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- 20 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced
Do gender-diverse companies make more money than businesses run primarily by men? If research says they perform better, that could bolster the argument that women should have more access to top positions in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?
Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details
Keywords: by Tim Gray
- 9 AM – 10 AM EST, 09 Jan 2019
- HBS Online
HBS Online Economics for Managers
Gain the knowledge and skills to craft successful business strategy, whether you are an aspiring marketing professional, strategy consultant, or entrepreneur, preparing for an MBA, or just looking to contribute more to business decision making. Program Dates: January... View Details
- 03 Oct 2023
- What Do You Think?
Do Leaders Learn More From Success or Failure?
use at business schools across the world, my own experience tells me to expect a bias toward success. ” At that point, John suggested that we examine in depth 10 pairs of companies in the same industries,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- January 1994 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Hold or Fold?: The War of Attrition
Costly "wars of attrition" are common. Examples include: 1) the battle over the business of market-making in British government bonds that took place following the 1986 deregulation of the London financial markets, and 2) the battle that took place in the late 1980s... View Details
Keywords: Competition
Brandenburger, Adam M. "Hold or Fold?: The War of Attrition." Harvard Business School Case 794-092, January 1994. (Revised August 1998.)
- February 2003
- Supplement
Silvio Napoli Cross Cultural Management
Presents an interview with Silvio Napoli regarding cultural aspects of an Italian manager in a Swiss company opening an Indian subsidiary. Issues range from personal and family adjustment to management style, corporate culture, and differences in national... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Business Subsidiaries; Nationality; Organizational Culture; Personal Characteristics; Business Startups; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Italy; Switzerland; India
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Silvio Napoli Cross Cultural Management." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 303-806, February 2003.
- December 2007 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A)
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Bertrand Moingeon, Vincent Marie Dessain and Ane Damgaard Jensen
This case explores French consumer goods company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President) Franck Mougin assesses the company's knowledge-sharing tools and considers his options going forward. Through... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Employee Relationship Management; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Social and Collaborative Networks; Expansion; Consumer Products Industry; France
Edmondson, Amy C., Bertrand Moingeon, Vincent Marie Dessain, and Ane Damgaard Jensen. "Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A)." Harvard Business School Case 608-107, December 2007. (Revised September 2011.)
- Program
Investment Management Workshop
Summary The Investment Management Workshop convenes the world's top principals, portfolio managers, and executives to explore the latest industry strategies and best practices. Focused on asset management, View Details
- 27 Feb 2018
- News
Make Tools Like Slack Work for Your Company
- 29 Sep 2020
- News
Employee Performance vs. Company Values: A Manager’s Dilemma
- 23 Jan 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sports: Lessons for Managers
sports as the ultimate metaphor or analogy. A manager lagging in her work is "behind the eight ball" while another who is changing tactics is "calling an audible." If your staff can't do... View Details
- 18 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: CRC Companies LLC
would like to share with fellow recruiters or those who are new to recruiting with HBS? HBS candidates are the best of the best—be sure to work with your Recruiting Relations Manager to develop a recruiting... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- Research Summary
Business Ethics
Joshua Margolis is interested in how individuals can exercise leadership in the face of competing ethical and economic responsibilities, and how organizations can enable them to do that. In particular, how can managers and companies simultaneously advance... View Details
- May 1994
- Case
Colgate-Palmolive: Managing International Careers
Colgate-Palmolive, the U.S.-based consumer products firm, has long emphasized international experience for its managers and has developed a comprehensive policy to manage expatriate assignments. The rise in dual-career families has made some managers reluctant to... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Personal Development and Career; Experience and Expertise; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Rosenzweig, Philip M. "Colgate-Palmolive: Managing International Careers." Harvard Business School Case 394-184, May 1994.
- 02 Oct 2018
- News
How Companies Can Tap Into Talent Clusters
- September 2016 (Revised September 2016)
- Case
The Tavistock Group and the Australian Agricultural Company
By: Dante Roscini and Matthew Preble
In late 2015, Dr. Shehan Dissanayake, a managing director and board member of Bahamian investment firm The Tavistock Group (Tavistock), the largest shareholder in the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo), one of the country's largest agribusinesses, faces a... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Foreign Direct Investment; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Australia; Bahamas
Roscini, Dante, and Matthew Preble. "The Tavistock Group and the Australian Agricultural Company." Harvard Business School Case 717-009, September 2016. (Revised September 2016.)
- 05 Mar 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?
trends present special challenges or pressing needs for greater honesty, candor, and transparency in the future? In discussing management issues, we often conclude that "it all depends." Does that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
information technology companies subject to the same kinds of blinkered strategies experienced in more traditional industries? Has there been sufficient effort to disrupt them? Or are my perceptions those of... View Details
- September 1996
- Background Note
Some Thoughts on Career Management
A view of career management for people interested in starting or playing a major role in an entrepreneurial venture is presented. View Details
Sahlman, William A. "Some Thoughts on Career Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 897-055, September 1996.
- March 2022 (Revised March 2022)
- Module Note
Managing Customers in the Digital Era
By: Eva Ascarza
The last two decades have witnessed incredible technological advances that have transformed the ways customers connect with each other and enabled firms to track customers in multiple ways through various channels to personalize (and automize) their offerings at... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Technological Innovation
Ascarza, Eva. "Managing Customers in the Digital Era." Harvard Business School Module Note 522-066, March 2022. (Revised March 2022.)