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  • May 2011
  • Article

Challenge the Boss or Stand Down

By: W. Earl Sasser
This HBR Case Study includes both the case and the commentary. For teaching purposes, this reprint is also available in two other versions: case study-only, reprint R1105X, and commentary-only, R1105Z. Tom Green, an aggressive young sales executive at self-service... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Personal Development and Career; Jobs and Positions; Conferences; Service Industry
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  • February 2008 (Revised January 2009)
  • Background Note

Offshoring Day in BGIE and Strategy

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Troy Smith
Describes a set of activities in which students will participate before and during a day of classes on offshoring. The day's classes will examine the implications of offshoring for policy makers, business leaders, and workers. View Details
Keywords: Policy; Employees; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Labor; Management; Strategy
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  • Article

The Emotional Tightrope of Downsizing: Hidden Challenges for Leaders and Their Organizations

By: Andrew Molinsky and Joshua D. Margolis
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Problems and Challenges; Emotions; Leadership; Organizations
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  • March 1995
  • Supplement

The Black & Decker Corporation (D): DeWalt Opportunities in Europe and Japan

By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes Black & Decker's challenges in international markets, particularly in Europe and Japan. View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Competition; Globalization; Problems and Challenges; Construction Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Japan; Europe
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  • October 1981 (Revised June 1985)
  • Case

Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (B1)

To be handed out during class discussion of the (B) case. Reveals that Vicks developed a second name and advertising positioning. Presents results of copy testing, and further test market results. Students have to choose between the two names and positionings, as well... View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Health Care and Treatment; Product Launch; Health Industry
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  • 08 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

model’s correct and incorrect classifications, the cutoff point on the curve that matches true positives and true negatives, and the payoff matrix Wehunt and Morse construct. Students can then follow the link directly from their model to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out

veteran employees as it does with the newcomer," he writes. Team-specific Roles Before recruiting stars, it's important to consider whether a star's position is especially dependent on team dynamics. In studying star American... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Banking
  • 05 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis

financing—multinational firms with access to foreign capital, for example—recovered more quickly than companies reliant on local financing. Companies may do well to consider that fact as they position themselves to weather the next... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking
  • 02 Feb 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?

case is finally litigated, we may conclude that both involved criminal behavior. The comparison of loss of life and criminal activity between the two is so forced as to appear not only insensitive but also positively asinine. —Joe Hill... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 21 Dec 2021
  • Blog Post

Top 10 MBA Voices Articles of 2021

look like post-graduation. HBS graduates pursue careers in a variety of industries and positions around the world. With a median starting salary of $148,750, and median signing bonus of $30,000, HBS graduates are well-positioned to pay... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

ones. Findings: Our key counterintuitive finding is that Japanese and American founders of entrepreneurial firms are more similar than is often suggested. We first find that in both Japan and the U.S., achievement motivation is positively... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

situations as well.” The decision to study alumni connections was borne of the professors' personal school ties: both received their PhDs in finance from the University of Chicago. In 2007, each landed a position in the Finance Unit at... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 18 Jun 2001
  • Research & Ideas

When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

advance, and sustain Intel's prominent position in the marketplace. What I'm advocating is an expanded view of R&D, blending the external with the internal —Henry Chesbrough The Intels of the world notwithstanding, however,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • November 2016 (Revised November 2016)
  • Case

Radial Analytics Probes Post-Acute Care

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Olivia Hull
Thaddeus Fulford-Jones and Eric Weiss, founders of healthcare technology startup Radial Analytics, have been busy developing a software program designed to save hospitals money and improve patient outcomes by producing customized care plans for patients leaving the... View Details
Keywords: Electronic Medical Records; Electronic Health Records; Data Science; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Business Model; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention; Growth Management; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Health Industry; Technology Industry; Cambridge; Massachusetts
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  • Profile

Kamen Bliznashki

importantly, it has given me the courage and confidence to pursue them. What are you most looking forward to in your career? Seeing the positive and lasting impact of my work. I look forward to applying what I have learned at HBS where it... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing
  • Portrait Project

Abbas A. Kanji

turn will help prepare me to succeed at my next challenge. I hope that success early in my professional life positions me to spend more time serving my family, community, and humanity. For example, being a dutiful son to my parents,... View Details
  • 26 Jan 2017
  • News

The Challenges and Rewards of Teaching by the Case Method

In this interview, she describes the value of using the case method in business education. “I’m a professor of entrepreneurship at Howard University, and I teach entrepreneurship by the case method. And so, of course, HBS has helped me immensely in the View Details
  • 29 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO WAVE

positives still outweigh the worst case scenario negatives (which it did in my case), then go for it because you’ll at least have thought through (and built contingencies for) the worst case...which is quite unlikely to happen anyway!... View Details
  • 01 Jun 1998
  • News

Wanted: Leaders for the New Millennium

attract and enroll outstanding students, we also know that many future leaders don't think of HBS as one of their options," says Jill H. Fadule, managing director of MBA Admissions. "We need to reach people who may not realize the View Details
Keywords: Cindy Olnick
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Alumni Books

dividends and compounding matter; explains options-trading techniques that will be beneficial no matter what the market does; analyzes real-life examples of investing opportunities; and provides tips on how to construct a portfolio, value equities, and make... View Details