Publications

01 Oct 1996
News

At HBS Workshop, New CEOs Tune Up for the Top

faculty member to CEO, everyone in the workshop is intensely involved in the learning experience." During the May workshop, a total of ten sessions focused on topics such as near-term organizational challenges; the creation of a strategic... View Details

Keywords: Jon Prestage

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Durdana Achakzai

know a little bit about everything in general management. The treks help broaden your perspective." The Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) and Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA) classes have also shaped... View Details

13 Feb 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

passionately for a global-historical approach to political ideas. To better understand the development of liberalism, he looked not only to the works of great thinkers but also to their reception and use amid revolution and interstate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2003
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

Writing this letter in early spring, I am mindful of the events that have unfolded recently in the Middle East. My thoughts and those of each board member go out to everyone who is touched by these developments and especially to those... View Details

Keywords: Susan Luick Good; HBS Alumni Association; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced

question to Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Letian Zhang, who studies organizational theory and strategy with a focus on social inequalities and status hierarchies. He explores the issue in a recent paper scheduled to be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Harvard Business School

early development and the growth of the Annual Career/Alumni Conference (now known as the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference). Andrew F. Brimmer Papers, 1994–2014 Andrew F. Brimmer was one of the nation's leading authorities on economics. His... View Details

04 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector

interest in developing social entrepreneurship courses, and last but not least, practitioners themselves, who are seeking to achieve mission impact as effectively, efficiently, and sustainably as possible. Q: What do you mean by social... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2002
News

Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms

world’s top corporations. Why do some of these organizations enjoy generations of success while so many others flounder? “The answer,” say Lorsch and Tierney, “lies in the ability to develop and motivate star talent, while explicitly... View Details

Keywords: professional service firms; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

July 2008 (Revised January 2009)
Case

Londolozi: Towards a Sustainable Business Model and Ecological Integrity in Southern Africa

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Thomas Koelble

The Londolozi game viewing reserve in South Africa became a defining icon of ecotourism during the 1990s and early 2000s-that is, a tourist business promoting ecological land management and, at the same time, local economic development. The reserve was in a region in... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Tourism Industry; South Africa

01 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

When Do Alliances Make Sense?

expertise, and spreading out risk. On the other hand, forming alliances also requires coordinating tasks and merging cultures, which can often be difficult and costly to achieve. Business theorists have long pursued this question in an effort to determine the best and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities

29 Apr 2019
News

A Global Mission

Thailand, after the Khmer Rouge, and to Somalia and Ethiopia in the early days of the famine. “I was always interested in the most difficult situation,” says DeFehr. “They were all organizational problems.” Today he’s working in... View Details

25 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry

This is a repost from the Alumni Stories blog. Brickson Diamond (MBA 1999) has never been one to, as he puts it, “just sit back and wait for progress to happen.” His role as cofounder and chair of the Blackhouse Foundation is a case in point. The organization took... View Details

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Impact & Testimonials | Information Technology

any on-campus classroom, but with participants joining from around the world. Joshua D. Margolis , James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration Unit Head, Organizational BehaviorChair, Program for Leadership View Details

12 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 12

development of Kvadrat's retail sales operations, the implementation of new Human Resources practices, and the execution of a new organizational design. Was such an extensive growth, turnaround, and internal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 5

Research on Multiple Identities: Toward an Intrapersonal Network Approach By: Ramarajan, Lakshmi Abstract—Psychologists, sociologists, and philosophers have long recognized that people have multiple identities-based on attributes such as View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 1983
Supplement

Dansk Designs Ltd.: The Administration of Creativity, Video I

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven

Presents various members of the Dansk organization during conversations and meetings concerning issues arising in the design, production, and marketing of Dansk's product line. Focuses on the individual's role in the company, and on the interaction between marketing... View Details

Keywords: Independent Innovation and Invention; Leadership Development; Marketing; Production; Organizational Design; Creativity

February 2001 (Revised November 2009)
Case

Amazon.com (D)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dickson Louie and William A. Sahlman

At the end of 1999, Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos--just named Time Magazine's Man of the Year--ponders the next moves for his company. Having expanded into numerous categories in 1999, ranging from Z-shops to Auctions to E-cards as well as increasing the number... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Online Technology; Retail Industry

October 2013 (Revised February 2019)
Case

Chobani: Growing a Live and Active Culture (Abridged)

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Matthew Preble

Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of the Greek yogurt company Chobani, Inc., was reflecting on what explained his young company's meteoric rise. The company held over half of the U.S. Greek yogurt market and nearly 20% of the total yogurt market. The company's innovative approach to... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Culture; Growth Strategy; Growth Management; Yogurt; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Growth and Development Strategy; Agribusiness; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Canada; Australia

January 2007
Case

Robert E. Rubin (A)

By: Nitin Nohria, Robert Steven Kaplan and Nicole Davison

Bob Rubin was a businessman given the task of setting up and running the National Economic Council for the Clinton Administration. Unfamiliar with management in a political climate, Rubin worked hard to design, staff, and position the Council to make better economic... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Government and Politics; Managerial Roles; Macroeconomics; Organizational Design; Economy