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- 07 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron
for natural gas, and to create derivative supply contracts that could help customers manage the risks of demand volatility and price swings more effectively than before. In this way, Skilling and his colleagues solved a major contracting... View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management
Conference on November 7. Beaulieu's research focuses on many aspects of healthcare—including contracting, quality competition in managed care, and human capital management and performance measurement. At... View Details
- 2014
- Chapter
Too Big To Trust? Managing Stakeholder Trust in Business in the Post-Bail-Out Economy
By: Deepak Malhotra
This chapter considers the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008, and specifically the subsequent “bail-out” of the large financial institutions by the American government, from the perspective of trust in the post-bail-out economy. The author considers the impacts... View Details
Malhotra, Deepak. "Too Big To Trust? Managing Stakeholder Trust in Business in the Post-Bail-Out Economy." Chap. 3 in Public Trust in Business, edited by Jared D. Harris, Brian Moriarty, and Andrew C. Wicks, 51–85. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- January 2019 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
KITEA (A): Democratizing Furniture in Morocco
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gamze Yucaoglu
The case opens in 2013 as Amine Benkirane, founder and CEO of the leading Moroccan furniture company KITEA, contemplates the loss his company has incurred for the first time in its 20-year history. The case then describes KITEA’s origins and provides a detailed... View Details
Keywords: Retail; KITEA; Furniture; Furniture Industry; Entry Strategy; Responding To Entry; Localization; Competitive Interaction; Private Sector; For-Profit Firms; Business Model; Business Strategy; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Retail Industry; Africa; Morocco
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "KITEA (A): Democratizing Furniture in Morocco." Harvard Business School Case 719-420, January 2019. (Revised January 2021.)
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
three-year run. Find strong managers Finding effective managers now is a big challenge for leaders in many industries. NFL teams are learning that it is increasingly difficult... View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee
they need to succeed by reviewing these tips and implementing what works for you and your company. Remote Work Management Practices: Weekly 1:1 meetings with your direct reports by video call Weekly group video calls with teams Optional... View Details
- January 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Background Note
Advanced Leadership Note: An Institutional Perspective and Framework for Managing and Leading
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Rakesh Khurana
Large-scale societal issues increasingly appear on the agenda of business leaders, including poverty, health, education, business-government relations, and the degradation of the environment. These problems are not entirely new, but the forces of globalization and the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Framework; Global Range; Leadership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Complexity
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Rakesh Khurana. "Advanced Leadership Note: An Institutional Perspective and Framework for Managing and Leading." Harvard Business School Background Note 410-076, January 2010. (Revised August 2010.)
- 24 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
Passion at Work Is a Good Thing—But Only If Bosses Know How to Manage It
work actually means, which could lead to unhappy workers and frustrated managers. “As an organization, it’s not enough to just hire people for passion. Leaders also need to learn how to manage for passion.” An analysis of 200 million job... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
The Program for Global Leadership assembles senior executives from organizations worldwide who participate and interact in a unique, multi-phased educational process. The program's unusual structure helps them to gain fresh insight about... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
HBS Collaboration Helps Management Education for Minority Students
careers in management. The Management Education Alliance comprises several of the country's leading business schools (including Harvard's), ten predominantly minority business schools, and thirteen U.S. companies. Since its founding, the... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management
Does a new general manager who delegates decisions run the risk of appearing indecisive? Is an "open-door" policy a good way for a general manager to get information, or a terrible waste of time? What... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 15 Apr 2024
- Book
Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters
Business leaders face a wide variety of difficult decisions: whether their companies should stay small or go big, whether layoffs are necessary for survival, whether a proposed partnership is a good idea or a recipe for disaster. When... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Nov 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us …)
Keywords: by William A. Sahlman
- 12 Feb 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Management Practices, Relational Contracts, and the Decline of General Motors
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Building From the Bottom Up - Managing the Future of Work
shippers, grocery clerks, servers, healthcare assistants, housekeepers, and janitors. Despite working long hours in difficult jobs, many of these workers are trapped in positions with low wages and little or no prospects for advancement.... View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
Managing Firms in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from the Time Use of Indian CEOs
By: Raffaella Sadun
The success or failure of a company is often ascribed to the behavior of its CEO. Yet little is known about what top managers actually do, whether this matters for firm performance, and why it differs across firms. We provide some answers by developing a new survey... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Performance; Outcome or Result; Management Teams; Manufacturing Industry; India
Sadun, Raffaella. "Managing Firms in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from the Time Use of Indian CEOs." Working Paper, 2013.
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
objectives. Highlights Making Tough Choices Performing the X-Test Using Control Systems Interactively Show Hide Details Modules Managing the Tensions of Strategy Execution Aligning Job Design to Strategy... View Details
- June 2014 (Revised March 2017)
- Teaching Note
Agero: Enhancing Capabilities for Customers
By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
This is the teaching note for Agero: Enhancing Capabilities for Customers (HBS No. 113-001) View Details
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Management Training Program: 1945 - 1955 | Baker Library
administrative level and the need for graduate business education for women. From the findings, it was recommended that the Management Training Program continue. (4) Confronted with a difficult fiscal... View Details