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- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
and innovation need not be strategic tradeoffs and highlight the substantive role of senior teams in building dynamic capabilities. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-088WP.pdf Organizational Designs and Innovation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Program
Finance for Senior Executives
their decision-making Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a View Details
- November 2005 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
ConAgra Foods: The Next Chapter
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Mary L. Shelman
In 2005, CEO Bruce Rohde has almost completed the integration of ConAgra Foods' collection of 90 independent operating companies into a focused, value-added firm and was beginning to think about his successor. ConAgra had become the second largest food company and No.... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Leading Change; Management Succession; Strategic Planning; Brands and Branding; Food; Agribusiness; Product Marketing; Management Teams; Transformation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
Goldberg, Ray A., and Mary L. Shelman. "ConAgra Foods: The Next Chapter." Harvard Business School Case 906-409, November 2005. (Revised August 2007.)
- 11 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Employers Favor Men
men perform better on average at certain tasks, according to the research paper When Gender Discrimination Is Not About Gender. The paper was written by Katherine B. Coffman and Christine L. Exley, both assistant professors at Harvard Business School, who View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions
Is it possible to truly empower employees to make their own decisions—even when those decisions could mean life or death? That is the question posed by Dutch home healthcare organization Buurtzorg, which has radically avoided almost all middle management, allowing its... View Details
- Program
Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization
agility Lead your executive team and workforce through challenging and uncertain times Strengthen the leadership skills necessary to spearhead corporate revitalization Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by... View Details
- Program
Driving Digital Strategy
diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Senior executives who are responsible for shaping overall corporate strategy and driving digital strategy... View Details
- Program
Aligning Strategy and Sales
executives from diverse functions, a team of participants might include executives responsible for finance, marketing, business development, customer service (pre- or post-sale), human resources, and... View Details
- 20 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Technology
The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from HBS staff dedicated to your industry. Meet the View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- Program
Rising Generation in the Family Enterprise
responsibility into plans for the future Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries around the globe Build relationships with a View Details
- 01 Aug 2023
- What Do You Think?
As Leaders, Why Do We Continue to Reward A, While Hoping for B?
among team members who are better prepared for the future than they are. As she put it, “How will the supervisor mentor someone who should likely be fast-tracked?” Les Sherry added, “Older managers & mid-level executives are facing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Program
Growing as a Purposeful Leader
executives from various backgrounds and industries Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business and personal challenges Who Should Attend CEOs and senior executives one or two... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program
their attempt to enter or thrive in African markets tended to set unrealistic time expectations for their operating teams and/or made unrealistic promises to their investors. Against this backdrop of unrealistic expectations and limited... View Details
- 12 Jan 2022
- News
Harvard Business School’s Bold Agenda
- Program
Launching New Ventures
backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Entrepreneurs launching... View Details
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
teams tend to develop products with more modular architectures. Furthermore, the differences between systems are substantial—the pairs we examine vary by a factor of eight, in terms of the potential for a design change to propagate to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?
employment. There are also caveats: Economists are weighing in on the exact nature of women’s new jobs—whether they’re lower-paying or fall outside of a woman’s chosen field. In addition, other employment changes either instituted or reinforced during the pandemic—such... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- March 2022
- Case
The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program: 2009-2021
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Julia Kelley
In December 2021, more than a decade after its founding, Goldman Sachs’s 10,000 Small Businesses program was still going strong — and the firm now needed to evaluate potential program modifications to reach a wider group of small business owners. Launched in the... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Small Business; Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Government and Politics; Knowledge; Knowledge Dissemination; Labor; Employment; Human Capital; Management; Goals and Objectives; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Programs; Networks; Social Enterprise; Society; Strategy; Demographics; Diversity; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US)
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Julia Kelley. "The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program: 2009-2021." Harvard Business School Case 322-052, March 2022.
- 17 May 2018
- Blog Post
HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans
in urban communities and to do so with a great team of people. I saw that The Mission Continues was hiring, and because they do that type of work with veterans, the job seemed like a perfect fit. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity, so I... View Details