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- November 2008 (Revised September 2014)
- Background Note
Differences at Work: The Leadership Challenge
By: Sandra J. Sucher
This note reviews research findings on the leadership challenges of diversity, including the social psychology of similarity and difference, the value of multiple perspectives to problem-solving, the relationship between diversity and firm performance, and management... View Details
Sucher, Sandra J. "Differences at Work: The Leadership Challenge." Harvard Business School Background Note 609-056, November 2008. (Revised September 2014.)
- 10 Nov 2020
- Cold Call Podcast
The Challenges of Commercializing Fertility
Keywords: Re: Debora L. Spar
- April 2005 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Protege Partners: The Capacity Challenge
In February 2005, Jeffrey Tarrant (HBS '85) and Ted Seides (HBS '99) considered their strategy for Protege Partners, founded in July 2002 as a fund of hedge funds (FOHF) specializing in small hedge funds. Protege's assets under management had grown to $1.1 billion, and... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Growth and Maturation; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
Cohen, Randolph B., and Brian DeLacey. "Protege Partners: The Capacity Challenge." Harvard Business School Case 205-100, April 2005. (Revised January 2006.)
- September 1989 (Revised June 1990)
- Background Note
Challenge of Change, The: Note
Describes the major challenges associated with managing change. Highlights the focus for change, the different degrees and types of change, when change is to be introduced, what factors enable that introduction, and what reactions change evokes. Underscores the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management
Jick, Todd D. "Challenge of Change, The: Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 490-016, September 1989. (Revised June 1990.)
- August 2014
- Article
The Varied Work of Challenger Movements: Identifying Challenger Roles in the U.S. Environmental Movement
By: Stephanie Bertels, Andrew J. Hoffman and Rich Dejordy
Organizations within challenger movements often exhibit differences in what they do, with whom they interact, and how they understand or present themselves. This article attempts to understand what underlies such heterogeneity in challenger movements. Adopting a mixed... View Details
Keywords: Status and Position; Environmental Management; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks
Bertels, Stephanie, Andrew J. Hoffman, and Rich Dejordy. "The Varied Work of Challenger Movements: Identifying Challenger Roles in the U.S. Environmental Movement." Organization Studies 35, no. 8 (August 2014): 1171–1210.
- June 1999 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Eli Lilly, 1998 (A): Strategic Challenges
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Thomas W. Malnight
Deals with key strategic challenges facing Eli Lilly, a highly successful U.S.-based drug company. View Details
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Thomas W. Malnight. "Eli Lilly, 1998 (A): Strategic Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 399-173, June 1999. (Revised October 1999.)
- March 2007
- Supplement
IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge
Bartlett, Christopher A. "IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 907-801, March 2007.
- September 2004 (Revised November 2012)
- Module Note
Module I: Moral Challenge Class Summaries
By: Sandra J. Sucher
What is a moral challenge? Explores four main types of moral challenge: the challenge of survival, the conflict between "two rights," a moral dilemma—or situation in which it is impossible to satisfy conflicting moral obligations and commitments—and the challenge of... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Conflict of Interests
Sucher, Sandra J. "Module I: Moral Challenge Class Summaries." Harvard Business School Module Note 605-036, September 2004. (Revised November 2012.)
- April 2006 (Revised November 2008)
- Case
The Coartem Challenge (A)
By: Debora L. Spar and Brian DeLacey
Spar, Debora L., and Brian DeLacey. "The Coartem Challenge (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-037, April 2006. (Revised November 2008.)
- February 1993 (Revised May 1995)
- Case
Leaders and Challengers (A)
Brandenburger, Adam M. "Leaders and Challengers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 793-101, February 1993. (Revised May 1995.)
- September 2020
- Case
Wladimir Klitschko: F.A.C.E. Your Challenges
By: Boris Groysberg, Michael Norris and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In 2020, Olympic goal medal winning boxer and former heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko had built himself a “second ring” to continue his career after retiring from professional boxing. He was a hotelier, boxing promoter, author, teacher, speaker, and had... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Business Education; Training; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Sports; Sports Industry; Consulting Industry; Education Industry; Ukraine; Germany
Groysberg, Boris, Michael Norris, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Wladimir Klitschko: F.A.C.E. Your Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 421-032, September 2020.
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
Held on the HBS campus in late February, the conference on "Gender and Work: Challenging Conventional Wisdom" brought together scholars and practitioners for a thoughtful, forward-looking discussion about gender in... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 2006
- Book
Challenges in Managing Large Projects
By: J. Ronald Fox and Donn B. Miller
Fox, J. Ronald, and Donn B. Miller. Challenges in Managing Large Projects. Washington, D.C.: Defense Acquisition University Press, 2006.
- 2002
- Book
Meeting the Collaboration Challenge Workbook
By: James E. Austin and The Drucker Foundation
Austin, James E., and The Drucker Foundation. Meeting the Collaboration Challenge Workbook. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.
- 2014
- Working Paper
The Founder's Resource‐Dependence Challenge
By: Noam Wasserman
Does the degree to which founders keep control of their startups affect company value? I argue that founders face a "control dilemma" in which a startup's resource dependence drives a wedge between the startup's value and the founder's ability to retain control of... View Details
Wasserman, Noam. "The Founder's Resource‐Dependence Challenge." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-090, March 2014.
- May 1993 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
PEPSI: The Indian Challenge
On November 9, 1987, the Government of India's Project Approval Board approved PepsiCo's second proposal to enter the country. The package that had been approved differed substantially, however, from the one that Pepsi and its local partners had proposed more than a... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Business and Government Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; India
Ghemawat, Pankaj. "PEPSI: The Indian Challenge." Harvard Business School Case 793-060, May 1993. (Revised March 1995.)
- 2010
- Chapter
Women and Leadership: Defining the Challenges
By: Robin J. Ely and Deborah L. Rhode
We use the experience of Carly Fiorina as an introduction to the continued challenges faced by women in top leadership roles. Although Fiorina, on becoming CEO of Hewlett Packard in 1999, asserted that "there is not a glass ceiling," her memoir eight years later... View Details
Ely, Robin J., and Deborah L. Rhode. "Women and Leadership: Defining the Challenges." Chap. 14 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- November 1990 (Revised June 1991)
- Case
Final Voyage of the Challenger
Provides a summary of technical and organizational details that led to the decision to launch the Challenger Space Shuttle, and to the ensuing accident. Details of design and testing milestones of the Space Shuttle, with a focus on the Solid Rocket Booster, offer... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Risk Management; Ethics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Processes; Aerospace Industry; United States
Hauptman, Oscar. "Final Voyage of the Challenger." Harvard Business School Case 691-037, November 1990. (Revised June 1991.)
- October 2020 (Revised September 2021)
- Course Overview Note
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs
By: Tarun Khanna, Sid Misra and Katherine Stebbins-Mccaffrey
- October 2002 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Group Process in the Challenger Launch Decision (A)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman
The night before the launch of the Challenger shuttle, officials from Morton Thiokol (Solid Rocket Booster manufacturer) and NASA participated in a teleconference to discuss whether to postpone the shuttle launch due to predicted low temperatures at Kennedy Space... View Details
Keywords: Process Analysis; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams; Engineering; Risk Management; Analysis; Decision Making; Aerospace Industry; United States
Edmondson, Amy C., and Laura Feldman. "Group Process in the Challenger Launch Decision (A)." Harvard Business School Case 603-068, October 2002. (Revised May 2021.)