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- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
include: How does a team leader win the confidence of the group? What's the best method for developing team goals? How can individual performers be developed into team players? How do teams learn? When Goal... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Web
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (SESC) - Course Catalog
character; capacity for systems thinking; empathy in product/service design; and their ability to navigate diverse sources of capital to build either for-profit, nonprofit, or hybrid organizations. SESC take a deep dive into how social entrepreneurs can become systems... View Details
- May 2024
- Case
SofMedica Group: Managing Growth
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
SofMedica Group had expanded from its origins as a medical equipment distributor in Romania to a holding company with four business lines operating in six countries. This expansion had been driven by SofMedica’s mission: to make cutting edge medical technology... View Details
Keywords: Growth; Healthcare Access; Healthcare; Medical Devices; Medical Equipment ＆ Devices; Medical Care; Eastern Europe; Quality Management System; Health Care and Treatment; Growth Management; Education; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Quality; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Expansion; Developing Countries and Economies; Technological Innovation; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Europe; Romania
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "SofMedica Group: Managing Growth." Harvard Business School Case 424-027, May 2024.
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Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog
capabilities, enhanced over time, duplicated at no cost and commoditized to destroy its uniqueness and value This change could shift how you should navigate your career and develop and value your expertise. The lessons will be useful to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Books
while also respecting humanistic values. They lay out the positivist, social constructionist, and postmodernist perspectives on the theory of educational organization to help readers develop new ways of thinking about View Details
Keywords: Management
- 03 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?
under the headline: “Should Men Avoid 1-on-1 Meetings With Women?” I couldn’t believe the question was being asked in this day and age. It seemed to me that the answer was an obvious and resounding “no.” A “yes” reply clearly suggests insensitivity to the personal... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 May 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Driving the “New Marketing?”
so few eyebrows. Comments from readers of this column suggest that marketing has, in practice, moved beyond the product development, promotion, pricing, and distribution activities that defined the field five decades ago. Alternatively, the extent to which the Internet... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- February 2017
- Case
GE Digital
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
Known for manufacturing industrial equipment, GE has decided to invest in software and analytics capabilities to become a digital industrial company. They have also created a software platform that they hope will power the Industrial Internet. GE executives forecasted... View Details
Keywords: GE; General Electric; Manufacturing; Industrial Internet; Wind Power; Digital Manufacturing; Renewable Energy; Energy; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Applications and Software; Growth and Development Strategy; Transformation; Green Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; North America
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "GE Digital." Harvard Business School Case 517-063, February 2017.
- 2017
- Supplement
Uncommon Schools (B): Seeking Excellence at Scale through Standardized Practice
By: John J-H Kim and Sarah McAra
The (B) case provides an update to the (A) case by illustrating how charter school management organization Uncommon Schools responded to the disparity in its students’ 2013 standardized test results. In 2015, CEO Brett Peiser and his management team decided to align... View Details
Keywords: Charter Schools; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Teaching; Talent And Talent Management; Innovation; Education; Early Childhood Education; Middle School Education; Organizational Structure; Performance Consistency; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Education Industry
Kim, John J-H, and Sarah McAra. "Uncommon Schools (B): Seeking Excellence at Scale through Standardized Practice." Harvard Business Publishing Supplement, 2017. (Case No. PEL-080.)
- May 2016 (Revised November 2018)
- Supplement
Moleskine (B)
By: Ryan Raffaelli, Raffaella Sadun and Kathy Qu
This case discusses the decisions and outcomes of CEO Arrigo Berni and founder Maria Sebregondi that the Moleskine (A) case laid out. View Details
Keywords: Creative Industries; Brand Building; Digital Innovation; Digital Services And Strategy; Process Improvement; Organization Change And Adaptation; Culture; Identity Construction; Growth and Development Strategy; Leadership; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Creativity; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry
Raffaelli, Ryan, Raffaella Sadun, and Kathy Qu. "Moleskine (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-464, May 2016. (Revised November 2018.)
- January 1998 (Revised January 2001)
- Case
Sealed Air Corporation: Globalization and Corporate Culture (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Karen Wruck
Sealed Air Corp.'s CEO and COO are considering what approach they should take to building a seamless corporate culture worldwide. Anticipating continuing growth and expansion, especially outside the United States, they are concerned with preserving and promoting the... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Leadership; United States; Europe; Asia
Paine, Lynn S., and Karen Wruck. "Sealed Air Corporation: Globalization and Corporate Culture (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-096, January 1998. (Revised January 2001.)
- 05 Jun 2017
- News
Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement
new skills that boards should be developing for issues such as digital or cyber security,” she says. “And now I have a clear and personal action plan for moving forward, including what career choices I should make in the coming years to... View Details
Keywords: Margaret Kelley
- January 2008 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
The Allstate Corporation
By: John R. Wells
In 2007, Allstate was the number two property and casualty insurer in the USA and had enjoyed five years of rapid profit improvement. The question facing CEO Thomas J. Wilson was how to maintain the momentum. This case tracks the evolution of Allstate's strategy over... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Financial Institutions; Insurance; Profit; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Financial Services Industry
Wells, John R. "The Allstate Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 708-485, January 2008. (Revised July 2008.)
- October 1997 (Revised October 1997)
- Case
Egon Zehnder International (B)
By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
In 1994, Egon Zehnder faced stagnation in the U.S. market and needed to discuss plans for intiating growth. Due to market demand the firm was not forced to implement options contemplated in 1994 to initiate growth. View Details
Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Growth and Development; Growth Management; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Business Strategy; Consulting Industry; United States
Yoshino, Michael Y., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Egon Zehnder International (B)." Harvard Business School Case 398-059, October 1997. (Revised October 1997.)
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Curriculum | MBA
key disciplines. Fall Term Finance 1 Financial Reporting & Control (FRC) Leadership & Organizational Behavior (LEAD) Marketing Technology & Operations Management (TOM) Strategy Spring Term Data Science & AI for Leaders Business,... View Details
- May 2024
- Teaching Note
Making Progress at Progress Software (A) and (B)
By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Hannah Riley Bowles, Emma Ronzetti and Alexis Lefort
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 924-010 and 924-011. View Details
- November 2005 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Tad O'Malley: December 2004
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon and Sean Klimczak
Tad O'Malley, a second-year student at Harvard Business School, must choose among three offers from private equity firms. Each firm presents a unique combination of history, culture, and compensation. Traces Tad's strategy in obtaining these offers and lets students... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Compensation and Benefits; Job Offer; Negotiation Tactics; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, and Sean Klimczak. "Tad O'Malley: December 2004." Harvard Business School Case 806-024, November 2005. (Revised November 2007.)
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
different stakeholders base their trust. As a result, dominant conceptualizations of organizational trust are overly generalized. Building on existing research on organizational trust and stakeholder theory,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination within Organizational Studies Authors:Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn Abstract Phenomenological assumptions-assumptions about the fundamental qualities of the phenomenon... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- October 1999
- Case
ZEFER: Building a Business at Hyperspeed
In the past 18 months, ZEFER has gone from a several-person Internet consulting firm to a major player in the information-technology services industry. In particular, in the past six months, it has grown from 40 to 400 professionals, has hired a seasoned management... View Details