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    Pietro Satriano

    Pietro Satriano is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School.  He sits on the boards of CarMax, the largest omni-channel used car retailer in the U.S. and Metro, a large regional grocery retailer in Canada.  Pietro advises a number of food-tech startups and acts... View Details

    • 04 Apr 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets

    Western corporate strategies have long been held up as role models for businesses in emerging markets. The reaction to recent financial crises in Asia and Latin America has only served to reinforce this practice. The multilateral financial institutions, consultants,... View Details
    Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu
    • November 1997 (Revised January 2005)
    • Background Note

    Orientation for Viewing Humphrey Chen

    By: Monica C. Higgins, John Galvin and Adam Richman
    Addresses the career decision-making process of Humphrey Chen as he graduates from HBS with an MBA. In choosing between an offer from a top-tier consulting firm and launching a start-up entrepreneurial venture, Chen must weigh the expectations of many people--family,... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Development and Career
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    • 28 Apr 2014
    • News

    Apple-Samsung $2 Billion Patent Case Over Google Near End

    • September 2005 (Revised August 2006)
    • Case

    Bain & Company's IT Practice (A)

    In late 2001, the consultancy Bain must decide whether to launch information technology as a practice area within the firm. The senior executives who are Bain's clients have been asking more and more IT-related questions of the firm's partners, who find themselves... View Details
    Keywords: Expansion; Information Technology; Experience and Expertise; Consulting Industry
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      Michael Beer

      MICHAEL BEER

      Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details

      • July 2008 (Revised March 2009)
      • Case

      elBulli: The Taste of Innovation

      By: Michael I. Norton, Julian Villanueva and Luc Wathieu
      Ferran Adrià, chef at elBulli, the highest-ranked restaurant in the world for two consecutive years, faces two related decisions. First, Adrià and his team must continue to develop new and different dishes for the ground-breaking cuisine at elBulli to guarantee a... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Creativity; Food and Beverage Industry; Spain
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      • January 2024
      • Supplement

      Winning Business at Russell Reynolds

      By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
      In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Talent and Talent Management; Compensation and Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Consulting Industry
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      • May 2011
      • Case

      Baria Planning Solutions, Inc.: Fixing the Sales Process

      By: Steven C. Wheelwright and William Schmidt
      Baria Planning Solutions (BPS) is a consulting firm that specializes in using spend analysis to help companies identify savings through reduced procurement costs and improved supplier performance. Management is concerned about the disappointing performance of the sales... View Details
      Keywords: Quantitative Analysis; Technology; Operations Management; Product Lines; Manufacturing; Capacity Planning; Production Planning; Production; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Supply Chain Management; Salesforce Management; Planning; Consulting Industry; North and Central America
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      • 22 Mar 2021
      • Blog Post

      3 Key Steps for Crafting Your Retirement with Intention: Advice from Career Coach, Lauren Murphy

      You have been financially planning for retirement for years, consulting with advisors, estimating your expenses, and adjusting your portfolio. Now with retirement on the horizon another pressing question begins to rise to the forefront of... View Details
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      Clinical Research

      Dr. Simpson has been a consulting statistician for clinical research, especially in studies of post-traumatic stress disorder. Most recently, he has been involved in a clinical trial comparing a pharmacological treatment and an exposure-based psychological treatment... View Details
      • March 1981 (Revised November 1984)
      • Background Note

      Market Selection and Direction: Role of Product Portfolio Planning

      Discusses alternative approaches to product portfolio planning, including those of the Boston Consulting Group, General Electric/McKinsey, and the PIMS Program. Examines how portfolio planning can be used in the processes of market selection and setting of business... View Details
      Keywords: Product Marketing
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      • 14 Dec 2012
      • News

      Something for the weekend

      • 24 Jun 2014
      • Blog Post

      Journey to my Summer Internship

      I started my internship search with an amorphous criterion of “something different”. Having worked in high tech and consulting so far, this definition only eliminated two, albeit large industries, leaving still endless number of exciting... View Details
      Keywords: Manufacturing

        Alexandra C. Feldberg

        Alexandra (Allie) Feldberg is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School.

        Professor Feldberg uses qualitative and quantitative methods to examine intersections between gender,... View Details

        • 06 Feb 2019
        • News

        What’s the point of economists? Look to America’s tech giants to find out

        • 21 Dec 2019
        • News

        3 myths about creativity that are probably holding you back

        • November 2011
        • Case

        Celeritas, Inc.: Leadership Challenges in a Fast-Growth Industry

        By: Michael Beer and Ingrid Vargas
        In 2011, Celeritas is a leading data communications company in the crowded, highly competitive, and ever-evolving enterprise-network optimization market. Having experienced rapid growth since its founding in 2003, Celeritas has recently seen sales decline and has begun... View Details
        Keywords: Technology; Morale; Conflict; Organizational Change; Team Building; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Leadership; Communication; Groups and Teams; Attitudes; Conflict and Resolution; Information Technology Industry; Communications Industry
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        • September 1999 (Revised May 2003)
        • Case

        Deloitte & Touche (A): A Hole in the Pipeline

        By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
        Deloitte & Touche was losing talented women, and CEO Mike Cook wanted to stop the loss, especially as the accounting and consulting fields became more competitive. The firm commissioned an analysis of the situation; now it had to consider the results and develop a plan... View Details
        Keywords: Strategic Planning; Organizational Culture; Accounting; Gender; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Loss; Change Management; Jobs and Positions; Resignation and Termination; Accounting Industry; United States
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        • June 1995 (Revised April 1997)
        • Case

        Integron Incorporated: The Integrated Components Division (ICD)

        A high-technology manufacturing company was recently given profit-and-loss "stand-alone" status by its parent. No longer a captive supplier, it must seek new markets for its technology and products on the outside world. Describes a benchmarking study by a group of... View Details
        Keywords: Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Manufacturing Industry
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