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- May 2010 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
Kent Thiry: "Mayor" of DaVita
By: William W. George and Natalie Kindred
Kent Thiry, CEO of dialysis provider DaVita, is considering how to integrate employees from recently acquired Gambro Healthcare without damaging DaVita's robust, unconventional internal culture. When Thiry joined DaVita in 1999, breaking an important promise to his...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Experience and Expertise;
Employee Relationship Management;
Leadership Style;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Personal Development and Career;
Integration;
Health Industry
George, William W., and Natalie Kindred. Kent Thiry: "Mayor" of DaVita. Harvard Business School Case 410-065, May 2010. (Revised May 2011.)
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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online
Successful Business Strategy This guide will equip you with the tools, frameworks, and knowledge to formulate a successful business strategy to propel your organization forward. Access Your Free E-book You May Also Be Interested In View Details
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Esteves Hall | About
Esteves said. “Harvard Business School is the global leader in educating people who make a difference in the world. The men and women who graduate from its Executive Education programs have a long-lasting...
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- March 2000 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
IBM Corporation Turnaround
By: Robert D. Austin and Richard L. Nolan
Describes the details of IBM's dramatic corporate turnaround in the early 1990s led by CEO Louis V. Gerstner. Accounts of events are from interviews with IBM executives. Covers the factors that led to the company's decline and actions taken to recover.
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Transformation;
Restructuring;
Management Teams;
Management Practices and Processes;
Leading Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Computer Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Austin, Robert D., and Richard L. Nolan. "IBM Corporation Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 600-098, March 2000. (Revised November 2000.)
- Sep 22 2016
- Testimonial
Building a Lasting Business
- December 2013
- Article
How Google Sold Its Engineers on Management
By: David A. Garvin
High-performing knowledge workers often question whether managers actually contribute much, especially in a technical environment. Until recently, that was the case at Google, a company filled with self-starters who viewed management as more destructive than beneficial...
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Organizational Behavior;
Human Resource Management;
Managing Change;
Organizational Change;
Analytics;
Management;
Leadership;
Human Resources;
Talent and Talent Management
Garvin, David A. "How Google Sold Its Engineers on Management." R1312D. Harvard Business Review 91, no. 12 (December 2013): 74–82.
- November 2008 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
Savage Beast (A)
By: Noam Wasserman and LP Maurice
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 Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Leadership;
Groups and Teams
Wasserman, Noam, and LP Maurice. "Savage Beast (A)." Harvard Business School Case 809-069, November 2008. (Revised November 2012.)
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
partners, especially the women serving in leadership positions. “We’re all working together towards a common goal.” As the founders note on the company’s website, they see “spice as a force for good,” which,...
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Jennifer Gillespie
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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Island United Nations World Food Programme United Negro College Fund U.S. Department of Education WGBH Educational Foundation Whitney Museum Of American Art Women's Educational and Industrial Union World Economic Forum World Wildlife Fund...
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- 2019
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Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation
By: Gary P. Pisano
Creative Construction tackles the myth that larger enterprises are inherently incapable of transformative innovation and are doomed to be disrupted by nimble start-ups. If larger enterprises seem incapable of transformative innovation, it is due to how we design...
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Innovation and Invention;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Innovation Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Management Systems;
Creativity;
Leading Change
Pisano, Gary P. Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation. New York: PublicAffairs, 2019.
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A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to...
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- 10 Aug 2023
Women's Lunch in São Paulo
Join us for a casual lunch and conversation with local HBS alumnae. This event is designed for prospective students to learn more about the MBA Program, the admissions process, and the community of View Details
- 28 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Empowering Future Leaders: Meet the HBS Women’s Student Association
What is the WSA? The WSA, or Women’s Student Association, is a student-led organization at Harvard Business School for anyone who identifies as a woman. We’re the largest student organization on campus. What do we do? Our role is to make the View Details
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Building Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
vigorously building its archival and historical collections to support emerging trends in contemporary scholarship and research directions for the future. Through our collecting initiatives, we strive to...
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Golden Age of Black Business
Building on the Legacy Thought Leadership Andrew F. Brimmer James I. Cash Jr. Linda A. Hill David A. Thomas HBS Faculty Members HBS Doctoral Students Alumni Profiles Research Links Essay on HBS Thought View Details
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AASU50 - Alumni
the student organization, the African-American Alumni Association, and the faculty of the Leadership Initiative hosted a range of events focused on the advancement of African American business leaders. The...
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- July–August 2013
- Article
The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents
By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro
Change is hard, especially in a large organization. Yet some leaders succeed—often spectacularly—at transforming their workplaces. What makes them able to exert this sort of influence when the vast majority can't? The authors tracked 68 change initiatives in the UK's...
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Battilana, Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro. "The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents." Harvard Business Review 91, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2013): 62–68.
- Portrait Project
Sneha Biswas
in Africa and played Tabla: An instrument mostly played by men. I did things that most women did not. Over the years my ambition has become to inspire girls to dream big. I want to create a space where I can...
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- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are You Supporting Your B Players?
and yet pose a drag on the organization because they require constant reinforcement. So who is there to care about the B players? According to HBS professor Thomas J. DeLong, both in a reunion session for HBS alumni View Details
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by Martha Lagace