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  • 21 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

retirement savings plan, may be a lack of effective advertising. “All this money and time and smart people thinking about programs is all for naught if we don’t effectively communicate them,” John says. In particular, companies are... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • April 2019
  • Teaching Note

The a2 Milk Company

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) became the most valuable company listed on the New Zealand stock exchange in 2018 by capitalizing on a biochemical discovery related to the protein composition of cow's milk. Because many people find the A1 protein difficult to digest, and... View Details
Keywords: Judo Economics; Market Entry; Innovation; Barriers To Response; Industry Attractiveness; Advantage Horizon; Sustainability; First-mover Advantage; Scope; Strategy Execution; Strategic Evolution; Biochemistry; Genetics; Branding; Commodity; Milk; Dairy; Infant Formula; Farming; Porter's Five Forces; Market Entry and Exit; Disruption; Innovation and Invention; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation; Competition; Brands and Branding; Five Forces Framework; Consumer Products Industry; New Zealand; Australia; China
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  • 19 May 2016
  • News

Helping baby boomers find a meaningful second act

    Teresa M. Amabile

    Teresa Amabile is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor, Emerita, at Harvard Business School. Originally educated and employed as a chemist, Teresa received her Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University. Her current research investigates how people approach and... View Details

    • March 2002 (Revised August 2002)
    • Case

    Microsoft.NET

    By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
    Set in the summer of 2000, following the unveiling of Microsoft's .NET initiative to the public. Three of the key figures in .NET's development are considering the next steps they would have to take to keep the initiative moving forward. Specifically, the challenges... View Details
    Keywords: Applications and Software; Growth and Development Strategy; Change Management; Talent and Talent Management; Policy; Business Model; Computer Industry; Web Services Industry
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    • February 2018 (Revised May 2019)
    • Case

    CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap

    By: William Kerr, Michael Norris and Manjari Raman
    In 2018, Ann Randazzo, executive director of the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) is assessing the organization’s performance since its 2006 founding. Founded to address an imminent retirement bubble of middle skills workers in the utilities industry,... View Details
    Keywords: Workforce Development; Industry Cooperation; Skills Gap; Middle Skills; Training; Strategic Planning; Competency and Skills; Utilities Industry; United States
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    • August 2004
    • Case

    Microsoft.NET (Abridged)

    By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
    Set in the summer of 2000, following the unveiling of Microsoft's .NET initiative to the public. Three of the key figures in .NET's development are considering the next steps they would have to take to keep the initiative moving forward. Specifically, the challenges... View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; Leadership; Management Skills; Organizational Structure; Digital Platforms
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    • 09 Mar 2021
    • Blog Post

    New BEI Director: Lynn Schenk

    Harvard Business School (HBS) has named Lynn Schenk as the new director of its Business & Environment Initiative (BEI), succeeding Jennifer Nash, who will retire at the end of March after 5 years as director. Lynn steps into this role... View Details
    • 10 Sep 2013
    • News

    Ferguson’s Formula

    • August 2000 (Revised November 2000)
    • Case

    Building Brand Community on the Harley-Davidson Posse Ride

    The second Harley-Davidson Posse Ride, a grueling 2,300 mile, 10-day trek from South Padre Island, Tex., to the Canadian Border is billed "for serious riders only." Harley Owner's Group (H.O.G.) Director Mike Keefe must decide whether this rolling rally deserves a... View Details
    Keywords: Relationships; Customer Focus and Relationships; Brands and Branding; Motorcycle Industry; United States
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    • 21 Nov 2011
    • News

    Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Charles M. Williams Dies at 94

    • 15 Mar 2021
    • Blog Post

    REFLECTIONS ON MY TIME AS BEI DIRECTOR

    At the end of March, I will retire from my role as Director of the HBS Business and Environment Initiative and turn the reins to BEI’s new Director Lynn Schenk and Coordinator Elise Clarkson. What has changed since I started in the... View Details
    • November 2018
    • Case

    Governance Transition at Anadolu Group

    By: Paul M. Healy and Esel Y. Cekin
    Kamil Yazici and Izzet Ozilhan founded and built Anadolu Group Holding—a family business that grew into a multi-billion-dollar regional powerhouse. For 57 years they were equal partners in running the company. They then handed over a leadership role to a next... View Details
    Keywords: Family-managed Business; Professionally-run Company; Second-generation; Third-generation; Governance; Governance Changes; Succession Planning; Corporate Culture; Shareholders; Board Of Directors; Long-term Sustainability; Conglomerate; Family Business; Corporate Governance; Change Management; Management Succession; Leadership; Transition; Organizational Structure; Consumer Products Industry; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East
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    • November 2000
    • Case

    Building Brand Community on the Harley-Davidson Posse Ride (Multimedia Case)

    Concerns the second Harley-Davidson Posse Ride, a grueling 2,300 mile, 10-day trek from South Padre Island, TX to the Canadian border that is billed "for serious riders only." Harley Owner's Group (H.O.G.) Director Mike Keefe must decide whether this rolling rally... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Brands and Branding; Motorcycle Industry
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    • 03 May 2016
    • News

    Henry McGee

      John D. Dionne

      John D. Dionne has been a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School since 2014 and is a recently retired Senior Managing Director and Senior Advisor to Blackstone. He is also Managing Partner of Franconia Capital, a... View Details

      • 13 Jan 2015
      • First Look

      First Look: January 13

      increase private savings by taxing savings up front instead of in retirement? Roth 401(k) contributions are not tax-deductible in the contribution year, but withdrawals in retirement are untaxed. The more common before-tax 401(k)... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

        Steven C. Wheelwright

        Steve Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.

        Following his retirement from HBS in 2006, he served with former Dean Kim B. Clark at BYU-Idaho and then from 2007-2015 he served as... View Details

        • 19 Dec 2023
        • Research & Ideas

        15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

        how Apple's financial model contributes to its success and illustrates a critical lesson about risk management. Mike Wheeler on the Jazz of Negotiation Mike Wheeler, who retired as the MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice,... View Details
        Keywords: by Danielle Kost
        • 03 Jan 2023
        • What Do You Think?

        How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

        (iStockphoto/400tmax) While summarizing comments to this same question asked about Jack Welch in last month’s column (shown below), I received word of Frances Hesselbein’s death. Welch was regarded by many as the greatest CEO of the 20th century. Hesselbein, national... View Details
        Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett