Publications

November 1989
Supplement

Jan Carlzon, SAS, Video

By: John P. Kotter

Presents Jan Carlzon, Scandinavian Airline's (SAS) CEO, answering questions from executives in February of 1989. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Air Transportation Industry

01 Mar 2012
News

Watch the thinking that underpins HBS’s new field method of study Investing in HBS Great Expectations Model Teamwork Donor Spotlight Balanced Scorecard and Beer Game Go High-Tech FAQ For the second module of FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2001
News

Building the Emotional Intelligence of Groups

Keywords: Vanessa Urch Druskat, Steven B. Wolff

1989
Book

Pawns or Potentates: The Reality of America's Corporate Boards

By: J. W. Lorsch and Elizabeth MacIver

Keywords: Management Teams

November 1981
Supplement

Corning Glass Works International, Part II, Interviews with Top Management, Video

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Michael Y. Yoshino

Presents tapes of interviews with Tom MacAvoy (Corning Glass president) and James Houghton (Corning Glass vice-chairman). View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Manufacturing Industry

1990
Chapter

Application Work in Group Dynamics Instruction

By: D. A. Thomas

Keywords: Groups and Teams

March 1986 (Revised October 1990)
Supplement

Peter Browning and Continental White Cap (C)

Presents the results and impact of the new vice president's strategies in his first full year. Concludes with his reflections on the challenge he undertook. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Management Teams

02 Dec 2010
News

Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs

teams with a history of working well together. Teams of two or three cofounders who complement and respect each other generally result in greater success than companies founded by individuals or those with... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2011
News

Reimagining the MBA

put students through an iterative business-development cycle on an accelerated basis. The FIELD faculty team worked closely with the heads of the other 10 required first-year courses to find points of synergy. Specific FIELD assignments... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2010
News

Hunting Red Balloons

first person or team to locate all ten balloons. Pledging to donate the prize to AIDS research, an HBS team of four students and two professors drew upon the School’s network, including alumni, for the... View Details

Keywords: contests; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jun 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: Be Our Guest

work.” Favorite non-Marriott property: The Montage in Laguna Beach. “It has that Southern California feel. It’s elegant but not pretentious. I don’t like things that are too foo-foo.” Best AMP advice: Shake the tree. “Ask your team for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hospitality

July 2009 (Revised June 2016)
Teaching Note

Managing a Global Team: Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A) & (B)

By: Tsedal Neeley

Teaching Note for [409003]. View Details

Keywords: Management; Groups and Teams; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry

July 1983 (Revised March 1992)
Case

Acton-Burnett, Inc. (A)

Describes the formation, selection, and experience of a task force with multi-departmental membership. The problems faced by the task force leader raise issues concerning the selection of members for a task force, who does the selecting, the establishment of group... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Groups and Teams

04 Jan 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The Learning Effects of Monitoring

Keywords: by Dennis Campbell, Marc Epstein & Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez; Entertainment & Recreation

1986
Book

Making Strategy Work: How Senior Managers Produce Results

By: Richard G. Hamermesh

Keywords: Management Teams; Strategy

15 Nov 2016
News

Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad

HBS students worked on their project with representatives of the bakery chain Benjamin in São Paulo. (photo by Cintia Farago) In the United States, brand loyalty is often a powerful motivator—consumers will drive miles in search of a Starbucks. But as a View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Mar 2012
News

Making Finance Personal

there’s one thing I’ve learned in business, it’s the power of rapid-fire experimentation: enabling your team to test, rapidly change, iterate, and test again. Run experiments with customers and let them vote, instead of relying on the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

May 1989
Supplement

Lincoln Electric Co., George Willis, Video

By: Norman A. Berg

Presents George Willis, chairman and CEO of Lincoln Electric Co., addressing an HBS PMD executive class on October 7, 1988. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Industrial Products Industry

July 2016
Article

Under New Management: Equity Issues and the Attribution of Past Returns

By: Malcolm Baker and Yuhai Xuan

There is a strong link between measures of stock market performance, such as changes in Tobin's Q or past stock returns, and equity issues. Typically, this performance is thought to be a characteristic of the firm, not the CEO who happens to run the firm. In contrast... View Details

Keywords: Performance; Management Teams; Equity