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Linda A. Hill
Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and Faculty Chair of the Leadership Initiative. Hill is regarded as one of the top experts on leadership and innovation. Hill is... View Details
- 03 Dec 2014
- HBS Seminar
Ginger Jin, University of Maryland
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
Every bet—large or small, corporate or personal—puts you into a game. And whatever the game, at some point your participation ends. Sometimes it ends because the game is over for all the players, sometimes because your participation is terminated View Details
- March 1994 (Revised May 1994)
- Case
Lisa Benton (A)
By: Linda A. Hill
Lisa Benton is in her fourth month as an assistant product manager at Houseworld, a leading consumer products company. She has been on the job since graduating from the Harvard Business School, and she has been frustrated from the start by a lack of responsibility, by... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Jobs and Positions; Power and Influence; Relationships; Consumer Products Industry
Hill, Linda A. "Lisa Benton (A)." Harvard Business School Case 494-114, March 1994. (Revised May 1994.)
Michael Beer
MICHAEL BEER
Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details
Elisabeth C. Paulson
Elisabeth Paulson is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches the first year course on Technology and Operations Management in the required curriculum.
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- June 2014 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Kathy Giusti and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Joshua D. Margolis and Matthew G. Preble
What do you do when your rising professional career is cut short by an unexpected cancer diagnosis? Kathy Giusti shifted careers, built a new organization that transformed how cancer research is done, and now faces the challenge of sustaining the organization and its... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Philanthropy Funding; Entrepreneurship; Health Care; Management Styles; Personalized Medicine; Health Care Outcomes; Cancer; Cancer Care In The U.S.; Personal Care; Leadership; Leading Change; Social Entrepreneurship; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Care and Treatment; Leadership Style; Management Style; Management Skills; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Health; Health Industry; United States; Canada; Spain
Hamermesh, Richard G., Joshua D. Margolis, and Matthew G. Preble. "Kathy Giusti and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 814-026, June 2014. (Revised February 2017.)
- 21 Jul 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Why Do User Communities Matter for Strategy?
Keywords: by Sonali K. Shah and Frank Nagle
- 19 May 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Job Market for New Economists: A Market Design Perspective
- January 2010 (Revised July 2011)
- Case
Hindustan Unilever Limited
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Mona Srivastava
This case illustrates Hindustan Unilever Limited's conflict resolution and people development policies using a “leading from the middle” example. The story centers on the challenges faced by an HR manager at a factory who must meet organizational objectives while... View Details
Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Labor Unions; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Managerial Roles; Conflict Management; Food and Beverage Industry; India
DeLong, Thomas J., and Mona Srivastava. "Hindustan Unilever Limited." Harvard Business School Case 410-002, January 2010. (Revised July 2011.)
- 04 Mar 2009
- Op-Ed
Credit is Not the Bogey
In this recession, we seek the bogey. If we can identify a villain, the recourse is simple: slay (or neutralize, or bail out) it. The search harks back to a management primer: identify the problem; find the solution. The search has... View Details
- 26 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Francesco Rossi (MBA 2024)
my homeland, which I still fondly call home. This realization fuels my fervor for encouraging others to visit Peru, to immerse themselves in its enchanting culture. It's why I consider myself an ambassador of my country, eager to... View Details
- October 2014
- Case
McKinsey & Company, 2012
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2012, McKinsey & Company (McKinsey) was the world's premier management consultancy, providing advice to CEO's and top executives of leading companies around the globe. Many consulting firms were bigger but few could match the reputation McKinsey had built over more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Keeping the Faith
four-day, no-fee, no-credit class during January break. Taught by HBS senior lecturer Derek van Bever (MBA 1988), along with Baker Foundation Professor of Management Arthur Segel, Harvard Divinity School... View Details
- July–August 2008
- Article
Interview with a Quality Leader: Regina E. Herzlinger on Consumer-Driven Healthcare
Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA. She received her bachelor's degree from MIT and her doctorate from the Harvard Business School The first woman to be tenured and... View Details
"Interview with a Quality Leader: Regina E. Herzlinger on Consumer-Driven Healthcare." Journal for Healthcare Quality 30, no. 4 (July–August 2008): 17–19.
- September 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Dimensional Fund Advisors, 2002
Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) is an investment management firm that prides itself on basing its investment strategies on sound academic research. Many of the best-known finance research papers of the past two decades (especially those by Eugene Fama and Kenneth... View Details
Cohen, Randolph B. "Dimensional Fund Advisors, 2002." Harvard Business School Case 203-026, September 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy
Ananya Zutshi (MS/MBA 2021) wanted a career in pharmacology biotech, but wasn’t sure if she wanted to be on the management side or scientific side. She studied biomedical engineering as an undergraduate at Duke University, where she... View Details
- September 2014 (Revised May 2015)
- Case
The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity
By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Hilary White
After struggling through the country's longest recession since 2008, the U.K. was expected to grow faster than any other G7 nation in 2014. Analysts wondered whether the return to growth was because, or in spite of, Prime Minister David Cameron's controversial £113... View Details
Keywords: United Kingdom; Keynesian Multiplier; Inflation; Inflation Targeting; Government Spending; Government Intervention In The Markets; Monetary Policy; Financial Crisis Management; Austerity; Inequality; Public Finance; Government Finance; Macroeconomics; Economics; Government and Politics; Inflation and Deflation; Financial Crisis; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Economic Growth; Business Cycles; Welfare; United Kingdom
Alfaro, Laura, Lakshmi Iyer, and Hilary White. "The United Kingdom and the Means to Prosperity." Harvard Business School Case 715-008, September 2014. (Revised May 2015.)
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
Such motives spring from the humanitarian values possessed by the organizations or individuals involved. Utilitarian motives, on the other hand, cater to the partners' organizational needs, focusing on issues like risk View Details