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Feeling the Heat: The Effects of Performance Pressure on Teams' Knowledge Use and Performance

By: Heidi K. Gardner
Why do some teams fail to use their members' knowledge effectively, even after having correctly identified each other's expertise? This paper identifies performance pressure as a critical barrier to effective knowledge utilization in teams. I theorize that performance... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Expectations; Groups and Teams
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Gardner, Heidi K. "Feeling the Heat: The Effects of Performance Pressure on Teams' Knowledge Use and Performance." Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (2009).
  • September 2003 (Revised November 2005)
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Best Buy Co., Inc. (A): An Innovator's Journey

By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey
The CEO of Best Buy, a hugely successful retailing company, has hired consulting firm Strategos to imbue the company with an improved innovative capability. The six-month program of experimental learning yields new business ideas and also trains Best Buy employees as... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Management Teams; Creativity; Adoption; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Employees; Learning; Training; Programs; Retail Industry; United States
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Leonard, Dorothy A., and Brian DeLacey. "Best Buy Co., Inc. (A): An Innovator's Journey." Harvard Business School Case 604-043, September 2003. (Revised November 2005.)
  • 21 Jul 2015
  • Working Paper Summaries

Enabling Versus Controlling

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Julian Wright
  • November 2021 (Revised March 2022)
  • Case

Kwame Spearman at Tattered Cover: Reinventing Brick-and-Mortar Retail

By: Ryan Raffaelli and Kerry Herman
The case spotlights Kwame Spearman’s career-shifting decision to leave a NYC-based consulting job to return to his hometown of Denver, Colorado, and take over an iconic independent bookstore, The Tattered Cover. The case lays out ways Spearman envisions a new approach... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Leadership; Leading Change; Competitive Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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Raffaelli, Ryan, and Kerry Herman. "Kwame Spearman at Tattered Cover: Reinventing Brick-and-Mortar Retail." Harvard Business School Case 422-014, November 2021. (Revised March 2022.)
  • July 2010 (Revised March 2013)
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Heidrick & Struggles and Standard Chartered Bank: Managing Global Key Accounts

By: Robert G. Eccles and Kerry Herman
Daren Kemp, a partner at leadership consultancy and executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, is responsible for the firm's relationship with Standard Chartered Bank (Standard Chartered). Standard Chartered is one of 94 companies in Heidrick's strategic partners... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Service Delivery; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry
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Eccles, Robert G., and Kerry Herman. "Heidrick & Struggles and Standard Chartered Bank: Managing Global Key Accounts." Harvard Business School Case 411-011, July 2010. (Revised March 2013.)
  • June 2013
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Ken Traub at American Bank Note Holographics

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Michael Norris
Ken Traub is hired as CFO for American Bank Note Holographics, the market-leading security holograph company in January 1999, but discovers on his first day that the company has misstated its financials and resigns. After consulting with the company for the next... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Moral Sensibility; Earnings Management; Crime and Corruption; Personal Development and Career; Management Teams; Technology Industry; Service Industry; United States
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Srinivasan, Suraj, and Michael Norris. "Ken Traub at American Bank Note Holographics." Harvard Business School Case 113-073, June 2013.
  • January 1976 (Revised June 1984)
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Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (A)

By: John P. Kotter
In 1969, Megalith centralized its financial and control functions. John Boyd, senior vice president for finance, hired four brilliant young managers to "bring the group out of the stone age." By 1975, this management team had created a near-perfect finance office of... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Problems and Challenges
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Kotter, John P. "Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (A)." Harvard Business School Case 476-107, January 1976. (Revised June 1984.)
  • 2007
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When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance

By: Thomas J. DeLong, John J. Gabarro and Robert Lees
For too long, professional services firms (PSFs) have relied on the "producer-manager" model, which works well in uncomplicated business environments. However, today's managing directors must balance conflicting roles, more demanding clients, tougher competitors, and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy
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DeLong, Thomas J., John J. Gabarro, and Robert Lees. When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance. Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
  • 02 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • February 1997 (Revised September 1998)
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American Management Systems, Inc.: The Knowledge Centers

By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Sylvia Sensiper
Senior management at AMS, a business and information technology consulting company, is growing at 28% annually and assimilating 1,800 new hires a year. AMS has recently instituted a new knowledge management strategy, a group of six knowledge centers (virtual... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Management; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Consulting Industry; United States
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Leonard, Dorothy A., and Sylvia Sensiper. "American Management Systems, Inc.: The Knowledge Centers." Harvard Business School Case 697-068, February 1997. (Revised September 1998.)
  • March 2015
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Interview: Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization

By: Linda A. Hill and Anthony Mayo
Contains excerpts from an interview with Iz-Lynn Chan, former assistant director of retail business group and service quality and vice president of Far East retail consultancy for Far East Organization, a private real estate developer group in Singapore. Chan discusses... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Retail Industry; Real Estate Industry; Singapore
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Hill, Linda A., and Anthony Mayo. "Interview: Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 415-708, March 2015.
  • May 2016 (Revised April 2019)
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Legendary Entertainment: Moneyball for Motion Pictures

By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Legendary, the Hollywood studio responsible for such hits as Jurassic World and The Dark Knight, decides to take the marketing of its films in-house, and to market them fan-by-fan. Owner Thomas Tull acquires the big-data-in-sports firm started by Matt Marolda and... View Details
Keywords: "Marketing Analytics"; Marketing Strategy; Decision Making; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Deighton, John A., and Leora Kornfeld. "Legendary Entertainment: Moneyball for Motion Pictures." Harvard Business School Case 516-117, May 2016. (Revised April 2019.)
  • November 2001 (Revised April 2003)
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Camp Dresser & McKee: Getting Incentives Right

By: Ashish Nanda
"If you try to use money to motivate behavior, you are in a powerful and dangerous place, especially with engineers and scientists," remarked Tom Furman, CEO of Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. (CDM), a consulting environmental engineering firm. Historically, CDM had... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry
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Nanda, Ashish, and M. Julia Prats. "Camp Dresser & McKee: Getting Incentives Right." Harvard Business School Case 902-122, November 2001. (Revised April 2003.)
  • March 2021 (Revised October 2023)
  • Case

Mary Kay Ash: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case describes the rise of Mary Kay, the founder of the worldwide cosmetics company. As a young single mother, Mary Kay had to overcome many obstacles to start her business and guide it to success. Today, there are more than 3.5 million Mary Kay beauty consultants... View Details
Keywords: Business Start-ups; Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Business Startups; Work-Life Balance; Success; Religion; Family Business; Personal Development and Career; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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Simons, Robert, and Shirley Sun. "Mary Kay Ash: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-046, March 2021. (Revised October 2023.)
  • August 2000 (Revised September 2000)
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Extraprise

By: Srikant M. Datar, Krishna G. Palepu and Sarah S. Khetani
In the three years since it was founded, the Boston-based Internet strategy consulting firm, Extraprise, has changed its strategy three times. Jennifer Gabler, the CFO, considers what kinds of control systems she can put in place to ensure the company can continue to... View Details
Keywords: Information Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Mathematical Methods; Information Technology; Outcome or Result; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Web Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; Boston
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Datar, Srikant M., Krishna G. Palepu, and Sarah S. Khetani. "Extraprise." Harvard Business School Case 101-001, August 2000. (Revised September 2000.)
  • 19 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

Bridgespan Group, a consulting firm that has been reported to have advised Scott on her giving. Brian Trelstad is on the boards of three organizations—Candid, GDI, and VisionSpring—that received Scott grants, and is on the Bridgespan... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran
  • July 2010 (Revised March 2013)
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One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Kaitlyn A. Simpson
Senior Partner Rob Smith just led construction consultancy firm Davis Langdon through a major organizational change in Europe and the Middle East. In the past, compensation arrangements had not incentivized partners to collaborate across the firm to serve clients'... View Details
Keywords: Profit Sharing; Global Strategy; Compensation and Benefits; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Partners and Partnerships; Cooperation; Expansion; Consulting Industry; Europe; Middle East
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Eccles, Robert G., and Kaitlyn A. Simpson. "One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (A)." Harvard Business School Case 411-006, July 2010. (Revised March 2013.)
  • December 1999 (Revised March 2002)
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Hunter Business Group: TeamTBA

By: Das Narayandas and Elizabeth R. Caputo
The Hunter Business Group (HBG), a direct marketing consulting firm specializing in reorganizing the sales and marketing efforts of industrial firms, uses integrated customer contact technologies (including field sales, telephone, and mail) as a means of... View Details
Keywords: Communication Technology; Marketing Communications; Marketing Reference Programs; Marketing Strategy; Market Participation; Sales; Value Creation; Consulting Industry
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Narayandas, Das, and Elizabeth R. Caputo. "Hunter Business Group: TeamTBA." Harvard Business School Case 500-030, December 1999. (Revised March 2002.)
  • April 17, 2021
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Reimagining India's Health System: A Lancet Citizens' Commission

By: Vikram Patel, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Gagandeep Kang, Pamela Das and Tarun Khanna
This commentary announces the launch of the Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System. The Commission is an ambitious, cross-sectoral effort to develop a citizens’ roadmap to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in India in the next decade.... View Details
Keywords: Universal Health Coverage; Health Care and Treatment; Reports; India
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Patel, Vikram, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Gagandeep Kang, Pamela Das, and Tarun Khanna. "Reimagining India's Health System: A Lancet Citizens' Commission." Lancet 397, no. 10283 (April 17, 2021). (Comment.)
  • February 1990 (Revised July 1992)
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Whistler Corp. (A)

By: Gary P. Pisano
Describes the circumstances surrounding Whistler Corp.'s decision whether or not to continue manufacturing operations in the United States. The company had been experiencing severe problems in its domestic manufacturing operations and was thus unable to compete with... View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Production; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
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Pisano, Gary P. "Whistler Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 690-011, February 1990. (Revised July 1992.)
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