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- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
looking for ways to reduce costs without sacrificing customer experience or results. If he is successful at employing these types of principles to education, he could potentially influence the direction of more traditional public schools...
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- July 2014
- Teaching Note
Rebecca S. Halstead: Steadfast Leadership
By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell
The case reviews Rebecca Halstead's career history, detailing how, through her personal attributes, skills, experiences, challenges, and organizational practices she developed into a successful leader and commander in the U.S. Army. The teaching note discusses...
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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Islam’s Great Culture Is Dying
that had previously given it coherence and meaning,” Allawi argues, asserting that under colonial rule, traditional institutions and ways of life were replaced by modern equivalents that spoke little to the people. The deterioration accelerated as Western View Details
- February 1999 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
Transformation of Pratt & Whitney North Haven (Abridged)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Jeffrey L. Bradach, Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Business unit manager Tom Hutton has empowered a group of hourly workers to purchase grit blast equipment for two cells. The capital purchase decision runs into some problems when the two cells fail to reach an agreement on which equipment to purchase. A rewritten...
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Keywords:
Business Units;
Decision Making;
Labor;
Managerial Roles;
Failure;
Problems and Challenges;
Power and Influence;
Hardware
Bowen, H. Kent, Jeffrey L. Bradach, Linda A. Hill, and Kristin Doughty. "Transformation of Pratt & Whitney North Haven (Abridged) ." Harvard Business School Case 499-050, February 1999. (Revised June 1999.)
- August 2010 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Rupert Murdoch: The Last Tycoon
By: Geoffrey Jones and Hari Balkrishna
The case examines the entrepreneurial career of Rupert Murdoch and the growth of News Corporation from a small Australian newspaper to a global media giant. It shows how he expanded geographically to Europe, the United States, and Asia and from newspapers to the film...
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Family Business;
Entrepreneurship;
Media;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Business History;
Business and Government Relations;
Power and Influence;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Publishing Industry;
Journalism and News Industry;
Europe;
United States;
Australia
Jones, Geoffrey, and Hari Balkrishna. "Rupert Murdoch: The Last Tycoon." Harvard Business School Case 811-017, August 2010. (Revised January 2020.)
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
to influence decisions affecting many aspects of their everyday lives.” MORE STORIES ABOUT IMPACT: Supporting Students on Their Journeys Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity Embracing Activism for View Details
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April White
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
Press), HBS professor and business historian Nancy Koehn selects contemporaneous news accounts from America’s paper of record to complement her essays on the rise of business in the United States and the influence of business on the...
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- June 2018
- Teaching Note
Difficult Conversations and Dealing with Challenging Situations at Work
By: Boris Groysberg and Amram Migdal
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 416-031, 416-032, 416-033, 416-034, 416-035, and 416-036.
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Keywords:
Communication;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Human Resources;
Employee Relationship Management;
Management Skills;
Performance;
Performance Evaluation;
Personal Development and Career;
Relationships;
Groups and Teams;
Social Psychology;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Conflict and Resolution;
Conflict Management;
Emotions;
Perception;
Personal Characteristics;
Perspective;
Power and Influence;
Prejudice and Bias;
Reputation;
Satisfaction;
Trust
- 12 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Applying to HBS in Round 3?
I needed to influence how business is done at its core level to implement socially responsible governance and supply chain. Learning about all the different business schools out there – their missions,...
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- February 2021 (Revised January 2022)
- Case
Muhammad Ali: Changing The World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case describes the rise of Cassius Clay, who later called himself Muhammad Ali, from the poor streets of Louisville, Kentucky to international fame. The case describes how Ali won a gold medal in the Olympics, three heavyweight boxing titles, and became a role...
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Keywords:
Sports;
Mission and Purpose;
Personal Characteristics;
Religion;
Work-Life Balance;
Family and Family Relationships;
Success;
Power and Influence;
Personal Development and Career;
Sports Industry
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Muhammad Ali: Changing The World." Harvard Business School Case 121-053, February 2021. (Revised January 2022.)
- 03 Feb 2011
- What Do You Think?
Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?
leadership, governance, innovation management, the networking of organizations, and social responsibility—as the "single most important development(s) in the area of management in the just-ended decade of the new century."...
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Re: James L. Heskett
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
sector and the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for reporting on them would significantly improve the ability of companies to report on their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance. Here's a Tip: Prosocial Gratuities Are...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
B. Clark, an ambitious academic program led by several HBS faculty members, and a variety of social activities. Norman A. Berg, MBA Class of 1958 Professor of Business Administration and chair of the OPM Program, welcomed participants at...
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- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
extraordinary 1613 Short Treatise on the Causes That Make Kingdoms Abound in Gold and Silver even in the Absence of Mines in a Neapolitan jail and that he died there soon afterwards. However, the influence of this work represents a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
several unique challenges that women entrepreneurs encounter as they develop new businesses. The authors focus on factors that influence female entrepreneurs’ choices of business and industry — personal motivation, commitment, education,...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
socialism, which in turn influenced the trajectory of the Angolan model. Ripe for Revolution shows socialism as more adaptable and pragmatic than often supposed. When we view it through the prism of a...
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- 25 Jul 2013
- News
An Engine of Education Innovation
organization functions as an "an engine of innovation," working to define the nature of good teaching, determine the role of technology in education, and influence change in the country's graduate schools of education. Once Match begins...
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- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
in the advertising business. It worked for everyone. We all acquired a slight accent at that time.” A: India got its independence in 1947, and even in the 1960s the country was still very heavily influenced by the British Raj. I learned...
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- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
per consumer visit and 2) influencing stores' choices of strategic variables (e.g., pricing). We characterize the conditions under which there would be no role for search diversion as a strategic instrument for the intermediary, thereby...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
E-Book How to Be a Purpose-Driven, Global Business Professional This guide will equip you with the skills needed to define your purpose, make the case for corporate social responsibility to internal stakeholders, further your education,...
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