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- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
issue high-headline-rate and more complex products in low-rate environments. Finally, we find that high-headline-rate and more complex products are more profitable for banks, and that their ex post performance is lower. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
Fourthly, although a low-profile corporation, Unilever was embedded in business systems and official decision-making worldwide. This was derived from the company's long-established position as a large firm in many countries, from its role as a View Details
- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
create the sense of urgency needed to perform better. An example. At a major European retailer, margins were shrinking year after year because fashionable boutiques were taking its top-of-the-line business, and discounters were taking... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
- June 2024 (Revised August 2024)
- Case
Cementos Argos in the U.S.: Go Big or Go Home?
By: Jorge Tamayo, Ruth Costas, Pedro Levindo and Karina Souza
In April 2011, Colombian group Cementos Argos had to decide on whether to double down its business in the U.S., amidst the U.S. cement industry’s lowest performance in 30 years. Argos— Colombia’s leading cement producer and one of the “jewels” of Grupo GEA, the... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Organization; Business Subsidiaries; Talent and Talent Management; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Crisis; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Latin America; South America; North and Central America; United States; Colombia
Tamayo, Jorge, Ruth Costas, Pedro Levindo, and Karina Souza. "Cementos Argos in the U.S.: Go Big or Go Home?" Harvard Business School Case 724-500, June 2024. (Revised August 2024.)
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
power. Their findings suggest that there is significant heterogeneity in banks’ ability to capture value by manufacturing safe assets. See Mark’s other research here , Stefan’s other research here , and Adi’s other research here . More... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
J&J company performing well, and I tried to implement the best of what J&J did while avoiding the pitfalls it fell into. —Steven Newman (MBA 1992) Back to top “Heublein, Inc.,” aka the Smirnoff Vodka Case Smirnoff has 23 percent of the... View Details
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
answers—and more often about asking the right questions. The challenge lies in being able to step back, reflect, and ask the key questions that are critical to your performance and your organization's effectiveness. In What to Ask the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
unprecedented to have a large cohort of people all over the world start working remotely at the same moment. The only parallel I can think of is from World War II, when waves of women entered heavy manufacturing for the first time. This... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
Publisher's Link: http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470392509.html How to Catch a Tiger: Understanding Putting Performance on the PGA TOUR Authors:Douglas Fearing, Jason Acimovic, and Stephen C. Graves... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency of marketing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
with their work, performed their tasks more effectively, and were also more likely to return to work when initial socialization focused on personal rather than organizational identity. In addition, authentic self-expression mediated these... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
how today's organizations run. By demonstrating the interconnectivity among the three key pillars of management, students see how decisions impact strategic choices, organizational alignment, and leadership approaches, ultimately leading to the overall View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
also identifies criteria that make a decision strategic and derives explanations why strategies often reflect the background of the strategist. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52726 And the Children Shall Lead: Gender Diversity and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Reshaping The Way We Do Energy” with Serguei Netessine. Christian Kaps : Winner of the 2023 Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Meritorious Service Award. Christian Kaps : Awarded Runner-up in the 2023 POMS CSOM Student Paper... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- July–August 2016
- Article
Beyond the Holacracy Hype: The Overwrought Claims—and Actual Promise—of the Next Generation of Self-Managed Teams
By: Ethan Bernstein, John Bunch, Niko Canner and Michael Lee
Holacracy and other forms of self-organization have been getting a lot of press. Proponents hail them as "flat" environments that foster flexibility, engagement, productivity, and efficiency. Critics say they're naive, unrealistic experiments. We argue, using evidence... View Details
Keywords: Self-Managed Organizations; Self-Managed Teams; Reliability; Adaptability; Holacracy; Organization Design; Organization Structure; Organizational Charts; Organizational Architecture; Organizational Forms; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Productivity; Management Practices and Processes; Management Systems; Managerial Roles; Human Resources; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; North America
Bernstein, Ethan, John Bunch, Niko Canner, and Michael Lee. "Beyond the Holacracy Hype: The Overwrought Claims—and Actual Promise—of the Next Generation of Self-Managed Teams." Harvard Business Review 94, nos. 7-8 (July–August 2016): 38–49.
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
design and manufacture physical products, that type of fluid, data-rich information used to be a pipe dream. Now, with the rise of cheap and powerful sensors, supercomputing, and artificial intelligence, things are changing fast. In... View Details
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
Publications 2006 Regional Studies Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Stephen O'Connell Abstract—We analyze the spatial determinants of entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
L.E. Simmons
of bank teller to become chairman of Zions Bancorporation in Salt Lake City, with teaching him that ethical standards are an intrinsic part of doing business. "He measures his performance in terms of doing the right thing and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2009. 2008 David J. Collis : Selected as the Outstanding Reviewer for Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management in 2008. Ashish Nanda... View Details