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  • February 1976 (Revised November 1983)
  • Case

EG&G, Inc. (B)

By: Michael E. Porter
Raises the dilemmas of making strategic decisions within an organizational construct. The divestment of a division of the company raises not only strategic issues but organizational and interpersonal ones as well. The decision is framed through the strategic planning... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Decisions; Business or Company Management; Organizations; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Service Industry
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    Coming Through When It Matters Most

    All teams would like to think they do their best work when the stakes are highest—when the company’s future or their own rests on the outcome of their projects. But too often something else happens. In extensive studies of teams at professional service firms,... View Details

    • 15 Dec 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021

    surprisingly, the 10 most-read articles on Harvard Business School Working Knowledge reflected the mood swings of another challenging, complex year for managers and employees everywhere. The 10 most popular articles 1. COVID Killed the... View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost
    • May 2024
    • Case

    HarvEast

    By: Jeremy Friedman and Natalie Kindred
    In late 2023, Dmitry Skornyakov, CEO of Ukrainian agribusiness HarvEast, was navigating the turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began in 2014 and escalated into full-scale war in February 2022. Before the full-scale invasion, HarvEast managed 127,000... View Details
    Keywords: Goods and Commodities; Natural Resources; Food; Problems and Challenges; Adaptation; Innovation and Management; Crisis Management; Logistics; Supply Chain; Risk and Uncertainty; Loss; Trust; Human Needs; War; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chile; South America; Latin America; Ukraine
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    • 27 Mar 2017
    • Blog Post

    Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?

    In his encouraging entrepreneurs not to go to business school, PayPal co-Founder and Gawker toppler Peter Thiel faults MBA programs for producing “extremely herd-like thinking.” He’s not alone – Elon Musk also rails against View Details
    • 12 Apr 2022
    • Blog Post

    The Many Languages of Medicine to Impact Care Delivery

    Ted Obi (MS/MBA 2023) is a current MBA student at HBS and a third year medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. His previous experiences include co-founding Melanin Doc, a non-profit supporting the next generation... View Details
    • Program

    Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

    developing and implementing competitive strategy for a company or business unit, such as: Chief executive officer, chief operating officer, divisional president, and vice president Chief financial officer, chief innovation officer, and... View Details
    • Web

    Activities, Government & Clubs - MBA

    Entrepreneurship Club Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Club European Club F Family Business Club Finance Club FinTech Club First Generation Students Club Food and Agriculture Club Football/Soccer Club... View Details
    • Program

    Strategic Marketing for Driving Growth

    Summary Strategic agility and an unyielding focus on growth are essential for the success of any organization, especially when new technologies such as generative AI are profoundly changing how businesses... View Details
    • 01 Feb 2023
    • What Do You Think?

    Will Hybrid Work Strategies Pull Down Long-Term Performance?

    workforce, a benefit to organizations that have jobs that fit the strategy. Remote work strategies appear to be so popular with new generations of potential employees that Tsedal Neeley, the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 05 Feb 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    The Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding

    driven economy, suggests new research from Harvard Business School, and managers who can collaborate—not just supervise and discipline—are reaping the rewards. To support more autonomous, creative workers, organizations want managers to... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • 11 Feb 2020
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

    generalized toolkits to business users or get bogged down in custom software consulting engagements that solve nonrepeatable use cases. There are more opportunities today for entrepreneurs to focus on... View Details
    Keywords: by Rocio Wu
    • 18 Nov 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Payout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment

    Keywords: by Bo Becker, Marcus Jacob & Martin Jacob
    • 2019
    • Chapter

    The Great Divergence and the Great Convergence

    By: Geoffrey Jones
    This chapter provides a new lens to the extensive debate among economists and economic historians concerning why the West grew rich and the rest of the world lagged behind as modern industrialization took hold in the 19th century. The literature has focused heavily on... View Details
    Keywords: Globalization; Growth and Development; History; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; Oceania
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    • November 2017 (Revised July 2018)
    • Case

    Royal Philips: Designing Toward Profound Change

    By: Srikant M. Datar, Rajiv Lal and Caitlin N. Bowler
    This case explores Royal Philips CEO Frans van Houten's bold use of design research to inform a critical strategic decision: Should Philips leave its storied lighting business behind in favor of complete focus on health technology and consumer lifestyle products?... View Details
    Keywords: Design Research; Health Technology; Innovation; Design; Research; Decision Choices and Conditions; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation
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    • Web

    Bringing Music to the HBS Classroom: My Journey as a Nontraditional Student in the Summer Venture in Management Program - MBA

    Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details
    • 27 Oct 2008
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits

    of the same form that are not social-mission-driven. Q: What are some of the critical issues facing nonprofit boards and their leaders today? A: The biggest challenge is keeping focused on key goals; developing a strategy for accomplishing them; and View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • Blog

    Reinventing the GMP Experience

    Attending a program at Harvard Business School Executive Education requires stepping away from responsibilities—both in the office and at home—to fully immerse yourself in the learning experience. Recognizing that this can be particularly... View Details

      The Reference Wars: Encyclopedia Britannica's Decline and Encarta's Emergence

      The experience of Encyclopædia Britannica provides the canonical example of the decline of an established firm at the outset of the digital age. Competition from Microsoft's Encarta in 1993 led to sharp declines in the sales of books, which led to the distressed... View Details

        Regulatory Uncertainty and Corporate Responses to Environmental Protection in China

        This article analyzes the closing gap between regulation and enforcement of environmental protection in China and explores its implications for doing business there. It identifies three major dimensions that characterize change in regulatory systems: priorities and... View Details