The Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jul 2019
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Are New Graduates Happier Making More Money or Having More Time?

08 Nov 2012
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Ernest Shackleton's Lessons for Leaders in Harsh Climates

August 1994
Case

Intuit, Inc.

The merger of two computer software firms with very rapidly growing non-overlapping products makes great strategic sense, but presents difficult valuation and accounting problems. How can a firm pay $225 million to acquire another firm with negligible current earnings,... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Applications and Software; Accounting; Financial Strategy; Goodwill Accounting; Corporate Finance; Information Technology Industry; United States

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01 Oct 2013
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Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

14 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 14

Tommy Koh of Singapore are highlighted in brief form along with elements of his background and career. In light of these accomplishments, Koh was selected as the recipient of the 2014 View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jan 2003
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Teaching Interest

Leading Product Innovation

By: Stefan H. Thomke

For several years, Apple has ranked as the most innovative business in the world. How does this winning company continue to achieve success in its quest to develop—in the words of Steve Jobs—insanely great products? This program takes a deep dive into the latest... View Details

25 Aug 2014
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You Can’t Do Strategy Without Input from Sales

8:30 AM – 9:45 AM EDT, 24 Mar 2021
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Profit and Responsibility: Combating Climate Change as Part of Your Corporate Strategy

What tools do business leaders need to measure their organization's opportunity to make a difference in one of the great challenges of our time - climate change? Businesses play a critical role in achieving the goal of net zero emissions by mid-century, though the... View Details

12 PM – 1:30 PM EST, 29 Feb 2024
Webinars: Career

Considering Retirement

"So you're actually thinking about retiring?!" Retirement can inspire not only excitement for new possibilities, but also fear for the future. How can you keep the parts of work you love but enjoy more balance in your life? What work will you do? How will this... View Details

16 Mar 2013
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Looking for a Lesson in Google’s Perks

November 1988 (Revised July 1997)
Case

Technology Transfer at a Defense Contractor

By: Linda A. Hill

At a time of great changes in the corporate environment, Larry Yoshino, a design lab manager at Parsons Controls Corp., faces a delay in a costly defense project due to the inability of one of his subordinates to gain the cooperation of engineers at Parsons'... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Conflict Management; Managerial Roles; Management Teams; Employees; Competitive Strategy; Projects

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2011
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China Merchants Bank in Transition (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Guoqing Chen and Ziqian Zhao

This case depicts China Merchants Bank's second strategic transformation. In the 90's, China Merchants Bank creatively introduced an all-in-one-card and an all-in-one-net based on IT systems and network, enabling itself to expand nationwide. By successfully entering... View Details

Keywords: Commercial Banks; Credit Cards; Strategy; Transformations; China; Banking; Information Technology; Banking Industry; China

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24 Apr 2020
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How to Make Furloughs More Humane

Josh Baron

Dr. Josh Baron is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a part of the Strategy Unit. In the MBA program, he teaches in the Required Core Strategy course as well as elective courses on Ownership and Leading a Family Business. He... View Details

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

damaged us but it didn't." Who you are and what you stand for as an organization have great relevance to the people who buy your product. Many of U2's supporters embrace the... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation