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- March 2011
- Article
Zoom In, Zoom Out
Zoom buttons on digital devices let us examine images from many viewpoints. They also provide an apt metaphor for modes of strategic thinking. Some people prefer to see things up close, others from afar. Both perspectives have virtues. But they should not be fixed...
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Zoom In, Zoom Out." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 3 (March 2011).
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
revolution had turned perfume into a branded product, sold at different price points in different distribution channels, and increasingly gendered. While historically men and View Details
- 09 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
The No. 1 Character Trait You Will Need to Succeed in Business
in a thriving business when a job offer comes from a company you’ve always admired that’s on the brink of bankruptcy. The risks are tremendous but so are the potential rewards – to you and society. This situation brings to mind the...
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- February 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dan Maher and Dan O'Brien
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea – helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing Subway. In less than a decade, it had become one of the world’s most valuable private companies, with investors...
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Business Model;
Business Startups;
Business Organization;
Change Management;
Disruption;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Health Pandemics;
Innovation Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Marketing Channels;
Network Effects;
Digital Platforms;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Partners and Partnerships;
Opportunities;
Social Issues;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Value Creation;
United States;
China
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Dan Maher, and Dan O'Brien. "TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?" Harvard Business School Case 821-087, February 2021. (Revised March 2022.)
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
fortunately for the owners, had been hiding in a shed all along. "At that point this old employee returns and says, 'I preserved all the dies and technical drawings, and I...
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- Profile
Soltan Bryce
“broad and deep” “The leaders I admired were HBS alums,” Soltan says. “It was such a clear choice – HBS creates the kind of leadership I respect. The virtue of the general management approach is that it...
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- 28 Mar 2024
- News
Rooms with a View
Alexander Mirza (MBA 1997) has spent two decades in the hospitality industry, opening and growing major hotel brands, including Hilton, Starwood, and Caesars, with locations around the world. And with each new project, Mirza faced the same primary challenge. “It didn’t...
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- January 2023 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Elon Musk at Tesla
By: George Serafeim and Amram Migdal
This case gives an overview of Elon Musk’s career arc through the lens of the 2003 founding of Tesla and its growth through 2022. Background information is included on Tesla’s unique strategic decisions, its operational and reputational struggles and successes, and the...
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Business Ventures;
Decision Making;
Design;
Energy;
Renewable Energy;
Engineering;
Entrepreneurship;
Environmental Management;
Climate Change;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology;
Values and Beliefs;
Governance;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation Leadership;
Innovation Strategy;
Leadership;
Leadership Style;
Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Organizations;
Mission and Purpose;
Society;
Social Issues;
Strategy;
Transportation;
Value;
Auto Industry;
Transportation Industry
Serafeim, George, and Amram Migdal. "Elon Musk at Tesla." Harvard Business School Case 123-044, January 2023. (Revised June 2024.)
- September–October 2022
- Article
Case Study: What's the Right Career Move After a Public Failure?
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Francesca Gino
“Reunions are for happy people,” Mariani Kallis said to her friend Whitney on the phone. “I’m not going.” “Come on, it won’t be the same without you,” Whitney pleaded. “Besides, no one is happy right now. Everyone’s life is a mess.”
“I’m pretty sure none of our...
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Jachimowicz, Jon M., and Francesca Gino. "Case Study: What's the Right Career Move After a Public Failure?" Harvard Business Review 100, no. 5 (September–October 2022): 144–149.
Richard G. Hamermesh
Richard Hamermesh was the MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. While at HBS Richard served as co-chair of the HBS Healthcare... View Details
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health care
- 04 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival
a new business case called Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance. Shackleton, who died in 1922 at the age of forty-seven, never achieved his goal of traversing the...
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by Martha Lagace
- Nov 14 2014
- Testimonial
Expanding Global Perspective & Industry Expertise
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions
balance—the ability to embrace both the divergence that may characterize early discussions and the unity needed for effective implementation. Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Persian Empire and a renowned...
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by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- January 2024
- Case
Vibrant Health
By: Henry McGee and Sarah Mehta
This case is about nutritional supplements company Vibrant Health, among the 100 largest Black-owned businesses in the U.S. After acquiring the company from its white founder in 2007, co-owners Ted and Paige Parker significantly grew its sales. Set in September 2023,...
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P.F. Chang's
Excited yet apprehensive after being named CEO of P.F. Chang's beginning July 1st, 2020, Damola Adamolekun was well aware of the extraordinary challenges facing the firm. The closure of businesses deemed "nonessential" owing to the COVID-19 pandemic had...
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LGBTQ - MBA
External Funding LGBTQ Students Tuition Assistance Additional Harvard Funding External Funding Online Resources Women Minority Students International Students Veterans New Americans College/Grads Business Disciplines LGBTQ Farmworking...
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- 09 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
4 Things To Know About the MS/MBA Biotech
issues around new therapeutics and models. Others may pursue the degree for an entirely different reason, but I am confident that the program will, across the board, facilitate the leadership skills...
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- 31 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not
published in the February issue of The Leadership Quarterly as "Leader Behaviors and the Work Environment for Creativity: Perceived Leader Support." Amabile, an influential scholar on creativity,...
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by Martha Lagace
- April 2009
- Case
Young Presidents' Organization
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, John D. Macomber and David Chen
The board of Young Presidents' Organization needs to decide on the future of its Networks Initiative, designed to connect its geographically dispersed membership base through 60 different interest-based networks. So far, one half of these networks have been considered...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Leadership Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizations;
Social and Collaborative Networks
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, John D. Macomber, and David Chen. "Young Presidents' Organization." Harvard Business School Case 709-444, April 2009.