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08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

out the whole idea. The other thing about Japanese organization that needs change is the internal processes by which decisions are made. The Japanese company structure is anti-risk. It is much safer to do something that other companies... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

range of organizational challenges. While traditional leadership courses contemplate “what” is leadership, LEAP focuses on “how” leaders must take action at critical moments to shape their organizations and their careers. The course helps... View Details

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

of organizational life (e.g., ethical decision making, race relations, and worker well-being). In addition to having published more than a hundred journal articles, Art is author or editor of several books including Attitudes In and... View Details

07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

regulatory, normative, and cognitive factors in shaping firms' decisions to adopt specific organizational practices, above and beyond their technical efficiency. Similarly, institutional theory emphasizes legitimation processes and the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 5

community form is drawn upon in many subfields of organizational theory. Although there is not much convergence on a level of analysis, there is convergence on a mode of action that is increasingly relevant to a knowledge-based economy... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Aug 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice

particularly important right now, given companies’ increased focus on diversity and inclusion in light of recent events that have highlighted structural racism in our society. Brian Hollins (MBA 2021), Founder, The Aspen Fellowship: The... View Details

August 2004 (Revised July 2005)
Case

Allianz (D1): The Turnaround

By: Joseph L. Bower, Anders Sjoman and Sonja Ellingson Hout

Examines the acquisition of Dresdner Bank by Allianz--the deal of the year in 2002. Examines some of the challenges posed by the turnaround of Dresdner as seen by Michael Diekmann, the new CEO of Allianz. In working with Dresdner, Allianz needed to figure out what it... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Financial Institutions; Investment Banking; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges

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February 2023
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Astyanax Kanakakis at norbloc: A Founder's Experience with the DIFC Fintech Hive

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag

norbloc was founded in 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, by Astyanax Kanakakis and his co-founders, Vitalii Demianets and Sam Saatchi. Kanakakis and Demianets got to work to address a key gap in the industry: Know Your Customer (KYC) data sharing. As the first distributed KYC... View Details

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01 Oct 2018
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Josh Latson and his Fellowship: “It’s like a pie eating contest.”

learned at HBS. I’d say about five percent of my work drew upon my TOM [Technology & Operations Management] coursework, and the other 95% was LEAD [Leadership and Organizational Behavior].” Josh was given significant responsibility... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

November 1991 (Revised September 1993)
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Oak Industries Inc.

By: William A. Sahlman and Burton C. Hurlock

Describes Bill Antle's proposed restructuring plans for Oak Industries, a company composed of nine divisions which seem to be experiencing operating difficulties. During the last ten years the company has been involved in a number of acquisitions and divestitures, as... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Operations; SWOT Analysis; Organizational Structure; Restructuring; Financial Management; Acquisition; Financial Markets

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31 Jan 2011
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Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies

amount of anxiety for people," says Lakshmi Ramarajan, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Harvard Business School. "A lot of times the context of the conversation is around diversity as a problem—isolation,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2006
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Forestalling Terror

Michael Roberto and published this year, is “Managing National Intelligence (A): Before 9/11.” The case plumbs the background of what will likely be remembered as one of the most tragic organizational failings in American history: the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waleed Iskandar; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

greater customer satisfaction and employee retention after six months as compared to (a) socialization that focused on organizational identity (emphasizing the pride to be gained from organizational... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

July 1999 (Revised January 2000)
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Yahoo!: Business on Internet Time

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Jay R. Girotto

In the wake of major competitive moves, CEO Tim Koogle and his senior team at Yahoo!, an Internet portal, must decide whether and how to adjust their strategy. Following deals between AOL and Netscape, Excite and @Home, Infoseek and Disney, and Snap and NBS, Yahoo!... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Organizational Structure; Industry Structures; Internet and the Web; Risk Management; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry

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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog

enabling coordinated action in pursuit of organizational performance. Our emphasis is on how GMs get things done through making and guiding both larger and smaller decisions. We show how to use decision-making processes to achieve results... View Details

15 Nov 2016
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November 15, 2016

efforts around diversity and inclusion. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/417037-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 417-038 Zurich Insurance: Global Job Structure and Data Analysis Zurich Insurance was... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 9

extensive historical study: (1) link responsibility and control, (2) manage moral hazard, (3) pool risk in sound institutions, (4) adopt market conforming approaches to the extent possible, and (5) structure markets to promote safe... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

emphasize expanding sales, with profitability to follow with a lag—rather than having to produce high profitability along with rapid expansion from the start. And, finally, a key virtue of acquisition from the perspective of the mice is that it may, if View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

hospital, considers which organizational structure will help them adjust to the changing health sector environment. The move from global budget to activity-based funding has led his and many other public... View Details

February 1975 (Revised April 2002)
Case

Elizabeth Best (A)

By: Wickham Skinner and Ardis Burst

New political appointee with years of volunteer experience takes over highly responsible job in state government and is met with bureaucratic resistance. View Details

Keywords: Government Administration; Organizational Structure; Attitudes; Groups and Teams; Human Resources; Jobs and Positions; Prejudice and Bias; Public Administration Industry

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