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    Sunil Gupta

    Co-Chair, Driving Digital Strategy

    Sunil Gupta is the Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration and  co-chair of the executive program on Driving... View Details

    Keywords: advertising; communications; consumer products; credit card; education industry; financial services; high technology; marketing industry; telecommunications
    • August 2006 (Revised May 2016)
    • Case

    Cluster Mobilization in Mitteldeutschland

    By: Jeffrey Fear, Christian H.M. Ketels and Claudia Linsenmeier
    As part of the privatization in Eastern Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dow Chemical made a major investment in the Halle-Leipzig region, one of the largest chemical industry sites in Europe. The executive in charge of Dow's operations in the region, Bart... View Details
    Keywords: Industry Clusters; Development Economics; Privatization; Chemicals; Foreign Direct Investment; Management Teams; Private Sector; Competitive Strategy; Brands and Branding; Market Participation; Chemical Industry; Germany
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    • March 2016
    • Case

    Residency Select or J3Personica?

    By: William Kerr and Kathryn S. Roloff
    Residency Select, LLC provides psychometric assessments for matching medical students to residency programs. After a series of successful pilots, founder Alan Friedman is considering whether to continue developing his offerings in this area, or whether to expand into... View Details
    Keywords: Marketplace Matching; Expansion; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry
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    • October 2014
    • Article

    Putting Sales at the Center of Strategy

    By: Frank Cespedes
    Research indicates that relatively few firms execute their strategies effectively, and, on average, companies deliver just 50% to 60% of the financial performance that their strategies promise. One reason is a disconnect between strategic goals and field implementation... View Details
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    • January 2024
    • Article

    Investing with the Government: A Field Experiment in China

    By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Bo Li and Ernest Liu
    We study the demand for government participation in China’s venture capital and private equity market. We conduct a large-scale, non-deceptive field experiment in collaboration with the leading industry service provider, through which we survey both capital investors... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Business and Government Relations; Entrepreneurship; China
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    • August 2021 (Revised April 2022)
    • Case

    KKR

    By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
    In June of 2021, KKR’s executive team convened to prepare for an upcoming board meeting. From a small, three-person partnership that started in 1976 and invested only in U.S. LBOs, the firm 45 years later was a public company that employed over 1,600 people and managed... View Details
    Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Public Equity; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development Strategy; Profit; Strategy; Finance; Private Equity; United States
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      Roy D. Shapiro

      Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

      • December 2014 (Revised June 2016)
      • Case

      Cameron Trebbi at Taylor Lowell, LLP

      By: Karthik Ramanna
      Cameron Trebbi is a senior executive overseeing accounting policy at a large global auditing firm. His role is to lobby the firm's position with various accounting rule-making bodies worldwide. The firm is close to acquiring as new audit clients a consortium of Chinese... View Details
      Keywords: Lobbying; Thin Political Markets; Accounting; Business and Government Relations; Accounting Industry; China; United States
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      • June 18, 2019
      • Article

      Research: Investors Reward Companies That Talk Up Their Digital Initiatives

      By: Suraj Srinivasan and Wilbur Chen
      A study of how companies disclose their digital initiatives on earnings calls and written communications finds that more firms are using these technologies, that financial markets reward companies that disclose such initiatives, but that financial performance... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Technologies; Disclosure; Investment; Performance Improvement
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      • 24 Oct 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

      the executive ranks. All those things add up. Unfortunately, employers historically aren’t very good at connecting those dots. They don’t understand their own economics. Gazette: Why aren’t they better at seeing the full picture of these... View Details
      Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
      • 14 Nov 2011
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Process and Performance

      Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim; Accounting
      • 04 Apr 2023
      • Book

      Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

      While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
      Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology
      • June 2008 (Revised April 2013)
      • Case

      Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty

      By: Geoffrey Jones and David Kiron
      Considers the creation of the world's largest fragrance company by Bernd Beetz, appointed chief executive of Coty Inc. in 2001. In 1990 the German consumer goods company Benkiser began acquiring fragrance and cosmetics brands with the intent of developing a beauty... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Germany; United States
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      • 2008
      • Article

      Linking Crisis Management and Leadership Competencies: The Role of Human Resources Development

      The problem and the solution. Most executives are aware of the negative consequences associated with an organizational crisis and focus on communications and public relations as a reactive strategy. However, many neglect the other leadership responsibilities... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership Development; Crisis Management; Human Resources; Experience and Expertise
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      • 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

        Research: Investors Reward Companies That Talk Up Their Digital Initiatives

        A study of how companies disclose their digital initiatives on earnings calls and written communications finds that more firms are using these technologies, that financial markets reward companies that disclose such initiatives, but that financial performance... View Details
        • 01 Jan 2005
        • News

        • 08 Jan 2008
        • News

        Why so many companies fail at succession

        • July 2024
        • Supplement

        Fail Safe Testing, Inc. (A)

        By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
        Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.
        Abstract: Fail Safe Testing, Inc., founded in 1988, was the leading provider of fire hose pressure testing, ground ladder and pump... View Details
        Keywords: Customers; Acquisition; Business Plan; Marketing Strategy
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        • 19 Jan 2023
        • Research & Ideas

        What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

        react to AI systems, the researchers worked last year with the luxury fashion retailer Tapestry Inc., whose accessory and lifestyle brands include Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman. The firm employs 18,000 people worldwide and has... View Details
        Keywords: by Rachel Layne