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Other Unpublished Work

Functional Centralization and the Division of Labor in Management

By: Julie Wulf, Maria Guadalupe and Hongyi Li

This paper shows that the trend towards flatter hierarchies in large US firms since the mid-80's has been accompanied by increased centralization of activities at the top of the organization. In particular, the number of functional managers (e.g., Chief Financial... View Details

Keywords: Executive Compensation; Management Teams; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Diversification; Information Technology; United States

October 2008 (Revised June 2010)
Case

Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (A)

By: V.G. Narayanan, Fabrizio Ferri and Lisa Brem

The credit crisis of 2008 placed compensation practices at publicly traded firms in the United States under scrutiny. This case examines perceived excessive pay and severance packages at several firms implicated in the credit crisis of 2008, the executive compensation... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Governing and Advisory Boards; Government Legislation; Executive Compensation; United States

June 2005 (Revised July 2009)
Case

Financial Reporting Problems at Molex, Inc. (A)

By: Paul M. Healy

Following an accounting problem at Molex, the firm's auditors request changes in management. The board of directors has to decide whether the auditors' concerns have merit or whether, as management argues, the accounting issue is immaterial. View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Governing and Advisory Boards; Financial Reporting; Relationships; Resignation and Termination; Accounting Audits

June 2003 (Revised April 2004)
Case

Mercy Corps: Global Social Entrepreneurship (A)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Daniel F. Curran

Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO of Mercy Corps International, built his organization by following the advice of Theodore Roosevelt: "Be smart enough to hire good people and have sense enough to get out of their way." For eight years, Keny-Guyer helped Mercy Corps grow in size and... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Government and Politics; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Organizational Structure; Opportunities; Afghanistan; Iraq

October 2000 (Revised September 2002)
Case

Doyle's Dealmaking Dilemma (B): Final Negotiations

By: James K. Sebenius

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Style; Compensation and Benefits; Job Search; Private Equity; Competency and Skills

December 1998 (Revised May 1999)
Case

Specialty Medical Chemicals

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Lucinda Doran

A new general manager is supposed to rekindle growth. Seven months later, he questions the abilities of his direct reports. An organizational psychologist is brought in to assess his people. The general manager now has to decide who to keep and how to structure his... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Employees; Leadership Development; Management Teams; Organizational Structure; Cognition and Thinking

July 1993 (Revised September 1995)
Supplement

Block 16: Environmental Groups' Perspectives

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Susan E.A. Hall

Supplements Block 16: Conoco's Green Oil Strategy (A). Provides the environmental groups' perspective on Conoco's Ecuadorian strategy. Designed to be distributed to students who will be playing the role of Ecuadorian environmentalists. View Details

Keywords: Resource Allocation; Marketing Strategy; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Perspective; Corporate Strategy

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IT Strategy: Improving Service to Support Innovation | Information Technology

levels, lack of shared knowledge, and outdated technology. These issues were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, spurring action from the team. Though TSS is a team of well-trained and knowledgeable professionals, they lacked some of the View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Printed Collections

Manuscript Collections Printed Collections Visual Collections Secondary Resources Credits Kress Collection of Business and Economics Guide to Using the Collection The Kress Collection contains dozens of rare books and pamphlets on pawn... View Details

17 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

New Treasury Rules Help Long-Retirement Planning

recommended that workers use all their retirement savings to buy life annuities in order to avoid outliving their savings. Nevertheless, few workers want to put their whole retirement nest egg into a life annuity. Why? In one word, flexibility. Retired workers want to... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Pozen; Financial Services

Profile

Michelle Lee

Tapping entrepreneurial resources As her passion for sharing her treats grew through running Treat House Bakery and working part-time at a couple bakeries, Michelle realized she wanted to make the move into the food service industry. To... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Retail/Hospitality

05 Oct 2018
Blog Post

The Reflective Leader

2010-2013. Since graduating, Les has experienced firsthand the global alumni network and the resources available to students and graduates alike. We caught up with Les to learn about the concept of lifelong learning at HBS and his... View Details

23 Jun 2016
Blog Post

How I Structured My Second Year at HBS

second year? My first year (RC) at HBS confirmed my interest in entrepreneurship, so I wanted to use the second year (EC) to take advantage of HBS's many resources around the topic. My course load was a balance between entrepreneurship... View Details

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Climate Finance SIP

together to solve this collection action problem: regulation, realization that this is a question of long-term survival for businesses, factoring climate into investment models, and focusing resources and manpower on this issue. View Details

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Collection Highlights | Baker Library

Collection Highlights R.G. Dun & Co. Credit Report Volumes Credit reports created by America's first commercial reporting agency. This collection is an invaluable resource for understanding the business, social, and cultural world of... View Details

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Educating Business Administrators - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Competition McKim, Mead & White The Campus Emerges Concrete Symbols The Dedication Building the Campus Research Links Bibliography Archival Collections Digital Resources Site Credits Educating Business Administrators “The future of... View Details

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IT Strategy: Building a Smarter, Scalable Future in the Cloud | Information Technology

experimentation and rapid evolution of IT products and services Simplified exploration and linking of disparate data and services The ability to scale resources dynamically as needed—giving us “just in time” infrastructure Detailed... View Details

30 Mar 2016
News

Alumni in Middle East Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

announced in September 2014. “This Campaign is largely about tapping into our collective imagination to try to envision the future—and to give our institution the resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,”... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

Jeff Cruikshank

way the Bulletin was managed in those days said important things about the larger institution. If the cause was good - if the case could be made for doing something the right way - then the resources were immediately forthcoming for that... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Cruikshank

01 Jun 2000
News

Managing the Map

direction is largely determined by the needs of its scientists and by the direction of the life sciences themselves. "Management's role therefore tends to be more of a resource provider," he says. Even so, Pratt adds that Whitehead's... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

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