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November 1996 (Revised December 1996)
Case

SAP America

By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March

SAP America has grown at an explosive rate. This case describes the company's strategy, organization, and culture, with special attention to its approach to partnering and its sales and consulting process, which have been instrumental in allowing growth to proceed. Now... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Demand and Consumers; Organizational Culture; Alliances; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; United States

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17 Feb 2015
HBS Case

HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco

home for restaurants, art, and culture at night. And more and more, tech businesses are locating here. “This is a place where the effects of inequality appear to be heightened and most palpable” In doing so, however, technology workers... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

13 May 2013
Blog Post

The Summer is Finally Over

culture. As a first-year at Harvard Business School, you take several classes that suggest that the most successful companies have strong, indelible cultures that embody its employees’ beliefs and values. While the cases and discussions... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

21 May 2020

The President's Innovation Challenge

Meet venture teams from across Harvard’s 13 schools who are working at the intersections of science, medicine, technology, society, and culture to develop solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. 25 student and alumni teams will... View Details

21 Jul 2015
Blog Post

3 Things Women Need to Know About Business School

second year mentoring programs, to advocating for more female case protagonists. I think the biggest impact for me has been the subtle cultural shift on campus towards gender equality – seeing female students representing women as strong... View Details

15 May 2015
Blog Post

How to Get a Global Perspective at HBS

value the most at HBS is the diversity of my classmates, and the fact that I get to learn from all of them every day. I’ve loved getting to learn about different cultures and experiences in business. I value the fact that we can all get... View Details

18 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Coming to HBS after Military Service

generally join at a young age, go through a common indoctrination and then mature within that organization. At HBS, on the other hand, a section of 94 individuals with a vast diversity of experiences, each indoctrinated in a unique business View Details

Web

Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity

a focus on leadership, identity, and organizational culture change. Tony Mayo Tony Mayo is the Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the Organizational... View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

Fostering a Supportive Community

culture was familiar, especially for someone coming from a low-income background. Students like him, as well as those who were the first in their families to attend college, often face unique challenges in adjusting to academic,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

01 Feb 2000
News

New Releases

Finding Your Religion by Scotty Mclennan (HarperSanFrancisco) When the faith of one's youth loses its meaning, there is no ingrained cultural habit of looking elsewhere," writes cartoonist Garry Trudeau in the introduction to Finding Your... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution

infrastructures common in nonprofits, as well as frequent culture clashes. “Eight months in nonprofit time is about a morning in Internet time,” one Web executive noted. Technical challenges, such as incorporating a charitable aspect into... View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jun 2006
News

Surviving Success

pilot an oil tanker.” But he asked to participate in the search for his successor, and requested the right to veto a candidate if he felt he or she wouldn’t be a good cultural fit. “Initially we allocated very few pages to the search... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

Philip Caldwell

Caldwell was the first CEO of Ford who was not a member of the family. He is credited with orchestrating one of the most dramatic and successful turnarounds in business history. Through his focus on quality, commitment to research, and open employment practices, he... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Portrait Project

Lyn Baranowski

and should play an important leadership role in fostering international economic development. Second, I believe that I can have a significant impact in helping others see the importance of respecting foreign cultures, engaging with View Details

30 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

accountability standards and for monitoring them. The authors show how accountability frameworks attached to principal-agent logics and applied universally across cultures typically fail to achieve their objectives. Accountability is a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Online Dynamic Teaming Course | HBS Online

risk-taking. Learn how to assemble a team with the diversity and expertise to solve problems, build buy-in for cultural change, and overcome resistance. Highlights Breakthrough Innovation Success Input Value High Standards and... View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

W50 in The Windy City

Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community Robin Ely (second from left), with Devi Vallabhaneni (MBA 1997), Molly Baskin (MBA 1977), and Bruce Mumford Jr. (MBA 1980), discussed the W50 and how the School is setting an agenda for... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

29 Jun 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered: How do I build my business in this environment? What should leaders communicate? My organization doesn't... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

October 2015
Case

A Challenger's Strategy: Pinar Abay at ING Bank Turkey

By: Paul M. Healy, Gautam Mukunda and Esel Çekin

In 2013, Pinar Abay was appointed as the CEO of ING Bank Turkey. At 34, she was the youngest bank CEO in Turkey's history. Her appointment raised eyebrows because of her youth and because her career at McKinsey had given her no day-to-day bank management experience.... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Change Management; Talent and Talent Management; Organizational Culture; Emerging Markets; Transformation; Banks and Banking; Growth and Development Strategy; Banking Industry; Turkey

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Educators

Article

Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?

By: Diego A. Comin, Bill Easterly and Erick Gong

We assemble a dataset on technology adoption in 1000 B.C., 0 A.D., and 1500 A.D. for the predecessors to today's nation states. We find that this very old history of technology adoption is surprisingly significant for today's national development outcomes. Our strong... View Details