Publications

18 May 2021
Book

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

soon as possible, not all teams will know how to provide the necessary support. Ng suggests a couple strategies: Observe others and take notes: If you don’t have regular workgroup meetings, consider asking your View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

March 2000 (Revised June 2000)
Case

Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (C)

By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Management Succession; Competitive Advantage; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Retail Industry; United States

November 1987 (Revised January 1988)
Case

Groen: A Dover Industries Company

By: Francis Aguilar

Describes the challenges facing the president of an old-line foodservice and food processing equipment manufacturing company as it attempted to accelerate sales and profit growth through the introduction of innovative products. The introduction of a "revolutionary"... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Labor and Management Relations; Machinery and Machining; Management Style; Management Teams; Performance Efficiency; Technological Innovation; Product Development; Organizational Culture

01 Sep 2017
News

Alumni Connections: Photos of Recent Alumni Events

Recent HBS Alumni Events on Campus and Beyond More than 400 alumni returned to campus in May to join 936 first-year MBA students for the inaugural HBS Boardroom, a new Required Curriculum capstone experience that involves student teams... View Details

Keywords: HBS Boardroom; European Club Leadership Meeting; reunion; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

April 2000
Supplement

BRL Hardy: Globalizing an Australian Wine Company

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Interviews alternating the country subsidiary and corporate headquarters views of Christopher Carson, marketing director of BRL Hardy Europe and Steve Millar, marketing director and CEO of BRL Hardy Ltd. In four segments focusing on the source of... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Headquarters; Management Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

29 Sep 2022
News

Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

countries closed their borders. Diagne’s first task was to work closely with the ministry’s leadership team in crafting an economic response to the pandemic. Worldwide, crisis management involved very... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

March 2001 (Revised February 2005)
Case

Venture Capital Vignettes

By: G. Felda Hardymon

Presents three fictionalized but realistic situations in which a venture capitalist may find himself. One situation requires crisis intervention to quell a dispute between a vice president of sales and a CEO; another poses the problem of working out the composition of... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Crisis Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Executive Compensation; Situation or Environment; Employee Relationship Management; Problems and Challenges; Financial Services Industry

Web

AI Enhanced Learning: HBS IT and Faculty Collaborate on Research Navigator Bot | Information Technology

materials, RC frameworks, and deep research on the location’s business and cultural environment, the companions help students turn ambiguity into insight. Looking Ahead Louisa Jeng, manager of Learning Design & Training Services,... View Details

June 2001 (Revised March 2002)
Case

Ducati

Focuses on the turnaround and strategic repositioning of Ducati, an Italian maker of high-end sport motorcycles, and describes the current concerns with the growth prospects of the company. Federico Minoli, the CEO and strategic mind behind the turnaround, knew that... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Product Positioning; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Motorcycle Industry

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2005
News

Do You Speak Business?

China. “I have no regrets,” he adds, “because I learned so much from that experience.” Now working in strategic planning for Philip Morris International’s China operations, Klump is part of a small management View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2012
News

50 Years & Counting

are less likely to hire—women as leaders. Bazerman and his colleagues believe this implicit form of bias is still prevalent among managers and executives. And because people aren't even aware they're engaging in these behaviors, the... View Details

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

01 Feb 1999
News

Short Takes

the behaviors necessary to learn and perform well, and they appeared to be less constrained by outside factors," Edmondson explained. Edmondson contends that managers and team leaders can set an example when... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

Web

Propose an Independent Project | MBA

senior manager to serve as the student team’s liaison. This person is expected to provide access to managers and information relevant to the project and should maintain a close connection with the View Details

15 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 15

quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World Bank project quality suffers as a consequence of political influence only when the recipient country is economically vulnerable in the first place. Publisher's link: http://ftp.iza.org/dp4820.pdf August 2013... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

programming vision, to recruiting and motivating a growing team of employees (some of whom, like Swan, were commuting from other cities at the time). Also in play: managing a tight, closely watched budget... View Details

April 1996 (Revised June 2001)
Case

Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (B): Cardiac Care Improvement

By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi

Explores the challenges confronting the CEO at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in the wake of radical changes in the health care environment. As pressures have risen for cost containment in health care, the hospital has embarked on a series of reengineering efforts to... View Details

Keywords: Consolidation; Health Care and Treatment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Operations; Innovation and Invention; Cost Management; Health Industry; Massachusetts