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- 23 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
How to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers
companies can meet the need Fuller offers seven tips for companies looking to support caregivers. Understand the true costs of benefits. Not shockingly, most companies would like to reduce costs. Reducing... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 09 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Actions Organizations Can Take to Communicate Their Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
For organizations seeking to understand the actions needed to achieve their diversity and inclusion recruiting goals and to communicate their commitment to diversity and inclusion in the recruiting process, there are a lot View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Aug 2023
- What Do You Think?
As Leaders, Why Do We Continue to Reward A, While Hoping for B?
jump ship for better offers.” Who’s responsible? Fonzie Gonz said, “Why focus on middle management when top leadership is leagues away from any meaningful adoption of DEI? These changes need to come from the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- April 2020 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
Medellín Reborn (A)
By: Jorge Tamayo, Ashish Nanda and Margaret Cross
In 2003, mathematics professor Sergio Fajardo was elected mayor of Medellín, Colombia—one of the most violent cities in the world at that time. As mayor, Fajardo faced a host of daunting challenges. Rampant gang violence had raised Medellín’s homicide rate... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Leadership; Peace; Government; Politics; Priorities; Leadership; City; Strategy; Government and Politics; Problems and Challenges; Transformation; Government Administration; Crime and Corruption; Colombia; Medellín
Tamayo, Jorge, Ashish Nanda, and Margaret Cross. "Medellín Reborn (A)." Harvard Business School Case 720-453, April 2020. (Revised October 2022.)
- 22 Mar 2021
- News
Layoffs That Don’t Break Your Company
- 13 Apr 2020
- News
Helping Small Businesses Survive COVID-19
- 17 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete
holds true in most health care service markets in the United States: You should think about what market position you occupy, how it is differentiated from others’, and whether you are fulfilling the needs of... View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
"The study of e-commerce has unfolded in much the same way that e-commerce thrust itself on the business world—with a great deal of overstatement," says Marc J. Epstein, Visiting Professor and Wyss... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Are you Great Boss?
- March 2014
- Case
Managing Change at Axis Bank (A)
By: Paul Healy and Rachna Tahilyani
Axis Bank is India's third largest private sector bank. In April 2009, Shikha Sharma, an outsider, was appointed as its CEO. She took over from a person who had overseen ten years of rapid growth at the bank. The selection of an outsider as the new CEO surprised many... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Valuation; Finance; Banks and Banking; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; India
Healy, Paul, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Managing Change at Axis Bank (A)." Harvard Business School Case 114-082, March 2014.
- May 1996 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
Colliers International Property Consultants, Inc.: Managing a Virtual Organization
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In less than 20 years, the real estate firm Colliers International expanded into a federation of 180 offices with close to 4,500 professionals in over 30 countries. Because Colliers expanded by signing up existing firms strong in their local markets, its leaders had to... View Details
Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Budgets and Budgeting; Real Estate Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Colliers International Property Consultants, Inc.: Managing a Virtual Organization." Harvard Business School Case 396-080, May 1996. (Revised May 1997.)
- September 1992 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Royal Automobile Club Rescue Services Division: Transformation Through Technology
By: W. Earl Sasser and Roger H. Hallowell
The Royal Automobile Club uses a new computer and telephone system to improve its service standards and profitability. After the initial impact of changes from technology, the organization faces a need to choose between future technological development or... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Corporate Strategy; Service Industry; Auto Industry; United Kingdom
Sasser, W. Earl, and Roger H. Hallowell. "Royal Automobile Club Rescue Services Division: Transformation Through Technology." Harvard Business School Case 693-029, September 1992. (Revised November 1996.)
- February 1984 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Jeff Bradley (A)
Jeff Bradley made significant contributions by working well with the prevailing culture in one assignment, and influencing needed change in another--all from a relatively unfavorable position. Series (A-D) presents a rewritten version of an earlier single case by the... View Details
Sathe, Vijay V., and C. Paul Dredge. "Jeff Bradley (A)." Harvard Business School Case 484-066, February 1984. (Revised July 2007.)
- 03 Dec 2014
- News
Why malls across America are dying
- 25 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
recognized for their contributions, despite gender stereotypes,” the paper says. It’s also important for managers to be aware of how confidence gaps may impact the workplace, particularly in professions long dominated by men, and to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- November 2005
- Supplement
Nestle's Milk Districts: Case Supplement
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Kerry Herman
Nestle as the largest milk company in the world, has a history of economic development, nutrition, health, and food safety in all the major countries of the world. Each milk model is tailor-made to the needs of each country's political, social, and economic priorities. View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Nutrition; Health; Food; Government and Politics; Social Psychology; Economics; Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Kerry Herman. "Nestle's Milk Districts: Case Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 906-411, November 2005.
- 12 May 2021
- News
50 Amazing New Nonfiction Books to Kick Off Your Summer Reading
- May 2011 (Revised March 2013)
- Supplement
Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (B)
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Kerry Herman
CEO Kelly Browne wrestles with the design and roll-out of a new compensation system to promote the collaboration necessary for supporting her firm's new strategy. Marshall Gordon International, a global public relations (PR) firm, has recently expanded its service... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Executive Compensation; Management; Organizational Culture; Performance; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Corporate Strategy; System
Gardner, Heidi K., and Kerry Herman. "Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-099, May 2011. (Revised March 2013.)