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for learning. That’s fundamentally different from the traditional model of teaching — the learned expert transferring knowledge to eager students. At HBS, the teacher asks questions, and the students make statements that become the basis for debate and learning. The... View Details
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Strategy Explained - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
the other hand, is the basis of a sound business strategy that leads to a positive-sum competition with multiple winners. Setting the Right Financial Goals Managers should also think about View Details
- February 2009 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Catherine Zhang
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm, started in January 2006, is a rapidly growing law firm in China's burgeoning legal services market. In addition to the usual challenges facing all professional service firms (picking and retaining talent and building a desired client... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Legal Services Industry; China
Eccles, Robert G., and Catherine Zhang. "Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-065, February 2009. (Revised March 2013.)
- July 2024
- Case
Roja Garimella: Developing a Founder's Judgment
By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
Roja Garimella’s path to becoming a founder was anything but straight. Setting her sights on a career in medicine since childhood, she committed to medical school with her acceptance to college. And yet, throughout her studies, she continually explored alternative... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Startups; Judgments; Financial Services Industry; Health Industry
Satchu, Reza, and Patrick Sanguineti. "Roja Garimella: Developing a Founder's Judgment." Harvard Business School Case 825-006, July 2024.
- 2018
- Chapter
The Trust Imperative
By: Richard Edelman, Stephen A. Greyser, E. Bruce Harrison and Tom Martin
CHAPTER SUMMARY: Successful relationships depend on trust—trust between spouses, trust between parent and child, trust between enterprises and their stakeholders. This chapter focuses on the factors that build trust in organizations, as well as the forces that can... View Details
Edelman, Richard, Stephen A. Greyser, E. Bruce Harrison, and Tom Martin. "The Trust Imperative." Chap. 3 in The New Era of the CCO: The Essential Role of Communication in a Volatile World, edited by Roger Bolton, Don W. Stacks, and Eliot Mizrachi. New York: Business Expert Press, 2018.
- June 2008 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
COFCO Xinjiang Tunhe Co., Ltd.
By: David E. Bell and Aldo Sesia
In 2005, COFCO Ltd., one of China's largest and most successful companies, acquired Xinjiang Tunhe, a tomato processing firm, which had been, in recent years, poorly managed. COFCO changed Tunhe's management team and set out to create a culture of professionalism and... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Customer Relationship Management; Rural Scope; Supply Chain Management; Performance Consistency; Safety; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China
Bell, David E., and Aldo Sesia. "COFCO Xinjiang Tunhe Co., Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 508-079, June 2008. (Revised July 2009.)
- 28 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Digital Discrimination: The Case of Airbnb.com
- September 2011 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear!
By: Willy Shih
This case is set inside IBM Research's efforts to build a computer that can successfully take on human challengers playing the game show Jeopardy! It opens with the machine named Watson offering the incorrect answer "Toronto" to a seemingly simple question during the... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Standards; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mathematical Methods; Research and Development; Information Technology
Shih, Willy. "Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear!" Harvard Business School Case 612-017, September 2011. (Revised July 2012.)
- August 2008
- Case
Progressive Corporation: Variable Dividends
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Brenda W. Chia
In 2006, Progressive Corporation announced a change in its dividend policy. Henceforth, dividends would be paid annually rather than quarterly and, more importantly, would be set according to a formula that would result in considerably greater year-to-year variability... View Details
Keywords: Capital Structure; Policy; Goals and Objectives; Performance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Insurance Industry
Luehrman, Timothy A., and Brenda W. Chia. "Progressive Corporation: Variable Dividends." Harvard Business School Case 209-004, August 2008.
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Disruptive Innovation
Apply theories of causality to understand why things happen the way they do Accurately predict the impact of strategic actions Better articulate your strategic questions and goals Assess the risks and opportunities presented by actions... View Details
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Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Porter, Value-Based Health Care is a framework for restructuring health care systems around the globe with the overarching goal of value for patients. Key Concepts Value-based health care is one of the most important topics in health care... View Details
- 04 Jan 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Political Economy of Bilateral Foreign Aid
- September 1994 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
Acer Group, The: Vision for the Year 2000
By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard C. Wei
In the early 1990s, Acer, Inc. set two goals: to be a top-five PC company worldwide in 1995 and to be a global consortium of companies by the year 2000. The company identified potential obstacles concerning capital, image, number of experienced international managers,... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Structure; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Experience and Expertise; Marketing Strategy; Production; Rank and Position; Business Strategy; Capital; Computer Industry; Japan
Mills, D. Quinn, and Richard C. Wei. "Acer Group, The: Vision for the Year 2000." Harvard Business School Case 495-001, September 1994. (Revised September 1994.)
- 13 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
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business that will be left untouched by the far-reaching consequences of climate change. But we also understand that business can drive solutions and that facing these challenges offers a unique set of opportunities. Our mission at BEI is... View Details
- April 1997
- Case
ABB Germany
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Describes Europe's most famous postwar multinational merger between Asea of Sweden and Brown Boveri of Switzerland. Gives background on both companies and focuses particularly on BBC's geographic organization, its corporate culture, and the relationship between its... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Multinational Firms and Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Geographic Location; Rank and Position; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Sweden; Switzerland; Germany
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "ABB Germany." Harvard Business School Case 397-096, April 1997.
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
implementation of a lean operating system at an Indian software services firm. By studying the introduction and impact of lean management techniques in a nontraditional setting we are able to move beyond the artifacts and gain insight... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2023
- In Practice
Is AI Coming for Your Job?
new technological innovations, certain sets of skills become more important, while others become less important. I believe the same will be true with generative AI. Programmers, for example, will not need to write as much code from... View Details
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Building a Legacy
insights to build a professional family office Establish the right structure, governance, and organizational design for a family office Make savvier financial decisions based on a deeper understanding of family wealth management Set clear... View Details
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
performance measurement with the goal of increasing a nonprofit's ability to serve more people more effectively. This note discusses the full set of venture philanthropy practices and their impact on... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- August 2019
- Case
Bark Gift Shop Ltd.
By: Susanna Gallani, Jan Bouwens and Peter Kroos
This case describes a setting in which the CFO of Bark Gift Shop Ltd., a gift items retailer, discovers an undesired pattern in the performance data suggesting that her shop managers that perform well during the first part of the year, purposely reduce their effort in... View Details
Keywords: Data Analytics; Employees; Behavior; Performance; Management; Goals and Objectives; Motivation and Incentives; Analysis
Gallani, Susanna, Jan Bouwens, and Peter Kroos. "Bark Gift Shop Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 120-008, August 2019.