Filter Results
:
(22,763)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(22,763)
- People (38)
- News (5,369)
- Research (13,946)
- Events (149)
- Multimedia (464)
- Faculty Publications (11,410)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(22,763)
- People (38)
- News (5,369)
- Research (13,946)
- Events (149)
- Multimedia (464)
- Faculty Publications (11,410)
- 18 Mar 2011
- News
Something for the weekend
- April 2000 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
H. E. Butt Grocery Company: The New Digital Strategy (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
Shows how the company's IT priorities have moved from primary supply chain restructuring to e-commerce. Shows the new organization structure created by the company.
View Details
Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Supply Chain;
Technology Adoption;
Information Technology;
Retail Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "H. E. Butt Grocery Company: The New Digital Strategy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 300-106, April 2000. (Revised November 2003.)
Monique Burns Thompson
Monique Burns Thompson is an accomplished social entrepreneur who returns to HBS (class of 1993) and brings her twenty years of successful start-up and organizational leadership experience to her research and teaching at HBS. She has led as a co-founder, President,... View Details
- 2006
- Book
Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism
By: Arthur C. Brooks
We all know we should give to charity, but who really does? Approximately three-quarters of Americans give their time and money to various charities, churches, and causes; the other quarter of the population does not. Why has America split into two nations: givers and...
View Details
Brooks, Arthur C. Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism. New York: Basic Books, 2006.
- 08 Feb 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Psychological Influence in Negotiation: An Introduction Long Overdue
Keywords:
by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
The Business Case for Saving Democracy, HBR, March 10, 2020
Democracy is under attack. Business has both a strong economic case and a strong moral case for coming to its rescue.
View Details
- January–February 2019
- Article
What Does Your Corporate Brand Stand For?
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Mats Urde
While most firms are adept at defining product brands, they’re less sure-footed with their corporate brands. What exactly does a parent company’s name represent, and how is it perceived in the marketplace?
A strong corporate identity provides direction and... View Details
A strong corporate identity provides direction and... View Details
Keywords:
Organizations;
Identity;
Brands and Branding;
Reputation;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Corporate Strategy
Greyser, Stephen A., and Mats Urde. "What Does Your Corporate Brand Stand For?" Harvard Business Review 97, no. 1 (January–February 2019): 80–88.
- September 2017 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Chai Point: Disrupting Chai
By: Shikhar Ghosh, Ramana Nanda and Rachna Tahilyani
Chai Point is India’s largest organized chai retailer. It has missed its target for retail store openings by approximately 25%, goals that are very important to its investors who are also board members. However, it has developed an exciting new internet-based tea...
View Details
Keywords:
Strategy;
Venture Capital;
Stock;
Business Model;
Mobile Technology;
Technological Innovation;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Internet and the Web;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Food;
Selection and Staffing;
Employee Stock Ownership Plan;
Resignation and Termination;
Compensation and Benefits;
Resource Allocation;
Product Positioning;
Distribution Channels;
Product Design;
Supply Chain;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Asia;
India;
Karnataka;
Bangalore
Ghosh, Shikhar, Ramana Nanda, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Chai Point: Disrupting Chai." Harvard Business School Case 818-020, September 2017. (Revised March 2018.)
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
In a recent Harvard Business Review article, professor Robert Simons wrote about how organizations can design jobs for maximum performance. In this excerpt, Simons discusses what he terms the four basic "spans" of a job—control,...
View Details
Keywords:
by Robert Simons
- Teaching Interest
The Entrepreneurial Manager
This course addresses the issues faced by managers who wish to turn opportunity into viable organizations that create value, and empowers students to develop their own approaches, guidelines, and skills for being entrepreneurial managers.
The course teaches... View Details
- 18 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?
are the average experience in PE partnerships, Ivashina says. In their working paper released in March, Pay Now or Pay Later? The Economics within the Private Equity Partnership, she and Lerner found that a...
View Details
- 2010
- Chapter
Revisiting the Meaning of Leadership
By: Joel Podolny, Rakesh Khurana and Marya Hill-Popper
During the past 50 years, organizational scholarship on leadership has shifted from a focus on the significance of leadership for meaning-making to the significance of leadership for economic performance. This shift has been problematic for two reasons. First, it has...
View Details
Keywords:
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Economics;
Leadership;
Performance Improvement;
Behavior
Podolny, Joel, Rakesh Khurana, and Marya Hill-Popper. "Revisiting the Meaning of Leadership." Chap. 3 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Authors:Joseph Rhatigan, Sachin H. Jain, Joia S. Mukherjee, and Michael E. Porter Abstract The care delivery value chain is a framework that can help conceptualize the organization View Details
Keywords:
Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2023
- Research & Ideas
Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need
The idea went mainstream in 2012, when Google’s Project Aristotle identified psychological safety as a key component in successful teams. Edmondson says the theory took on more urgency as organizations faced uncertainty View Details
Keywords:
by Kara Baskin
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Using Data to Explore Uncharted Territories
- April 2021 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
The Mahindra Group: Leading with Purpose
By: Ranjay Gulati and Rachna Tahilyani
India headquartered Mahindra Group is a multibillion-dollar federation of companies operating across the globe. It is ahead of its time in articulating its purpose and mapping its values, something it had first done at inception and then refreshed yet again as ‘Rise’...
View Details
Keywords:
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Culture;
Change Management;
Communication Strategy;
Family Ownership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Revenue;
Auto Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Technology Industry;
Asia;
India;
Mumbai;
South Korea;
Italy;
United States
Gulati, Ranjay, and Rachna Tahilyani. "The Mahindra Group: Leading with Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 421-091, April 2021. (Revised December 2023.)
- August 2001 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Votia Empowerment AB (A)
The founder of a Swedish company specializing in e-democracy examines the economics of her business and the value proposition it delivers to customers, including municipalities, unions, and companies.
View Details
Hallowell, Roger H., and Cate Reavis. "Votia Empowerment AB (A)." Harvard Business School Case 802-002, August 2001. (Revised January 2002.)
- 07 Dec 2015
- Video
Derek Newell, CEO of Jiff, describes his company
- Research Summary
Overview
My research uses a combination of lab experiments and empirical methods to understand how organizations can design their operations in order to inspire trust.
View Details