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- 11 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
four major categories: chartering, learning, mobilizing, and realigning. Chartering refers to the process by which the organization defines the purpose and scope of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
Perks of the LVMH Family
such a multi-brand scale that is Sephora! The first thing I noticed is just the difference in complexity. At Sephora you have hundreds of people perusing, sampling, asking questions, etc. at the same time, View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- February 2005
- Case
Mahindra & Mahindra: Creating Scorpio
By: Tarun Khanna, Rajiv Lal and Merlina Manocaran
Details the emergence of a private sector automobile manufacturer in India that has created globally competitive and cheap versions of an SUV commonly available worldwide. Asks us to think about the parent corporation's next steps in leveraging this success. In... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Global Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; Commercialization; Expansion; Auto Industry; India
Khanna, Tarun, Rajiv Lal, and Merlina Manocaran. "Mahindra & Mahindra: Creating Scorpio." Harvard Business School Case 705-478, February 2005.
- 19 Jan 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis
provide a good physical environment in a nonpublic, quiet area of the organization; and later allow those who carried out the layoffs to decompress and debrief. What Do Companies Lose When They Cut Corporate... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- August 2010 (Revised June 2020)
- Teaching Note
Generation Investment Management (TN)
By: Sandra J. Sucher
Teaching Note for 613-002. The case and/or its teaching note includes references to case supplement videos that are intended for students to view, along with the written case, before class.
As a reminder, the (A) video supplement is intended for students to view... View Details
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
lumped together because they have the same mechanism, although they may look different to us, he said. What this portends commercially is up to smart companies to figure out, he said. Companies will need the ability to integrate scale... View Details
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
higher percentage of human face. In total, they created 220 morphed faces. Sixty college students were asked to evaluate each face on the continuum for two attributes: animacy (on a scale of 1, "definitely alive," to 7, "definitely not... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But... View Details
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
board's job is to approve strategy, and management's job is to propose strategy for the long-term direction of the company in terms of its products, pricing, customers, service, etc.,—all major decisions for View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- January 2021 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Hester Pharmaceuticals (A): A Pricing Dilemma
By: Dante Roscini and John Masko
In August 2019, the leadership of Hester Pharmaceuticals (Hester) had a problem. Italy promised to be a key market for their new breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab, but for almost two years, its single-payer healthcare system had been unable to agree with Hester on a... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Trade; Price; Global Range; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health Care and Treatment; Patents; Monopoly; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Human Needs; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Pharmaceutical Industry; Italy
Roscini, Dante, and John Masko. "Hester Pharmaceuticals (A): A Pricing Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 721-001, January 2021. (Revised June 2021.)
- 1 Aug 1973
- Conference Presentation
De-Housewifing Women, Domesticating Men: Equality between the Sexes in Urban Communes
By: R. M. Kanter and M. Halter
Kanter, R. M., and M. Halter. "De-Housewifing Women, Domesticating Men: Equality between the Sexes in Urban Communes." Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Montreal, August 01, 1973. (Also in Marriage and Family Interaction, edited by J. Heiss. Second Edition. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1976. (with M. Halter); Reprinted in Modern Sociology: Introductory Readings, edited by P. Worsley London: Penguin, 1978.)
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
Success requires appreciating the diversity at the base of the pyramid and the importance of scale in undertaking ventures there. Witness Manila Water's success in the Philippines View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Enterprise Risk Management
firm level. Risk management is a key to sustained firm growth. At Infosys, the most significant risks faced are scaling the company and staying relevant to customers. At GE, effective risk management is... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
personally special as we co-wrote a chapter together in a past book, Confidence, focusing on Nelson Mandela’s leadership lessons for organizations and businesses seeking large scale transformation. The... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
separating corporate leaders from their rank-and-file workers has become a hot-button issue in the upcoming presidential election. And in public opinion polls, business moguls are cushioned from the bottom of the reputation View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
destruction. Dominant incumbent firms, long successful in an existing technology, are often much less successful in new technological eras. This is puzzling, since a cursory analysis would suggest that incumbent firms have the potential to take advantage of economies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
employees will protest or leave if they tried to do that. And a lot of companies were able to hire from a broad geographic scope that they wouldn’t have otherwise done outside of the pandemic. What do you... View Details
- November 2011 (Revised February 2012)
- Background Note
Location Choice for New Ventures: Choices within Cities
By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
Kerr, William R., and Alexis Brownell. "Location Choice for New Ventures: Choices within Cities." Harvard Business School Background Note 812-036, November 2011. (Revised February 2012.)
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders
after and Dzodan received the help his company needed to reach a milestone – a valuation of $1B. For students and alumni interested in the startup world, Westphal encourages others to seek out these... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Tyler Teykl (MBA 2017)
international projects in the Gulf States and Asia before working in Alaska for two years. I was liberated to be fully focused at work without the distraction of scoping or applying to graduate schools.... View Details