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- 18 Apr 2007
- HBS Case
How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor
so in an innovative manner, through virtual showrooms that use computers and sales staff to help customers navigate the store's inventory and make a purchase. "The company had an amazing View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Five Degrees of Doriot
influence extended well beyond the classroom. Here, a few of the ideas and inventions that Doriot helped bring to the masses. (Baker Library Historical Collections) Venture capitalism Before Doriot founded... View Details
- December 2015
- Supplement
An Intern's Dilemma (B)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble
An HBS student is asked to misrepresent himself during the course of his student internship by his employer in order to obtain data from a competitor. This case describes how the student handled the situation and what he learned about himself from it. View Details
Keywords: Conflict; Leadership; Conflict Management; Competition; Ethics; Knowledge Acquisition; Organizational Culture; Employees; Power and Influence
Sucher, Sandra J., and Matthew Preble. "An Intern's Dilemma (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 316-129, December 2015.
- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
Hall, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo Abstract In this study, we examine transformations in the influence of risk managers in two large UK banks over a period of six years. Our analysis highlights that a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2019
- Technical Note
Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both—Lessons from Retail & Service Chains (Abridged)
By: Tatiana Sandino
This note explains how several retail and service organizations use a practice described here as “structured empowerment” to balance control and flexibility as they grow. I define structured empowerment as a practice that grants employees both (a) the power to make... View Details
Keywords: Service Operations; Standards; Employees; Service Delivery; Decision Making; Power and Influence; Retail Industry; Service Industry
Sandino, Tatiana. "Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both—Lessons from Retail & Service Chains (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Technical Note 119-088, March 2019.
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
capital—anywhere from $10,000 to $50,000—yet get to scale quickly and build new applications on the Web. Sleeping By The Cell Phone Just as technology is influencing society, society is increasingly making... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Ominous Background Music Is Bad for Sharks
and Ayelet Gneezy. In a series of experiments, researchers found that music has the power to influence public perceptions of sharks. Source: Shutterstock Sharks are in dire need of conservation efforts. Some... View Details
- April 1987 (Revised April 1987)
- Case
Tiberg Co.
By: Michael Beer and Daniel J. Isenberg
Describes the efforts of a vice president of purchasing to coordinate and centralize purchasing procedures in a multinational company. He encounters a lack of active cooperation. A rewritten version of an earlier case by G. Lombard. View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Power and Influence
Beer, Michael, and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Tiberg Co." Harvard Business School Case 487-079, April 1987. (Revised April 1987.)
- 19 Jan 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis
across the board, but rather weed out less effective initiatives and consolidate good ones. Effective programs that serve the community in a compelling way, and that also demonstrate a strong potential to... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
Institutions Authors:Matthew Hall, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo Abstract In this study, we examine transformations in the influence of risk managers in two large U.K. banks over a period of six years. Our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2019
- Blog Post
Viewpoints: Synthetic Thinking with a Humble Mindset
evidence to support our side and argue against the other.) Taking a position and conveying a persuasive argument is a very important skill, but once we flesh out both sides of... View Details
- 19 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
In recent conversations with US executives doing business in China, Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Roy Y.J. Chua heard about a new trend. In an East Asian version of cutting deals on the golf course, Chinese executives often take partners to teahouses to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Tech
be in a more strategic role with the ability to influence all four levers of the marketing mix (product, price, place, and promotion). Ultimately, I felt HBS's general management education, coupled with my... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter
forces are: The external environment. The external environment forces leaders to act in response to its pressures, leaving individual leaders little control or influence on policy and implementation.... View Details
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
influence on the family's portfolio decisions. Consistent with this, we find that family trustees significantly overweight their 401(k) client firm's stock. Trustee overweighting is more pronounced when the conflict of interest of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpen Your Negotiation Skills
today's complex financial environment, dealmaking is blending into a merger of negotiations and auctions. The Potential Downside of Win-Win What happens when a wonderful agreement ignores the needs of consumers? WORKING PAPERS... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term describes any position with the... View Details
- Research Summary
Mastering Strategy Execution
By: Robert Simons
Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)
allowed me to appreciate that organizations’ choices across these business domains do not exist in a vacuum. Health facilities are shaped by the systems to which they belong. These systems, in turn, are regulated and funded by... View Details