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- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
Many commentators suggest that the primary reason for these failures is poor implementation, particularly a lack of sufficient, forceful leadership by top management, and that's certainly an important factor in many cases. But in our book...
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by Martha Lagace
- 2017
- Working Paper
Creating the Market for Organic Wine: Sulfites, Certification, and Green Values
By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
This working paper examines the history of organic wine, which provides a case study of failed category creation. The modern organic wine industry emerged during the 1970s in the United States and Western Europe, but it struggled to gain traction compared to other...
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Product Launch;
Failure;
Problems and Challenges;
Complexity;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Jones, Geoffrey, and Emily Grandjean. "Creating the Market for Organic Wine: Sulfites, Certification, and Green Values." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-048, December 2017.
- May 2013 (Revised April 2015)
- Case
Ron Johnson: Retail at Target, Apple, and J.C. Penney
By: Das Narayandas, Kerry Herman and Lisa Mazzanti
In April 2013, Ron Johnson (HBS '84) stepped down after just 18 months as CEO of J.C. Penney. In his brief tenure, Johnson, an acclaimed retailer respected for his innovation and success in shaping the retail image at Target and Apple, introduced dramatic departures...
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Change Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Situation or Environment;
Failure;
Management Teams;
Brands and Branding;
Retail Industry;
United States
Narayandas, Das, Kerry Herman, and Lisa Mazzanti. "Ron Johnson: Retail at Target, Apple, and J.C. Penney." Harvard Business School Case 513-103, May 2013. (Revised April 2015.)
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
similar: “Our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply.” Remarkably, Keynes says much the same...
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- 06 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021)
of failure to someone who embraces it.” Jackson focused her grief on this new embrace of risk, and in the face of additional trauma and unrest following the murder of George Floyd, on making a difference for her community. In June of...
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- 07 Oct 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers
JetBlue employees and more than 130,000 customers whose flights were cancelled, delayed, or diverted. How did the airline make it right with customers and learn from its mistakes? The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall Product failures...
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- 08 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Get to Know Past New Venture Competition Winners: Everly Health
world. I would never have started a company had I not gone to business school because I never would have been exposed to the option. What advice do you have for aspiring entrepreneurs? Be inspired by problems. Always ask yourself: What’s wrong with this? What could be...
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- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
individuals using the tools?" Rather the problem for many of you is management itself, ranging from lack of transparency (Shantha Yahanpath. Bruce Watson) to a failure to support "whistle blowing" (Ratnaja Gogula), as well...
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by James L. Heskett
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human, a groundbreaking report that pushed the issue of medical errors into the public spotlight. That we all make mistakes was certainly nothing new: Operational failures occur...
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- 23 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation
to improve their products along with safety for their customers. About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in Boston. [Image: JohnnyGreig] Related Reading The Hard Work of Failure Analysis At Booking.com, Innovation Means...
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- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
conditions are met. "In Western markets that had more thorough privatization programs, the stock markets developed more, and it became less necessary for government to prop up companies financially. In most emerging markets, however, the View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
managers can succeed for reasons not of their own making—and we often learn far more from our failures than our successes. Failure and bouncing back from failure can be...
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by Michael Raynor
- January 2024
- Case
Post-Wirecard: BaFin under Mark Branson
By: Jonas Heese, Carlota Moniz and Daniela Beyersdorfer
In November 2023, Mark Branson, the head of Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), reflected on the efficacy of the reforms initiated since the Wirecard scandal. BaFin had been discredited after Wirecard’s downfall in 2020. The press had derided it...
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Accounting;
Crime and Corruption;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Government Administration;
Failure;
Trust;
Financial Services Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Germany
Heese, Jonas, Carlota Moniz, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Post-Wirecard: BaFin under Mark Branson." Harvard Business School Case 124-078, January 2024.
- January 2014 (Revised August 2014)
- Case
The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission
By: Anette Mikes
The Kursk, a Russian nuclear-powered submarine sank in the relatively shallow waters of the Barents Sea in August 2000, during a naval exercise. Numerous survivors were reported to be awaiting rescue, and within a week, an international rescue party gathered at the...
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Risk Management;
Moral Sensibility;
Leadership;
Organizational Structure;
Crisis Management;
Failure;
Cooperation;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Norway;
United Kingdom;
Russia
Mikes, Anette. "The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission." Harvard Business School Case 114-046, January 2014. (Revised August 2014.)
- 2011
- Working Paper
The Importance of Work Context in Organizational Learning from Error
By: Lucy H. MacPhail and Amy C. Edmondson
This paper examines the implications of work context for learning from errors in organizations. Prior research has shown that attitudes and behaviors related to error vary between groups within organizations but has not investigated or theorized the ways in which...
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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future
again. "The Chinese say, 'Failure is the basis for future success.' I'd like to hire you if you've had a failure, and you realize what the reason for that failure was." Cochairs Peter Everett and Marijana Kolak (both HBS '02) thanked the...
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- February 2019 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
Scandal at Steinhoff
By: Kristin Mugford and Phil Caruso
Keywords:
Volatility;
Borrowing and Debt;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Financial Liquidity;
Bonds;
Corporate Accountability;
Failure;
International Finance;
Restructuring;
Business Conglomerates;
Crime and Corruption;
Retail Industry;
South Africa;
Austria;
Netherlands
Mugford, Kristin, and Phil Caruso. "Scandal at Steinhoff." Harvard Business School Case 219-098, February 2019. (Revised October 2022.)
- 12 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts
information. They then distributed a set of three project successes and three failures to a group of individuals that had previously judged for organizations like the NEA and other funding bodies. "The idea was quite simple: to render the...
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- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”
"intrapreneurs." In this excerpt, Lerner discusses the pluses and minuses of compensation schemes. Read an interview with the author R&D, Meet VC From The Architecture of Innovation By Josh Lerner The failure to offer...
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- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
have been skill-centered in the past, such as medical services, now are beginning to subscribe to this idea as they encounter increasing numbers of malpractice suits bred primarily from failures of attitude (insensitivity leading to...
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by James Heskett