Scouts - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Sam Walton: Great From the Start

It did not take long for Walton to begin to chafe under the tight controls of Butler Brothers. He began scouting around for less expensive suppliers, and he found them. If there was inspiration in his business strategy, it lay in the next... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Retail

03 Jan 2023
What Do You Think?

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

Scouts of the USA from 1976 to 1990, was ranked by Fortune magazine in 2015, according to her obituary, as the “37th in its list of the world’s 50 greatest leaders, ahead of Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase.” Peter... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

27 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

favor. Knowing she might not fit the typical image of a professor—because she’s “too young and too female,” as she puts it—Huang opened her class by saying, “I know it may look like I’m here to sell you Girl Scout cookies,” then... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?

the willingness to speak up, even when the truth paints you in a bad light. History has continually shown that a lack of integrity can lead to dire consequences. Not infrequently, entire organizations get caught up in their inability to admit the truth, as the Roman... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

The Three Components of Family Governance

the board, that regulate family activity with the business. Guard against family interference with the business while seeing that the family's key goals are satisfied. Develop loyal, informed, contributing family shareholders. Scout the... View Details

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

Technology and Operations Management Unit. He discussed with students how German soccer team TSG Hoffenheim deploys analytics in scouting and player development. He also noted how New Zealand’s yacht designers and crew prepared for the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

scheduled dates—albeit in a modified (virtual) form. NFL scouts had the entire 2019 college football season to evaluate prospects. The NFL Combine, another opportunity to see select recruits in action, went ahead as planned at the start... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

03 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

other organizations as you use this to turn your human resource to human capital.” Several respondents nevertheless expressed caution in just how to manage inclusion, particularly when it comes to the specifics of one aspect of inclusion, the one-on-one meeting. Citing... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Oct 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

Cross Country team admitted to similar practices. This case follows the decision-making of Harvard administrators as they deal with the discovery of the scouting report. In addition to exploring leadership through crisis, the case... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Nov 2015
First Look

November 17, 2015

that improved player development. In 2014 Hopp, who had personally invested 300 million in the club, built a “footbonaut,” an automated training environment that collected data on players’ skills and strengths. The tool, one of three in the world, helped View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

an animal shelter near her hometown. “I visited the shelter to earn a Girl Scout badge, but it immediately became a passion,” she says. More than a decade later she was sitting in a behavioral economics class at Stanford University,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

the right student in the right form at the right time. To fuel this rapid growth, IMAX has been scouting for investors. It has received an equity investment offer from a large Indian educational book publisher that has been rapidly... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2016
First Look

December 13, 2016

Help Scout No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817049-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 217-025 Farmers Business Network: Putting Farmers First No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

Jim, a well-regarded residential developer operating outside Philadelphia, has been scouting around for a site for his next project. Two properties seem promising. The Abbott estate consists of seventy-five acres of woodlands and some... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

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