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  • 30 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 30

Growth and Operations, GE Africa; and Tamla Oates-Forney was promoted from human resources leader for sub-Saharan Africa, GE Energy, to senior human resources manager, GE Africa. While many were optimistic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2024
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Mission Veterinary Partners

By: Boris Groysberg, Zeeshan Ali and Annelena Lobb
After five successful years, Mission Veterinary Partners (MVP) had to decide on the best way to scale. MVP owned 300 animal hospitals and competed with other consolidators to buy more small veterinary practices. MVP had to distinguish itself as the buyer of choice but... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy
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Groysberg, Boris, Zeeshan Ali, and Annelena Lobb. "Mission Veterinary Partners." Harvard Business School Case 424-056, May 2024.
  • January 2021 (Revised March 2022)
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Maritz Automotive

By: Ashley V. Whillans and Lamar Pierce
This case focuses on Charlotte Blank, the Chief Behavioral Officer at Maritz, as she tries to assist a major automotive manufacturer (CarCo) with increasing their sales by prepaying monthly bonuses to independently franchised car dealers and clawing them back if the... View Details
Keywords: Loss-framing; Sales; Performance Improvement; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Theory; Auto Industry
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Whillans, Ashley V., and Lamar Pierce. "Maritz Automotive." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 921-044, January 2021. (Revised March 2022.)
  • January 2010 (Revised February 2010)
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IBM Retail Business Assessment at Dillard's, Inc.: Managing Staffing Levels to Improve Conversion

This case illustrates the challenges associated with matching staffing levels with variable workload in retail stores and highlights how decisions related to staffing and scheduling affect operational performance and the quality of labor at the stores. The case... View Details
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Employees; Market Transactions; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Performance Improvement; Retail Industry
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Ton, Zeynep. "IBM Retail Business Assessment at Dillard's, Inc.: Managing Staffing Levels to Improve Conversion." Harvard Business School Case 610-051, January 2010. (Revised February 2010.)
  • February 2005 (Revised November 2012)
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UAL 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy (CW)

By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Kenneth A. Froot and Darren Robert Smart
UAL is a large air transportation company with roots that go back to the 1920s. As a legacy carrier, going back to before the 1978 deregulation of air transportation markets, United Airlines is burdened with cost structures that make it difficult to compete with newer... View Details
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Compensation; Costs; Loans; Reorganization; Restructuring; Financing and Loans; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Compensation and Benefits; Air Transportation Industry; United States
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Bergstresser, Daniel Baird, Kenneth A. Froot, and Darren Robert Smart. "UAL 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 205-709, February 2005. (Revised November 2012.)
  • 2004
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Are Perks Purely Managerial Excess?

By: Raghuram G. Rajan and Julie Wulf
Why do some firms tend to offer executives a variety of perks while others offer none at all? A widespread view in the corporate finance literature is that executive perks are a form of agency or private benefit and a way for managers to misappropriate some of the... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Performance Productivity; Executive Compensation; Corporate Finance
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Rajan, Raghuram G., and Julie Wulf. "Are Perks Purely Managerial Excess?" NBER Working Paper Series, No. 10494, May 2004. (Published in Journal of Financial Economics 2006.)
  • February 2003 (Revised February 2009)
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Yahoo!: Becoming a Competitor in the Career Listings Space (A)

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Nicole Nasser
In late 2001, Yahoo!'s new executive leadership team faces a decision. With online advertising revenues significantly off, the company has decided to explore new strategic businesses, including online recruiting. The team must decide whether to make a bid for... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decisions; Recruitment; Management Teams; Negotiation Deal; Employment Industry
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McGinn, Kathleen L., and Nicole Nasser. "Yahoo!: Becoming a Competitor in the Career Listings Space (A)." Harvard Business School Case 903-071, February 2003. (Revised February 2009.)
  • March 2000
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Dell Computer Corporation: Share Repurchase Program

By: George C. Chacko and Luis M. Viceira
Dell Computer Corp. announced a share repurchase program shortly after a significant stock price drop. In this announcement, the company also states that it will use options contracts. This case looks at the options transactions and how they relate to Dell's employee... View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Stock Options; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Computer Industry
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Chacko, George C., and Luis M. Viceira. "Dell Computer Corporation: Share Repurchase Program." Harvard Business School Case 200-056, March 2000.
  • July 1999
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Restructuring General Motors North America (A): Pay-for-Performance

By: Malcolm S. Salter
Presents the new pay-for-performance scheme adopted by General Motors (GM) in its 1999 reorganization of its sales and marketing organization. Once in operation, many administrative problems developed requiring a reconsideration of the scheme's basic architecture. View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Compensation and Benefits; Marketing; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Auto Industry; North America
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Salter, Malcolm S. "Restructuring General Motors North America (A): Pay-for-Performance." Harvard Business School Case 800-027, July 1999.
  • April 1998 (Revised November 1999)
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CitySoft, Inc.

By: Myra M. Hart, Marco Iansiti, Andrea H. Chermayeff and Diana S. Gardner
Two entrepreneurs are discussing how to scale-up their new company. They face a variety of issues, ranging from hiring and training to strategy and focus. View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Selection and Staffing; Internet; Web Services Industry
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Hart, Myra M., Marco Iansiti, Andrea H. Chermayeff, and Diana S. Gardner. "CitySoft, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 698-080, April 1998. (Revised November 1999.)
  • August 1975 (Revised July 1993)
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Acton-Burnett, Inc.

By: John J. Gabarro
Describes the formation, selection, and experience of a task force with multidepartmental membership. The problems faced by the task force leader at the end of the case raise issues of who does the selection; the establishment of group norms, values, and goals; the... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams; Conflict Management
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Gabarro, John J. "Acton-Burnett, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 476-018, August 1975. (Revised July 1993.)
  • October 1984
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NIKE (D): Leisure Shoes, Teaching Note

Teaching Note for (9-385-031). View Details
Keywords: Luxury; Decisions; Performance Effectiveness; Management Practices and Processes; Management Teams; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Roberts, Michael J. "NIKE (D): Leisure Shoes, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 385-098, October 1984.
  • 23 Feb 2022
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Rethinking Low-Wage Work

  • 28 Oct 2020
  • News

What Workers Lose by Working from Home for Long Periods—or Permanently

  • 15 Oct 2020
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Dear HBR: Sexism

  • 06 Mar 2020
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The Key to Inclusive Leadership

  • 01 Dec 2022
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Road to Recovery

in 2016, with Gastfriend as CEO and his father as chief medical officer. A 2014 study estimated that 12.5 million Americans had substance use disorders, and that number was rising, largely due to opioid use. In addition to the human toll,... View Details
Keywords: April White; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 09 Jun 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Manager in Red Sneakers

Want to gain more respect at the office? Consider wearing red sneakers to work. OK, so maybe it's not quite that cut-and-dried. But recent research does find that people who wear offbeat clothes in a professional setting are often perceived as having a higher status... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion
  • 02 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Indulgence vs. Regret: Investing in Future Memories

We all know the moral of Aesop's fable about the industrious ant and the fun-loving grasshopper: Work now and save for the future, or else regret the consequences. And who hasn't been confronted with a similar dilemma? You know you should work late to finish that... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • April 2025
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Radical Transformation at Bayer: Dynamic Shared Ownership

By: Boris Groysberg and Gamze Yucaoglu
In 2023, Bill Anderson became CEO of Bayer AG, a 160-year-old life sciences giant looking to strengthen its pharma pipeline, manage debt, and cut through bureaucracy. His bold response: Dynamic Shared Ownership (DSO), a radical model replacing traditional hierarchies... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Business Strategy; Alignment; Innovation and Management; Organizational Structure; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Groysberg, Boris, and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Radical Transformation at Bayer: Dynamic Shared Ownership." Harvard Business School Case 425-061, April 2025.
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