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- 28 Apr 2008
- HBS Case
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, sold $315 billion worth of goods in 2006. With its single-minded focus on "EDLP" (everyday low prices) and the power to make or break suppliers, a partnership with Wal-Mart is either the... View Details
- April 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Randy Komisar: Virtual CEO
Randy Komisar serves as "virtual CEO" to numerous hi-tech start-ups in Silicon Valley. Explores Randy's role, his perspective on general management, and a choice between two opportunities in which he is considering investing his time. View Details
Keywords: Technology; Business or Company Management; Leadership; Business Startups; Management Teams; Technology Industry; California
Roberts, Michael J., and Nicole Tempest. "Randy Komisar: Virtual CEO." Harvard Business School Case 898-078, April 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
- Jul 18 2018
- Testimonial
Learning What It Takes to Succeed
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Meg's World
Award on September 18. And she landed the No. 2 spot on Fortune’s list of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” (October 13, 2003). Whitman garnered all this attention the old-fashioned way: She earned... View Details
- 2010
- Book
Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face--and What to Do About It
This book deals with two of the biggest problems in business: Why do sane, smart leaders often refuse to accept the facts that threaten their companies? And how do they find the courage to resist denial when facing new trends, changing markets, and tough new... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Personal Characteristics; Competition
Tedlow, Richard S. Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face--and What to Do About It. Portfolio, 2010.
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
an analysis of the debt, and Robert Kaplan, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development Emeritus, cheerfully admitted he would provide "the gloomy panel" with David Walker, founder View Details
Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
Gender Equality Agency, a position she calls “a very clear practice and policy leadership opportunity, backed by data.” The government organization, established in 1986 as the Affirmative Action Agency, is... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
course, VCs I interviewed didn't use the word "career imprint"; still, what they did point to were important differences in the kinds of capabilities, connections, confidence, and cognition that people developed at these... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 09 Jan 2013
- News
Howard Schultz Wants to Know: Are You a Bystander?
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
of 1955 Professor of Business Administration: The immigration bans of the past week are potentially catastrophic for the United States’ leadership in innovation and entrepreneurship. Many have lamented the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 07 Jul 2022
- News
Even Bosses Are Joining the Great Resignation
- 18 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Exploring the Tech World Through WesTrek
chats, and social events. When I first heard about WesTrek, I immediately knew I had to attend. It would also be a fantastic way for me to determine whether I could really picture myself moving there this summer, so I secured myself a... View Details
- 27 Jul 2015
- News
Let’s play some presidential moneyball
- 28 Oct 2014
- News
Bezos: Genius or aimless?
- 18 Jun 2013
- News
Why You're Sleeping With Your Smartphone
- Profile
Sherry Chen
Authentic Leadership Development and Reimagine Capitalism, I understand that my intrinsic happiness and sense of fulfillment does not only come from personal achievement, but... View Details
- September–October 2023
- Article
What Does 'Stakeholder Capitalism' Mean to You?: A Guide to the Four Main Types
By: Lynn S. Paine
Business leaders are being urged to adopt a multistakeholder approach to governance in place of the shareholder-centered approach that has guided their work for several decades. But through hundreds of interviews with directors, executives, investors, governance... View Details
Keywords: Stakeholder Capitalism; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Organizational Structure; Trust
Paine, Lynn S. "What Does 'Stakeholder Capitalism' Mean to You? A Guide to the Four Main Types." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 5 (September–October 2023): 108–119.
- 22 Mar 2018
- News
Trump’s Populism: What Business Leaders Need To Understand
- 19 Sep 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Say Again? Uncommon Advice for Common Business Problems
Excellence Comes From Saying No Why it's better to be excellent at one thing than good at everything. Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees Think effective leadership requires gregariousness View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne