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- 14 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Understanding Users of Social Networks
Only difference: Piskorski has spent years studying users of online social networks (SN) and has developed surprising findings about the needs that they fulfill, how men and View Details
- December 2022 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Pedro Levindo and Ruth Costas
Marfrig, one of the world’s leading meatpackers, strived to comply with its commitment to have a deforestation-free value chain in Brazil by 2030. The company also pledged to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with the guidelines set by the...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Acquisition;
Family Business;
Communication Strategy;
Environmental Management;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Bonds;
Food;
Global Strategy;
Goods and Commodities;
Government and Politics;
Political Elections;
Leading Change;
Marketing;
Product Marketing;
Product Positioning;
Supply Chain;
Supply Chain Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Partners and Partnerships;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Brazil;
Latin America;
Argentina;
Uruguay;
North America;
United States;
Europe;
Asia;
China
Alvarez, Jose B., Pedro Levindo, and Ruth Costas. "Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef." Harvard Business School Case 523-073, December 2022. (Revised February 2023.)
- November 2012
- Case
Hillary Clinton & Partners: Leading Global Social Change from the U.S. State Department
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
As U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton acted on a long-standing interest in public-private partnerships to elevate and activate an Office of Global Partnerships reporting directly to her. One major initiative that also addressed her interest in women's...
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Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Hillary Clinton & Partners: Leading Global Social Change from the U.S. State Department." Harvard Business School Case 313-086, November 2012.
- August 2010 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Avi Kremer
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Mark Wetzel
If you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, how would you respond and what would you do with your remaining time? Avi Kremer contemplates four options for how to devote himself 18 months after being diagnosed with ALS. His experience thus far and the choices he...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Values and Beliefs;
Health Disorders;
Leadership Development;
Personal Development and Career;
Social Enterprise;
Personal Characteristics
Margolis, Joshua D., and Mark Wetzel. "Avi Kremer." Harvard Business School Case 411-022, August 2010. (Revised January 2013.)
- June 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Supplement
Eric Hawkins Leading Agile Teams @ Digitally-Born AppFolio (B)
By: Tsedal Neeley, Paul Leonardi and Michael Norris
Supplements the (A) case, HBS No. 419-066, and provides information about what happened after the (A) case ends.
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Keywords:
Agile;
Values;
Vision;
Corporate Culture;
Leadership;
Transformation;
Organizational Culture;
Values and Beliefs;
Digital Transformation;
Technology Industry;
United States;
California
Neeley, Tsedal, Paul Leonardi, and Michael Norris. "Eric Hawkins Leading Agile Teams @ Digitally-Born AppFolio (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 419-088, June 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
- Supplement
OneTen at Delta Air Lines: Catalyzing Family-Sustaining Careers for Black Talent (C)
By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
In February 2023, Delta Air Lines (Delta) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ed Bastian, celebrated the airline’s OneTen partnership in a room full of Atlanta’s prominent business leaders, educators, and public servants in Atlanta, at a OneTen/Delta Launch Event. To support...
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Keywords:
Talent and Talent Management;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business and Community Relations;
Race;
Leading Change;
Air Transportation Industry;
United States;
Atlanta
Hill, Linda A., and Lydia Begag. "OneTen at Delta Air Lines: Catalyzing Family-Sustaining Careers for Black Talent (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 423-075, March 2023. (Revised May 2023.)
- February 1998 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
Novartis (A): Being a Global Leader
By: Srikant M. Datar and Carin-Isabel Knoop
For the Novartis leaders, the decision to "use stretch budgets again next year" highlights the tension between candor and empowerment and command-and-control, between the new and the old, between high performance and business as usual, between Ciba and Sandoz....
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Keywords:
Goals and Objectives;
Leading Change;
Organizational Culture;
Performance;
Budgets and Budgeting
Datar, Srikant M., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Novartis (A): Being a Global Leader." Harvard Business School Case 198-041, February 1998. (Revised November 1998.)
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Leveraging Female Talent
the firm, and those relationships travel with them and help them when they leave. As a minority, women think much more deeply and carefully about...
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- October 2019
- Case
GRIT Fitness
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Olivia Hull
In December 2018, GRIT Fitness was a growing chain of boutique fitness studios offering a variety of workout classes, including weightlifting, high intensity interval training, and cardio dance. With 400 members and three Dallas studios, CEO Brittani Rettig believed...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Mission and Purpose;
Corporate Strategy;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Business Plan;
Trends;
Experience and Expertise;
Talent and Talent Management;
Training;
Health;
Selection and Staffing;
Leadership Style;
Leadership Development;
Management Style;
Management Teams;
Brands and Branding;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Motivation and Incentives;
Sports;
Competition;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Value Creation;
Health Industry;
Sports Industry;
Texas
Applegate, Lynda M., and Olivia Hull. "GRIT Fitness." Harvard Business School Case 820-016, October 2019.
- Article
No Team is an Island: How Leaders Shape Networked Ecosystems for Team Success
By: Inga Carboni, Robert Cross and Amy C. Edmondson
Today’s organizations rely on networks of dynamic systems of “agile” teams to get work done. Teams are distributed, transient, and loosely bounded in service of responsiveness and innovation. The key to this new way of doing work is managing the networked ecosystem in...
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Carboni, Inga, Robert Cross, and Amy C. Edmondson. "No Team is an Island: How Leaders Shape Networked Ecosystems for Team Success." California Management Review 64, no. 1 (November 2021): 5–28.
- March 2006 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Irizar in 2005
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell
In June 2005, Koldo Saratxaga, the leader of Basque-based luxury coach manufacturer Irizar, decided to leave after 14 years at the helm of the worker-owned cooperative. Under Saratxaga's stewardship, Irizar was saved from near bankruptcy in 1991 and has become a highly...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Resignation and Termination;
Leadership Style;
Production;
Quality;
Luxury;
Competitive Advantage;
Construction Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
South Africa;
China;
India;
Mexico;
Brazil
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Jordan Mitchell. "Irizar in 2005." Harvard Business School Case 706-424, March 2006. (Revised September 2006.)
- May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
Willa Seldon at Tides Center (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
Willa Seldon, an African-American woman with 16 years of for-profit experience, was hired as executive director of Tides Center, a nonprofit in San Francisco, CA. Tides Center was a fiscal sponsor dedicated to supporting individuals and groups working toward social...
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Keywords:
For-Profit Firms;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Transition;
Change Management;
Leadership Style;
Performance;
Customer Satisfaction;
San Francisco
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Stecker. "Willa Seldon at Tides Center (A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-072, May 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
An Advocate for Women's Equality
position at First National City Bank to work to put more women in leadership roles and to serve as a spokesperson on women's issues. Even with Nixon's backing, significant...
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- December 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV)
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Lorin A. Fries
Corporate Head of Agriculture Hans Jöhr's mind raced in anticipation of the executive board meeting that afternoon. Jöhr recognized the meeting as a key opportunity to strategize far into the future, reexamining how his team's efforts in sustainable agricultural...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Value Creation;
Quality;
Supply Chain Management;
Social Issues;
Environmental Sustainability;
Problems and Challenges;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Lorin A. Fries. "Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV)." Harvard Business School Case 913-406, December 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
- 12 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Can Our Parenting Struggles Make Us Better Leaders?
guide employees in their exercise of autonomy. I call this approach freedom within a framework. Two steps to authoritative leadership To become a more authoritative leader, I suggest taking two basic steps: Communicate a clear framework....
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- 2018
- Working Paper
Executive Education in the Digital Matrix: The Disruption of the Supply Landscape
By: Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas
Even as the demand for managerial skills continues to grow, executive education worldwide has entered a period of disruption caused by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication. The current offerings of many executive education program providers...
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Keywords:
Executive Education;
Internet and the Web;
Disruption;
Competency and Skills;
Leadership Development
Moldoveanu, Mihnea, and Das Narayandas. "Executive Education in the Digital Matrix: The Disruption of the Supply Landscape." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-097, March 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
- December 2019
- Case
Gary Vaynerchuk: #GaryVee
By: Laura Huang and Sarah Mehta
Fresh out of a public social media debacle, Gary Vaynerchuk needs to reconsider the approach he takes in leading his digital media agency, VaynerMedia. Founded in 2009 by Gary and his brother AJ, VaynerMedia has grown into an unconventional creative marketing agency....
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Leadership Style;
Personal Characteristics;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Marketing;
Social Media
Huang, Laura, and Sarah Mehta. "Gary Vaynerchuk: #GaryVee." Harvard Business School Case 420-083, December 2019.
- October 1996 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Boston Beer Company: Samuel Adams, Brewmaster Leading a Revolution
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Mollie H. Carter
Boston Beer Co. revolutionized the beer industry by identifying and responding to a new consumer segment. Using the excess capacity in the brewing industry to establish contract brewing arrangements and an extremely capable sales force, the company opened the...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Leadership;
Product Marketing;
Product Development;
Production;
Quality;
Salesforce Management;
Segmentation;
Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Mollie H. Carter. "Boston Beer Company: Samuel Adams, Brewmaster Leading a Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 597-040, October 1996. (Revised November 1996.)
- September 2010 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Aspen Skiing Company (A)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. A world renowned ski resort vulnerable to global climate change, Aspen's activities...
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Supply Chain Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Climate Change;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Aspen
Toffel, Michael W., and Stephanie van Sice. "Aspen Skiing Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 611-002, September 2010. (Revised April 2017.)
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
between the FASB and the IASB would allow GAAP to better respond to market forces. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1413775 The Effect of Market Leadership in Business...
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Martha Lagace