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  • 14 Jan 2019
  • Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

Four titans who defined a new era in business during the past decade recently concluded their terms: PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi, Unilever’s Paul Polman, Mayo Clinic’s John Noseworthy, and US Bancorp’s Richard Davis. When they became CEOs, the... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products
  • April 2011 (Revised February 2015)
  • Course Overview Note

The Online Economy: Strategy and Entrepreneurship — Course Architecture Note

By: Peter Coles and Benjamin Edelman
This note provides an overview of the Harvard Business School course "The Online Economy: Strategy and Entrepreneurship." It covers the framework for the course, key principles within each course module, and a synopsis of each case, along with the lessons the case is... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Plan; Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Entrepreneurship; Business Strategy; Information Technology; Internet and the Web
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  • 17 Jun 2019
  • Research & Ideas

What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete

Harvard Business School professors Raffaella Sadun and Leemore Dafny are both economists who have studied hospitals extensively—Sadun’s research has looked at the economics of management, while Dafny’s examines interactions between health... View Details
Keywords: by Alumni Bulletin Staff; Health
  • 29 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

whom were above median wealth. This finding suggests that an important part of the positive relationship between personal wealth and entrepreneurship may be driven by the fact that wealthy individuals with lower ability can start new View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • July 2009 (Revised May 2010)
  • Case

Pfizer: Letter from the Chairman (A)

By: Robert L. Simons and Natalie Kindred
This case explores maximizing shareholder value as a goal in executive decision making. Over a period of nine years, three different Pfizer CEOs make critical decisions intended to increase shareholder value. But the results are disappointing. To allow students to... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Annual Reports; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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  • September 2024 (Revised March 2025)
  • Case

Epic: The Future of Health Information Technology

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Brian L. Walker
How should the founder and leadership team of a health IT company with more than 45 years of market leadership prepare for the future, while navigating founder transitions and industry changes? Founded by Judy Faulkner in the late 1970s, Epic pioneered electronic... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Private Ownership; Customer Focus and Relationships; Information Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Health Industry; Electronics Industry; Information Technology Industry
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  • April 2002 (Revised September 2002)
  • Case

Transformation of Seattle Public Schools, 1995-2002

Investigates the reform of the Seattle Public Schools from 1995 to 2002. To initiate reform in 1995, the district hired John Stanford, an Army general, and Joseph Olchefske, an investment banker, as the district's superintendent and chief financial officer,... View Details
Keywords: Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Organizational Structure; Education; Business Strategy; Public Administration Industry; Education Industry; Seattle
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  • 12 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

on Generation Investment Management. Purchase this note: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609060 Planned Parenthood Federation of America in 2008 Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • October 2005 (Revised June 2007)
  • Case

Volkswagen of America: Managing IT Priorities

Describes the efforts of Volkswagen of America, the U.S. subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, to arrive at a process for setting IT funding priorities so that they align with business priorities and the company's overall strategy. The process is carefully thought out and... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning; Business Subsidiaries; Resource Allocation; Information Technology; Alignment; Auto Industry; United States
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  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

My First Job

furniture business when a fire started in the factory’s ventilation system. The fire alarms were loud, and every instinct I had learned in school told me to leave the building, but the president of the company grabbed my arm and told me... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
  • 21 Mar 2016
  • Lessons from the Classroom

When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

It’s one thing to look at the entertainment business from an executive’s point of view. It’s quite another to see it through the eyes of a professional basketball player, supermodel, or actress. That mix of perspectives is exactly what... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports; Media & Broadcasting; Education
  • 17 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

How do real-world conditions and shifting personal priorities influence a young MBA's early career path—those first five to ten years that executives remember as being of such critical importance? To find out, Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • Web

Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

distinct challenges of leading larger, more dispersed teams Develop strategies for planning and engineering organizational change and innovation initiatives Shape your organizational culture and architecture to maximize talent, leverage... View Details
  • 30 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 30

Governance Codes in Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards By: Toffel, Michael W., Jodi L. Short, and Melissa Ouellet Abstract—Transnational business regulation is increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • August 18, 2017
  • Other Article

How the U.S. Navy Is Responding to Climate Change

By: Forest Reinhardt and Michael W. Toffel
We talk about how a giant, global enterprise that operates and owns assets at sea level is fighting climate change—and adapting to it. We discuss what the private sector can learn from the U.S. Navy’s scientific and sober view of the world. We are also the authors of... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Leadership; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Operations; Logistics
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  • 24 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Becoming an Ethical Negotiator

anticipate hard questions. You may be asked for your bottom line, for example. You should have an answer that doesn't compromise your values but also doesn't expose you to exploitation. Planning ahead is a lot easier than constructing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • May 2018 (Revised October 2020)
  • Supplement

La Ribera Health Department (B): Epilogue

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Emer Moloney and Daniela Beyersdorfer
The La Ribera case studies depict an innovative low cost/high quality privately financed hospital model struggling to achieve alignment with the Six Factors. It is reimbursed by the public sector in a Spanish environment whose Consumers, Structure, and Public Policy... View Details
Keywords: Trends And Opportunities; Government; Government Programs; Acquisition; Business Model; Business Plan; Trends; Opportunities; Government and Politics; Programs; Health Care and Treatment; Situation or Environment; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; Technology Industry; Spain
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  • 31 Jul 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

For Harvard Business School faculty, summer marks the perfect time to catch up on reading for work and pleasure. We asked six faculty what they're looking forward to digging into over the next few months. Jeff Bussgang wo of my books... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing
  • 09 Oct 2020
  • Blog Post

4 Things To Know About the MS/MBA Biotech

of career I could be interested in. Currently, I am interested in exploring biotech careers in emerging markets, particularly in the MENA region, and plan to leverage my cohort and faculty to gain exposure to this niche area. 3. You don’t... View Details
  • Profile

Maha Malik

"how" Maha took both interests, business and politics, to Dartmouth where she studied economics and government. Subsequent management consulting work at Bain & Co. opened her eyes to the intersections among the two. "It... View Details
Keywords: Consulting; Financial Services