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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times by Ram Charan (MBA ’65, DBA ’67) (McGraw-Hill) Economic turbulence has arrived with a vengeance, and only companies that... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
The nonprofit world required a change in thinking for Tercek. "At Goldman Sachs, goals and metrics were super clear," he said. "At TNC, it's not as black and white. All the work we do is important. But we have to be vigilant about... View Details
- August 1972 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
Prelude Corporation
Describes a company that is seeking to restructure the lobster fishing industry by applying technology and management to what has been essentially a cottage industry. The student is expected to identify and evaluate the strategy pursued by the company to date and then... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Strategy; Leading Change; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Industry Growth; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
Rosenblum, John W. "Prelude Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 373-052, August 1972. (Revised November 2002.)
- November 1, 2019
- Article
Companies Think They Want New Ideas. But They Don’t Act Like It
Leaders say that they want more innovation. But then they trap themselves and their associates inside the structures that keep them stuck–inside the building, so to speak, where ideas get stale fast. That’s dangerous in a world of disruption and change. View Details
Keywords: Silos; Community; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Change; Perspective; Learning; Attitudes
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Companies Think They Want New Ideas. But They Don’t Act Like It." Wall Street Journal (online) (November 1, 2019).
- July 2001 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
Lehman Brothers (C): Decline of the Equity Research Department
By: Ashish Nanda and Boris Groysberg
This case tracks the rapid decline of Lehman Brothers' equity research department from August 1992, when, beset by declining ranking, low morale, and high turnover, firm management decides to clean house and reinvest in building the department. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Leadership; Human Resources; Financial Services Industry
Nanda, Ashish, and Boris Groysberg. "Lehman Brothers (C): Decline of the Equity Research Department." Harvard Business School Case 902-003, July 2001. (Revised January 2007.)
- September 2010 (Revised September 2013)
- Supplement
Aspen Skiing Company (C)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. A world renowned ski resort vulnerable to global climate change, Aspen's activities... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Supply Chain; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Sports Industry; Aspen
Toffel, Michael W., and Stephanie van Sice. "Aspen Skiing Company (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 611-018, September 2010. (Revised September 2013.)
- 24 Feb 2022
- News
Using a Mantra to Be a More Inclusive Leader
- 08 Sep 2020
- News
23 Resources for Mobilizing Innovation in Your Company
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Wells to Lead IMD
HBS Professor of Management Practice John Wells (MBA ’79, DBA ’84) has been named the new president of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), in Lausanne, Switzerland, effective this spring. Beginning in the 1980s, Wells served as a... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
Think We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it. Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership Stop Thinking of Climate Change as... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
carbon credits are created through Clean Development Projects in China under the United Nations' Kyoto Protocol). News Corporation's carbon neutral quest was "about changing the DNA of our business," stated its chief executive... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
The Next Big Thing
life-sciences center of the world, by virtue of its unsurpassed “cluster” of world-renowned universities and teaching hospitals; medical-device, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies; financial firms; and skilled workers. “The leadership... View Details
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
ambitious: a five-part, all-Ravel score that required a set change in the middle. The principal horn—who was responsible for a crucial solo—called that morning to say her flight had been canceled, and she wouldn’t be able to make it. And... View Details
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
The National Geographic Society (TN)
By: David A. Garvin
Teaching Note for 311-002. View Details
- 14 Jul 2014
- News
How to Be an Entrepreneur Inside Your Organization
Keywords: corporate entrepreneurship
- October 2013
- Teaching Note
Teaching Note IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
process, managing turnarounds of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and three decades of leadership in international finance. He and two of his children recently launched Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a private investment firm and adviser... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
New School for New Orleans
ALFORD AND FRIENDS: Committed to the establishment of high-performing schools. Among those honored this year by the Young Leadership Council of New Orleans was John Alford (MBA ’01), the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported (September 19,... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories
during a period of intense technological and organizational change through an inspirational leadership style based on a deep commitment to her workforce. Joseph J. O’Donnell (MBA ’71) A prominent... View Details