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- February 2008
- Teaching Note
Anne Mulcahy: Leading Xerox through the Perfect Storm (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Bill George
Teaching Note for 405050 and 405065. View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The Western Front
Hendrickson says: with personal connections. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has developed strong connections in the Valley, so the team started with his network and then spread out, meeting with startup... View Details
Keywords: Jason Feifer
- 03 Feb 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?
employees. And several identified personally with the phenomenon. Desirable qualities of imposters were described in different ways. Julie Cohen said, “The balance of competency and occasional self-doubt keep them constantly striving to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
devotes himself to several principal pursuits. In addition to the BSG/Concours Executive Forum, an invitation-only program for chief information officers (CIOs) of leading companies worldwide, he runs a six-month leadership development... View Details
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
Women don't have a problem developing an effective leadership style. What they do struggle with more than men, however, is claiming the authority to lead, according to Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn. The gender gap in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Martha Rinaldi: Should She Stay or Should She Go? (Brief Case)
By: Linda A. Hill and Mark Rennella
Teaching Note for 4310. View Details
- April 2010
- Case
George Martin at The Boston Consulting Group (A)
By: Leslie A. Perlow and Kerry Herman
George Martin, managing partner at The Boston Consulting Group, is worried as some of his best performers have recently pulled him aside to discuss the challenges they face managing the demands of their work lives with their desire for more predictable time with their... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Work-Life Balance; Management Teams; Interpersonal Communication; Jobs and Positions; Employees; Consulting Industry; Boston
Perlow, Leslie A., and Kerry Herman. "George Martin at The Boston Consulting Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 410-112, April 2010.
- December 1997 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Franco Bernabe at ENI (A)
By: Linda A. Hill, Jennifer Suesse and Mara Willard
Describes Franco Bernabe's ascent to leadership at ENI, Italy's national oil and gas company. Illustrates Bernabe's early career experiences in academia, as the chief economist at Fiat. Then describes his arrival at ENI during the early 1980s, where he became first the... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Style; Personal Development and Career; Management Teams; Management Style; Strategic Planning; Crisis Management; Privatization; Italy
Hill, Linda A., Jennifer Suesse, and Mara Willard. "Franco Bernabe at ENI (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-034, December 1997. (Revised February 2002.)
- May 2007 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas
By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrea Lluch
Examines the career of Ernesto Tornquist, a cosmopolitan financier considered to be the most significant entrepreneur in Argentina at the end of the 19th century. Tornquist created a diversified business group, linked to the political elite, which integrated Argentina... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Development Economics; Partners and Partnerships; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Trade; Globalized Markets and Industries; Economy; Performance; Argentina
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrea Lluch. "Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas." Harvard Business School Case 807-155, May 2007. (Revised April 2020.)
- 10 Sep 2020
- News
The Business of Access
Karae Lisle (MBA 1998) has watched firsthand the struggles of homeless, with a close family member living on the streets and in shelters in Florida, on and off, for years. His personal struggles limited the family’s ability to help, so... View Details
- Web
Nora Jendoubi Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Multiple generations of computing
Throughout her career, Donna Dubinsky (MBA 1981) has worked on the next generation of computing. In the early days of Apple, she participated in the creation of personal computers, moving from a specialized tool for professionals to an... View Details
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’
matter how hard you and your people work, no matter how wonderful your culture, no matter how good your products, or how noble your motives, if you don't get strategy right, everything else you do is at risk. My goal in this book is to help you View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery
- Profile
Seth Moulton
virtues of entrepreneurship that I had never understood before. In the process, I realized that becoming an entrepreneur was a much better fit for my personality and previous experience, so this was a very important revelation for me--and... View Details
- 29 May 2019
- News
HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni
Clubs News Clubs News A team from HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) hit the road in March with a goal of bringing career education and coaching services to alumni in 27 cities in the U.S. and Canada over a 12-week span. The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Profile
Caitlin Reimers
Affairs, where she studied international development and wrote her thesis on "microfinance and health-insurance product integration in Uganda." "When I was graduating," Cait says, "microfinance was just beginning... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
America's Innovation & Development Team quickly realized that it would be very difficult to conduct a diverse array of experiments within the confines of a traditionally designed bank branch. Experiments require frequent changes in... View Details
- 25 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Machiavelli, Morals, and You
most popular. Why? In part, Badaracco suggested, it might be because the relationship that develops in the story between Stevens and the head housekeeper is a bit like a contemporary marriage. "They're both busy working during the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Career Coach
Connie Walsh
team for $5B Staples Brands Group at Staples, Inc. She was responsible for marketing & developing product lines and brands across retail, contract, online and catalogue businesses and for the packaging strategy and production of over... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Delivering Trust
delicate corner of the medical world. Although the couple were happily employed—Deborah at a startup, Jake at VC firm Sequoia Capital—the Andersons realized they were that someone. Both left their jobs in 2014 and used personal savings to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna