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28 Jan 2015
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Newsfeeds, Beacons, and Google for Your Eyes: The Future of Shazam

February 2023 (Revised February 2024)
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Doing Business in Bangkok, Thailand

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Billy Chan

Known as the “land of smiles” and the “Detroit of the East,” Thailand, with its geographical location at the heart of Asia, has attracted visitors and businesses from all over the world. This case serves as a guide that provides an overview of the history, political... View Details

Keywords: History; Government and Politics; Geographic Location; Economy; Thailand

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Exploring Trade Links in the Interior - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Heard arrived in 1859, first as secretary of the American delegation for the Treaty of Tientsin and then as the... View Details

30 Oct 2019
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From the playing field to the boardroom

08 Feb 2023

HBS College Programs Information Session at University of Washington

Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and feel the flexibility View Details

December 2016
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Strategy Execution Module 10: Using the Job Design Optimization Tool to Build Effective Organizations

By: Robert Simons

This module reading provides directions for using the online Job Design Optimization Tool (JDOT) which is available free of charge from Harvard Business School Publishing at https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/resources/marketing/multimedia/JDOT/index.html. This tool can... View Details

Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Execution; Span Of Control; Span Of Accountability; Performance Measurement; Job Design; Organization Design; Strategy; Entrepreneurship

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January 2019 (Revised October 2019)
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Commercial Sales Transformation at Microsoft

By: Doug J. Chung

Industry leaders should adapt to changes in the business context and consider different ways to grow. Advances in technology had shifted software demand to the cloud. As a result, Microsoft announced a strategic shift in direction from its existing ‘Windows first’... View Details

Keywords: Sales; Strategy; Transformation

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05 Jul 2012
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Something for the weekend

Summer 2014
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Designed for Workarounds: A Qualitative Study of the Causes of Operational Failures in Hospitals

By: Anita L. Tucker, W. Scott Heisler and Laura D. Janisse

Frontline care providers in hospitals spend at least 10% of their time working around operational failures, which are situations where information, supplies, or equipment needed for patient care are insufficient. However, little is known about underlying causes of... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain; Health Care and Treatment; Failure; Business Processes; Health Industry

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04 Apr 2021
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How to support employee mental health from every level of the firm

12 Apr 2021
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‘Even When It’s Painful, Tell the Truth’: It’s High Time for Business to Meet Higher Ethical Standards

10 Dec 2015
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Working with Professors at HBS

Prior to joining the HBS Class of 2014, I worked in strategy and planning at HBO and spent a summer at Univision in View Details

16 Jan 2019
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1 In 3 Workers With Caregiving Duties At Home Have Quit A Job Because Of It

The Big Ditch

On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but... View Details

24 Mar 2023
HBS Seminar

Geoffrey Jones, Harvard Business School

April 2019 (Revised February 2025)
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Wendell Weeks at Corning Inc.: Extending a History of Life-Changing Innovations (A)

By: Ryan Raffaelli, David G. Fubini and Aldo Sesia

This case examines the leadership challenges associated with maintaining a culture of innovation in established organizations. It asks students to step into the shoes of a leader faced with making several tough decisions about when to invest (or to stop investing) in... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Innovation Leadership; History; Technological Innovation; Investment; Decision Making

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30 Mar 2020
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Amy Edmondson on the power of psychological safety in distributed work

March 2016
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Advertising Experiments at RestaurantGrades

By: Weijia Dai, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca

This exercise provides students with a data set consisting of results from a hypothetical experiment, and asks students to make recommendations based on the data. Through this process, the exercise teaches students to analyze, design, and interpret experiments. The... View Details

Keywords: Experimental Methods; Analytics; Web Technology; Marketing; Digital Marketing; Analysis; Performance Effectiveness; Social Media

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