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January 2000
Supplement

Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America (Video)

By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty

Taran Swan talks with HBS students about the events covered in the case. She discusses her definition of a leader, how she built the team, leaving Miami, and her relationship with headquarters management. View Details

Keywords: Business Headquarters; Leadership; Management Teams; Relationships; Situation or Environment; Latin America; Miami

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Robert Abare Archives | Social Enterprise

Filter Results: (2) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive Education Faculty Research Future... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

Cultural Revolution at GE

hiring outsiders for its top management ranks and stopped the merry-go-round of promotions and relocations for top managers. Immelt now wants View Details

Keywords: GE; General Electric; Jack Welch; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

19 Jun 2017
News

How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe

where they take it out on her. They don't give her good housing, or they just ostracize her. I want there to be, more than anything else, a harmonious relationship between team management and the player. And... View Details

April 1994 (Revised May 1995)
Case

Laura Ashley (A): A New CEO Takes Charge

By: Richard L. Nolan

In a turnaround situation, a new CEO must take actions in the short term to gain control and exercise executive leadership and lay groundwork to formulate a long-term strategy to rebuild a viable business. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry

August 1993
Case

General Motors: Smith's Dilemma

By: Nitin Nohria and Sandy Green

Discusses Roger Smith's tenure as CEO of General Motors. Describes his vision for changing General Motors, and how he went about implementing that vision. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Teams; Leadership Style; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry

November 2, 2012
Editorial

America Needs a Chief Strategy Officer

By: Andy Zelleke and Justin Talbot Zorn

The White House needs someone to look beyond the crisis of the day and focus on the United States' role in the world. View Details

Keywords: International Relations; Government Administration; Management Teams; United States

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May 2005
Supplement

Otis Elevator: An Interview with Ari Bousbib (video)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey

CEO Ari Bousbib talks about how IT is transforming Otis and the practical challenges they are overcoming. Visibly demonstrates what appropriate CEO involvement is in an IT-enabled business transformation. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry

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Courses by Title - Course Catalog

Shikhar Ghosh Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 ^ back to top A Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals Negotiation, Organizations & Markets James Sebenius Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 The Anatomy of... View Details

19 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Investing in Breakthrough Technologies to Lead the Energy Transition

According to the World Economic Forum, climate change and insufficient investing are two of the top ten global challenges we currently face. Although there have been many recent technological advances in the energy sector, energy-related... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Technology

02 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Uncovering the Virtual Advantage at Humana

the Humana team jumped at the chance to extend their recruiting cycle again. “Typically, we start with Consortium hiring in the summer and then kick off fall recruiting with top tier schools. Internship... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health-Related Services

01 Dec 2002
News

Alumni Bookshelf

Rules for Getting and Keeping the Best Employees, Fox's book offers a candid and counterintuitive take on securing and managing top talent. Why Economies Grow by Jeffrey Madrick (MBA '71) (Basic Books) In... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

MBAs on a Mission

day. He finally found one in “Djibouti? Or Jordan?” — he can no longer remember — and had it shipped to him. This mishmash of days and roles was Kim’s job as CHAI’s deputy country director in Ethiopia, where he managed the daily... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna; Management; Management; Management; Management

27 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Horrible Boss Workarounds

On film, few characters are more obviously villainous than the extremely bad boss. There's Star Wars' Darth Vader (who manages a disrespectful underling by strangling him with his mind), Katharine Parker in Working Girl (who shamelessly... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

June 2014
Case

The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission — Short Film

By: Anette Mikes and Tom Ryder

During a military exercise in August 2000, a state-of-the-art Russian nuclear submarine, the Kursk, sank in the Barents Sea, triggering global media attention and an international rescue effort.
In addition to Russia's Northern Fleet, two other organizations got... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Groups and Teams; Crisis Management

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Jun 2007
News

Mission Possible

research consortium, tapping a national team of top geneticists, imaging experts, molecular biologists, and clinicians headed by Rudy Tanzi, Ph.D., director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at... View Details

March 1988
Case

Debi Coleman and Apple Computer, Inc.

A companion case to Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer (A) and (B). In a conflict with Dubinsky over the introduction of a new just-in-time distribution system, this case provides Coleman's side of the story. Coleman's perception of the issue is quite different and her... View Details

Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Management Teams; Computer Industry

August 1996
Supplement

Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organization Change

By: Ashish Nanda and Michael Y. Yoshino

Remarks by William (Bill) Barnard, partner-in-charge for Strategic Services in the subregion of Western Europe, in a conversation he had with Professors Ashish Nanda and Michael Yoshino of the Harvard Business School on November 1, 1995. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Consulting Industry; Europe