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  • 13 Dec 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

Winning streaks end when organizations move away from and neglect the cornerstones and basics that led to winning. This includes denial in seeing apparent problems, lack of open communications, and panicking, which results in anxiety, View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
  • 12 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 12

been abandoned by its owners and had come under the control of CW Capital, the special servicer for the vast amount of debt that was in default. Any investment in a distressed property could be very risky and might require the company to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 21 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership

company. The new moral contract also asks a lot from employees, they write. "It requires that [employees] have the courage and the confidence to abandon the stability of lifetime employment and embrace the invigorating force of continuous... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 15 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

Economy. "It requires abandoning past business models and challenging current assumptions and beliefs. It entails breaking many of the rules we've played by for generations." If your corporate culture is stifling your ability to... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
  • 13 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 13

whether they should modify this strategy somewhat, or whether they should abandon their current strategy entirely. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/advising-families-on-estate-planning/an/314088-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

central bank to abandon its zero interest rate policy, which had been in place for years, and raise rates to 0.5%. The Bank of Japan was eager to increase them to more "normal" levels to exert effective monetary policy. Yet the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Aug 2005
  • HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

from Sealed Air. Should the company abandon its exclusive commitment to coated bubbles in order to fend off this challenge? I'm not worried that there will be a diminishing role for unions, because most of you are too dumb to run your... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 30 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

evaluation criteria. The case also looks at the potential fund returns from the perspective of an investor. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815097-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 115-042 Shanghai: GDP Apostasy The case describes... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 22, 2015

legendary jeweler but became complacent and lost its clients. Taken over in 2001 by a new leadership team, Mauboussin engaged in a radically different strategy and abandoned its ultra-prestigious and exclusive positioning to embrace a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 23 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

Australian prime minister, Robert Hawke. The government's fiscal position seemed to demand that educational financing be overhauled, but there was no consensus on how best to do this. Could the prime minister convince his Australian Labor Party to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

culminates in a violent takeover of the mine in May 2005, whereupon BHP Billiton staff are forced to shut down operations, abandon the mine site, and devise a new strategy for winning back local support. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

Because of the different competencies and business models required for the traditional pharmaceutical business vs. pharmaceutical compounding, Imprimis did not have the resources to pursue both of these options at once. Instead, Baum had to decide whether or not to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

than abandoning ideas regarding long-term strategic advantage or spinning new ventures out of the existing organization, they propose ways of supporting innovation for future advantage while attending to efforts to meet the shorter-term... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

their media purchases with one or a few agencies or independent media buying firms. This combination of unbundling and consolidation has been accompanied by greater cost consciousness and downward pressure on agency compensation, including View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising
  • 29 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 29

into the now flourishing backlighting market. Into this changing market entered Cree, Inc., a North Carolina-based LED chip and component manufacturer. This case explores whether Cree should pursue the LED monitor and television backlighting markets or View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

the express purpose of influencing supporters to back his administration's agenda. The case describes the activities of the Obama for America campaign and asks whether the new president should use social media tools to activate the grassroots, or whether he should... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 19

droves to large health care organizations, abandoning the private practice model. McKesson could potentially provide them with an alternative. McKesson is an exceedingly large company with somewhat autonomous business units, making the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 5

then the sellers surprisingly asked to renegotiate the terms of the note they had agreed to early in the acquisition process. Medoff must decide whether to renegotiate the debt or abandon the transaction. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

manufacturing plant in West Bengal state, in the face of widespread farmer protests over land acquisition issues. This meant abandoning a project in which the company had invested $300 million and delaying the launch of the Nano, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

was in crisis—with bank suspensions running at near record levels. At the same time, the broader economy was sputtering, and U.S. gold reserves had come under severe pressure after Britain abandoned its gold standard in mid-September. As... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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