Publications

December 1998
Article

Franco Bernabe: The Lone Strategist

By: Linda A. Hill and S. Wetlaufer

Keywords: Strategy

November 1998 (Revised December 1998)
Case

Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty

Jeanne Lewis, after six years with Staples, Inc., is promoted to senior vice president of marketing. She is to work for fifteen months alongside her predecessor, a legacy in the organization, "learning the ropes" before he moves on. This case is set nine months after... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Management Succession; Competitive Advantage; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Retail Industry; United States

November 1998 (Revised June 2000)
Case

Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (B)

By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Management Succession; Competitive Advantage; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Retail Industry; United States

1998
Report

State-of-the-Art Council Report

By: V. Caimano, P Canavan and L. Hill

Keywords: Reports

August 1998 (Revised October 1998)
Case

Lark International Entertainment Ltd. (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse

Two HBS MBA's leave McKinsey and Morgan Stanley to become entrepreneurs in Hong Kong. Together they start up a cinema chain throughout Asia. This case describes the experiences of managing a team in their Wuhan, China cinema. Looks at the challenges of managing growth... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Emerging Markets; Leadership Style; Leadership; Groups and Teams; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Hong Kong; China; Asia

August 1998
Supplement

Lark International Entertainment Ltd. (B)

By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Hong Kong; China; Asia

August 1998
Supplement

Lark International Entertainment Ltd. (C)

By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Hong Kong; China; Asia

July – August 1998
Article

Leadership When There Is No One to Ask: An Interview with ENI's Franco Bernabe

By: Linda A. Hill and S. Wetlaufer

Keywords: Leadership

Find at Harvard

spring 1998
Article

Developing the Star Performer

By: L. A. Hill

Keywords: Performance; Personal Development and Career

Find at Harvard

1998
Article

Leadership for New Managers

By: Linda A. Hill, J. J. Gabarro and J. Kotter

Keywords: Leadership; Management

December 1997 (Revised February 2002)
Case

Franco Bernabe at ENI (A)

By: Linda A. Hill, Jennifer Suesse and Mara Willard

Describes Franco Bernabe's ascent to leadership at ENI, Italy's national oil and gas company. Illustrates Bernabe's early career experiences in academia, as the chief economist at Fiat. Then describes his arrival at ENI during the early 1980s, where he became first the... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Personal Development and Career; Management Teams; Management Style; Strategic Planning; Crisis Management; Privatization; Italy

December 1997
Case

Franco Bernabe at ENI (B)

By: Linda A. Hill, Jennifer Suesse and Mara Willard

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Personal Development and Career; Management Teams; Management Style; Strategic Planning; Crisis Management; Privatization; Italy

December 1997
Supplement

Franco Bernabe at ENI (C)

By: Linda A. Hill, Jennifer Suesse and Mara Willard

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Italy

December 1997 (Revised August 1998)
Case

Randy Haykin: The Making of an Entrepreneur (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse

An MBA graduate, 10 years out, reflects on his career path. Randy Haykin is currently running his own venture catalyst organization in the Silicon Valley. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Personal Development and Career; Leadership Style; Organizations; San Francisco