Publications

Winner of the 2018 McKinsey Award for the best article in Harvard Business Review for "How Do CEOs Manage Their Time?" (July–August 2018) with Michael Porter. View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

the School's mission of making a difference in the world. While details will be announced next spring, Dean Nitin Nohria and John Hess (AB 1975, MBA 1977), CEO of Hess Corporation and chair of The Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

10 Oct 2014
News

Chicago Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

alumni in the region, as well as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening also featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria, Professors Robert S. Kaplan and Chris Malloy, Associate Professor Amy Cuddy, recent graduate Cory... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign

Research Summary

Globalization of Human Capital

One of the most significant dimensions of the current wave of globalization is the globalization of human capital. Whether it is low cost, skilled manufacturing workers in China, software and customer service professionals in India, or highly skilled employees in... View Details

April 2012
Article

Celebrate Innovation, No Matter Where It Occurs

The author offers opinions on technological innovations and innovations in business. It is argued that the country of origin of a technological innovation is less economically important than the ability of a society to capitalize on that innovation and convert it into... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Profit; Commercialization; Marketing; Distribution

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January – February 2012
Article

What Business Schools Can Learn from the Medical Profession

Keywords: Business Education; Health

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August 1993
Background Note

Six Principles of Successful Persuasion

Describes some of the key principles that managers must follow in order to successfully persuade their organization of their vision for change. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Leadership; Organizational Change and Adaptation

Educators

May 1992 (Revised April 1995)
Teaching Note

Colliers International Property Consultants, Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-490-049). View Details

Keywords: Real Estate Industry

March 1992
Case

Amgen, Inc.: Planning the Unplannable

By the early 1990s, Amgen--a pharmaceutical company started little over a decade ago as Applied Molecular Genetics--was within range of becoming a billion-dollar company. With two extremely successful biotechnology drugs on the market, Amgen stood as the largest and... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Strategic Planning; Success; Risk and Uncertainty; Pharmaceutical Industry

Educators

January 1991 (Revised November 1992)
Case

Crompton Greaves Ltd.

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December 1990
Case

Allen-Bradley's ICCG: Repositioning for the 1990s

Allen-Bradley's Industrial Computer and Communication Group (ICCG) underwent a period of rapid transformation in the 1980s, instituting a wide array of innovations from product development to information systems. In 1990 the Ohio-based group announced a major... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Organizational Culture; Business Organization; Problems and Challenges; Information Technology Industry

Educators

January 1990 (Revised June 1995)
Case

Colliers International Property Consultants