Publications

24 Mar 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Economic Uncertainty and Earnings Management

Keywords: by Luke C.D. Stein and Charles C.Y. Wang; Financial Services

9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 16 May 2018
HBS Online

HBX Becoming A Better Manager

Master a process approach to management and move your organization forward. In Becoming a Better Manager youll learn to identify, analyze, design, and influence four critical organizational processes: decision-making, implementation, organizational learning, and change... View Details

August 1998 (Revised September 2002)
Case

Knowledge Management at Andersen Consulting

Andersen Consulting has spent several years developing a knowledge management system. The two partners responsible are now wondering what to do next and how to improve usability of the knowledge sharing system. View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Knowledge Management; Consulting Industry

September 2013
Supplement

Management Levels at Staples (B): General Manager & District Manager (Abridged (B) & (C))

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Management; Jobs and Positions; Retail Industry

2008
Chapter

Management Accounting in India

This chapter surveys the history, evolution, and current status of accounting systems and practices in India. Tracing the roots of Indian accounting systems to the ancient civilization of the Indus Valley, we discuss the accounting contributions of historical writings... View Details

Keywords: History; Accounting; India

1996
Book

Strategic Retail Management

By: D. E. Bell and W. J. Salmon

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Retail Industry

January 2020 (Revised December 2020)
Technical Note

Hypothesis-Driven Entrepreneurial Management

By: Stig Leschly

Educators

September 2017
Teaching Note

FJ Management Inc.

By: Lynda M. Applegate, James Barnett and Matthew G. Preble

Teaching Note for HBS No. 818-028. View Details

2011
Chapter

Managing Your Boss

By: Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback

March 1984
Supplement

Managing Marketing, Video

29 Jul 2013
News

Monarchs versus managers

Jul 03 2020
Tout

Managing Through Crisis

November 5, 2024
Article

The International Empirics of Management

By: Daniela Scur, Scott Ohlmacher, John Van Reenen, Morten Bennedsen, Nick Bloom, Ali Choudhary, Lucia Foster, Jesse Groenewegen, Arti Grover, Sjoerd Hardeman, Leonardo Iacovone, Ryo Kambayashi, Marie-Christine Laible, Renata Lemos, Hongbin Li, Andrea Linarello, Mika Maliranta, Denis Medvedev, Charlotte Meng, John Miles Touya, Natalia Mandirola, Roope Ohlsbom, Atsushi Ohyama, Megha Patnaik, Mariana Pereira-López, Raffaella Sadun, Tatsuro Senga, Franklin Qian and Florian Zimmermann

A country’s national income broadly depends on the quantity and quality of workers and capital. But how well these factors are managed within and between firms may be a key determinant of a country’s productivity and its GDP. Although social scientists have long... View Details

Keywords: Performance Productivity; Economy; Management Practices and Processes

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March 2012
Background Note

Managing the Layoff Process: India

By: Sandra J. Sucher

This note is an overview of the context for managing layoffs in India. It describes the legal responsibilities of managers in conducting layoffs, recent unemployment trends, and the financial, health, training, job placement, and other benefits that laid-off employees... View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Resignation and Termination; Compensation and Benefits; Ethics; Management; Employees; Governance Compliance; India

Educators

Research Summary

Managing Marketspace Service Interfaces

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport

Jeffrey F. Rayport is focusing on the strategic challenges that face businesses selling information-intensive products and services. A key strategic issue in such businesses is the dematerialization of information-intensive products and services as a consequence of... View Details

January 2005
Article

Managing Your Boss

By: John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter

Keywords: Management

September 1986 (Revised June 1989)
Background Note

Managing Rapid Growth

Describes the issues that entrepreneurs and their firms must deal with in attempting to make the transition from entrepreneurial to professional management. The note suggests that the delegation of responsibility and the implementation of formal controls are two key... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Governance Controls; Growth Management; Resource Allocation; Organizational Structure

Educators