Publications

June 1998
Case

PDVSA & CITGO: Plans for Transformation

Supplements PDVSA & CITGO: Seeking Stability in an Uncertain World. View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Balance and Stability

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June 1998 (Revised October 2005)
Supplement

Ecolab, Inc. (F)

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

February 1997 (Revised July 1997)
Case

Vermeer Technologies (A1): Hiring the CEO

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Educators

May 1996 (Revised June 1996)
Case

Dennis Hightower: New Horizons

Named president of Disney TV and Telecommunications, Dennis Hightower has to yet again come in as an outsider and take charge. The magnitude of challenge is much larger than in 1987, and the situation facing him is subtly different. View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Telecommunications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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03 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 3, 2007

available for download Banking Deregulation, Financial Constraints, and Entrepreneurship Authors:William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We study how U.S. branch banking deregulations affected the entry of new firms in the non-financial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2018 (Revised July 2018)
Supplement

EY China (B): An Emerging Giant

By: Ashish Nanda, Das Narayandas and Lisa Rohrer

The case outlines how regional managing partner (RMP) Albert Ng steered Ernst & Young (EY) China through a period of significant growth from 2009, when it was the smallest of the Big Four firms in China, to 2017, by when it had become the second largest firm. Partners... View Details

Keywords: Professional Services; International Management; Big Four; Strategy And Execution; Emerging Market; Strategy; Growth Management; Leadership; Global Range; Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy; Accounting Industry; China

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

limitations and constraints others have accepted, and set out to create new realities. This book is motivated by a simple observation: Leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity, problem solving, business growth-and even... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 24

Publication:In Innovation Policy and the Economy. Vol. 11, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern. NBER Book Series. University of Chicago Press, forthcoming Abstract In this paper we explore the innovations in governance that have... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2001 (Revised January 2002)
Case

The American Medical Association-Sunbeam Deal (C): Denouement

By: Ashish Nanda and Kimberly A. Haddad

On September 5, 1997, the American Medical Association(AMA) withdrew from a contract with Sunbeam Corporation, the maker of small home appliances. Sunbeam sued the AMA to pay for the damages or to comply with the contract. The fracas led to the dismissal of three top... View Details

Keywords: Medical Services; Appliances; Lawsuit; Litigation; Professionalism; Contracts; Corporate Accountability; Organizations; Lawsuits and Litigation; Consumer Products Industry; Health Industry; United States

Educators

September 2000 (Revised October 2000)
Teaching Note

Thomas Weisel Partners (A) and (B) TN

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Ashish Nanda

Teaching Note for (9-800-215) and (9-800-331). View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

July 1996
Background Note

The GM's Leadership Challenge: Building a Self-Renewing Institution

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda

Highlights the general manager's role in building a self-renewing organization. View Details

Keywords: Management Skills; Leadership Development; Managerial Roles; Management Teams; Organizational Structure

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04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

development process undertaken by Gauri Nanda, the founder and CEO of Nanda Home, as she ventures to innovate beyond her initial product launches. Having achieved commercial success with her first product... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

26 Jul 2016
First Look

July 26, 2016

Mela, a three-month-long Hindu festival. We estimate that the festival was attended by 61 million people, making it the largest gathering in the history of humanity. While we find strong overall evidence for both types of homophily for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2022
Technical Note

The Professional Pledge

Educators

January 2022
Course Overview Note

Strategy in Professional Service Firms: Course Introduction

March 2020 (Revised February 2021)
Module Note

Corporate Strategy

As a strategist, you must decide for your firm what products to produce, what customers to serve, what geographies to operate in, and what activities to perform. This note on Corporate Strategy, which introduces the fifth module of the RC Strategy course, offers a... View Details

Keywords: Scope; Corporate Strategy; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration