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- 31 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?
PeopleImages What kinds of fear, if any, are appropriate in leading others? Fear has a place in leading and managing others. But if used for short-term achievement, as a negative motivator, or as a source of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - Site Credits
Robert W. Woodruff Library Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University Harvard College Library Harvard University... View Details
- April 2022
- Supplement
Mastercard Labs (B)
When Ajaypal (Ajay) Banga became the CEO of Mastercard in 2010, digital technologies were on the rise, and innovation needed to become a strategic imperative at the company. Banga tasked Garry Lyons, who had joined Mastercard through the 2009 acquisition of Orbiscom,... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Culture; Transformation; Organizational Culture; Culture Change; Organizational Adaptation; Organizational Effectiveness; Alignment; Leadership; Leadership Development; Innovation; Innovation Ecosystems; Diversity; Collaboration; Co-creation; Learning Organizations; Empowerment; Ecosystem; Agility; Prototype; Experiment; Partnerships; Operating Model; Risk Management; Digital Transformation; Metrics; Payments; Financial Industry; Financial Inclusion; Ambidexterity; Corporate Innovation; Innovation Lab; Accelerator; Start-up; Fintech
Hill, Linda A., Sunil Gupta, Emily Tedards, and Julia Kelley. "Mastercard Labs (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 422-081, April 2022.
- January 2020
- Teaching Plan
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group: Acquisition of Volvo Cars and Volvo Cars: Acquisition by Geely
By: Willy Shih
This teachning plan is for the two cases 619-041 which describes Geely's acquisition of Volvo Cars, and 619-042 which describes Volvo Cars' acqusition by Geely. The case is designed to illustrate the different sides of an M&A transaction and the organizational culture... View Details
- October 2016
- Case
Yili Group: Building a Global Dairy Company
By: William C. Kirby and Nancy Hua Dai
From its humble beginnings as a local Chinese dairy company, the Inner Mongolia Yili Group has become one of the largest dairy companies in the world. To achieve this, Yili has aggressively expanded its footprint overseas including building the world’s largest... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Markets And Industries; Global Supply Chain; Competition; Culture; Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Business Growth and Maturation; Food; Global Range; Local Range; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Nutrition; Employee Relationship Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Brands and Branding; Supply Chain; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; China
Kirby, William C., and Nancy Hua Dai. "Yili Group: Building a Global Dairy Company." Harvard Business School Case 317-003, October 2016.
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Ink: The Habit of Innovation
Leaders have gone to great lengths in the name of innovation—and yet far too often these efforts fall short, according to Scott Anthony (MBA 2001), a senior partner at the growth-strategy consulting firm Innosight and one View Details
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
entirely or, when this is not practical, allow a certain amount of time for personal Internet activity. Employers might also consider allowing regular Internet breaks, in the same way that they offer coffee and cigarette breaks. The... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 26 Jul 2011
- News
An Entrepreneur of the Arts
In 2009, she cofounded the Russian Foundation of Chicago, a non-profit group dedicated to raising awareness of Russian culture in Chicago, which she served as president View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
Although empty and silent today, this bright new Olympic stadium - an architectural and cultural legacy of ancient Greece, plunked down in America's "New South" - will soon rock with the roar View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
departure of more than 200,000 Huguenots at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes was a well-documented economic disaster for the kingdom of... View Details
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
the event examined the operational and cultural obstacles that impede success in fighting poverty. They also considered the impact of business as a poverty alleviator and whether business engagement alone is... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- March 2023
- Case
Woven Planet - Designing Software for the Car of the Future
By: Gary P. Pisano and Catherine Piner
Founded in 2021, Woven Planet Holdings—a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation—was developing Arene, an automotive software platform consisting of an operating system, development and simulation tools, and a cloud-based service that could store and analyze vehicle... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Automated Driving; Innovation; Organizational Culture; Applications and Software; Safety; Product Launch; Product; Auto Industry; Technology Industry
Pisano, Gary P., and Catherine Piner. "Woven Planet - Designing Software for the Car of the Future." Harvard Business School Case 623-064, March 2023.
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
Having experienced culture carriers on the team — such as the veterans Mark Recchi and Shawn Thornton, who had been Cup winners with other teams — is important in any organization. A culture that is perhaps... View Details
- 21 Jul 2020
- News
Starbucks Commits to Raising Awareness of Racial Bias
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
me, in either a team or a one-on-one setting." Continues Klump, "I understood enough of Chinese culture to know that you rarely, if ever, confront someone in a group setting, as maintaining face is... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 07 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
Takeaways from the Class of 2015
How do you sum up your biggest takeaways from business school in just a few sentences? This year, the Class of 2015 was challenged to do just that. After reflecting on their two years at HBS during the Bridges programming, each student... View Details
- January 2016 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics
By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Joycelyn W. Eby
By 2015, the HNA Group had grown from its roots as Hainan Airlines, a small airline founded in 1993 into a global conglomerate that ranked #464 in the Global 500. Much of this success it had achieved by cross-industry expansion within China, but since 2008, it had... View Details
Keywords: China; Aviation And Aerospace; Airline Industry; Airlines; Globalization; Corporate Culture; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development; Air Transportation; Air Transportation Industry; China
Kirby, William C., F. Warren McFarlan, and Joycelyn W. Eby. "HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics." Harvard Business School Case 316-013, January 2016. (Revised March 2016.)
- October 2017 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
RB
By: Joshua Margolis, Vincent Dessain and Jerome Lenhardt
As 2016 was approaching its end, Rakesh Kapoor, CEO of RB, one of the world’s major fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies, envisioned the prospect of a major acquisition that would add a line of health-related products that promised growth in the developing... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details
- 10 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing
do more to encourage employees to report misdeeds internally? Heese: Companies have to understand that their employees can be a big source of information for them, too. Whistleblower is a loaded term, but essentially what we’re talking... View Details
Keywords: by April White