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- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
profiles of their friends, who didn’t even use the application, were accessed by Cambridge Analytica who was able harvest information for 87 million people—many of whom had never authorized it. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg later said... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 10 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Become a Value Creator
at Alghanim Industries, one of the largest multibusiness companies in the Middle East. Hall previously served as EVP and then interim CEO of the company, and is now an adviser. "You will never succeed until you become a good team... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
of the world's platinum. Photo: Gautam Mukunda Part B of the case, taught later in the course, tackles a question that confronts CEOs in many industries: How do you change the culture of an organization, let alone an industry? No easy... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
assets as part of a bank's core capital. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111076-PDF-ENG Sherritt Goes to Cuba (A): Political Risk in Unchartered Territory Aldo Musacchio and Jonathan SchleferHarvard Business School Case 711-001 Ian Delaney,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/310077-PDF-ENG Local Motors: Designed by the Crowd, Built by the Customer Michael I. Norton and Jeremy B. DannHarvard Business School Case 510-062 In the wake of the meltdown among U.S. auto manufacturers in 2009, Jay... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
case:http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806121 EMC Corp.: Proposed Acquisition of VMware 806-153 This case involves the decision by the CEO of EMC Corp. whether to acquire VMware, a small... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
you might well reduce the variance or expected value of environmental costs and come out ahead of your competition, he said. Case Study: BP The case of oil, natural gas, and petrochemicals giant BP illuminates in a fascinating way several of these options at once,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
governance. Artists receive money as milestones are reached and also receive guidance on managing their lives and business to increase their sustainability. But as Ruby Lerner, CEO of Creative Capital, looks to the organization's next... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
idea with Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria. Nohria remembered that he and his HBS colleague, Rakesh Khurana, had noticed a similar effect in CEO data—that some chief executives had two distinct halves to their careers, a... View Details
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
coverage, and there were rising price pressures from commercial insurers, employers, and individual consumers. Dr. Jeffrey Balser, CEO of VUMC, had to address the shortfall while maintaining the quality of patient care, education, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
distributed in class. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/dongfeng-nissan-s-venucia-c/an/714016-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 812-061 Accretive Health Mary Tolan, CEO Accretive Health, examines whether to expand the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
SilvestriHarvard Business School Case 411-095 The case traces the evolution of Jones Lang LaSalle's organization and strategy between the years 2005-2008, as it transitioned from a modular to an integrated structure. The case protagonist, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
continuing (if much reduced) political violence and legislative deadlock in the national parliament, three actors needed to make key decisions. Jean Claude Gandur, the CEO of Addax Petroleum, needed to decide whether to continue investing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
specializes in real-estate issues, having spent several years as CEO of a construction company. "These characteristics—good credit, interest in employee health, ability to do a sophisticated analysis of total occupancy cost, awareness of... View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
case:http://hbr.org/search/313001-PDF-ENG MF Global: Changing Stripes Clayton Rose, Yasmin Dahya, and Jenevieve LeeHarvard Business School Case 312-105 Jon Corzine became the CEO of MF Global in March of 2010. Eighteen months later, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
the Largest Bank in the U.S.? When Jamie Dimon took over as CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMorgan Chase) in 2005, he reaffirmed the commitment to pursue a "universal bank" strategy—providing a full range of products and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
Marshall, James Quinn, and Reed MartinHarvard Business School Case 806-099 Hexcel's new CEO is faced with deciding how to "take out" $60 million in cash costs in fiscal 2002, as two of the company's end markets-electronics and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
The various components of a channel (whether within a supplier or within a third-party vendor) may be able to improve operations by taking advantage of new technologies, but usually there is no one at the helm guiding the activities of the entire channel. View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/919401-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 819-055 Clayton, Dubilier & Rice at 40 In 2018, private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice celebrated its 40th anniversary and its 20th year under the leadership of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
was selected as the start point for two reasons: First, it was when the CEO of BigAC observed that less than 10 percent of the candidates for partnership were female—this after a decade of actively recruiting highly qualified women. And... View Details