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- November 2024
- Case
Demond Martin and WellWithAll
By: Hise Gibson, Archie L. Jones and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
This case study chronicles the transformative entrepreneurial path of Demond Martin, co-founder and CEO of WellWithAll, a health and wellness startup. Motivated by a pivotal life experience and deep concern for racial health inequities, Martin transitions from a... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Health; Recruitment; Leadership Style; Management Style; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Organizational Culture; Mission and Purpose; Relationships; Trust; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Investment; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; Health Industry; United States; Chicago; Boston; Atlanta; North Carolina; District of Columbia
Gibson, Hise, Archie L. Jones, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Demond Martin and WellWithAll." Harvard Business School Case 625-041, November 2024.
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Reinventing Best Buy
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455.
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details
Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Technology; Hardware; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Search Technology; Software; Web; Web Sites; Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul
- July 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (A)
By: Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia
On October 20, 2009, Brady Dougan, the CEO of Credit Suisse Group, announced a new compensation plan for the bank. The announcement had followed quickly on the heels of the G-20 meeting the prior month where, in the wake of the financial crisis, the major governments... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Globalized Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Taxation; Compensation and Benefits; Organizational Culture; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Switzerland; United Kingdom
Rose, Clayton S., and Aldo Sesia. "Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (A)." Harvard Business School Case 311-005, July 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
Case 118-030 JetBlue: Relevant Sustainability Leadership In 2017, JetBlue, the airline founded on the mission to “bring humanity back to air travel,” became one of the first companies to report performance according to the Sustainability... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
through these questions, you’ll know that you’ve approached the problem in the right way—not just as a good manager but as a thoughtful human being. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51554 September 2016... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
format. Finally, the wave of human health concerns (especially relative to obesity) will cause supermarkets to rethink some of their core strategies. We are currently in the midst of many of these changes, and because of them, the past... View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
PublicationsHigh Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage Authors:Michael Beer Publication:Jossey-Bass, 2009 Abstract Integrating knowledge from strategic management, performance management, and organization design,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
Experimental Psychology: General The (Perceived) Meaning of Spontaneous Thoughts By: Morewedge, Carey K., Colleen E. Giblin, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Much human thought arises unbidden, spontaneously intruding upon consciousness.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/shortint_text_20130814_FINAL.pdf September 2013 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Cheating More for Less: Upward Social Comparisons Motivate the Poorly Compensated to Cheat By: John,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
modified Walmart's human resource practices by offering better benefits and wages to associates in response to growing social pressure. Overall, our analysis suggests that the effectiveness of a particular business model depends not only... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
to human beings' deep, historical connection with nature. When people are in a natural environment, they are healthier and happier and have a greater sense of well being. Why not incorporate more of this into our buildings? We can design... View Details
- December 2023
- Teaching Note
Buurtzorg
By: Ethan Bernstein and Tatiana Sandino
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-101. As co-founders of home nursing company Buurtzorg, Jos de Blok and Gonnie Kronenberg prized both self-management and organizational learning. Buurtzorg’s 10,000 nurses across 950 neighborhood nursing teams in the Netherlands were... View Details
- March 2015 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
JPMorgan Chase: Tapping an Overlooked Talent Pool
By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly
By the spring of 2014, the pilot had come to an end for JPMorgan Chase's ReEntry Program, a program designed for women coming back to the workforce after a period of time away. Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO of Asset Management, and her team had to evaluate whether or not... View Details
Keywords: Women; Training; Leadership; Motherhood; Talent and Talent Management; Experience and Expertise; Diversity; Gender; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Programs; Financial Services Industry; United States
Groysberg, Boris, and Katherine Connolly. "JPMorgan Chase: Tapping an Overlooked Talent Pool." Harvard Business School Case 415-066, March 2015. (Revised May 2018.)
- July 2010 (Revised November 2011)
- Supplement
Zensar: The Future of Vision Communities (B)
By: David A. Garvin and Rachna Tahilyani
Zensar is a rapidly growing, mid-sized Indian IT services company with a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies. One of its practices, Vision Communities, is an inclusive forum for innovation and strategy formulation. As the company grows,... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning; Leadership Style; Employee Relationship Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Information Technology; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Business or Company Management; Expansion; Information Technology Industry; India
Garvin, David A., and Rachna Tahilyani. "Zensar: The Future of Vision Communities (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 311-025, July 2010. (Revised November 2011.)
- March 2004 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
Oscar de la Renta
By: Bharat N. Anand, Elizabeth Lea Carpenter and Samhita Patwardhan Jayanti
Over three decades, Oscar de la Renta (ODLR) had established itself as one of the premier luxury brands in America. Its mainstay business had always been producing and marketing high-priced, couture/ready-to-wear luxury goods. Now, in September 2003, it faced a series... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Borrowing and Debt; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Production; Family Ownership; Luxury; Competition; Diversification; Expansion; United States
Anand, Bharat N., Elizabeth Lea Carpenter, and Samhita Patwardhan Jayanti. "Oscar de la Renta." Harvard Business School Case 704-490, March 2004. (Revised March 2005.)
- March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
- Teaching Note
Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-065. In July, 2019, Springhill Medical Center (“SMC”) in Mobile, Alabama fell prey to a malicious ransomware attack that crippled the hospital’s internal network systems and public-facing web page. While the hospital rushed to... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Policy; Employees; News; Cybersecurity; Digital Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Management; Internet and the Web; Crisis Management; Business or Company Management; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Negotiation Tactics; Failure; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Attitudes; Behavior; Perception; Reputation; Trust; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Health Industry; Alabama; United States
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
the identity of a Yahoo! user, and subsequent actions by the firm to respond to negative publicity and congressional inquiry. The case raises broad questions about the challenge of complying with domestic law when operating in states that do not consistently respect... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- November 2003 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation
By: Robert S. Kaplan
First Commonwealth Financial Corp., a financial institution in central and southwestern Pennsylvania, implemented the Balanced Scorecard for describing and implementing its new customer-focused strategy. Its founder and chairman decided that the Balanced Scorecard also... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Corporate Strategy; Customers; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Customer Relationship Management; Executive Compensation; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Pennsylvania
Kaplan, Robert S. "First Commonwealth Financial Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 104-042, November 2003. (Revised August 2005.)
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
Trust Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Alisa Yu, Justin M. Berg, and Julian Zlatev “People often respond to others’ emotions using verbal acknowledgment (e.g., “You seem upset”). Yet, little is known about the... View Details
- 21 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine
and the western lab benefiting from that," Choudhury says of the findings. "It illustrates the mobility of human capital leading to knowledge transfer." Patents Without Pirates But the findings raised an uncomfortable... View Details