Publications

Profile

Danelle Radney

The general manager at College Pro had never managed a female franchisee before, much less an African-American one with a short afro and an even shorter history as an exterior house painter. But Danelle... View Details

31 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 31

Strategic Talent Management Initiatives Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. AbbottHarvard Business School Case 412-147 In 2012, Bill Allen and Maria Pejter, of Maersk Group's Human... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 8, 2007

be useful for managing change after the Kyoto period is a challenge both for Kyoto ratifiers and for countries like the United States that have not ratified the agreement. Summarizes the science and economics of climate change, and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Apr 2019
News

Leading Schools That Change Lives

genocide. As his goals for starting and running educational ventures expanded, he set his sights on HBS to deepen his finance and leadership skills and to acquire a more strategic worldview. “Coming from a nonprofit background, I figured... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

10 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)

like product attributes, pricing, and distribution. My vision of the future changed to product management in the wider consumer goods industry. I was attracted to product management by the broad range of... View Details

October 2014
Case

Honeywell and the Great Recession (A)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Susan J. Winterberg

CEO Dave Cote spent six years turning around an ailing Honeywell and in 2008 Cote and his team face a new challenge: how to respond to the Great Recession. Cote does not want to give up the gains he made in transforming and unifying Honeywell. With a fall-off in... View Details

Keywords: Layoffs; Furloughs; Downsizing; Work Sharing; Short Time Work; Recessions; Earnings Forecast; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Cost Management; Executive Compensation; Crisis Management; Financial Crisis; Manufacturing Industry

03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

question: The data and analysis in the latest IPCC report amplified the reality that climate change is widespread, rapidly intensifying, and attributable to human activity. It also signaled both a responsibility and a real opportunity to... View Details

January 2018 (Revised February 2025)
Teaching Note

Collage.com: Scaling a Distributed Organization

By: Christopher Stanton and Shikhar Ghosh

Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-038. View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Employees; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy

2002
Book

Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

By: Rakesh Khurana

Corporate CEOs are headline news. Stock prices rise and fall at word of their hiring and firing. Business media debate their merits and defects as if individual leaders determined the health of the economy. Yet we know surprisingly little about how CEOs are selected... View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Selection and Staffing; Personal Characteristics; Experience and Expertise; Investment Activism; Corporate Strategy

Find at Harvard

September 1992 (Revised March 2007)
Case

Kaiser Steel Corporation, 1987

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

Kaiser Steel entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in early 1987. Nine months later it still faces several difficult obstacles to reorganization, including litigation, environmental liabilities, and pension and medical benefits for retired employees. Students are... View Details

Keywords: Business Plan; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Employee Relationship Management; Resource Allocation; Opportunities; Conflict and Resolution; Steel Industry; United States

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions

Review article, “What’s the Optimal Workplace for Your Organization?” The article itself, with its two-by-two matrix of strategic space configurations, is an illustration of the value of face time. “This project would very much not exist... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

from a manufacturing to an innovation-led enterprise. How would they balance short-term pragmatism versus long-term vision? Do they have the appropriate human resources to scale and innovate? Is their... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2018
News

INK: The Bookshelf

of this book is that the volatility through the messy middle of any project is about achieving a positive slope. Your job is to manage the lows and maintain a focus on optimizing the highs.” CLASSIC Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible... View Details

28 May 2012
Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

various directions within different departments. For example, human resources might initiate a United Way gift program that involves a company match; operations might work on waste reduction; and marketing... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

(diamonds) and have managed this resource extremely well. Working with De Beers, the government has consistently and strategically limited its sales of diamonds, striving to... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for James Austin

In an email interview, Harvard Business School professor James Austin spoke with HBS Working Knowledge managing editor Carla Tishler about his work on collaboration and his ongoing research.Tishler: You talk about companies transitioning... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

01 Dec 2012
News

50 Years & Counting

are less likely to hire—women as leaders. Bazerman and his colleagues believe this implicit form of bias is still prevalent among managers and executives. And because people aren't even aware they're engaging in these behaviors, the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

October 2006 (Revised May 2007)
Case

King Arthur Flour

By: Thomas J. DeLong, James Holian and Joshua Weiss

Steve Voigt, the CEO of King Arthur Flour, must determine how the company can continue to grow, whilst preserving its unique culture. In 1996, the company was sold to employees in as ESOP transaction. The following decade saw significant growth, despite declining sales... View Details

Keywords: Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Business or Company Management; Organizational Culture; Employee Ownership