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- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
with the adequate reactions of Tsai Ing-Wen (president of Taiwan) and Jacinda Ardern (the prime minister of New Zealand), who took timely government actions to prevent the spread of the virus in their countries. The lesson from these examples are that not all crises... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
Park City before we manufacture. Having that added measure of control is huge. Is control an elusive goal in such a fast-growing company? Being in a growing company can be uncomfortable sometimes, because everything changes so fast. What you did six months ago in View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
Since 2011, Lagarde worked to build the foundation for the IMF's adaptation to the realities of the 21st century. By 2017, shortly after Lagarde began her second term as the managing director of the IMF, the world faced both opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
major art institution gives access to cultural, symbolic, and social resources that can add value to and differentiate its services. For the museum, the partnership supports its international expansion in terms of audiences and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2022
- News
Your Family, Your Work, Your Way
a very nice way, maybe they’re trying to give you flexibility or accommodate you, they might not put you on that huge new client assignment or they might not be advocating for you as actively as they should, in terms of that promotion. In... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
I depressed. I had just gotten through the first several sessions of the “quant trifecta” we threw at students in the fall term (Finance, Control, and Managerial Economics), and I was utterly, hopelessly lost. McArthur grew up in the... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
controversial issues like civil rights and climate change? Two, in terms of consumer response, does CEO activism affect customer perceptions about the company? (They recently discussed the paper in the New York Times.) “What prompted this... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
term sheets in hand—two from strategic investors and one from a venture capital firm. Each offer had its advantages and disadvantages and Kryder needed to decide which offer to accept. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
seniors—a parent, an in-law. Well over 50 percent of workers report they have some caregiving obligation. The question becomes: Do the terms and conditions of their employment and the nature of that obligation mesh? A lot of traditional... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 18 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation
strategists are creating algorithms to protect against climate risk nationally. I came away from the SIP with more questions than answers, but this just underscores how much my aperture has widened in terms of both the issues surrounding... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
Management Theory By: Bernstein, Ethan Abstract—Observation is key to management scholarship and practice. Yet a holistic view of its role in management has been elusive, in part due to shifting terminology. The current popularity of the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
program like Groupon? What steps can they take to mitigate those risks? A: Stories abound of consumers who try to game the system. Consider a customer who wants to dine on a weekend using a voucher valid on weekdays only. Some consumers surely make that error by... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
unprecedented opportunity in terms of customer demand, presented Uber with a host of new challenges, including a murky regulatory framework and a strong, native incumbent, Didi-Kuaidi, that boasted the lion's share of the ride-hailing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
19th century to the present. Using the example of the Rong family, China's most prominent industrialist family in pre-1949 China, analyzes the organizational structure and transformation of Chinese family firms in terms of managerial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008
Harvard Business School Case 208-129 Bob Kelly, the new CEO of Mellon Financial, is considering the terms of a proposed "merger of equals" with The Bank of New York, just before the final Board meeting to approve the deal. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
the term "latent voice episode" was initiated when a particular organization approached us to better understand why some employees would speak up and others would instead withhold potentially valuable information. In other... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
Chesbrough XTV was given $30 million to manage. It was set up formally as a corporate division within Xerox, but Adams negotiated special terms that mimicked many aspects of independent venture capital firms. Eighty percent of the gains... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
in production and economies of scope in distribution. In some industries, Adam Smith's "invisible hand" was gradually tamed by what the historian Alfred D. Chandler Jr. has termed the "visible hand" of professional... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
end of the studio’s decade-long string of successes that included Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., and Finding Nemo—each movie breaking new ground in its own way, pushing the boundaries in terms of both technology and storytelling. It was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
important to have an explicit policy in place, then back it up with merit-based rewards and promotions," he states. "Otherwise, you will lose your best employees." Carlos Sicupira of GP Investimentos sees Latin America enjoying a kind of leapfrog advantage in View Details