of the lives and careers of a professional couple (a successful entrepreneur and a lawyer), choice points in their...
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Sloane, Carl S., and Gregory C. Rogers. "Graffs, The (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-002, July 1997.
- 16 Feb 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Diversity and Team Performance in a Kenyan Organization
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
emissions than were released by the company's operations and products. The case examines the controversies surrounding this program as well as the program's impacts on the environment and FIJI Water's brand image. The company also faced decisions regarding how to best...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
Growing from Within
Photo courtesy of Paulo Pena Photo courtesy of Paulo Pena The great majority of McDonald’s U.S. restaurants are run by external owner/operators. Paulo Pena (MBA 2004) is responsible for the rest. As vice president and managing director of...
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- June 2007 (Revised December 2008)
- Case
Marie Trellu-Kane at Unis-Cite
By: Michel Anteby, Julie Battilana and Anne-Claire Pache
Marie Trellu-Kane is trying to decide how Unis-Cite should respond to French President Jacques Chirac's announcement in 2005 of a new national voluntary civil service program. Since 1994, Trellu-Kane and her co-founders had been creating and overseeing a civil service...
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Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Design;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Social Enterprise;
Paris
Anteby, Michel, Julie Battilana, and Anne-Claire Pache. "Marie Trellu-Kane at Unis-Cite." Harvard Business School Case 407-106, June 2007. (Revised December 2008.)
- 08 Feb 2021
- News
5 Ways to Bring Women Back into the Post-Pandemic Workforce
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview
objective. “It was so different from any other classroom environment I’d encountered,” says Losee, who became the School’s new managing director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid in June. “Everyone in the room was fully engaged in the...
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Dan Morrell
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
and Shannon O'Donnell Publication:Harvard Business Press, in press Abstract Becoming an effective IT manager presents a host of challenges—from anticipating emerging technology to managing View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Alumni Books
Professional Property Development by John McMahan (MBA ’61) (McGraw-Hill) McMahan addresses the fundamentals of successful property development — marketing, financing, planning, designing, construction, merchandising, and property View Details
- March 2013
- Case
First Green Bank: Bringing Bloom to Desert Landscapes
By: Christopher Marquis and Juan Almandoz
First Green Bank is a bank start-up in the midst of the financial crisis which aims to promote sustainability while making money as a bank. The case presents an ethical dilemma as it considers a loan to an arms manufacturer.
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Social Entrepreneurship;
Financial Crisis;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business and Community Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Ethics;
Banking Industry;
United States;
Florida
Marquis, Christopher, and Juan Almandoz. "First Green Bank: Bringing Bloom to Desert Landscapes." Harvard Business School Case 413-073, March 2013.
- November 2008 (Revised March 2014)
- Supplement
Savage Beast (B)
By: Noam Wasserman, LP Maurice and Yael Braid
For several months, things had been spiraling downwards at Savage Beast, the music-recommendation company started three years before by Tim Westergren. The company's founder-CEO recently left due to pressures both at home and within the venture. Dozens of investors...
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Business Ventures;
Entrepreneurship;
Compensation and Benefits;
Employee Relationship Management;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Groups and Teams
Wasserman, Noam, LP Maurice, and Yael Braid. "Savage Beast (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 809-096, November 2008. (Revised March 2014.)
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
limited by how quickly customers can learn and how quickly their lives and needs can change. At the same time, he said, the pace of technological progress almost always outstrips the ability of customers to...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
efficiently, accelerating the business model, and building the leadership team.” Howard started at the mobile brokerage company Robinhood in 2019. Tapped to help it scale and manage its operations teams, she is responsible for everything...
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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The New Rules of E-Commerce
proving the freshness of his eggs. Empower partners over products. Rakuten allows its merchants great leeway in crafting their online portals. Site designs encourage customers to linger and explore rather than purchase and leave, and...
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- October 3, 2023
- Article
10 Pitfalls That Destroy Organizational Trust
By: Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss
In their new book, Move Fast and Fix Things, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss outline five strategies to help leaders tackle their hardest problems and quickly make change. Their second strategy is to build — or rebuild — trust with your stakeholders. This means...
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Trust;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business or Company Management
Frei, Frances X., and Anne Morriss. "10 Pitfalls That Destroy Organizational Trust." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 3, 2023).
- 01 Mar 2022
- News
How Supportive Leaders Approach Emotional Conversations
- 20 Jan 2021
- News