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- December 2023
- Case
Davivienda Bank's Upskilling and Reskilling Strategy in Colombia
By: Jorge Tamayo, Raffaella Sadun and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
Set in 2022, this case describes the digital transformation strategy of Davivienda— a leading player in Colombia’s commercial banking and one of the companies belonging to Grupo Bolívar, a major Colombian financial conglomerate—and the bank’s upskilling and reskilling... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Banking Industry; Latin America; Central America; South America; Colombia
Tamayo, Jorge, Raffaella Sadun, and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago. "Davivienda Bank's Upskilling and Reskilling Strategy in Colombia." Harvard Business School Case 724-425, December 2023.
- July 2024
- Module Note
Organization: Managing the Corporation
By: David J. Collis
Ongoing management of the corporate portfolio is critical to realizing value in diversified companies. This requires designing and administering structures, systems, and processes appropriate for the set of businesses and the resources that underpin value creation... View Details
Keywords: Organization; Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Business or Company Management; Diversification; Value Creation
Collis, David J. "Organization: Managing the Corporation." Harvard Business School Module Note 724-495, July 2024.
- December 2011 (Revised March 2013)
- Background Note
The Business Development Manager
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Sarah Dillard, Katharine Nevins and Puja Ramani
Describes the role of business development (BD) managers in technology companies, detailing: 1) BD managers' key responsibilities at each step in the process of creating a partnership agreement; 2) how the nature of the BD function evolves as a technology startup... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Partnerships; High Technology Products; Information Technology; Business or Company Management; Partners and Partnerships; Management Skills; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., Thomas R. Eisenmann, Sarah Dillard, Katharine Nevins, and Puja Ramani. "The Business Development Manager." Harvard Business School Background Note 812-107, December 2011. (Revised March 2013.)
- 1996
- Book
Strategic Retail Management
By: D. E. Bell and W. J. Salmon
Bell, D. E., and W. J. Salmon. Strategic Retail Management. Cincinnati: South-Western College Publishing, 1996.
- August 2017 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Managing Diversity and Inclusion at Yelp
By: Michael Luca, Joshua Schwartzstein and Gauri Subramani
This case explores the industry-wide lack of employee diversity in the technology sector and Yelp’s decision to take a leadership position in identifying strategies to increase diversity. The goal of the case is to provide an opportunity for students to develop a... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Employees; Leading Change; Strategy; Organizational Culture; Technology Industry
Luca, Michael, Joshua Schwartzstein, and Gauri Subramani. "Managing Diversity and Inclusion at Yelp." Harvard Business School Case 918-009, August 2017. (Revised February 2023.)
- 2012
- Comment
The Balanced Scorecard: Comments on Balanced Scorecard Commentaries
By: Robert S. Kaplan
This paper provides the author's insights about five papers written in this volume about his published work on the balanced scorecard (BSC). The author finds that academic commentary on the BSC often ignores its role in strategy execution. The paper discusses how the... View Details
Keywords: Strategy Execution; Performance Management; Strategy; Public Sector; Balanced Scorecard; Performance
Kaplan, Robert S. "The Balanced Scorecard: Comments on Balanced Scorecard Commentaries." Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 8, no. 4 (2012): 539–545.
- Teaching Interest
Data Science for Managers
- Served as a teaching fellow; assisted MBA students with classroom coding exercises.
- Developed course materials, including new case studies, technical notes, and code notebooks students used to analzye case data.
- Developed interactive web... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Strategies for Value Creation (MBA Course)
By: Benjamin C. Esty
SVC is a capstone course that integrates topics from finance, strategy, and leadership. It is intentionally cross-functional and designed to force integration at the end of the MBA program. Students develop a value creation mindset and learn that value creation is an... View Details
- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
not only changed how Yoffie designed the course, called Strategy and Technology, but it's also changing how managers in tech-intensive companies are dealing with this issue on the front lines. Yoffie begins... View Details
- October 2013 (Revised January 2016)
- Case
J.C. Penney's 'Fair and Square' Strategy (Abridged)
By: Elie Ofek and Jill Avery
As he gets ready to release 2nd quarter 2012 results, Ron Johnson, the new CEO of department store J.C. Penney, is reconsidering the dramatic changes he initiated for the business model and brand image of his company. A new pricing scheme he put in place in February,... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Price; Consumer Behavior; Decision Making; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Retail Industry; United States
Ofek, Elie, and Jill Avery. "J.C. Penney's 'Fair and Square' Strategy (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 514-063, October 2013. (Revised January 2016.)
- Article
Does Management Matter in Schools?
By: Nicholas Bloom, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden,... View Details
Keywords: Management; Education; Business Strategy; Education Industry; Germany; Sweden; India; Canada; Italy; Brazil; United Kingdom; United States
Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Does Management Matter in Schools?" Economic Journal 125, no. 584 (May 2015): 647–674.
- December 2006 (Revised October 2007)
- Course Overview Note
Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Educators
Provides an overview for educators of concepts covered in the MBA elective course, "Managing Networked Businesses," (MNB). MNB focuses on management challenges in businesses that exhibit network effects. Such businesses comprise a large and growing share of the global... View Details
- October 2003 (Revised January 2016)
- Exercise
The BCPC Internet Strategy Team: An Exercise
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman
This short fictional case forms the basis of a team decision-making exercise. The case, inspired by a real decision facing a major telecommunications company, describes a cross-functional management team convened by the CEO for the purpose of developing a... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Risk and Uncertainty; Information Management; Perspective; Product Launch; Internet and the Web; Knowledge Sharing; Telecommunications Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., and Laura Feldman. "The BCPC Internet Strategy Team: An Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 604-035, October 2003. (Revised January 2016.) (Six supplements available for Chris Berkowitz, Dana Jones, Jan Trow, Kim Wilson, Leslie Rhee, and Terry Maneri.)
- 2020
- Book
Management Accounting: Information for Decision Making
By: Anthony A. Atkinson, Robert S. Kaplan, Ella Mae Matsumura and S. Mark Young
An approach to management accounting from the perspective of a business manager. View Details
Atkinson, Anthony A., Robert S. Kaplan, Ella Mae Matsumura, and S. Mark Young. Management Accounting: Information for Decision Making. 7th ed. Cambridge Business Publishers, 2020.
- February 2005 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
Arcelik Home Appliances: International Expansion Strategy
The Turkish home appliances firm Arcelik is revisiting its growth strategy. Options for growth include continuing to promote currently owned brands in international markets, acquiring new brands, expanding OEM or private-label contracts, and/or diversifying into other... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Consumer Products Industry; Turkey
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Catherine Thomas. "Arcelik Home Appliances: International Expansion Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 705-477, February 2005. (Revised August 2008.)
- March 1999 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Ford Motor Company: Supply Chain Strategy
Describes Ford's examination of its supply chain to evaluate whether the company should "virtually integrate" on the Dell Computers model. View Details
Austin, Robert D. "Ford Motor Company: Supply Chain Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 699-198, March 1999. (Revised December 2001.)
- 2014
- Book
Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors That Drive Effective Selling
There are many books that provide strategy advice and selling methodologies. But there is a gap in the management literature when it comes to linking sales efforts with strategy. Part 1 of this book provides data indicating how and why sales remain (by far) the biggest... View Details
Cespedes, Frank V. Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors That Drive Effective Selling. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2014.
- fall 1996
- Article
Linking the Balanced Scorecard to Strategy
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Norton
Kaplan, Robert S., and David Norton. "Linking the Balanced Scorecard to Strategy." California Management Review 39, no. 1 (fall 1996): 53–79.
- February 2008 (Revised January 2009)
- Background Note
Offshoring Day in BGIE and Strategy
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Troy Smith
Describes a set of activities in which students will participate before and during a day of classes on offshoring. The day's classes will examine the implications of offshoring for policy makers, business leaders, and workers. View Details
Rivkin, Jan W., and Troy Smith. "Offshoring Day in BGIE and Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 708-492, February 2008. (Revised January 2009.)