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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Faculty Books
The Last Tycoon, and other stories, he addresses issues leaders face, such as the soundness of their vision, their readiness to take on responsibility, the depth of their compassion, and their ability to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
bikes; now he is exporting to the United States and Europe. Wu and Yin are just two of more than 345,000 dollar millionaires who now live in China. Not only has China left its imperial past far behind. So far, the fastest-growing economy... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
exercise a huge impact on management studies more generally, especially strategy and the study of entrepreneurship. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
disaggregated "clusters" or "ecosystems" of firms has been widely recognized. But platforms and the systems in which they are embedded are very diverse. In particular, platforms may exist... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Lessons from a Megacity
The first step in researching the public transportation system in Buenos Aires: send the private driver home. “How could we be there studying public transportation and not use it?” asks Eryn Schultz (MBA 2015). She was one View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
associated with the program rollout, we use both population based morbidity measures from the Demographic and Health Surveys and health facility based mortality data as reported in the national Health Management Information System. While... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 1987 (Revised April 1987)
- Case
Tiberg Co.
By: Michael Beer and Daniel J. Isenberg
Describes the efforts of a vice president of purchasing to coordinate and centralize purchasing procedures in a multinational company. He encounters a lack of active cooperation. A rewritten version of an earlier case by G. Lombard. View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Power and Influence
Beer, Michael, and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Tiberg Co." Harvard Business School Case 487-079, April 1987. (Revised April 1987.)
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
engineering. There she helped suppliers design and certify their systems for flight: new seats for an aircraft, for example, or a Wi-Fi system for the new Delta Air Lines plane. She was surprised to find... View Details
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
auditor for both the financial and nonfinancial information contained in the integrated report, but these are covered by separate assurance opinions. Among the challenges of providing an integrated audit is getting the internal... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
of managers. The best way to address this is to widen the span of control for everyone between the CEO and first-line employees. Instead of six... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Capitalism’s False Mantra
Emeritus, and William Meckling. Capitalism has been reeling ever since. That’s the view of Roger Martin (MBA ’81) in his new book, Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL (Harvard Business Review... View Details
- 04 Apr 2008
- What Do You Think?
Who Owns Intellectual Property?
"Investors should put more emphasis on how brand IP is managed in the environment rather than on the IP asset itself." Paul Jackson adds that "... it's got to be businesses (that defend IP) ... as laws get in the way View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
team, an experience that convinced him that he needed more management skills. By his own recollection, he was virtually “clueless” about the very special place to which he was heading. His application to the MBA Program caught the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Books: Judo Strategy
Netscape’s head of engineering how he could ever hope to compete successfully with Microsoft, given the dominant position of Windows, he gave a very judo-like answer. ‘You can look at Microsoft’s operating... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
of Babban Gona farmers, and the system leverages economies of scale, all of these things come much cheaper. To help protect Babban Gona's... View Details
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset
rating systems have emerged to reward good service and integrity. Plan Several Moves Ahead Bob Kraft owns the New England Patriots, one of the most successful franchises in professional sports. Notably, he... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
written about the status of women in academia and business—Herzlinger notes, "I am not someone who studies women. I believe you gain strength by being who you are and by being good at what you do." You became involved in research on... View Details
- October 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Supplement
Asda (B)
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Describes Archie Norman's efforts over a five-year period to turn around the company by regaining financial control, delivering management, creating experimental projects where individuals felt free to innovate, instituting a back-to-roots strategy that put customers... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Customer Relationship Management; Governance Controls; Innovation and Invention; Management; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Asda (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 498-007, October 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
outcomes while controlling for the endogenous matching of projects and organizational forms. Solo firm leases are less profitable than alliance leases because alliance members combine their information and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
www.mindedge.com. Performance Measurement & Control Systems for Implementing Strategy by Robert L. Simons (Prentice Hall) "This book is built around a number of tensions... View Details