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    Jay W. Lorsch

    Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at the Harvard Business School. He is editor of View Details

    • Teaching

    Overview

    Ryann has extensive teaching experience in varied instructional settings. She was appointed the Qualitative Advisor for the Harvard University Sociology Department senior thesis writers in 2015-2016, and supervised two senior thesis writers in prior years. She served... View Details
    • September 2014
    • Case

    Radiometer, 2013

    By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
    In 2013, Radiometer continued to lead the world in blood gas analysis equipment and accessories, selling direct and through distributors to hospital central laboratories, point-of-care locations, and non-hospital medical locations. Founded in 1935 and based in Denmark,... View Details
    Keywords: Medical Devices; Medical Equipment ＆ Devices; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Strategic Analysis; Strategic Change; Family Business; Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Denmark; United States
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      Make the Most of Your Relocation

      Although the Covid-19 crisis has halted travel in recent months, geographic mobility has become critical for managers and knowledge workers hoping to advance in today’s globalized economy, and that trend is unlikely to reverse. Assignments far from headquarters can... View Details

      • May 2007 (Revised September 2008)
      • Case

      Biocon Limited

      By: Krishna G. Palepu and Ananth Chepuri
      Biocon Limited was facing significant pricing pressure in their cash cow business, that primarily consisted of manufacturing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). To combat this commoditization, Biocon's leadership had chosen an innovation-led strategy. This new... View Details
      Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Innovation and Management; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Biotechnology Industry; India
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      • March 2024 (Revised September 2024)
      • Case

      Supercell 2.0: Clash of Plans

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and George Gonzalez
      Founded in 2010, Supercell was a Helsinki, Finland-based mobile gaming company that had developed and launched five global hit mobile games: Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, Hay Day, Brawl Stars, and Boom Beach. The company’s early philosophy was that it could produce... View Details
      Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Restructuring; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Video Game Industry; Finland
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      Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

      experience in the coming decades—for our children, and for the world that future generations inherit. The Climate Leadership Panel, moderated by HBS Class of 1974 MBA Roger Shamel, will offer a variety of helpful perspectives on View Details
      • September 1999 (Revised November 2000)
      • Case

      Swatch Group, The: On Internet Time

      By: Luc R. Wathieu, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
      Under the leadership of Nicholas Hayek, the Swatch Group, makers of the Swatch watch, is widely credited with revitalizing the Swiss watch industry by offering a consistent set of brands addressing all segments of the global watch market. New opportunities beyond the... View Details
      Keywords: Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry
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      • 09 Nov 2015
      • News

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      • 03 May 2010
      • Research & Ideas

      What Is the Future of MBA Education?

      emphasized analytics, models, and statistics. Yet MBA graduates increasingly need to be more effective: they need to have a global mindset, for example, develop leadership skills of self-awareness and... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
      • March 2020 (Revised January 2022)
      • Case

      Michelin: Building a Digital Service Platform

      By: Sunil Gupta and Christian Godwin
      Michelin, a tire company with over a century of experience, attempts to develop a digital service platform for its fleet and dealer customers. The case focuses on the challenges of bringing a large, well-established company into the digital age. Concerned about the... View Details
      Keywords: Change; Transformation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Leading Change; Growth and Development; Strategy; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Auto Industry; Travel Industry; Transportation Industry; United States; France
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      • December 2006 (Revised March 2010)
      • Case

      Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

      By: Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
      Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, founders of Microsoft and Apple respectively, have revolutionized the relationship between the individual and computer technology. Once the exclusive domain of academia and research facilities, computers can now be found in every area of... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business History; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology Industry
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      • 15 Nov 2018
      • Blog Post

      Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"

      pursuing an MBA, common themes aren’t hard to see—not only financial and academic benefits, but also leadership development, opportunities for self-reflection and growth, and meaningful personal relationships.  An MBA at HBS requires... View Details
      • 23 Jul 2012
      • Research & Ideas

      Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

      structure, and as frontline employees become more pivotally involved in value-creating work, lateral and bottom-up communication comes to be no less important than top-down communication. Third, there is global change. As workforces... View Details
      Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
      • 16 Jun 2021
      • Interview

      Harvard Business School: How to Build Fearless Organizations

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ron Lovett
      Our guest is Amy Edmondson - Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School. Amy has authored multiple books, including her most recent, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation and... View Details
      Keywords: Psychological Safety; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Diversity; Communication
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        Airbnb During the Pandemic—Stakeholder Capitalism Faces a Critical Test

        As the covid pandemic spread in early 2020, global travel ground to a halt. For Airbnb, the San Francisco-based platform for renting accommodations, the impact was both swift and severe as revenues plummeted more than 70% over the prior year. Responding to the... View Details
        • January 2013
        • Case

        Andrew Ryan at VC Brakes

        By: Frank V. Cespedes and Sunru Yong
        An aftermarket brake component manufacturer, VC Brakes, is bought out by a global automotive parts corporation after the 2008 financial crisis. Unlike its previous parent company, the new owner attempts to change VC Brakes' autocratic management style and... View Details
        Keywords: Organizational Culture; Quality Management; Crisis Management; Human Resource Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Quality; Change Management; Leading Change; Restructuring; Management Practices and Processes; Problems and Challenges; Auto Industry
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        • February 2023 (Revised May 2023)
        • Case

        CalPERS Private Equity 2.0

        By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Alys Ferragamo
        Yup Kim, the Head of Investments, Private Equity at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), reflected on the pension fund’s private equity strategy. In July of 2022, the fund was in the midst of a multi-year turnaround strategy with the goal to... View Details
        Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Retirement; Leadership; Strategy; Public Sector
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        • 2014
        • Working Paper

        Tommy Koh: Background and Major Accomplishments of the 'Great Negotiator, 2014'

        By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
        Significant negotiation-related achievements from career of Ambassador Tommy Koh of Singapore are highlighted in brief form along with elements of his background and career. In light of these accomplishments, Koh was selected as the recipient of the 2014 Great... View Details
        Keywords: Negotiation; International Relations; Personal Development and Career; United States; Singapore; Baltic Countries; Southeast Asia
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        • September 2011 (Revised October 2012)
        • Case

        Sykué Bioenergya

        By: Shon R. Hiatt
        Sykué Bioenergya (Sykué) was formed in April 2006 with the goal of building four 30 megawatt (MW) bioelectricity power plants in Brazil's Bahia province, 1,500 kilometers north of Sao Paulo. Bahia's savannah-like conditions were perfect for growing elephant grass, a... View Details
        Keywords: Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Energy Industry; Brazil
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