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  • June 2025
  • Case

(Family) Size Matters: Nico Oprée and the Decreasing Power of Family Unity over Time

By: Lauren Cohen, Octavian Graf Pilati, Dominik V. Eynern and Sophia Pan
Nico Oprée, a fourth-generation (G4) member of his family’s heavy manufacturing business, found himself reflecting on how the firm would navigate a deepening shareholder conflict. While the second generation (G2) had managed the business in harmony, dynamics shifted... View Details
Keywords: Ownership; Family Businesses; Family; Family Functioning And Support; Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Family Ownership; Acquisition; Governance; Resignation and Termination; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Size; Negotiation Offer; Private Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Trust; Conflict of Interests; Conflict Management; Manufacturing Industry; Germany
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Cohen, Lauren, Octavian Graf Pilati, Dominik V. Eynern, and Sophia Pan. "(Family) Size Matters: Nico Oprée and the Decreasing Power of Family Unity over Time." Harvard Business School Case 225-094, June 2025.
  • 02 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

link strategic intent to the implications for integration that result. It stands to reason that executives overseeing each of these activities face different challenges. If you acquire a company because your industry has excess capacity,... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
  • 27 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

missions like that, who had time for an identity crisis? Integration challenges After the initial triage phase, the FBI realized the need to improve its threat analysis function; after all, law enforcement agents were not trained to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 17

deployed to handle uncertain tasks. How can they effectively use their knowledge resources to assure quality communications and high performance when confronting uncertainty? Drawing on the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

application, disruptive innovations inexorably get better until they change the game, relegating previously dominant firms to the sidelines in often stunning fashion. Incumbents almost always win battles of sustaining innovations. Their superior View Details
Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony
  • February 2011 (Revised September 2013)
  • Case

Sound Group China: Urban Waste Entrepreneurs

By: John D. Macomber, Chad M. Carr and Fan Zhao
Private sector entrepreneur in China with advanced solid waste management capability competes with state owned enterprises and also government policies supporting a rival technology. Wen Yibo has used engineering expertise and political savvy to build a major privately... View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Public Sector; Service Delivery; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Wastes and Waste Processing; Urban Development; Utilities Industry; China
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Macomber, John D., Chad M. Carr, and Fan Zhao. "Sound Group China: Urban Waste Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Case 211-086, February 2011. (Revised September 2013.)
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By: Iavor I. Bojinov
Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
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Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
  • 04 Sep 2013
  • What Do You Think?

How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?

Summing Up How Can Strategic Planning be Adapted to Changing Needs? Strategic planning concepts and the notion of long-range planning will continue to be integral parts of responsible management. But they may require a substantial... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

friends, and strangers, even when costly. Why do people devote their resources to helping others? In this chapter, we examine whether engaging in prosocial behavior promotes subjective well-being, which encompasses greater positive... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

integral to strategy execution, and Costco, where low price and product availability make selling activities less complex and variable. Or, more generally, think again about transaction versus solution customers in your pipeline,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 28 Dec 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Psychological Costs of Pay-for-Performance: Implications for Strategic Compensation

Keywords: by Ian Larkin, Lamar Pierce & Francesca Gino
  • March 2025 (Revised June 2025)
  • Case

Designing the Future of Work: Atlassian's Distributed Work Practices

By: Ashley Whillans and Gabriel Rondón Ichikawa
In early 2020, the software company Atlassian made a bold commitment: employees could work from anywhere—forever. While many tech peers reversed course on remote work, Atlassian worked to optimize their fully distributed model across 13 countries. This case follows... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Working Conditions; Management Practices and Processes; Product Development; Organizational Culture; Business Strategy; Employees; Technology Industry
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Whillans, Ashley, and Gabriel Rondón Ichikawa. "Designing the Future of Work: Atlassian's Distributed Work Practices." Harvard Business School Case 925-029, March 2025. (Revised June 2025.)
  • 26 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

National Health Costs Could Decrease if Managers Reduce Work Stress

organizations, and these costs are not small," says Goh. "An integrated approach that looks at both management structures as well as internal health programs is the way forward to address these concerns." View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 23 Oct 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Strategy-Focused Organization

for how these changes would be achieved. The Balanced Scorecard played an instrumental role in this process. While the pieces of the strategy existed, they were fragmented; some observers referred to it as "strategy du jour." The Balanced Scorecard helped to... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

examine if it can be implemented in different contexts and across academic cultures, structures, and traditions. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51496 Spring 2016 Journal of Applied Corporate Finance ESG View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 6

Khaire Publication: Business History Review (forthcoming) Abstract Identity is an important resource for firms, since it is a critical precursor of an important strategic resource—legitimacy. However, identities of new firms in new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jul 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

of trust when I go into the field? Am I looking at the wrong organizations? Is this something you've experienced or observed as well? Why is trust so hard to achieve in management? What do you think? To Read More: Chris Argyris, View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 16 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

DSMC holds as a consistent pattern in a dynamic equilibrium. Given DSMC, clusters of firms making different complementary goods, including open platforms with surrounding ecosystems, can survive and compete effectively against integrated... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

center and the units about the resource and performance tradeoffs involved in choosing a particular alternative. When you're clear on your strategic goals and have a process that integrates strategic... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
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