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- October 2015
- Case
A Challenger's Strategy: Pinar Abay at ING Bank Turkey
By: Paul M. Healy, Gautam Mukunda and Esel Çekin
In 2013, Pinar Abay was appointed as the CEO of ING Bank Turkey. At 34, she was the youngest bank CEO in Turkey's history. Her appointment raised eyebrows because of her youth and because her career at McKinsey had given her no day-to-day bank management experience.... View Details
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
bit more complicated than originally anticipated. A new Harvard Business School case study called "Marketing the '$100 PC'" spells out these opportunities, problems, and challenges from a marketing point of view. As the case... View Details
- 27 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Recruiting International Students is Easy and Beneficial for Employers
international experience that these candidates bring not only to HBS but to the U.S. workforce in general, many employers choose to restrict their recruiting to U.S. citizens only. In doing so, they lose out on highly skilled and qualified candidates in hopes of... View Details
- 16 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense
companies. As one of my CEOs put to me, wryly: “In my January board meeting, I wasn’t hiring and scaling fast enough and told to ‘go, go’, go’. In my April board meeting, I was burning too fast and was told to ‘stop, stop, stop’.” Her... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
- Portrait Project
Arpit Agrawal
“Let him field. He won’t bat or bowl anyway.” A 9-year-old me anxiously waited with bated breath as a group of teenagers debated if I should be allowed to join them in a game of cricket. Batsmen stole the limelight. Bowlers were crucial.... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
weigh how far they can go in emerging markets and, in the case of emerging giants, how ambitious they can be in their globalization. As the example of TCL shows, audacious moves into new market contexts and attempts to integrate widely... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Career Support - Business & Environment
industry in which environmental challenges are front-and-center, such as energy, agriculture, or real estate. Work in finance, incorporating environment, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Engage in entrepreneurial ventures that... View Details
- Research Summary
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
Motivates values-based capitalism and drives companies to contribute to solving social and environmental problems while also providing employees stimulating and satisfying work. Restores trust by committing to government View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
4 Things You Need to Know About Independent Projects
project I would say it's definitely workload intensive. My fall IP took quite a bit of time in clumps, including many hours over winter break, whereas my spring IP was much gentler on my time. Consider that time commitment when you are... View Details
- June 1999
- Case
NovaCare, Inc. - Helping Make Life a Little Better
NovaCare, a rehabilitation and employee-services comapny, has evolved over a 15-year period. Senior management believes that its success is largely due to its core values, which are shared on a daily basis and drive decisions. Operational and structural changes have... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth Management; Organizational Culture; Service Industry
Barrett, Diana. "NovaCare, Inc. - Helping Make Life a Little Better." Harvard Business School Case 399-118, June 1999.
- Web
Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020
Middle East & North Africa Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan Pictured: Mikheil Lomtadze (MBA 2002) returned to the HBS classroom as a case protagonist. In mid-2018, Mikheil Lomtadze (MBA 2002), CEO of Kaspi.kz, faced... View Details
- Profile
Mireya Iglesias Ayala
a masterful literary work, ensures that our experiences in the dynamic sections and moments of introspection contribute to our evolution as future leaders. Just as readers immerse themselves in the plot with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
C. J. Cullinane identified the most important requirement for self-management success as "conviction and commitment of top management." As Peter Johnson put it,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Nov 2006
- What Do You Think?
What’s to Be Done About Performance Reviews?
received mixed reviews. Tery Tennant's opinion is that "forced ranking is injecting fear into the workplace." But as Nauman Faridi put it, "Ranking must be handled delicately . Organizations must first improve their... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
The importance of naming and addressing institutional racism has many people focusing on what can be done—as individuals and as employers—to improve diversity, inclusion, and understanding in an organization. Below are several resources... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 11 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association
business school. I love being part of a community of people who care about each other and work so hard to pay it forward. The community’s values are an extension of the military culture that I left behind, and that has been an immense... View Details
- October 2011
- Supplement
An Interview with Ganesh Natarajan, CEO of Zensar
By: David A. Garvin
Zensar is a rapidly growing, mid-sized Indian IT services company with a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies. One of its practices, Vision Communities, is an inclusive forum for innovation and strategy formulation. As the company grows,... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Human Resources; Employees; Leadership Style; Management; Organizational Culture; Information Technology Industry; India
Garvin, David A. "An Interview with Ganesh Natarajan, CEO of Zensar." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 312-706, October 2011.
- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
people have been working from home for a few weeks, leaders need to hold a “working from home” relaunch to help their teams learn to reorient based on the new realities. While team launches set the course of a group at the moment it comes together, relaunches act View Details
Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
tests always involve a vigorous search not only for confirming evidence, but for disconfirming evidence as well. We undertake such a search in the context of a single well-known case: the Federal Radio Commission's (FRC's) 1927 decision... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne