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- December 1994 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
State Street Boston Corporation: Leading with Information Technology
A financial institution, State Street Boston Corp., is transformed from regional bank to global custodian and money manager. The corresponding evolution of the company's information systems is illustrated, focusing on the role attributed to information technology in a... View Details
Keywords: Expansion; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; United States
Stoddard, Donna B., and Chiara Francalanci. "State Street Boston Corporation: Leading with Information Technology." Harvard Business School Case 195-135, December 1994. (Revised June 1995.)
- 03 May 2010
- News
Leaders and Fiduciaries
- 07 Jul 2016
- News
Everyone Suffers from Imposter Syndrome — Here’s How to Handle It
- 25 Apr 2017
- Video
First-year Students Climb Mt. Everest
- 11 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship
Keywords: by William R. Kerr & Ramana Nanda
- Forthcoming
- Article
Why Should Organizational Scholars Study Migration?
By: Exequiel Hernandez, Prithwiraj Choudhury, Elena Kulchina, Dan Wang, J. Miles Shaver, Mary Zellmer-Bruhn and Tarun Khanna
Migration is one of the most significant forces shaping economies and societies, yet it remains largely understudied in organizational research. At the same time, scholars in other fields with long traditions of studying migration tend to overlook the essential role of... View Details
Hernandez, Exequiel, Prithwiraj Choudhury, Elena Kulchina, Dan Wang, J. Miles Shaver, Mary Zellmer-Bruhn, and Tarun Khanna. "Why Should Organizational Scholars Study Migration?" Organization Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online April 22, 2025.)
- Article
When the Thought Doesn’t Count: The Dynamics of Unhelpful Help in Creative Organizations
By: Colin Fisher, Julianna Pillemer and Teresa Amabile
We’ve all been there. You ask a colleague for help with something, maybe a tricky research design or a difficult student. They agree to help, but their assistance misses its mark. You wonder what happened and, if you turn to existing research and theory, you don’t find... View Details
Fisher, Colin, Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa Amabile. "When the Thought Doesn’t Count: The Dynamics of Unhelpful Help in Creative Organizations." Academy of Management Discoveries (in press). (Pre-published online October 18, 2024.)
- January 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
General Scanning, Inc. (B)
By: H. Kent Bowen, Sean McClenaghan and Charles Tillen
After meeting with a mediator, Montagu and Davis decided their goals were not in accordance, and Davis left General Scanning. Montagu and Brosens wrote three-year objectives for the company and proceeded to search for a new professional manager. Chuck Winston took on... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Restructuring; Change; Business or Company Management; Ownership Stake; Strategic Planning; Hardware
Bowen, H. Kent, Sean McClenaghan, and Charles Tillen. "General Scanning, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 698-037, January 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- 15 Apr 2024
- Book
Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters
doesn’t resemble a simple compass that reliably points to magnetic north. It doesn’t show you what is right. Its crucial role is helping you decide what is right. Your true moral compass is your way of making sense of the world. It is... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Research Summary
Institutions and Human Capital Development in the Indian IT Services Industry
Una's dissertation research examines how institutional contexts shape human resource practices and human capital development in knowledge intensive industries and their implications for long-term industry development and competitiveness.
Una uses field,... View Details
- 2020
- Working Paper
Tech Clusters
By: William R. Kerr and Frederic Robert-Nicoud
Tech clusters like Silicon Valley play a central role for modern innovation, business competitiveness, and economic performance. This paper reviews what constitutes a tech cluster, how they function internally, and the degree to which policy makers can purposefully... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Agglomeration; Innovation; Industry Clusters; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Patents
Kerr, William R., and Frederic Robert-Nicoud. "Tech Clusters." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-063, November 2019. (Revised June 2020.)
- March 2018
- Supplement
Sandra Brown Goes Digital (C): Raising Quality in a Healthcare Company
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
Using digital and social media tools and lessons learned from prior change campaigns as a middle manager in a large biotech company, Sandra Brown continued in a new role in the quality division, engaging staff in a quality movement at the company. She had found a new... View Details
Keywords: Digital; Grassroots Movement; Managing Change; Career Path; Stakeholder Engagement; Engagement; Health Care Industry; Quality; Leading Change; Performance Improvement; Personal Development and Career; Social Media; Health Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "Sandra Brown Goes Digital (C): Raising Quality in a Healthcare Company." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-084, March 2018.
- 2006
- Book
The Soul of a Doctor
By: Susan Pories, Sachin H. Jain and Gordon Harper
Collection of essays written by Harvard Medical School students focused on the experiencing of transitioning from clinician to student. Particular emphasis is given to the role of student as an "embedded critic," i.e. a practitioner knowledgeable about medicine, but... View Details
- April 2005 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
New England Patriots, The: Making the Team
Examines the organizational strategy of a professional football team that contributed to the team's sustained success. Considers several aspects of the team's "blueprint" with respect to players: recruitment, retention, task structure, training, culture, and... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Groups and Teams; Sports; Compensation and Benefits; Sports Industry; New England
Beaulieu, Nancy D., and Aaron Zimmerman. "New England Patriots, The: Making the Team." Harvard Business School Case 905-011, April 2005. (Revised May 2005.)
- December 2001 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Argentina's Convertibility Plan
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Describes the political and economic development in Argentina from 1989 to 1995, with a focus on the role of the currency board. Culminates in Argentine policy makers (Menem in particular) contemplating how to respond to the tequila crisis in the middle of 1995.... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Government and Politics; Interest Rates; Balance and Stability; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Crisis Management; Policy; Currency; Macroeconomics; Argentina
Di Tella, Rafael M., and Ingrid Vogel. "Argentina's Convertibility Plan." Harvard Business School Case 702-002, December 2001. (Revised February 2004.)
- November 1991 (Revised January 1995)
- Case
Teradyne Japan
Describes a parent-subsidiary relationship in the high technology industry. The subsidiary, located in Japan, has been expanding its activities throughout the 1980s in the face of stiff local competition. Examines the dilemma facing corporate and country management as... View Details
Keywords: Relationships; Mergers and Acquisitions; Expansion; Competition; Business or Company Management; Communication; Buildings and Facilities; Business Subsidiaries; Japan
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Teradyne Japan." Harvard Business School Case 392-031, November 1991. (Revised January 1995.)
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) sits in front of a photo mural on the walls of the Mercy Corps offices in Washington, DC After a full-on morning of Zoom sessions from her home office in Potomac, Maryland, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) climbs into her SUV and plugs... View Details
- 01 Aug 2017
- News
Men Are Now The Predominant Grocery Shoppers
- 22 Nov 2021
- News