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  • August 2021
  • Supplement

Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game

By: Boris Groysberg
NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018–2019 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to the NBA. He also did not know what he... View Details
Keywords: Career Decisions; Career Journey; ＂Sports Organizations,; Mentoring; Retirement; Sports; Performance; Training; Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; Talent and Talent Management; Sports Industry; United States
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  • 2012
  • Book

Talk, Inc. : How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations

By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
How can leaders make their big or growing companies feel small again? How can they recapture the "magic"--the tight strategic alignment, the high level of employee engagement--that drove and animated their organization when it was a start-up? As more and more... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Culture; Social and Collaborative Networks; Spoken Communication
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  • September 2011 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

Brightcove, Inc. in 2007

By: Andrei Hagiu and David B. Yoffie
Brightcove, a technology and services provider to content owners in the Internet television field, aimed to become a media distribution company in its own right. On October 30, 2006, it relaunched its Website—and, in effect, its business. With its new, consumer-facing... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Diversification; Digital Platforms; Business Strategy; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Distribution; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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  • April 2011
  • Case

Felipe Calderón: Leading with Light and Power (A)

By: J. Bruce Harreld and David Lane
This sequence of cases explores how leaders get their team focused on framing, analyzing, and ultimately acting upon complex decisions. The A case provides an inside look as President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, works with his cabinet ministers to decide how to... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decisions; Public Sector; Leadership; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence; Urban Development; Welfare or Wellbeing
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  • September 2004 (Revised December 2004)
  • Case

Metso Paper: Globalization of Finnish Metal Workshops

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Marikka Heikkila and Kalle Lyytinen
Metso Paper, the world's largest producer of paper machines, aims to transform itself into a knowledge- and information-based service and solution provider for the paper industry by aggressively exploiting information technologies. In the fall of 2002, Jorma Hujala, a... View Details
Keywords: Production; Customer Value and Value Chain; Information Technology; Corporate Strategy; Knowledge Management; Machinery and Machining; Expansion; Service Delivery; Manufacturing Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Finland
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  • November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
  • Case

Drilling South: Petrobras Evaluates Pecom

By: Mihir A. Desai and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
The Brazilian oil company, Petrobras, is evaluating the acquisition of an Argentine oil company, the Perez Companc Group (Pecom). The acquisition would increase Petrobras' oil reserves and expand its interests outside Brazil, a significant step for the largest company... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Crisis; Non-Renewable Energy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Corporate Governance; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; State Ownership; Performance Evaluation; Risk and Uncertainty; Valuation; Energy Industry; Argentina; Brazil
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  • September 2000
  • Case

Jardines: Tapping the Asian E-Commerce Market

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Melissa Dailey and Fred Young
"We have made significant progress in reshaping the group in the current cycle of change," announced the homepage of Jardine Matheson & Co.'s web site. Percy Weatherall, newly appointed managing director of the company, knew all too well about change. In his previous... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Decisions; Information Technology; Corporate Strategy; Technology Adoption
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    How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy

    As the world globalizes, countries compete for the markets, technologies, and skills needed to raise their standards of living. These strategies can make--or break--the government's efforts to drive and sustain growth. In How Countries Compete, Richard... View Details
    • Web

    For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    Organizations and professionals from around the world participate in our Executive Education programs, access our research publications, and interact with our students and alumni through field-based projects, recruitment activities, and... View Details
    • April 2018 (Revised June 2020)
    • Case

    Tesla's CEO Compensation Plan

    By: Krishna G. Palepu and Sarah Mehta
    Tesla’s board of directors proposed an unusual compensation plan for the company’s CEO Elon Musk. The plan payouts were entirely contingent on achieving very ambitious market value, sales, and EBIT targets over the next ten years. If all the targets were achieved,... View Details
    Keywords: CEO Compensation; Compensation Committee; Corporate Governance; Executive Compensation; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations; Auto Industry; United States
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    • 17 Apr 2022
    • Book

    How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

    question-and-answer format that’s accessible for everyone from C-suite executives to business students. It covers a wide range of topics, from the basics of ethical behavior and legal liabilities to the cultivation of best practices and... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert
    • 08 Aug 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?

    for the pricing of bids made by its foreign subsidiaries. The company believed that its U.S.-based executives would be more effective in making pricing decisions because they had a broader purview of the company's needs. But the time... View Details
    Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
    • Web

    For Alumni - Health Care

    Initiative Hawes 101 Open to the Harvard community Join the Student Health Care Club and the Health Care Initiative for an engaging conversation with Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021-2023) and current View Details
    • Web

    Alumnae Circles - Alumni

    communications should the program expand to your area. OTHER ALUMNAE RESOURCES Career & Professional Development Job Search Career Coaching Networking Ongoing Learning Transitions & Paths: Career Re-entry, Diversity on Boards, and more HBS Women's Association View Details
    • 14 Jan 2019
    • Op-Ed

    These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

    for the multi-stakeholder approach. In 2011, he told shareholders, “My job is not to serve shareholders, but to serve Unilever’s customers and consumers.” He then suspended quarterly earnings reporting, enabling executives to concentrate... View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products
    • Web

    Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

    Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Executive Education; Senior Associate Dean, HBS Online Research Interests : balanced scorecard , boards of directors , incentives , inter-organizational control Interviews Narayanan Vaghul... View Details
    • 25 Aug 2022
    • News

    Understanding the Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard

    which senior executives identify as one of their top priorities, along with climate change and diversity, equity, and inclusion. REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES... View Details
    • Web

    Esteves Hall | About

    Esteves Hall The renovation of Esteves Hall was made possible by the support of André Santos Esteves, cofounder and CEO of Brazil-based BTG Pactual, and his wife, Lilian. Esteves Hall, reopened in April 2015, is an executive education... View Details
    • Web

    HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

    Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Supplemental Financial Information Revenues HBS funds its operations with cash from three primary sources: MBA tuition and fees; earned income from Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), View Details
    • 01 Aug 2022
    • What Do You Think?

    Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

    with values that support adaptability (among them openness, learning, and sharing), the result is very positive. Our conclusions were reached after collecting and examining survey data from hundreds of senior executives identifying those... View Details
    Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett