Publications

May 1996
Background Note

General Management: A Conceptual Introduction

Addresses the following issues at a conceptual level: 1) Who is a general manager? 2) To whom is the general manager responsible? and 3) How do general managers add value? View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Management; Management Skills; Managerial Roles

February 1995
Teaching Note

Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA TN

Teaching Note for (9-390-132). View Details

Keywords: Retail Industry

March 1994
Case

Intel Corp.: Leveraging Capabilities for Strategic Renewal

Traces the history of Intel from its earliest days as a technology-driven memory company to its emergence as an increasingly market-focused microprocessor company with emerging systems capabilities. The focus is on the strategic, organizational, and management... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes; Strategy; Organizations; Information Technology Industry

June 2019
Case

Fangda Partners: A Step Ahead

By: Ashish Nanda and Lisa Rohrer

Elite Chinese law firm Fangda Partners has steered Alibaba and other Chinese and international clients through the complex legal, corporate, and regulatory challenges associated with executing international transactions. “Fangda has traveled a long distance in a short... View Details

Keywords: Law Firm; Law Firms; Growth; Legal Industry; Regulation; Professional Services; Law; Leadership; Growth and Development; Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Legal Services Industry; China

1 Aug 2002
Conference Presentation

Does Stardom Affect Job Mobility?

By: Ashish Nanda and Boris Groysberg

December 2000
Supplement

Thomas Weisel in Conversation with MBA Students March 29,2000

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Ashish Nanda

July 1996
Background Note

The GM's Organizational Challenge: Embedding and Leveraging Capability

Describes how general managers can build organizational capability in their firms. View Details

Keywords: Management Skills; Managerial Roles; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth and Development Strategy

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June 1996 (Revised April 1997)
Supplement

Andersen Consulting--EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organizational Change

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Ashish Nanda

Supplements Andersen Consulting - EMEA: Reorganization for Revitalization. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Consulting Industry

October 1995 (Revised May 2006)
Case

Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Reorganization for Revitalization

By: Ashish Nanda and Michael Y. Yoshino

Vernon Ellis, managing partner of Andersen Consulting -- Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India (AC -- EMEAI), is considering how best to reorganize. AC -- EMEAI has grown rapidly over the past five years to become Europe's largest consulting operation. However, Ellis... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Organizational Design; Growth Management; Cost vs Benefits; Leading Change; Management Teams; Consulting Industry; Europe; Africa; India; Middle East

June 1995
Teaching Note

Intel Corporation - Leveraging Capabilities for Strategic Renewal TN

Teaching Note for (9-394-141). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology Industry

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

January 2001 (Revised January 2002)
Case

The American Medical Association-Sunbeam Deal (B): The Deal Collapses

By: Ashish Nanda and Kimberly A. Haddad

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

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September 2000 (Revised August 2011)
Teaching Note

AGENCY.COM (A) and (B) TN

By: Ashish Nanda and Thomas J. DeLong

Teaching Note for (9-800-061) and (9-800-062). View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Corporate Finance; Growth and Development; Web Services Industry; Consulting Industry; San Francisco

September 2000
Teaching Note

The First Six Months: Launching a PSF Career TN

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Ashish Nanda

Teaching Note for (9-800-373). View Details

November 1999 (Revised November 2000)
Background Note

Overview of the Professional Services Course, An

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Ashish Nanda

Provides an overview of the HBS MBA Professional Services Course. Presents a structure and an outline intended to serve as a reference and provide orientation to students as the course progresses. View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Personal Development and Career