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New Perspectives on Regulation
New regulation shouldn't rely on old ideas. Since the 1960s, influential research on government failure helped to drive the movement for deregulation and privatization. Yet even as this branch of research was flourishing, very different ideas were sprouting in the... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
puts the increasingly complex job of Chief Executive in a very real context. It serves as a practical guide by allowing you to walk alongside Jim as he takes on his new role and all its attendant challenges. Jim's story-developed in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- December 2020 (Revised January 2022)
- Supplement
Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (B)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
In 2011, Michael Ku became Pfizer’s Vice President of Global Clinical Supply (GCS) after the company had undergone three large-scale mergers and acquisitions. As Ku and his new leadership team set out to build a proactive, end-to-end, digital and physical clinical... View Details
Keywords: Digital Technology; Customer-centricity; Innovation; Customer Focus; Talent; Talent Management; Leadership; Innovation and Invention; Transformation; Organizational Culture; Customer Focus and Relationships; Change Management; Talent and Talent Management; Supply Chain; Mission and Purpose
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 421-037, December 2020. (Revised January 2022.)
- 03 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Ideological Segregation among Online Collaborators: Evidence from Wikipedians
- Research Summary
Financial Regulation and the Japanese Banking Crisis of the 1990s
As part of a long-term research interest in financial regulation and the role of the Ministry of Finance, Ulrike Schaede has studied various segments of Japan's financial markets to understand better the interaction between regulators and regulatees. This includes... View Details
- December 3, 2014
- Article
Family Businesses Need One Person to Conquer and Another One to Rule
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
This article explores the different leadership styles needed in family businesses beyond the traditional "conqueror" archetype. While conquerors are growth-focused and hands-on, rulers are essential for managing complexity, focusing on governance, and addressing family... View Details
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Family Businesses Need One Person to Conquer and Another One to Rule." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 3, 2014).
- March 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Ghurka
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Walter J. Salmon and Christine Snively
Ghurka was a 38-year-old luxury leather goods brand that specialized in leather and twill luggage, handbags, and accessories. Brightwork Brand Holdings Corp. acquired it as an asset purchase in 2011. Ghurka, under CEO John Reuter, worked to re-launch the brand with a... View Details
- January–February 2014
- Article
Can a Strong Culture Be Too Strong?
By: David A. Garvin
The article presents a case study of a business enterprise with high employee turnover that is considering adopting a personnel management innovation, referred to as People Support, involving a group of managers whose role is to listen to and help resolve employees'... View Details
Garvin, David A. "Can a Strong Culture Be Too Strong?" Harvard Business Review 92, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2014): 113–117.
- May 2002 (Revised May 2003)
- Exercise
Endeca Negotiation, The: Charlie Yie
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Students play the role of Charlie Yie, a venture capitalist considering an investment in a venture-backed enterprise software company. In the challenging financing climate of the Fall of 2001, he is trying to decide what terms to offer the company as an outside... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Process; Negotiation Offer; Management Teams; Venture Capital; Valuation; Software; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Endeca Negotiation, The: Charlie Yie." Harvard Business School Exercise 802-214, May 2002. (Revised May 2003.)
- April 1996 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Cleveland Turnaround (A, The: Responding to the Crisis (1978-1988)
By: James E. Austin and Andrea L Strimling
Traces the Cleveland community's efforts to move the city from economic, social, and political crisis in the late 1970s into revitalization and progress in the 1980s and 1990s. Special attention is given to the role of business leaders and the public-private... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Business Cycles; Business and Community Relations; Financial Crisis; Cleveland
Austin, James E., and Andrea L Strimling. "Cleveland Turnaround (A, The: Responding to the Crisis (1978-1988)." Harvard Business School Case 796-151, April 1996. (Revised November 1996.)
- 24 Jul 2024
- News
Know Your HBS Staff: Andy Martinez
- 24 Jul 2015
- News
Why CEO Activism Could Change the World of Public Companies
- 08 Dec 2023
- Video
Family Businesses in MENA: Setting the Gold Standard
- June 2023
- Technical Note
Enhancing Your Contribution to Group Learning in Marketing
By: Jill Avery
How to enhance your contribution to group learning in RC Marketing. Includes information on the learning contract in a case class and the respective roles of instructor and students, how to analyze a marketing case, how to participate in a marketing case discussion,... View Details
Keywords: Marketing
- Article
Rethinking the Profession Formerly Known as Advertising: How Data Science Is Disrupting the Work of Agencies
By: John A. Deighton
The article discusses the notion of advertising as a profession in relation to the impact of digital analytics and data-driven marketing. Topics include the history of internet marketing, the investments of the content-driven internet firms Facebook Inc. and Google... View Details
Keywords: Data Science; Digital Marketing; Marketing; Internet and the Web; Analytics and Data Science; Disruption
Deighton, John A. "Rethinking the Profession Formerly Known as Advertising: How Data Science Is Disrupting the Work of Agencies." Journal of Advertising Research 57, no. 4 (December 2017): 357–361.
- May 2013
- Teaching Note
Launching Krispy Natural: Cracking the Product Management Code (Brief Case)
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Heather Beckham
This case study concerns a review and interpretation of test market results for a new packaged good product. The purpose of the case is to provide students with practice and guidelines in the analysis of quantitative test market data while illustrating the roles of... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- News
Seesaws and Social Security Benefits Indexing
- 20 Jun 2023
- Research & Ideas
Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories
newspaper article is not just numbers.” But that doesn’t mean there’s no role for statistics; arguments and pitches that rely on data and numbers can be more effective in some circumstances, notes the research, which Graeber conducted... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis