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- February 2010 (Revised March 2010)
- Supplement
Leading Change at Simmons (E)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Susan Thyne
This case updates the “Leading Change at Simmons” series by examining Simmons' increasing debt under the ownership of Thomas H. Lee, a private equity firm. Charlie Eitel, the former CEO, wonders what the company's, and his, legacy will be after declaring bankruptcy...
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Borrowing and Debt;
Private Equity;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Leading Change;
Operations;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Ownership;
Performance Improvement;
Consumer Products Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., and Susan Thyne. "Leading Change at Simmons (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 610-061, February 2010. (Revised March 2010.)
- 15 Feb 2023
- News
50th AASU Conference Honors the Past and Challenges the Future
- 2011
- Case
The Secrets to Managing Business Analytics Projects
By: Thomas H. Davenport, Stijn Viaene and Annabel Van den Bunder
Managers have used business analytics to inform their decision making for years. And while few companies would qualify as being what management innovation and strategy expert Thomas H. Davenport has dubbed "analytic competitors," more and more businesses are moving in...
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Davenport, Thomas H., Stijn Viaene, and Annabel Van den Bunder. "The Secrets to Managing Business Analytics Projects." 2011.
- 27 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Recovering from the Need to Achieve
his office isn't as big as Jenny's. And he blames others when he screws up. Joe is an HNAP, or a high-need-for-achievement professional, according to Harvard Business School professor Thomas J. DeLong, who explores Joe's world of driven,...
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by Kim Girard
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
Publications 2006 Harvard Business Review Press Keeping Up with the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics By: Davenport, Thomas H., and Jinho Kim Abstract—Managers today need to be able to analyze and make sense of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2023
- Video
50th AASU Conference Honors the Past and Challenges the Future
- 18 Sep 2015
- News
Better Value in Health Care Requires Focusing on Outcomes
- October 26, 2021
- Article
Value Chain Management to Implement Post-COVID-19 Health Care Strategy: The COVID-19 Crisis Has Created Areas of Innovation That Should Be Embraced by Health Care Leaders
By: Michael E. Porter, Junaid Nabi and Thomas H. Lee
Health care organizations must learn from what has worked during the COVID-19 crisis. Leaders have found that while they cannot do everything, they must define and manage the sequence of activities required to deliver high-value care.
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COVID-19 Pandemic;
Value-based Health Care;
Value Chain;
Health Pandemics;
Health Care and Treatment;
Management;
Strategy
Porter, Michael E., Junaid Nabi, and Thomas H. Lee. "Value Chain Management to Implement Post-COVID-19 Health Care Strategy: The COVID-19 Crisis Has Created Areas of Innovation That Should Be Embraced by Health Care Leaders." DOI: 10.1056/CAT.21.0302. NEJM Catalyst (October 26, 2021).
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
Scott. The book looks at the changing image of the salesman, represented by the likes of George Babbitt and Willy Loman. In the end, says Friedman, salesmen not only fed America's thirst for consumerism, they also shaped it. Laura Linard:...
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by Laura Linard
- 09 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 9
markets, and the theory of market design. Publisher's Link: http://www.amazon.com/Auctions-Market-Mechanisms-Their-Applications/dp/3642309127 Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century Authors:Thomas H. View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA
How do real-world conditions and shifting personal priorities influence a young MBA's early career path—those first five to ten years that executives remember as being of such critical importance? To find out, Harvard Business School professor David A. View Details
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by Julia Hanna
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
an overview of the literature on both areas, and identifies opportunities for creating more effective and useful research. By Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman. 2. Peer Effects and Entrepreneurship How do...
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by Staff
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
distributed today that it’s relatively easy to access them no matter where you’re located." In Thomas Kermorgant’s words, "Outstanding companies create the concepts that are then formalized and spread View Details
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by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
from angel investors,” she says. “Creating a business, and understanding the pain points, is still the greatest challenge for any new venture, regardless of the economic climate, but the barriers to entry have gone way down, thanks to some of the tools out there. You’d...
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- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
world. With Thomas H. Lee, MD, Bohmer authored the opinion piece "The Shifting Mission of Health Care Delivery Organizations," which appeared in the August 5, 2009, issue of the New England Journal...
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- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to "success" as defined by those around us-and ultimately, are left feeling dissatisfied. Each of us is unique and brings distinctive...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
cases be greater than the benefits? Thomas Davenport and Laurence Prusak suggest in their book, Working Knowledge, that such costs may exist, particularly in organizations relying heavily on the transfer of...
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by James Heskett
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
Authors:Richard M.J. Bohmer and Thomas H. Lee Publication:New England Journal of Medicine 361, no. 6 (August 5, 2009) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article:...
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Martha Lagace
Robert S. Kaplan
Robert S. Kaplan is Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He joined the HBS faculty in 1984 after spending 16 years on the faculty of the business school at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he... View Details
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
Jossey-Bass, 2003). Robert Greenleaf, Servant Leadership (Mahwah, N. J.: The Paulist Press, 1977) Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011). Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman,...
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by James Heskett