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  • April 2020
  • Teaching Note

Tailor Brands: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Branding

By: Jill Avery
Using proprietary artificial intelligence technology, startup Tailor Brands set out to democratize branding by allowing small businesses to create their brand identities by automatically generating logos in just minutes at minimal cost with no branding or design skills... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Advertising Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North America
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  • September 2014 (Revised July 2018)
  • Case

adidas Group: IT Multi-Sourcing

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Martin Wiener, Carol Saunders and Grandon Gill
This case describes the design and implementation of an IT-multi-sourcing strategy at a large global sportswear company, the adidas Group, which is headquartered in Germany. To help increase the benefits and reduce the risks of its sourcing arrangements, adidas... View Details
Keywords: IT Strategy; Outsourcing; Organizational Structure; Information Technology; Strategy; Sports Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Germany
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  • 29 Jan 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites

analytical skill set that's developed in the last fifteen or twenty years amongst business press journalists is amazing. Many reporters I've talked with seem to think their View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News; Publishing

    Josh Baron

    Dr. Josh Baron is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a part of the Strategy Unit. In the MBA program, he teaches in the Required Core Strategy course as well as elective courses on Ownership and Leading a Family Business. He... View Details

      The Peacemaker's Code

      - WINNER OF THE "NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD" FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION (2021).
      - Currently in development as a TV Series.

      The book's many themes—war & peace, history, strategy, negotiation, leadership,... View Details

      • 30 Sep 2021
      • Blog Post

      Driving Social Impact Through Consumer Behavior: Nonprofit to Finance to Retail with Nicole Krantz (MBA 2022)

      From a young age, Nicole Krantz (MBA 2022) knew she wanted to make a positive change in the world. The question she has carried with her as she builds her career is how to best combine her interests and skills to do that in her unique... View Details
      Keywords: Retail
      • 20 Jul 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege

      Keywords: by Josephine Tan and Jon M. Jachimowicz
      • Mar 2012
      • Report

      Enriching the Ecosystem

      younger companies and revitalize large corporations through partnerships with innovative SMEs; 3) Improving the match between education and employment opportunities, through apprenticeship programs and other education-industry links; and 4) Linking leaders across... View Details
      • Teaching Interest

      General Management: Processes and Action

      General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done.  Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Management; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Style; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Auto Industry; Computer Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Health Industry; Information Industry; Legal Services Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry; Retail Industry; Video Game Industry; China; India; United States
      • 2004
      • Working Paper

      Judging Fund Managers by the Company They Keep

      By: Randolph Cohen, Joshua Coval and Luboš Pástor
      We develop a performance evaluation approach in which a fund manager's skill is judged by the extent to which his investment decisions resemble the decisions of managers with distinguished performance records. The proposed performance measures are estimated more... View Details
      Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Performance Evaluation; Investment Funds; Investment
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      • 2011
      • Working Paper

      Management Practices Across Firms and Countries

      By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
      For the last decade we have been using double-blind survey techniques and randomized sampling to construct management data on over 10,000 organizations across 20 countries. On average, we find that in manufacturing, American, Japanese, and German firms are the best... View Details
      Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Business Ventures; Public Sector; Private Sector; Country; Performance; Motivation and Incentives
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      • 29 Apr 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: April 29, 2008

      Business School Case 508-028 Lincoln Financial Group (LFG) reorganizes its business in order to improve customer intimacy. However, to implement the strategy, they need to effect significant changes in the skills of their salespeople.... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • September 2014 (Revised March 2022)
      • Case

      Samuel Colt: An American Gun Maker

      By: Tom Nicholas and Casey Verkamp
      Samuel Colt not only perfected and patented the technology for a gun that could fire multiple times without reloading, but he also developed and applied early principles of mass production more completely than anyone had done before. Until the nineteenth century,... View Details
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Product Positioning; Machinery and Machining; Production; Independent Innovation and Invention; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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      • Research Summary

      Reinventing Yourself: Identity and Transformation in Professional Careers

      Professor Herminia Ibarra is working on a book about people who change careers. The book explains why, when, and how people find themselves at a crossroads in their career and how they develp the skills they need to make their way successfully to a new professional... View Details
      • August 2011 (Revised May 2012)
      • Case

      Haier: Taking a Chinese Company Global in 2011

      By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Phillip Andrews
      In 2011, Haier, China's leading appliance manufacturer, had over $20 billion in worldwide sales and had just been named the leading refrigerator manufacturer worldwide. Describes Haier's rise over three decades from a defunct refrigerator factory in China's Qingdao... View Details
      Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Global Strategy; Expansion; Diversification; Emerging Markets; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
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      • 12 Jul 2019
      • News

      Can Apprenticeships Keep Up With The Kardashians?

      • 01 Dec 2006
      • What Do You Think?

      How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

      Summing Up Among responses to this month's column, there was little disagreement with the premise that attitude trumps skills in the selection of new employees. C. J. Cullinane commented: "Attitude is all! I have worked with a group... View Details
      Keywords: by by Jim Heskett
      • 19 May 2020
      • Blog Post

      The Aspen Fellowship: MBA Student Launches Program Supporting Black Undergrads

      for your success is far more important come time for promotions or bonuses. Be a nice human This sounds trivial, but over my six years in the professional world, this is by far the most essential skill you can View Details
      • 2021
      • Working Paper

      Hunting for Talent: Firm-Driven Labor Market Search in the United States

      By: Ines Black, Sharique Hasan and Rembrand Koning
      This article analyzes the phenomenon of firm-driven labor market search—or outbound recruiting—where recruiters are increasingly “hunting for talent” rather than passively relying on workers to search for and apply to job vacancies. Our research methodology leverages... View Details
      Keywords: Hiring; Referrals; Outbound Recruiting; Labor Markets; Selection and Staffing; Networks; Recruitment; Strategy; United States
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      • 05 Jul 2016
      • Blog Post

      The Softer Side of Business at HBS

      By now, I’m sure you’ve read a hundred times over that HBS’s mission is to “educate leaders who make a difference in the world.” For the school to actually do this, they focus on the case method, the section experience, and learning the hard View Details