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- April 2013 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
Google's Project Oxygen: Do Managers Matter?
By: David A. Garvin, Alison Berkley Wagonfeld and Liz Kind
Google's Project Oxygen started with a fundamental question raised by executives in the early 2000s: do managers matter? The topic generated a multi-year research project that ultimately led to a comprehensive program, built around eight key management attributes,...
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Keywords:
Organizational Behavior;
Business Policy;
General Management;
Human Resource Management;
Management;
Leadership;
Human Resources
Garvin, David A., Alison Berkley Wagonfeld, and Liz Kind. "Google's Project Oxygen: Do Managers Matter?" Harvard Business School Case 313-110, April 2013. (Revised October 2013.)
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
customers, and (4) becoming a supplier to a multisided platform. These ideas can be used by physical as well as online businesses. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52837 forthcoming The Laryngoscope...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
employees sit through training and attest that they understand the rules, but failing to assess the effectiveness of their compliance programs, or doing so with faulty metrics. The authors explain how we reached this sorry state—and how we can remedy it. Firms should...
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Sean Silverthorne
Richard L. Nolan
Professor Nolan earned his B.A. from the University of Washington in Production and Operations Research in 1962, and his M.B.A and Ph.D. in 1963 and 1966, respectively. Upon graduation in 1966, he joined Boeing Commercial Airplane Company as an Information... View Details
- December 2020 (Revised October 2021)
- Case
Responsive Working at PepsiCo UK (A): Streamlining a Turnaround
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Nancy Boghossian Staples
Facing a significant decline in revenues in 2016, David Gwilliam, Head of Transformation at PepsiCo UK introduced a new way of working (“Responsive Working”), which encompasses a set of work practices and some new team structures. The work practices comprise a set of 9...
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Keywords:
SLAM Teams;
Turnaround;
Groups and Teams;
Employees;
Training;
Decision Making;
Planning;
Performance Improvement;
Consumer Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United Kingdom;
Europe
Edmondson, Amy C., and Nancy Boghossian Staples. "Responsive Working at PepsiCo UK (A): Streamlining a Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 621-076, December 2020. (Revised October 2021.)
- June 1996 (Revised November 1996)
- Background Note
Economic Gains from Trade: Comparative Advantage
By: Robert E. Kennedy and Nancy F. Koehn
How nations trade and whether they benefit from it are two of the oldest and most important questions in political economy. In the 170 years since David Ricardo formally developed the theory of comparative advantage, it has become one of the principles most widely...
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Kennedy, Robert E., and Nancy F. Koehn. "Economic Gains from Trade: Comparative Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 796-183, June 1996. (Revised November 1996.)
Michael W. Toffel
Professor Toffel is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management. His research examines how companies are addressing climate change (especially decarbonization) and other environmental and working condition issues in their operations and supply... View Details
- 12 Jan 2018
- News
The Only 3 Career Steps that Matter
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
Voids Authors:Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu Publication:The World Financial Review (May-June 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.worldfinancialreview.com/?p=483 Working PapersThe Institutional Logic of Great Global Firms...
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Sean Silverthorne
- December 2012
- Case
Trouble Brewing for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Michael Norris
In October 2011, noted hedge fund manager David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital delivered a presentation at an investors' conference analyzing the business and accounting quality weaknesses of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. Until then Green Mountain had exhibited rapid...
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Keywords:
Accounting Fraud;
Accounting Quality;
Accounting Red Flags;
Accounting Restatements;
Accounting Scandal;
Accounting Information;
Financial Accounting;
Financial Analysts;
Financial Analysis;
Financial Intermediaries;
Hedge Funds;
Financial Ratios;
Financial Statement Analysis;
Valuation Methodologies;
Earnings Quality;
Accounting;
Quality;
Earnings Management;
Valuation;
Crime and Corruption;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Financial Reporting;
Investment Funds;
Financial Statements;
Food and Beverage Industry
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Michael Norris. "Trouble Brewing for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters." Harvard Business School Case 113-035, December 2012.
- February 2006 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
JA Worldwide: Managing Change in a Multi-governed Environment
By: Michael Chu and Barbara Zepp Larson
Post-merger, the head of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide must now oversee operations in 98 countries serving 6.6 million students, with over 7,600 local chapter board directors. President and CEO David Chernow's own board has increased to 111 members. Two separate...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Model;
Change Management;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Governance;
Business or Company Management;
Service Operations;
Organizational Structure;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Balance and Stability
Chu, Michael, and Barbara Zepp Larson. "JA Worldwide: Managing Change in a Multi-governed Environment." Harvard Business School Case 306-025, February 2006. (Revised May 2006.)
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
Publications August 2013 John Wiley & Sons International Strategy and Competition By: Collis, David Abstract—This book is designed for every student who will be involved in managing and advising companies that compete internationally...
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Sean Silverthorne
- December 2021
- Case
Green Monday
By: José B. Alvarez, Billy Chan and Dawn H. Lau
This case describes the entrepreneurial journey of David Yeung, from campaigning for plant-based diets to building Green Monday, a purpose-driven business and an ecosystem based in Hong Kong comprising a retail platform, an alternative meat brand (“OmniPork”), a...
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Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Social Enterprise;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Business Model;
Mission and Purpose;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Retail Industry;
Hong Kong;
China;
Asia
Alvarez, José B., Billy Chan, and Dawn H. Lau. "Green Monday." Harvard Business School Case 522-056, December 2021.
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
today's companies face. I show that organizations thrive, or fail to thrive, based on how well the small groups within those organizations work. In most organizations, the work that produces value for customers is carried out by teams,...
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Carmen Nobel
- 09 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 9
Publications September 2014 Cambridge University Press Consumer Lending in France and America: Credit and Welfare By: Trumbull, Gunnar Abstract—Why did America embrace consumer credit over the course of the twentieth century, when most other countries did not? How...
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Sean Silverthorne
- September 2005 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Spyder Active Sports - 2004
By: Belen Villalonga, Dwight B. Crane and James Quinn
David Jacobs founded a high-end ski apparel company in 1978. He successfully built and grew the company, establishing a major international brand that appealed to ski racers and other active skiers. In 1995, he sought external financing to support further growth of the...
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Keywords:
Private Ownership;
Private Equity;
Financial Liquidity;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Valuation;
Brands and Branding;
Wealth;
Family Business;
Financing and Loans;
Globalization;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Sports Industry;
Colorado
Villalonga, Belen, Dwight B. Crane, and James Quinn. "Spyder Active Sports - 2004." Harvard Business School Case 206-027, September 2005. (Revised April 2007.)
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Case Method Project
Partisan Politics 9 Feb 2017 | Harvard Gazette David Moss spoke with the Gazette about the book and about a new initiative to bring his case studies into dozens of high school classrooms, where they're used...
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- February 2016 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
The Jungle and the Debate over Federal Meat Inspection in 1906
By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
In early June 1906, the House Committee on Agriculture heard testimony from two investigators appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to verify allegations of unsanitary conditions at Chicago slaughterhouses that had appeared in Upton Sinclair's recent novel, The...
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Publications - Faculty & Research
leaders—team members who influence outcomes by the tone they set, how they conduct themselves, and how they interact with their peers. Their job... View Details Keywords: Groups and Teams ; Power and Influence ; Leadership ; Status and...
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