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  • December 2008 (Revised May 2009)
  • Background Note

Corporate Governance in China: Current Practice, Key Problems

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Joanne Xu and Tracy Manty
This note introduces the current corporate governance system in China, identifies its key problems and assesses recent improvements and future challenges. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Practice; Problems and Challenges; China
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McFarlan, F. Warren, Joanne Xu, and Tracy Manty. "Corporate Governance in China: Current Practice, Key Problems." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-058, December 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
  • 1993
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Marketing Practice: Source of Problems and Insights for Advancing Marketing Knowledge

By: S. A. Greyser
Keywords: Marketing; Practice; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Dissemination; Problems and Challenges
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Greyser, S. A. "Marketing Practice: Source of Problems and Insights for Advancing Marketing Knowledge." In Enhancing Knowledge Development in Marketing: Perspectives and Viewpoints, edited by P. R. Varadarajan and A. Menon. Chicago: American Marketing Association, 1993.
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The Impact of Project Portfolio Management on Information Technology Projects

By: Bert De Reyck, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Martin Lockett, Sergio Ricardo Calderini, Marcio Moura and Andrew Sloper
The ever-increasing penetration of projects as a way to organise work in many organisations necessitates effective management of multiple projects. This has resulted in a greater interest in the processes of project portfolio management (PPM), with more and more... View Details
Keywords: Project Portfolio Management; Information Technology; Projects; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Improvement
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De Reyck, Bert, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Martin Lockett, Sergio Ricardo Calderini, Marcio Moura, and Andrew Sloper. "The Impact of Project Portfolio Management on Information Technology Projects." International Journal of Project Management 23, no. 7 (October 2005): 524–537.
  • October 2010 (Revised May 2012)
  • Case

Drilling Safety at BP: The Deepwater Horizon Accident

By: Stephen P. Kaufman and Laura Winig
Following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico explosion and oil spill on the Deepwater Horizon, public attention focused on BP's safety record, practices, and management culture as the primary cause of the disaster. Drawing on public sources this case traces the circumstances... View Details
Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Practice; Safety; Energy Industry; Mexico, Gulf of
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Kaufman, Stephen P., and Laura Winig. "Drilling Safety at BP: The Deepwater Horizon Accident." Harvard Business School Case 611-017, October 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
  • 01 Dec 2008
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Innovation as P&G’s Key

many pages. But more recent triumphs are also instructive, such as how the tired Herbal Essences brand was revived in part by pouring it into a curvaceous, nestable bottle intended to appeal to Gen-Y women. The Game-Changer is rich with View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • April 1976 (Revised January 1989)
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Yellowtail Marine, Inc.

Designed for use as an in-basket exercise in a general management course. Focuses on the first few hours work of the new president of Yellowtail Marine, Robyn Gilchrist, and the decisions she has to make. The decisions mix strategic and operations issues and make the... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Operations; Business Strategy
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Hatten, Kenneth J. "Yellowtail Marine, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 376-235, April 1976. (Revised January 1989.)
  • Editorial

New Directions for Practice: Nonprofit Strategy Formulation, Organization and Measurement

By: Elaine Backman, Allen Grossman and V. Kasturi Rangan
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Measurement and Metrics; Practice
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Backman, Elaine, Allen Grossman, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "New Directions for Practice: Nonprofit Strategy Formulation, Organization and Measurement." Nonprofit Management & Leadership 11, no. 3 (Spring 2001). (Editorial.)
  • February 2008 (Revised February 2015)
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Your Strategy—A Strategy Formulation Exercise for the General Management Program (GMP)

By: Tarun Khanna, Robyn C. Davis and Stephanie R. Khurana
This exercise is meant to help students take strategy concepts learned and adapt/apply them to their organizations. View Details
Keywords: Learning; Business or Company Management; Practice; Strategy
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Khanna, Tarun, Robyn C. Davis, and Stephanie R. Khurana. "Your Strategy—A Strategy Formulation Exercise for the General Management Program (GMP)." Harvard Business School Exercise 708-494, February 2008. (Revised February 2015.)
  • October 1988 (Revised February 1990)
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HCC Industries

Describes a corporation that switches its philosophy of budgeting from "stretch" targets to "minimum performance standard" targets. The change has implications for management incentives, compensation, and corporate planning. Early results suggest the concept was not... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Budgets and Budgeting
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Merchant, Kenneth A. "HCC Industries." Harvard Business School Case 189-096, October 1988. (Revised February 1990.)
  • April 1942 (Revised December 1982)
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Dashman Co.

The vice president in charge of purchasing sends a letter to each of the company's 20 purchasing executives requesting that contracts made in excess of $10,000 be cleared with him prior to signing. The branches promise to cooperate, but no notices of negotiations are... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Accounting; Business Processes
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Lombard, George F. "Dashman Co." Harvard Business School Case 642-001, April 1942. (Revised December 1982.)
  • 01 Apr 2005
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Seven Transformations of Leadership

Keywords: David Rooke, William Torbert
  • 07 Sep 2021
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Embracing Activism for Social Change

much of her first post-HBS year managing the pilot. Resolving Crisis Situations Mendu and other members of the partnership developed a three-part initiative informed by the best practices they gathered from local stakeholders and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • December 2007
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Fair (and Not So Fair) Division

By: John W. Pratt
Drawbacks of existing procedures are illustrated and a method of efficient fair division is proposed that avoids them. Given additive participants' utilities, each item is priced at the geometric mean (or some other function) of its two highest valuations. The... View Details
Keywords: Price; Management Practices and Processes; Valuation
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Pratt, John W. "Fair (and Not So Fair) Division." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 35, no. 3 (December 2007).
  • 15 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult

radical business process innovation versus incremental change. It's widely understood that when it comes to product innovation, market-leading firms are often more likely than laggards to pursue product improvements in a very incremental way—a View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • September 2002
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Seattle Public Schools, 1995-2002 (A): The Freedom Agenda

Describes efforts in Seattle Public Schools, under the leadership of Superintendent Joseph Olchefske, to replace the district's centralized budgeting process with school-level budgets. Olchefske's decentralization effort, referred to locally as the Freedom Agenda,... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Practices and Processes; Operations; Education; Education Industry; Seattle
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Leschly, Stig. "Seattle Public Schools, 1995-2002 (A): The Freedom Agenda." Harvard Business School Case 803-037, September 2002.
  • December 2001 (Revised February 2006)
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An Options-led Approach to Making Strategic Choices

By: Jan W. Rivkin
Summarizes some of the pitfalls of conventional strategic planning processes and proposes an alternative approach to making strategic choices. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Management Practices and Processes; Strategic Planning; Strategy
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Rivkin, Jan W. "An Options-led Approach to Making Strategic Choices." Harvard Business School Background Note 702-433, December 2001. (Revised February 2006.)
  • October 1984
  • Teaching Note

NIKE (B), Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-385-027). View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Value; Management Practices and Processes; Management Teams; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Roberts, Michael J. "NIKE (B), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 385-094, October 1984.
  • 01 Jul 2003
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Managing Regulatory and Societal Processes

Keywords: Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
  • 07 Jul 2020
  • News

Cold Call: SmileDirect Looks Beyond Direct-to-Consumer Marketing

  • 2014
  • Article

Rituals Alleviate Grieving for Loved Ones, Lovers, and Lotteries

By: Michael I. Norton and Francesca Gino
Three experiments explored the impact of mourning rituals after losses—of loved ones, lovers, and lotteries—on mitigating grief. Participants who were directed to reflect on past rituals or who were assigned to complete novel rituals after experiencing losses reported... View Details
Keywords: Loss; Practice; Emotions
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Norton, Michael I., and Francesca Gino. "Rituals Alleviate Grieving for Loved Ones, Lovers, and Lotteries." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 143, no. 1 (February 2014): 266–272.
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