Publications

May 2013 (Revised April 2015)
Case

Ron Johnson: Retail at Target, Apple, and J.C. Penney

By: Das Narayandas, Kerry Herman and Lisa Mazzanti

In April 2013, Ron Johnson (HBS '84) stepped down after just 18 months as CEO of J.C. Penney. In his brief tenure, Johnson, an acclaimed retailer respected for his innovation and success in shaping the retail image at Target and Apple, introduced dramatic departures... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Innovation Leadership; Situation or Environment; Failure; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Retail Industry; United States

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

30 Mar 2022
News

Do Your AAPI Employees Feel Safe Coming Back to Work?

03 Mar 2016
News

3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)

being paranoid. But the costs of deception are high. It pays to develop a close team of colleagues you absolutely trust and would go to war with. A complicated stew in our culture is creating a deception epidemic. Social media, for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

28 Jun 2023
News

How to Find the Time to Connect with Colleagues When You’re Very, Very Busy

18 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

we don't associate leadership with women. I thought if that is true, then I can treat that mistake the way I treat other mistakes people make." This meant applying insights from the behavioral economics toolbox. The research team was... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

29 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas

ideas." With a level in the middle, R&D teams will both forced to look at current ideas and able to take them in new directions. Finally, says Ahuja, it's essential to put a knowledge management... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

01 Jun 2015
News

The Military and the MBA

2011, Harvard College banned ROTC—but Harvard Business School has long recognized the synergy between military experience and business education. In fact, the Executive Education Advanced Management Program was founded in 1945 as a war... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

Charting the Year Ahead

Alumni Relations team in Boston for their outstanding organization and attention to every detail. As we head into the 2006–2007 academic year, we welcome twelve new alumni board members and bid farewell and thanks to those retiring for... View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

26 Jul 2021
News

When Do We Actually Need to Meet in Person?

14 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Smartphone Addiction

business services team effectiveness, and overall case experience. It is becoming part of the culture—the future of BCG." The Cycle Of Responsiveness: The Root Of The 24/7 Habit The reason PTO can be so effective for both... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

02 Sep 2014
News

Many of the best ideas for improving health care are quite simple

Managers know that individuals who have experience working together can influence team performance. Yet most managers underestimate the benefit of such familiarity, according... View Details

September 1996
Case

InterSoft of Argentina (C)

By: Linda A. Hill and Stacy Palestrant

Supplements the (A) and (B) cases. Designed to be handed out at the end of class. View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business Growth and Maturation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Management Teams; Groups and Teams; Partners and Partnerships; Conflict Management; Information Technology Industry; Argentina; Russia

Career Coach

Mo Fong

Mo Fong (HBS ‘02, Stanford ‘95 ChemE, ‘96 MA Education ) Mo is currently the Executive Director at Stanford Technology Ventures Program in the School of Management and Engineering focusing on entrepreneurship research, programs and... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Education; Government; Social Enterprise; Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All)

01 Jun 2022
News

Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

Kerr: There’s a lot of alignment between general management and entrepreneurial management. We define entrepreneurship following the early work of Howard Stevenson at HBS as “the pursuit of opportunity beyond resources controlled.” What... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

October 1991 (Revised September 1998)
Case

Maxwell Appliance Controls

By: Robert S. Kaplan

A profitable manufacturing division of a large company is looking for new ways to identify sources of productivity improvements. Led by its senior finance officer, an activity-based cost system is developed to identify activities performed for its highly varied product... View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Management Teams; Quality; Performance Improvement; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Production; Manufacturing Industry

Find at Harvard

01 Apr 2002
News

Q&A - Mark Fields

unsuccessful growth strategies, and a brand image — Mazda was once synonymous with innovation and excitement — that had become blurred. To fix those things, we had to win the support of the management team... View Details

Keywords: auto; Mazda; Ford; Mark Fields; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

January 1994 (Revised April 1994)
Case

EMC Corporation: Response to Shareholder Litigation (B)

By: Josh Lerner

Reports EMC's decision concerning the second shareholder class-action suit and its implications. Legislative efforts to reform securities litigation are also discussed. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Lawsuits and Litigation; Going Public; Policy; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations; Technology Industry; United States

01 Sep 2007
News

Got Global?

for example, how Pakistan and India picked key business leaders to negotiate a reduction in dangerously escalating border hostilities between the two countries back in 2002. The Pakistani team had four HBS alums — including Shirazi —... View Details

Keywords: Management; Management; Management

November 2003 (Revised July 2006)
Case

STAR 2003

By: Thomas R. Piper

A shift in strategy from broadcasting standardized programs throughout its footprint to localized programming necessitates a review of STAR's organizational structure. Growing complexity and a need for local responsiveness point toward adoption of a country-based... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Organizational Structure; Management Teams; Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Design; Complexity; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Service Industry