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27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

policy at the Harvard School of Public Health. Trained as an industrial engineer, Tucker is interested in the perspective of frontline workers in productivity and process improvement, including how internal... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

19 Feb 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

illustrious company is a source of motivation to keep working hard and accomplish even more in the future.” Can you tell us about your current work? Pradhan: “I work as a technology, media, and... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

23 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

readily identifiable. I am more interested in isolating the opportunities that arise organically and will be developed through private initiatives. Here, I think it is critical... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

August 2003 (Revised May 2006)
Case

Elizabeth Parker (A)

By: Tiziana E. Casciaro, Wickham Skinner and David Krackhardt

A new political appointee with years of volunteer experience takes over a highly responsible job in the state government and is met with bureaucratic inertia. Describes a successful strategy to overcome organizational resistance to change. View Details

Keywords: Public Sector; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence

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April 2010
Supplement

The Auction for Travelport (B)

By: Andrei Hagiu and Misha Sanwal

This short case presents the epilogue of The Auction for Travelport (A). Blackstone decided to bid on its own, acquired Travelport for $4.3 billion and subsequently went on to acquire another GDS, Travelspan, for $1.4 billion. It then merged the two GDSs and partially... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Private Equity; Mergers and Acquisitions; Industry Structures; Initial Public Offering; Capital Markets; Market Transactions; Change; Auctions; Travel Industry

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01 Sep 2011
News

Extraordinary People

society more broadly,” observes HBS Dean Nitin Nohria. While celebrated for their public accomplishments, the honorees’ private lives reflect their devotion to family and... View Details

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

and new construction. On the other hand, well-managed public-private partnerships, where the private sector funds, builds, and operates key View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

23 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 23

difficulties faced by Jamaica, which remains burdened by a self-reinforcing set of interrelated factors, including high public debt, a sluggish private sector, an inefficient View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

green space and recreation, air quality, extreme weather events. Public health coalitions that cross sectors and the need to “think outside the building” will combine the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

15 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Prepare for Your Interview with Research

eBaker has information on over 37 million companies - public and private - worldwide. From OneSource Global Express you can access a complete corporate overview that includes a... View Details

22 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism

Once upon a time, there were two kinds of businesses. On the one hand, there were public and privately owned companies such as those that existed in Western-style democracies,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 1

Publications August 2013 Research in Organizational Behavior The Shifting Landscape of LGBT Organizational Research By: Anteby, Michel, and Caitlin Anderson Abstract—Over the past generation, sexual... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

Editor's note: Many economic regulators, influenced by the work of Mancur Olson, maintain the notion that consumers hold little sway over big-industry concerns. They argue that diffuse interests of the "little guys" lack the strength and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull

10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10

direction examination. By examining a set of proprietary records compiled by a large-cap NYSE traded firm, I offer insights into which analysts privately meet with management, when analysts privately... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2017 (Revised July 2017)
Supplement

Aadhaar: From Voluntary to Mandatory

By: Tarun Khanna, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla

Approximately 1.1 billion residents of India (99% of the population) had a unique biometric identity—Aadhaar—by 2017. In six years, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had achieved an unprecedented milestone in emerging and developed markets. The... View Details

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27 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 27

select reimportation of exported ideas. Put otherwise, top North American journals tend to reimport ideas authored (and exported) by select North American scholars in Organizations Studies. Third, we discuss the implications of this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 2000 (Revised December 2005)
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Garanti Bank: Transformation in Turkey

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Maximilian Martin and Daniel Galvin

Discusses the complete transformation and turnover in every division of Garanti Bank. Describes the multiple change projects managed and cross-cultural issues confronted during the 1990s and the organizational challenge of transforming Garanti Bank into one of Turkey's... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Private Ownership; Restructuring; Business Divisions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Culture; Change Management; Expansion; Corporate Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Projects; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Turkey

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03 Sep 2009
What Do You Think?

Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?

Sopory. Nisar Moosa called them "bribes." Imelda Bickham commented that "Time and again, I've seen people get the bonuses, only to leave the organization shortly afterwards." As R.... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

05 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 5, 2007

the United States. What has driven its success? How can it be sustained? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706417 John Mackey and Whole Foods Market Harvard Business School Case 807-111... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Apr 2013
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belonging to the Lowell General Physician Hospital Organization (LGPHO). The case describes the LGPHO physicians' experience during their first two years under the AQC, allowing students to assess the group's performance as well as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

Elizabeth Parker (A)

The Auction for Travelport (B)

Extraordinary People

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

First Look: April 23

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

Prepare for Your Interview with Research

Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism

First Look: July 1

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

First Look: December 10

Aadhaar: From Voluntary to Mandatory

First Look: April 27

Garanti Bank: Transformation in Turkey

Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?

First Look: June 5, 2007

First Look: April 9