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Of Measurement and Mission: Accounting for Performance in Non-Governmental Organizations

As members of civil society NGOs would seem to have a built-in proclivity towards representation: towards working on behalf of some group of people, or toward some specific goal. Yet in practice such moments of accountability are rare. Unlike other social agents,... View Details

28 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

One day in 1966 while Ranjan Kapur was walking in midtown Manhattan, a black limo pulled up alongside. A man he instantly recognized as advertising icon David Ogilvy, founder... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

01 Mar 2009
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Health Care a Top Priority at HBS

a topic of great interest to our faculty, students, and alumni.” She notes that some 20 percent of HBS professors are interested in health care, pursuing research in four... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

05 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

for cadavers. Anteby's current research examines the morality of markets by focusing on the U.S. supply and demand of cadavers for medical research and education.) Anyone who has been trained View Details

Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health

07 Apr 2011
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When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?

Summing Up The variety of responses stimulated by this month's column may help explain why our public institutions are so often perceived as responding slowly to natural or man-made "meltdowns."... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

09 Jan 2023
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Alumna Leads Biggest Ever Debut for a Woman-led Hedge Fund

Photo via Surgo Foundation Photo via Surgo Foundation Mala Gaonkar (MBA 1996) kicked off the new year with the debut of her hedge fund SurgoCap Partners, whose $1.8 billion under management made it the... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

10 Apr 2014
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HBS FIELD 2 - A good sneak-peek into consulting

because I had worked for Airbus as a project manager before coming to HBS and was familiar with the industry. However, I must confess that I was skeptical View Details

Keywords: Consulting

April 2003 (Revised April 2009)
Case

Paul Levy: Taking Charge of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

By: David A. Garvin and Michael Roberto

On January 7, 2002, Paul Levy became CEO of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He took over a troubled organization, in serious financial difficulty. This multimedia case describes the situation Levy inherited, his negotiations prior to taking the job, and his... View Details

Keywords: Communication Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Organizational Culture; Health Industry

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16 Jul 2001
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How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist

outside opportunities appear, one lesson should remain to the fore: The more you focus, the easier it becomes to channel and make the most of your resources. Once your business begins to sprawl, it becomes much harder to direct your... View Details

Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak

01 Aug 2001
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Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success

announced as the 2001 conference site. After two days packed with dynamic breakout sessions and inspiring keynote addresses by HBS faculty and some of the world's leading business executives, however, no one... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Frank Batten (MBA '52); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?

authors look to the future—what will the shopping experience be like for us, and for retailers, as ecommerce becomes an ever larger part of the market. In early February, 93-year-old retailer RadioShack... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

15 Mar 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Initiating Divergent Organizational Change: The Enabling Role of Actors’ Social Position

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

01 Mar 2019
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Case Study: Off to a Fine Art

is filling a market need, and the first-year revenue response is confirmatory. Since many events like weddings are planned far in advance, I suspect that Clay can still deploy a consignment model until it... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership

Agency theory, a new model of governance promulgated by academic economists in the 1970s, is behind the idea that corporate managers should make shareholder value their primary concern and that boards should ensure they do. The theory regards shareholders as... View Details

January 2003 (Revised April 2004)
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Cat is out of the Bag, The: KANA and the Layoff Gone Awry (A)

By: Leslie A. Perlow and David Ager

Vicki Amon-Higa, vice president of KANA, a publicly traded, midsize development company, was working with Bryan Kettle, KANA's CFO, to plan a layoff in which KANA would reduce the size of its workforce by nearly 40%. Despite the best of intentions, news of the layoff... View Details

Keywords: Crisis Management; Employees; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Conflict Management

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By: Robert Simons

Professor Simons is currently studying how executives make their businesses more competitive using innovative structural designs and performance measurement systems. He has a number of ongoing research projects on this topic, and teaches MBA and executive education... View Details

Keywords: Strategy Execution; Organization Design; Management Control Systems; Performance Measurement; Competitiveness

2022
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Key Success Factors in Environmental Entrepreneurship: The case of Wilderness Safaris

By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Woods and Herman B. Leonard

This chapter analyzes the entrepreneurial conception and evolution of the Wilderness Safaris (WS) ecotourism enterprise operating in eight African countries. It illuminates a series of factors that contribute to positive environmental impact as well as financial... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Entrepreneurship

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2020
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Accelerating a Circular Economy for Plastic Packaging

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Plastic has become essential to global day-to-day activities, yet it is also causing extreme environmental degradation. Many leaders in the plastics industry are starting to question its sustainability. This case presents insights into the future of the plastic... View Details

Keywords: Plastic Waste; Environmental Sustainability; Cooperation; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Consumer Products Industry

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01 Jun 2013
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School of Hard Knocks

on life and later my career path. At HBS, I started thinking about how many young people never get the chance to go to college for reasons outside their control, including the disadvantage of discrimination.... View Details

Keywords: discrimination; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

August 2024 (Revised February 2025)
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Novo Nordisk Foundation

By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau

In 2024, Novo Nordisk A/S was one of the most profitable firms in the world, thanks largely to just two GLP-1-based drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy. Unusually, this incredibly profitable firm was controlled not by individual private shareholders, but by a non-profit... View Details