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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
model has developed, it has grown beyond financial incentives. The ultimate goal is to foster a stronger relationship between the workforce and management by investing in the employees. That includes... View Details
- 04 Oct 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?
into the force. They were seeking the power over others that wearing a uniform and carrying (and using) a weapon would afford them. As a result, the selection process was altered, but of course the effects... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others
theory, known as the “strength of weak ties,” has been an influential principle in the business world and the practice of networking. Acquaintances, the thinking goes, are more likely to have information... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- June 2017
- Article
Is Operating Flexibility Harmful under Debt?
By: Nikolaos Trichakis, Dan A. Iancu and Gerry Tsoukalas
We study the inefficiencies stemming from a firm's operating flexibility under debt. We find that flexibility in replenishing or liquidating inventory, by providing risk-shifting incentives, could lead to borrowing costs that erase more than a third of the firm's... View Details
Keywords: Covenants; Risk-shifting; Inventory; Agency Costs; Debt Financing; Risk Management; Borrowing and Debt
Trichakis, Nikolaos, Dan A. Iancu, and Gerry Tsoukalas. "Is Operating Flexibility Harmful under Debt?" Management Science 63, no. 6 (June 2017): 1730–1761.
- 07 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization
infrastructure, and drying processes likely require additional energy and emissions. Private company lessons for public ones: Private companies, such as the family-owned LEGO... View Details
- Web
Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Faculty Research The nonprofit organization Mobile Loaves & Fishes has devised an innovative way to address chronic homelessness: their Community First! Village pro... Research Our faculty provide education and expertise rooted in... View Details
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About - Race, Gender & Equity
gender, work, and family limit both men’s and women’s ability to thrive personally and professionally. Her work is published in academic journals, such as Administrative... View Details
- August 2013 (Revised November 2013)
- Supplement
Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (B)
By: Willy Shih
This case explores the very different paths taken by the Ford Motor Company and the General Motors Corporation in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Henry Ford's Model T was a car for the masses. After considerable experimentation, Ford Motor... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Exploration; Dominant Design; Business Growth and Maturation; Business History; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Product Design; Product Development; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Michigan
Shih, Willy. "Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 614-011, August 2013. (Revised November 2013.)
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Made in Italy
HBS faculty members and students visited Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna during the immersion to learn how the company became experts in electric car technology. Photo courtesy Lamborghini IMMERSIVE FIELD COURSES OFFERED AS ELECTIVES IN 2023 Denmark and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- August 2013
- Teaching Note
Nutricia Middle East: Measuring Sales Force Effectiveness
By: F. Asis Martinez-Jerez
Nutricia's Middle East and African region is transitioning from a trading to a customer focus. CEO Ernest Vandenbussche must decide how to market infant milk formula most effectively in a region where the information environment is much less rich than in other... View Details
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Three Components of Family Governance
valuable resource for management and the board. The family council can be composed in several ways, the typical way being one member elected per family branch. One should try to compose the family council so... View Details
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office
a position within the nonprofit space and specifically for an organization that had mission and purpose in their DNA. I was fortunate to find a position in the marketing department for HBS’s Career... View Details
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Executive Education - Global
Executive Education For nearly 75 years, Harvard Business School Executive Education has been fulfilling its mission of educating leaders who shape the practice of business and innovation around the world.... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
conversations are decidedly not the norm. Nor do those who follow and practice strategic management theory recognize that organizations must be disciplined enough to carry out... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- June 2024 (Revised August 2024)
- Case
Cementos Argos in the U.S.: Go Big or Go Home?
By: Jorge Tamayo, Ruth Costas, Pedro Levindo and Karina Souza
In April 2011, Colombian group Cementos Argos had to decide on whether to double down its business in the U.S., amidst the U.S. cement industry’s lowest performance in 30 years. Argos— Colombia’s leading cement producer and one of the “jewels” of Grupo GEA, the... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Organization; Business Subsidiaries; Talent and Talent Management; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Crisis; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Business Strategy; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Latin America; South America; North and Central America; United States; Colombia
Tamayo, Jorge, Ruth Costas, Pedro Levindo, and Karina Souza. "Cementos Argos in the U.S.: Go Big or Go Home?" Harvard Business School Case 724-500, June 2024. (Revised August 2024.)
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
medical schools continue to focus on the basic sciences, to the exclusion of such managerial topics as running effective teams. The approach to executing reform appears to assume that practice managers View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development
Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003), Managing Director, HBS Career & Professional Development, has been a leader in the career development field for 18 years and countless HBS students View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
management and production techniques, and global integration that spurred the "New Economy" of the 1990s had triggered profound and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
is asked to investigate the matter and to decide what, if anything, to do about it. The case raises issues in aligning strategy and sales systems, performance evaluation criteria, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace