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- 03 May 2021
- What Do You Think?
Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?
(Image credit: iStockphoto/adamkaz) CEO activism entered a new chapter with the decision by more than 200 leaders of large corporations last month to publicly declare their support for voting rights for Americans and, by extension, their opposition to political efforts... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- March 2021
- Case
The U.S. Home Improvement Sector in 2020
By: José Alvarez and David Lane
Provides an overview of the U.S. home improvement sector in 2020, reviewing sources of growth in the decade ending in 2020, with special attention to the impact of COVID-19 on market leaders Home Depot and Lowe’s and the spike in online revenues for both. Also noted... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Trends; Leading Change; Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance; Technology; Construction Industry; United States
Alvarez, José, and David Lane. "The U.S. Home Improvement Sector in 2020." Harvard Business School Case 521-032, March 2021.
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
believe in? Do we have the capabilities to execute that strategy? Is our leadership effective? The conversation has to be collective and public. Successfully realigning an organization with a new strategic direction almost always requires... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
less.” LEADING IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY More Stories in This Series How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization What the... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
brand. Well-known, right. How do you change people's vision of what that is? KL: So that is a really terrific question, because our brand is 51 years old and there are a fair number of people who may not have been to one in the past 20... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
On The Case
says, only “because there was so much to learn from Mihaljevic and his colleagues.” “What Tom really cares about is people, and that shows up in everything they do at Cleveland Clinic, from the caregivers to the patients and the community,” says Hill, who also chairs... View Details
- 04 Feb 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?
commented that "We are all in the business of Pattern Recognition. The patterns may have forever changed the sorts of organizations that thrived under one set of Rules (GM 101) will founder in Rules (GooGoo 101)." He added,... View Details
- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Enabling The Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Dreams
AwesomenessTV was sold to NBCUniversal, the timing was right. “I was wearing many hats at the studio — from business development to finance to marketing and operations. I learned a lot on the job, but thought an HBS education would elevate the View Details
- July 1998 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Bank of Ireland (BOI): Internet Strategy
Conor O'Toole, Internet business executive, must consider how to take the Bank of Ireland on-line. The bank, and Ireland, and most of continental Europe, lagedlagged behind the United States in adopting Internet techologytechnology. O'Toole wondered how he should... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Internet; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Republic of Ireland
Sviokla, John J., and Michael Quinn. "Bank of Ireland (BOI): Internet Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 399-012, July 1998. (Revised April 2001.)
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
performance to improve, only to be bitterly disappointed. For some reason, the right things still don't happen. Why is change so hard? First of all, most people are reluctant to alter their habits. What worked in the past is good enough;... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
stacks of the white foam growing racks—she lays out the challenge. Climate change and its progenies, drought and flooding, are threatening traditional agricultural systems. And even when those systems work, they still rely on... View Details
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
across multiple types of necessary evils: Have pairs or teams perform these tasks together. Create ample time and space after these tasks for people to decompress and debrief. Provide the right physical environment—a quiet, private area for delivering layoff news. Q:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- September 2023
- Supplement
Arcos Dorados: Decarbonizing McDonald’s in Latin America – Standard vs Geographically Customized Strategy
By: George Serafeim and Michael W. Toffel
Serafeim, George, and Michael W. Toffel. "Arcos Dorados: Decarbonizing McDonald’s in Latin America – Standard vs Geographically Customized Strategy." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 624-704, September 2023.
- 04 Sep 2014
- News
Red Hat's Jim Whitehurst: How Did I Get Here?
- 30 Sep 2024
- News
The Making of a Streaming Sensation
curious to understand how the industry, from your perspective, changed over the period of time you've been thinking about Geek Girl and how that hurt you or benefited you in terms of putting this production together. JN: When I first... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Righting the Ship
very quickly from mistakes. Third, you’re going to need very serious, courageous leaders with worthy missions, and if you don’t have them, you need to change out your people. This crisis calls for leaders who are able to rise above the... View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
exposure to career opportunities in business than they did in areas such as law and medicine. That insight planted the seed for what would become Management Leadership for Tomorrow, or MLT. After leaving HBS, Rice held senior roles at the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
The rapid changes at Merrill Lynch and Citigroup highlight the problem many firms face as they consider succession. What we are seeing should be surprising and disturbing to us all: At investment banks of great importance, the board of... View Details
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Europe’s green transition | Institute for Business in Global Society
managing flood impacts to driving systemic change—amid robust analyses and their sustainability leadership legacy. Northvolt: Building batteries to fight climate change In 2016, Northvolt set out to fight... View Details