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- 06 Jun 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
The Opioid Crisis, CEO Pay, and Shareholder Activism
- November 2017
- Supplement
Merging American Airlines and US Airways (B)
By: David G. Fubini, David A. Garvin and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Exhibit to Merging American Airlines and US Airways (A) case. In February 2013, US Airways announced that it would merge with American Airlines to create the world’s largest airline. Doug Parker, the CEO of US Airways, would become CEO of the new American Airlines...
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Airlines;
Merger;
Takeover;
Integration Strategy;
Merger Integration;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decision Making;
Governance;
Management Teams;
Operations;
Organizational Culture;
Air Transportation Industry;
United States
Fubini, David G., David A. Garvin, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Merging American Airlines and US Airways (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 418-036, November 2017.
- 14 Oct 2011
- News
Business must drive us forward
- 25 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better
what the boss is doing all day. For all of the minute-to-minute monitoring of employee performance from the time of Henry Ford onward, it's amazing how little any of us really know about how View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- July 1999
- Background Note
Comments on Standard Times and the Division of Labor
By: Roy D. Shapiro
A brief note on the origins and uses of standard times in production process flow diagrams and on the benefits and drawbacks of division of labor. A rewritten version of two earlier notes.
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Shapiro, Roy D. "Comments on Standard Times and the Division of Labor." Harvard Business School Background Note 600-013, July 1999.
- 16 Jun 2014
- News
Former Medtronic CEO Shares Perspective On Covidien Acquisition
- 18 Oct 2010
- News
What Not to Spend Your Time On
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
careers of Oprah Winfrey, Elon Musk, and Jobs, who used their charisma to champion their ambitious vision, create revolutionary new products and services, and attain power and influence. In this excerpt from the book, Tedlow discusses how...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- December 1, 2023
- Article
When Charismatic CEOs Are an Asset—and When They’re a Liability
By: Nitin Nohria
Starting in the 1980s, a generation of larger-than-life CEOs became full-blown celebrity, but over time, research suggested that charismatic CEOs tended to have drawbacks at leaders. However, charisma can be especially useful in two business concepts with big unknowns:...
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Leadership Style;
Business Startups;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Nohria, Nitin. "When Charismatic CEOs Are an Asset—and When They’re a Liability." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 1, 2023).
- 12 Jul 2013
- News
Time to retire the word "disrupt"
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
attendees that their most important "customers" are the people in their lives, and Saturday evening's keynote speaker, New York Times managing editor Gerald Boyd, underscored the need for courage, strength, and deeper self-knowledge in...
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- 18 Aug 2011
- News
Best Leadership Books of All Time
- November 2019
- Case
Edita: Making Choices in Uncertain Times
By: Caroline M. Elkins, Juan Alcácer, Alpana Thapar and Youssef Abdel Aal
After 15 years of steady growth and expansion, Edita, a leading Egyptian snack producer, faced a series of challenges in the wake of the Arab Spring. In January 2011, the Egyptian Revolution sparked political and economic turmoil that reflected the waves of protest and...
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Decision Making;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Economy;
Business or Company Management;
Price;
Crisis Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Distribution;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Business Strategy;
Expansion;
Currency;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Egypt;
Africa;
Middle East
Elkins, Caroline M., Juan Alcácer, Alpana Thapar, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "Edita: Making Choices in Uncertain Times." Harvard Business School Case 320-026, November 2019.
- October 14, 2019
- Article
The CEO's Guide to Retirement
By: Bill George
Some CEOs remain in the role too long, hurting investors, employees, and their own legacy. The author sees a frequent reason for that: CEOs don’t know how to identify the optimal time to retire, and they procrastinate because they can’t imagine what they will do after...
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George, Bill. "The CEO's Guide to Retirement." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 6 (November–December 2019): 64–68.
- 21 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change
Public trust in business remains relatively unshaken amid economic turbulence and a lingering pandemic, even as faith in the media and government falters, but leaders could do more to address social issues, a new global opinion survey shows. However, not everyone...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
“At first it was just some of us from our Section I. Then it was other students and professors. If you knew Avi—he is so inspiring, no one says ‘no’ to him.” Indeed, dozens of HBS students, alumni, staff, and past and present faculty...
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Margie Kelley
- 03 Dec 2012
- News
When Time is of the Essence, Try “Extreme Productivity”
- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
Madrolly When Should a Board Encourage a Triple Bottom Line Philosophy? Respondents to this month’s column provided a resounding “no” to the question of whether CEO Satya Nadella should accede to the wishes of a vocal minority of...
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- 04 Feb 2021
- News
Andy Jassy Named Amazon’s New CEO
Amazon announced this week that Andy Jassy (MBA 1997) will take over the role of CEO from founder Jeff Bezos later this year. Jassy has been with Amazon since 1997 and currently runs Amazon Web Services, which the Wall Street Journal...
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