Publications

September 2010 (Revised October 2010)
Case

HBS Class of 2009: All Talk As They Prepare to Walk?

By: Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria and Dalia Rahman

Max Anderson, HBS Class of 2009, founded the MBA Oath Initiative. The oath was a voluntary pledge "to create value responsibly and ethically." Anderson and a team of students and faculty worked to launch the first MBA Oath Ceremony conducted on campus during Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Higher Education; Values and Beliefs; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Value Creation; Education Industry; Massachusetts

Educators

September 1994
Supplement

Giddings & Lewis: In Search of the Cutting Edge (Consolidated) (B)

By: Nitin Nohria and Robert G. Eccles Jr.

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

August 1993
Supplement

Giddings & Lewis: In Search of the Cutting Edge (D)

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr., Nitin Nohria and Norman Klein

Supplements the (A) case. Intended as an in-class handout. View Details

July – August 2011
Article

What Factors Drive Analyst Forecasts?

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul Healy, Nitin Nohria and George Serafeim

A firm's competitive environment, its strategic choices, and its internal capabilities are considered important determinants of its future performance. Yet there is little evidence on whether analysts' forecasts of firm performance actually reflect any of these factors... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Forecasting and Prediction; Industry Growth; Judgments; Performance; Valuation; Price; Quality; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Competency and Skills; Surveys

October 2004
Article

Seven Surprises for New CEOs

By: Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch and Nitin Nohria

Keywords: Management

Article

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

By: Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean and Nitin Nohria

Read Now

February 2001 (Revised March 2003)
Case

ICICI (A)

By: Bharat N. Anand, Nitin Nohria and John Pegg

ICICI was the first Indian company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. This case is set in 1998, when the company had to decide whether to enter the retail credit segment of the Indian financial market. Although the retail credit sector presents attractive... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Strategic Planning; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Growth Management; Markets; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; India

Educators

2009
Book

Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Leaders: What the Airline Industry Can Teach Us About Leadership

By: Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria and Mark Rennella

'Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Leaders' examines the role that business leaders play in shaping industries and how the evolving context of industries shapes leaders in turn. This co-evolutionary process of leadership and industry development is told through the story of... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Managerial Roles; Supply and Industry; Industry Growth; Air Transportation Industry

June 2003 (Revised October 2003)
Background Note

Advice to Section Presidents from Section Presidents

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Nitin Nohria and Catherine Rucker

Helps clarify the role of the section president in the HBS MBA program. Provides helpful advice for new section presidents. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Management

2003
Book

What Really Works: The 4+2 Formula for Sustained Business Success

By: William F. Joyce, Nitin Nohria and Bruce Roberson

Keywords: Success

August 1993
Supplement

Giddings & Lewis: In Search of the Cutting Edge (C)

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr., Nitin Nohria and Norman Klein

Supplements the (A) case. Intended as an in-class handout. View Details

August 1993
Supplement

Giddings & Lewis: In Search of the Cutting Edge (B)

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr., Nitin Nohria and Norman Klein

Keywords: Industrial Products Industry

November 2012
Article

What Makes Analysts Say 'Buy'?

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy, Nitin Nohria and George Serafeim

September 1994
Case

MCI: From Mainframe to Metroplex

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr., Nitin Nohria and James Berkley

Keywords: Information Technology; Management; Organizational Culture

August 1993
Supplement

Giddings & Lewis: In Search of the Cutting Edge (E)

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr., Nitin Nohria and Norman Klein

Supplements the (A) case, emphasizing issues of implementation. View Details

August 1993
Case

Giddings & Lewis: In Search of the Cutting Edge (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr., Nitin Nohria and Norman Klein

Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Social Enterprise

1995
Working Paper

The Path-Dependent Evolution of Organizations

By: Michael C. Moldoveanu, Nitin Nohria and Howard H. Stevenson