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- May 2003
- Module Note
Managing Product Development
By: Stefan H. Thomke
Introduces students to the managerial aspects critical to conceiving, designing, and developing innovative products and services. Considers the full range of activities required: learning about customer needs, understanding and managing experimentation and problem...
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- 1998
- Chapter
Reengineering Channel Reordering Processes to Improve Total Supply-Chain Performance
By: J. Hammond and Theodore H. Clark
Keywords:
Supply Chain Management;
Performance Improvement;
Distribution Channels;
Management Practices and Processes
Hammond, J., and Theodore H. Clark. "Reengineering Channel Reordering Processes to Improve Total Supply-Chain Performance." In Global Supply Chain and Technology Management. Vol. 1, edited by Hau Lee and Shu Ming Ng. POMS Series in Technology and Operations Management. Miami: Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 1998.
- June 2012
- Article
Managing Risks: A New Framework
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes
Risk management is too often treated as a compliance issue that can be solved by drawing up lots of rules and making sure that all employees follow them. Many such rules, of course, are sensible and do reduce some risks that could severely damage a company. But...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Governance Controls;
Corporate Strategy;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Framework
Kaplan, Robert S., and Anette Mikes. "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 6 (June 2012).
- May 2017 (Revised September 2018)
- Case
Hilti Fleet Management (A): Turning a Successful Business Model on Its Head
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Oliver Gassmann and Roman Sauer
This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the construction industry by the premium power tools manufacturer Hilti in 2000. Following its customers’ needs, Hilti moved from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. The introduction of the new...
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Keywords:
Hilti;
Business Model Innovation;
BMI;
Fleet Management;
Decision-making;
Implementation;
Power Tools Industry;
Business Model;
Restructuring;
Transformation;
Transition;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Construction;
Innovation and Invention;
Leasing;
Strategy;
Decision Making;
Construction Industry;
Switzerland;
Liechtenstein;
Germany;
Austria;
Europe;
United States;
Asia;
Brazil;
China;
Japan;
Hong Kong
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Oliver Gassmann, and Roman Sauer. "Hilti Fleet Management (A): Turning a Successful Business Model on Its Head." Harvard Business School Case 717-427, May 2017. (Revised September 2018.)
- Teaching Interest
Risk Management for Corporate Leaders
By: Robert Simons
As companies adapt to the aftershocks of the global recession, senior executives and boards are discovering that risk management has never been more important. The financial crisis revealed that risk management structures break down just when...
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- August 2001 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
Guinness PLC: Managing Negotiations
Describes an initiative by Guinness, LLP to revise the process by which it centrally authorizes, supports, and reviews negotiations that are undertaken worldwide on its behalf. Senior managers wished to give regional officers enough discretion to respond to local...
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Wheeler, Michael A. "Guinness PLC: Managing Negotiations." Harvard Business School Case 902-009, August 2001. (Revised August 2005.)
- Teaching Interest
Technology and Operations Management
This course enables students to develop the skills and concepts needed to ensure the ongoing contribution of a firm's operations to its competitive position. It helps them to understand the complex processes underlying the development and manufacture of products as... View Details
- March 2023 (Revised December 2023)
- Background Note
Economic Analysis: The Hidden Costs of Layoffs and Managing Staff Reductions
By: Sandra J. Sucher, Marilyn Morgan Westner and Christopher Diak
Globally, over the past fifty years, more companies have used layoffs to cut costs during periods of decreased demand or economic downturns. But layoffs have far-reaching consequences, generate hidden costs, and harm the company in myriad ways. This note reviews ways...
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Keywords:
Human Resource Management;
Layoffs;
Furloughs;
Human Resources;
Management Practices and Processes;
Employee Relationship Management;
Resignation and Termination;
Compensation and Benefits;
United States
Sucher, Sandra J., Marilyn Morgan Westner, and Christopher Diak. "Economic Analysis: The Hidden Costs of Layoffs and Managing Staff Reductions." Harvard Business School Background Note 323-073, March 2023. (Revised December 2023.)
- July 2024
- Module Note
Organization: Managing the Corporation
By: David J. Collis
Ongoing management of the corporate portfolio is critical to realizing value in diversified companies. This requires designing and administering structures, systems, and processes appropriate for the set of businesses and the resources that underpin value creation...
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- 2022
- Chapter
Sustainability Science and Corporate Cleanup in Community Fields: The Translation, Resistance and Integration Process Model
By: P. Devereaux Jennings, Maggie Cascadden and Andrew J. Hoffman
Both practically and theoretically, the sustainability science and corporate operation perspectives often diverge. Overcoming this divergence requires some degree of engagement with organizational field members; not just negotiation, but on-the-ground process work to...
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Jennings, P. Devereaux, Maggie Cascadden, and Andrew J. Hoffman. "Sustainability Science and Corporate Cleanup in Community Fields: The Translation, Resistance and Integration Process Model." Chap. 12 in Handbook on the Business of Sustainability: The Organization, Implementation, and Practice of Sustainable Growth, edited by Gerard George, Martine Haas, Havovi Joshi, Anita McGahan, and Paul Tracey, 214–231. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
- July 2012
- Case
Generation Investment Management
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble
Examines the investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Energy Generation;
Investment;
Environmental Sustainability;
Pollutants;
Welfare;
Financial Services Industry;
India;
United Kingdom
Sucher, Sandra J., and Matthew Preble. "Generation Investment Management." Harvard Business School Case 613-002, July 2012.
- 1978
- Book
Understanding Management
By: J. W. Lorsch, James P. Baughman, James Reece and Henry Mintzberg
Keywords:
Management Practices and Processes
Lorsch, J. W., James P. Baughman, James Reece, and Henry Mintzberg. Understanding Management. New York: Harper & Row, 1978.
- July 1996
- Case
Buck & Pulleyn's Team Management
In 1993, the firm began to move from a traditional hierarchical structure to client-focused teams. The case describes the process and some consequences of this restructuring. Performance seems to be improving, but some employees preferred the structure certainty and...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Change Management;
Organizational Structure;
Groups and Teams
Barnes, Louis B. "Buck & Pulleyn's Team Management." Harvard Business School Case 497-007, July 1996.
- 11 Dec 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Three Perspectives on Team Learning: Outcome Improvement, Task Mastery, and Group Process
- January–February 1995
- Article
Changing the Role of Top Management: Beyond Structure to Processes
By: S. Ghoshal and C. A. Bartlett
Ghoshal, S., and C. A. Bartlett. "Changing the Role of Top Management: Beyond Structure to Processes." Harvard Business Review 73, no. 1 (January–February 1995): 86–96.
- April 1999
- Teaching Note
Managing Experimentation: Module Overview Note for Managing Product Development(Note for Instructor)
By: Stefan H. Thomke
Describes the conceptual foundations and pedagogy for a module on managing experimentation in the development of products and services. The module has been taught in the second-year elective MBA course Managing Product Development. The purpose of the module is to help...
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- June 2014
- Article
Building Brand Knowledge Structures: Elaboration and Interference Effects on the Processing of Sequentially Advertised Brand Benefit Claims
By: Susan E. Heckler, Kevin L. Keller, Michael J. Houston and Jill Avery
Two experiments are reported that examine the effects of an ad campaign designed to link two different benefit claims to a brand. The findings indicated that recall for a subsequently advertised claim depended on the strength of existing brand-benefit links in memory....
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Keywords:
Marketing Communication;
Brand Building;
Brand Management;
Brands;
Advertising;
Consumer Psychology;
Advertising Campaigns;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Communications;
Consumer Behavior;
Marketing Strategy;
Advertising Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Heckler, Susan E., Kevin L. Keller, Michael J. Houston, and Jill Avery. "Building Brand Knowledge Structures: Elaboration and Interference Effects on the Processing of Sequentially Advertised Brand Benefit Claims." Journal of Marketing Communications 20, no. 3 (June 2014): 176–196.
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Creating the Office of Strategy Management
Keywords:
by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- August 2021
- Article
A Mixed Methods Study of Change Processes Enabling Effective Transition to Team-based Care
By: Michael Anne Kyle, Emma-Louise Aveling and Sara J. Singer
Team-based care is considered central to achieving value in primary care, yet results of large-scale primary care transformation initiatives have been mixed. We explore how underlying change processes influence the effectiveness of transition to team-based care. We...
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Keywords:
Team-based Care;
Primary Care;
Health Care and Treatment;
Transformation;
Groups and Teams;
Change Management
Kyle, Michael Anne, Emma-Louise Aveling, and Sara J. Singer. "A Mixed Methods Study of Change Processes Enabling Effective Transition to Team-based Care." Medical Care Research and Review 78, no. 4 (August 2021): 326–337.