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Globalization & Corporate Transformation in India
By: Nitin Nohria
Political and economic reforms in India, which started in 1992, have led to a dramatic transformation of Indian companies. The first decade of this transformation focused on improving operational efficiency to rival world class competitors. Having proved to themselves... View Details
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What Really Works: Fundamental Drivers of Corporate Performance
By: Nitin Nohria
Based on a systematic examination of over 200 management practices that have been hypothesized to influence corporate performance, we identify eight management practices that appear to be the most robust drivers of long term corporate success. We are now trying to... View Details
- September 13, 2023
- Article
The Myth of the CEO as Ultimate Decision Maker
By: Nitin Nohria
Chief executives are responsible for guiding corporations, so the role inevitably requires making many decisions. But people overestimate the level of personal involvement CEOs have in this process. Instead of making decisions, CEOs tend to shape decisions, by... View Details
Keywords: Problem Solving; Delegation; Leadership Style; Decision Making; Time Management; Power and Influence
Nohria, Nitin. "The Myth of the CEO as Ultimate Decision Maker." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 13, 2023).
- Article
As the World Shifts, So Should Leaders
By: Nitin Nohria
Two decades ago, extensive research led Nohria, the former dean of Harvard Business School, to conclude that the hallmark of great leadership is the ability to adapt to the times. Today, he says, we're in a period of significant change, thanks to global events,... View Details
Nohria, Nitin. "As the World Shifts, So Should Leaders." Harvard Business Review 100, no. 4 (July–August 2022): 59–61.
- Guest Column
What Ernest Shackleton Has In Common with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk
By: Nitin Nohria
Nohria, Nitin. "What Ernest Shackleton Has In Common with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk." Boston Globe (May 12, 2016).
- July 31, 2017
- Editorial
Isolationism Is Killing the American Dream: Effective Global Leadership Requires Generosity, Inspiration and Openness
By: Nitin Nohria
Nohria, Nitin. "Isolationism Is Killing the American Dream: Effective Global Leadership Requires Generosity, Inspiration and Openness." Financial Times (July 31, 2017).
- December 2, 2017
- Editorial
The Lines That Divide America
By: Nitin Nohria
Nohria, Nitin. "The Lines That Divide America." The Atlantic (website) (December 2, 2017).
- November 2010
- Article
Wealth and Jobs: The Broken Link
By: Nitin Nohria
This article discusses the weakening connections between business growth and job creation. The industrial economy of the 20th century ensured that growing firms would need to add workers, but the increasingly globalized and information-based economy of the early 21st... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Economic Growth; Jobs and Positions; Employment; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Welfare; Value Creation
Nohria, Nitin. "Wealth and Jobs: The Broken Link." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010): 44.
- May 2006
- Article
Survival of the Adaptive
By: Nitin Nohria
Keywords: Adaptation
Nohria, Nitin. "Survival of the Adaptive." Forethought. Harvard Business Review 84, no. 5 (May 2006): 23.
- October 1994 (Revised March 1996)
- Case
Step Change at Du Pont's Camden Plant
By: Nitin Nohria
Nohria, Nitin. "Step Change at Du Pont's Camden Plant." Harvard Business School Case 495-017, October 1994. (Revised March 1996.)
- May 1992 (Revised June 1995)
- Teaching Note
Symantec, Teaching Note
By: Nitin Nohria
Teaching Note for (9-491-010). View Details
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
- May 1992
- Teaching Note
Amgen, Inc.: Planning the Unplannable, Teaching Note
By: Nitin Nohria
Teaching Note for (9-492-052). View Details
Keywords: Pharmaceutical Industry
- May 1992
- Teaching Note
Appex Corp., Teaching Note
By: Nitin Nohria
Teaching Note for (9-491-082). View Details
- December 1990 (Revised February 1991)
- Supplement
Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc. Advertising (B)
By: Nitin Nohria
Keywords: Advertising Industry
Nohria, Nitin. "Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc. Advertising (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 491-017, December 1990. (Revised February 1991.)
- February 1990
- Background Note
Note on Electronic Monitoring
By: Nitin Nohria
Keywords: Performance
Nohria, Nitin. "Note on Electronic Monitoring." Harvard Business School Background Note 490-044, February 1990.
- February 1990 (Revised July 1990)
- Case
Internal Revenue Service: Automated Collection System
By: Nitin Nohria
Describes how the IRS's collection operations changed from a largely manual system (COF) to an automated system (ACS). A central aspect of ACS was the electronic scheduling and maintaining of work. While with ACS the IRS accomplished significant improvements in the... View Details
Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Revenue; Information Technology; Taxation; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Human Resources; Public Administration Industry; United States
Nohria, Nitin. "Internal Revenue Service: Automated Collection System." Harvard Business School Case 490-042, February 1990. (Revised July 1990.)