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  • 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

dramatically increase its profits. ALAC critically needed to obtain financing for the explosive growth in its inventory and accounts receivable balances. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211065-PDF-ENG Businesses for Sale View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

federal lands were surveyed and one tenth were set aside as land grants for railroad development. After the Civil War, state government subsidies began to be replaced by more substantial federal aid. Other major infusions of capital came... View Details
  • February 1996
  • Case

CIGNA Property and Casualty Reengineering (B)

By: Richard L. Nolan, Donna B. Stoddard, Chiara Francalanci and Elise C Martin
In 1993 CIGNA Property and Casualty embarked on a full transformation effort under a new leadership team headed by Gerry Isom. This case presents progress through September 1995. View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Leading Change; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams
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  • August 1997 (Revised March 1999)
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VeriFone (1997)

By: Richard L. Nolan, Anne Donnellon and Donna B. Stoddard
VeriFone, a leading manufacturer of payment systems technology, was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in June 1997. The case describes the strategic challenges that VeriFone faces as it positions itself to compete in the Internet payment systems marketplace. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Internet; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Information Technology Industry
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  • February 2000 (Revised April 2001)
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Boston Medical Group

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Bruce L. Hall
Describes the structure of a variable compensation plan for physicians implemented by a Massachusetts medical group practice. Examines issues such as balancing group and individual risk and selection of performance metrics (productivity and patient satisfaction). View Details
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Health Care and Treatment; Executive Compensation; Management Practices and Processes; Risk Management; Standards; Risk and Uncertainty; Health Industry
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  • 03 Jan 2023
  • What Do You Think?

How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

(iStockphoto/400tmax) While summarizing comments to this same question asked about Jack Welch in last month’s column (shown below), I received word of Frances Hesselbein’s death. Welch was regarded by many as the greatest CEO of the 20th... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
  • 01 Jun 2024
  • News

Leveraging Generative AI

Mitchell Weiss, the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice and chair of the Required Curriculum in the MBA Program. Read more about From Chalkboards to Chatbots A large language model such as... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 01 Mar 2003
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Dick Franyo: From Banker to Barkeeper

With thirty years in the investment banking business under his belt, Richard L. Franyo (MBA ’72), then managing director of investment banking for Deutsche Bank, was ready for a change. But after a heady... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality
  • 24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

that is critical in intermediating conflicts that commons organizations cannot resolve. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45552 Management: Theory and Practice, and Cases By: Nolan, Richard View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Market” with William L. Megginson, sponsored by the Tuck Business School and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis . Paul A. Gompers : Winner of the 2002 Geewax, Terker & Company Prize in... View Details
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

between domestic employment conditions and the growth of foreign operations by American firms have led to calls for increased taxation on foreign operations—the so-called "end to tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Doctorate) by Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2010. Brian L. Trelstad : Selected for the Henry Crown Fellowship Program at the Aspen Institute in 2010. 2009 Hubert Joly : Awarded the French National... View Details
  • 18 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 18

  Publications 2006 Emotion Review The Power of the Cognition/Emotion Distinction for Morality By: Bazerman, Max H., Francesca Gino, Lisa L. Shu, and Chia-Jung Tsay Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Goldfaden Land, who studied physics, and Harry Land, who ran a scrap metal and real estate business in Connecticut. In high school at the Norwich Free Academy, Land excelled in physics and became enthralled with the classic Physical Optics View Details
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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

C. Edmondson : Awarded the 2024 Medal for Distinguished Service by the Teachers College at Columbia University. Kris Johnson Ferreira : "Warnings and Endorsements: Improving Human-AI Collaboration Under Covariate Shift" with Matthew... View Details
  • April 1994 (Revised January 1995)
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StarKist (A)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Forest L. Reinhardt
Set in April 1990, this case focuses on H.J. Heinz and its subsidiary, StarKist, the largest producer of canned tuna in the United States. During the 1980s, the public became increasingly concerned about tuna fishing practices that killed dolphins. StarKist was the... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Decision Choices and Conditions; Laws and Statutes; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Environmental Sustainability; Competition; Mexico; United States
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  • 01 Apr 1999
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Short Takes

IT Management from 1960 to 2000 "Today¹s managers are grappling with the turbulent dynamics of the Information Age," says Richard L. Nolan, the School's William Barclay Harding Professor of Management of... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
  • 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

subsumed by the other three. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53024 August 2017 Obstetrics & Gynecology Relationship Between Labor and Delivery Unit Management Practices and Maternal Outcomes By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27

Intervention Method, Empirical Evidence, and Theory Author:Michael Beer Publication:In Research in Organizational Change and Development. Vol. 19, edited by Richard Woodman, William Pasmore, and Abraham B.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

one of 100 Black Board Members Making a Difference by Board Prospects in 2024. Archie L. Jones : Received the 2024 Dr. James I. Cash Advancing Pathways Award. Olivia S. Kim : Winner of the 2024 Best Paper... View Details