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Shikhar Ghosh is a Professor of Management Practice in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. He currently teaches in the elective curriculum and is the course head for 3 Technologies that will Change the World. Shikhar received the Apgar Award for innovation in... View Details

January 2021 (Revised February 2021)
Case

TCS: From Physical Offices to Borderless Work

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Malini Sen

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a multinational IT services company headquartered in Mumbai, is a subsidiary of one of India’s most reputed conglomerates, the Tata Group. In 2020, TCS was valued at $144.7 billion, the highest for any company in the IT sector,... View Details

Keywords: Remote Work; Organizational Structure; Change Management; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Customer Satisfaction; Information Technology Industry; India; Asia; United States; Europe

April 2019 (Revised June 2019)
Case

Ariadne Labs: Building Impactful Partnerships

By: Ariel D. Stern and Sarah Mehta

In September 2018, the executive team at Ariadne Labs (Ariadne), a Boston-based organization dedicated to improving health systems through the discovery and implementation of simple tools, faced a number of strategic decisions. Chief among them, the seven-year-old... View Details

Keywords: Health; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Partners and Partnerships; Health Industry; Boston

July 2008 (Revised October 2012)
Case

Affinity Plus (A)

By: Dennis Campbell and Peter Tufano

The executive team at Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union has pushed the concept of members first deeply throughout the organization, empowering employees to put member-owners' interests ahead of either the organization's interests or their own interests. As a result of... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Financial Institutions; Financing and Loans; Profit; Cooperative Ownership; Conflict of Interests; Strategy

08 Sep 2014
News

Harvard Is Hosting a ‘Health Acceleration Challenge’

09 Jan 2012
News

Fresh experiences in the field

09 Feb 2017
News

When You Have An Office Meltdown, You Can Get Away With It By Calling It Passion, New Study Says

01 Mar 2022
Video

Women of Color Lead, Empower & Thrive: A Virtual Event

22 Apr 2015
Video

HBS Fellowships: Diversity in the Field

Program

Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital

your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities. Read More Read Less Answering Your Questions Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Finance

March 2020 (Revised September 2020)
Case

Board Director Dilemmas—Pushing Senior Management

By: David G. Fubini, Suraj Srinivasan and Amram Migdal

This case explores a new board director who wants more detail from the management team than his fellow directors are willing to press for. New board director Sam Pesca is frustrated that CFO Alex Marotta provides only a minimal two-page financial summary at board... View Details

Keywords: Board Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams

Career Coach

Deborah Resnick

navigating challenging team dynamics and/or role transitions. Work Experience: Effective Engine Group (Founder); McKinsey & Company (Consultant, Director of Professional Development); Clorox; BC Natural Foods; Moen (Industrial... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Retail

Web

VBHCD Intensive Seminars - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

five day, full-time course offered at Harvard Business School and is taught by Profs. Kaplan, Gallani, Dr. Witkowski, Dr. Bernstein and a team of faculty and health care industry leaders. Through a mix of case study discussions, case... View Details

30 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

Why Anger Makes a Wrongly Accused Person Look Guilty

person behind bars,” says John, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor at HBS. “People who are falsely accused, of course, have every reason to be angry. But we wondered whether displays of anger may be misinterpreted as a sign of guilt.” First, the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Feb 2024
What Do You Think?

How Do You Hire for Attitude?

includes such things as determining a job candidate’s identification with the mission and values of the organization. It may even include assessing comfort with the leadership, the team with which the candidate will be working, the job,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Program

Driving Corporate Performance

Read More Answering Your Questions Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via... View Details

Program

Aligning Strategy and Sales

strategy and sales activities and discover how to synchronize your strategic priorities, go-to-market initiatives, and sales team to boost revenue and long-term success. This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management... View Details

2013
Working Paper

How Major League Baseball Clubs Have Commercialized Their Investment in Japanese Top Stars

By: Isao Okada and Stephen A. Greyser

When a Major League Baseball club signs a Japanese star player, it obviously tries to commercialize its investment in the player. The initial focus is on home attendance (ticket sales) and television audiences, plus merchandise sales. These elements are similar to... View Details

Keywords: Commercialization; Sports; Revenue; Sports Industry; Japan; United States