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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Villanova University in the Graduate Programs in Human Resource Development, in the Psychology department. During and after her graduate work, she worked as an independent consultant and for SHL, a global... View Details
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
resource allocation purposes, most investors find the reports unhelpful because they contain little in the way of information useful for investment decisions. Ricoh is a case in point. Putting all performance information into One Report... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- March 1998 (Revised November 2004)
- Case
FAG Kugelfischer-A German Restructuring
By: Stuart C. Gilson
A large German manufacturer of ball bearings and precision machinery experiences severe financial difficulty brought on by poor management practices, an ill-conceived acquisition of a former East German ball-bearings company, and an industry recession. The company... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Acquisition; Restructuring; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Machinery and Machining; Policy; Resignation and Termination; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Evaluation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Europe; Germany; United States
Gilson, Stuart C. "FAG Kugelfischer-A German Restructuring." Harvard Business School Case 298-046, March 1998. (Revised November 2004.)
- Career Coach
Tim Butler
Dr. Timothy Butler is a Senior Fellow on the HBS faculty and is the faculty advisor to HBS Career and Professional Development. He is an expert in the area of business career decision-making and the author of many books, psychological assessments, academic papers, and... View Details
- October 2016 (Revised January 2017)
- Supplement
Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
By many measures the largest health-club chain in the United States in the early 2000s, Bally Total Fitness sold most of its remaining fitness clubs to 24 Hour Fitness in 2014 and disappeared from the industry top 100 rankings. After Bally was bedeviled by accounting... View Details
Keywords: Bally Total Fitness; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Business Earnings; Revenue Recognition; Financial Statements; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; For-Profit Firms; Crime and Corruption; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Capital Structure; Cash; Cash Flow; Public Equity; Financial Condition; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; Investment Activism; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Business History; Executive Compensation; Resignation and Termination; Annual Reports; Contracts; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Health Industry; Accounting Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-422, October 2016. (Revised January 2017.)
- June 2024
- Supplement
Climate Governance at Linde plc (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan, Emilie Billaud and Vincent Dessain
In July 2023, the Linde plc board of directors' sustainability committee convened in London to review the company's environmental performance, with a focus on decarbonization and clean energy. Linde was the world's largest industrial gas supplier, with a workforce of... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Innovation Strategy; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Business and Shareholder Relations; Chemical Industry; Energy Industry; United States; Germany; Europe; North America; London
Paine, Lynn S., Suraj Srinivasan, Emilie Billaud, and Vincent Dessain. "Climate Governance at Linde plc (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 324-141, June 2024.
- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
for harms caused by defective products may also affect innovation incentives. This paper examines this issue, exploiting a major quasi-exogenous increase in liability risk faced by U.S. suppliers of polymers used to manufacture medical devices implanted in View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)
Resources Upon arrival at HBS, Takatsuka was particularly interested in the impact that startups could make on education and considered three different paths forward. 1) Joining a startup, 2) Impact Investing, and 3) Starting her own... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
exceptionally favorable factors in France such as its wealth of assets, human capital, and the French brand. And the disadvantages of the system (the burdens of administration, law, and the cost of labor and taxes) are comparatively much... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
strategies. "Few Asian countries have done this," Porter commented, citing chronic problems such as inadequate infrastructure, skilled human resource shortages, deficiencies in science and technology, and... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
as a major threat for startups and small companies; big companies have more financial resources and greater scale, market power, and brand awareness than small ones. However, our research finds that a smaller brand can actually benefit if... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
of lighter labor market regulations and more human capital specialize relatively more in people management. There is evidence for complementarities between information and communication technology, decentralization, and management, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
intention of the course is to leave the participants actually being leaders and being able to exercise leadership effectively and for the course to contribute to creating a new science of leadership. The course is founded on an ontological model of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Cold Call Horror Stories
was calling on Anna behind you.” Al Hauf, class year is 1973. I think it was the first year—we had all those cases every night. And I’d figured out what I couldn’t do was do all of them every night. So I decided which ones I wouldn’t do. I think it was a View Details
- January 2018
- Case
Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.
By: Boris Groysberg, Matthew G. Preble and Katherine Connolly Baden
In April 2017, Victoria Sopik and Jennifer Nashmi, CEO and CFO (respectively) of Kids & Company, a Canadian childcare provider that they had co-founded in the early 2000s and developed into a nearly 100-unit enterprise, are discussing how the company should proceed... View Details
Keywords: Child Care; Childcare; Day Care; Daycare; Early Childhood Education; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Leadership; Marketing; Product Marketing; Brands and Branding; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Product Design; Product Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Selection and Staffing; Customer Focus and Relationships; Entrepreneurship; Service Industry; Education Industry; United States; Canada
Groysberg, Boris, Matthew G. Preble, and Katherine Connolly Baden. "Kids & Company: Entering the U.S." Harvard Business School Case 418-011, January 2018.
- February 2013 (Revised December 2015)
- Case
Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency
By: Michael W. Toffel, Kira R. Fabrizio and Stephanie van Sice
Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term financial and environmental benefits. With early success serving customers in the cold storage and industrial... View Details
Keywords: Groom Energy Solutions; Jon Guerster; Salem, MA; Energy Management; Energy Efficiency Paradox; Sustainability Management; Manufacturing; Cold Storage; Commercial Real Estate; Enterprise Smart Grid; Carbon Accounting; LED Lighting; Sustainability Research; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Entrepreneurship; Energy Entrepreneurship; Energy Services; Electricity; Startup; Expansion; Growth; Sustainability; Business Startups; Forecasting and Prediction; Energy Conservation; Revenue; Geographic Location; Human Resources; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Operations; Service Delivery; Strategic Planning; Science; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Society; Social Issues; Technology Adoption; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; United States; Boston
Toffel, Michael W., Kira R. Fabrizio, and Stephanie van Sice. "Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency." Harvard Business School Case 613-054, February 2013. (Revised December 2015.)
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
be rectified.” Major changes included individualizing resource allocation and basing it on a child’s educational needs (“In Seattle, the schools with the smallest classes, the most teachers, and the most View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President) Franck Mougin assesses the company's knowledge-sharing tools and considers his options going... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
employees assigned to work-from-home environments. Besides the human toll, loneliness leads to higher rates of employee burnout, turnover, and disengagement. And contrary to widely held assumptions, better technology is not increasing a... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
course when we invest, we want to make money, but when we’re investing in space, I think you and others might have the view that there’s more at stake perhaps when we think about our planet and resources here and whether it’s sustainable... View Details