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- August 2020
- Case
Sheena Gupta (A)
By: Leslie Perlow and Matthew Preble
Sheena Gupta (A) is a first-person narrative of a Harvard Business School alumna (class of 2008) who has thoughtfully and purposefully crafted the various components of her life in a way that aligns with her personal values and needs. Gupta shares her life story, and...
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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Impact: The Changing Nature of Work
Advanced technologies, shifting demographics, and new business models are transforming the nature and scope of work globally. As a result, the skills leaders need—today and tomorrow—also must evolve. Since its inception, HBS has aspired to prepare its graduates to...
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- 19 Sep 2013
- News
Collaborate with a Loved One
- August 2020
- Supplement
Sheena Gupta (B)
By: Leslie Perlow and Matthew Preble
Sheena Gupta (B) provides a brief update to how Gupta is thinking about crafting her life in context of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
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- October 2009
- Article
Making Time Off Predictable—and Required
By: Leslie Perlow and Jessica L. Porter
People in professional services believe a 24/7 work ethic is essential for getting ahead—and so they work 60-plus hours a week and stay tethered to their BlackBerrys. This perpetuates a vicious cycle: Responsiveness breeds the need for more responsiveness. When people...
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Keywords:
Management Practices and Processes;
Performance Expectations;
Performance Productivity;
Work-Life Balance;
Service Industry
Perlow, Leslie, and Jessica L. Porter. "Making Time Off Predictable—and Required." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 10 (October 2009).
- February 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Store24
By: Susan L. Kulp, V.G. Narayanan and Dennis Campbell
Illustrates how nonfinancial performance measures can be used to manage a business and evaluate the success of a strategy.
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Balanced Scorecard;
Performance Evaluation;
Strategy;
Retail Industry
Kulp, Susan L., V.G. Narayanan, and Dennis Campbell. "Store24." Harvard Business School Case 103-058, February 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- May 1990 (Revised April 1995)
- Teaching Note
Karen Green, Teaching Note
By: Linda A. Hill
The video depicts Karen Green, a manager in her early thirties, on a company retreat. She is being considered for a project manager position, a promotion she does not receive. During the retreat, the circumstances that influenced the decision become evident. The...
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- Web
Systems Change Forum | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
change, including the balance between direct service provision with advocacy and organizing, identifying leverage points and bottlenecks in systems work, measurement, tradeoffs between being an insider and outsider, and the leadership...
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- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
allowed to manage themselves independently, so the teamwork required by the new strategy would be a significant change. SMI management turned to the Balanced Scorecard to help create the necessary organization alignment in the following...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
Ric Lewis (PMD 69, 1995) was studying economics at Dartmouth in the 1980s when he interviewed for a summer internship at Meredith & Grew, an old-line Boston brokerage and real estate development firm. “If you wanted to say, ‘one of these things doesn’t fit with the...
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- 06 Apr 2021
- News
A Simple Strategy for Happiness
- 07 Oct 2020
- News
'Time Affluence' and Happiness
- 13 Jan 2014
- News
Sandberg to Publish Update to "Lean In"
- 2001
- Case
Analog Devices (A)
By: Vijay Govindarajan
Analog Devices, a leading semiconductor manufacturer, designed performance measurement systems that provided far more than just a financial view. As their system evolved, it incorporated more measures designed to reflect growth, rather than just operational efficiency....
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- July 2009
- Case
Arcor: Global Strategy and Local Turbulence (Abridged)
Argentine confectionery manufacturer, Arcor Group, seeks to implement an international strategy but in 2003, while recovering from the Argentine financial crisis, globalization plans are thwarted. Already Latin America's leading candy producer and an exporter to over...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Currency;
Global Strategy;
Expansion;
Balance and Stability;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Latin America;
Argentina
Ghemawat, Pankaj, Michael G. Rukstad, and Jenny Illes. "Arcor: Global Strategy and Local Turbulence (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 710-407, July 2009.
- 01 Apr 2008
- News
Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life
- 28 Sep 2015
- News
Rockin’ for a Cause
Despite the obvious temptation, Jeff Scheel (MBA 1990) has not yet given up his day job in favor of his frontman role in the Wildcats, a classic rock dance band the New York Times once dubbed “perhaps the most popular Palo Alto dad band.” “It’s the ‘perhaps’ that...
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Shabrina Jiva
realized when I went back home that I've become more structured in the ways I think about things. I use new frameworks for forming opinions without even being conscious of them." Finding a balance Last summer, Shabrina took a few...
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5-Year Data Summary - Annual Report 2014
Financials 5-Year Data Summary 5-Year Data Summary CFO Letter Consolidated Balance Sheet Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Supplemental Financial Information Financial Data IN MILLIONS for the Fiscal Year {FY} ended June 30... 2014 2013...
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Financial Report 2018 - Financial Report 2018
investment, while maintaining the healthy balance of unrestricted reserves necessary to sustain the School’s future relevance and leadership. One of our financial goals is for HBS to serve as a living example of a well-run organization,...
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