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- 20 Nov 2018
- News
Seven Strategies for Maintaining a Sense of Self in Retirement
- March 2014
- Case
MediaTek: From Feature Phones to Smartphones
By: Willy Shih
MediaTek was the third largest fabless semiconductor company in the world, and was the second largest supplier of the silicon microchips that powered mobile phones. Yet as the company's chairman reflected on his R&D strategy, he wondered why it hadn't moved faster on... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology Adoption; Telecommunications Industry; Semiconductor Industry; China; Taiwan
Shih, Willy. "MediaTek: From Feature Phones to Smartphones." Harvard Business School Case 614-059, March 2014.
- May 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Symyx Technologies, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen, Courtney Purrington and Thomas D. Perry
Symyx is a science-based company spun out of Berkeley. Its unique materials technology has been exploited for 10 years, but the company needs a new business model. The company concept required the invention of hardware and software to do high throughput materials... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Transition; Engineering; Technological Innovation; Resource Allocation; Product Development; Partners and Partnerships; Science-Based Business; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software
Bowen, H. Kent, Courtney Purrington, and Thomas D. Perry. "Symyx Technologies, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 608-152, May 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
William R. Kerr
William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the... View Details
- Article
The Impact of the 'Open' Workspace on Human Collaboration
By: Ethan Bernstein and Stephen Turban
Organizations’ pursuit of increased workplace collaboration has led managers to transform traditional office spaces into “open,” transparency-enhancing architectures with fewer walls, doors, and other spatial boundaries, yet there is scant direct empirical research on... View Details
Keywords: Open Office; Transparency; Collaboration; Collective Intelligence; Workspace; Workspace Design; Architecture; Cubicles; Boundaries; Spatial Boundaries; Human Behavior; Propinquity; Co-location; Interaction; Sociometers; People Analytics; Buildings and Facilities; Communication; Design; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Networks; Social and Collaborative Networks; Information Technology; United States
Bernstein, Ethan, and Stephen Turban. "The Impact of the 'Open' Workspace on Human Collaboration." Art. 239. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences 373, no. 1753 (August 19, 2018).
- 11 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)
about an upcoming Career Transitions workshop hosted by HBS Senior Advisor Dr. Timothy Butler. During the workshop, something that resonated with me were the themes of “needs” and “obligations,” personally and professionally. This wasn't... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- April 1993
- Case
Sumiko Ito
By: David A. Thomas
Describes the life and career of the first Japanese female investment banker at Nomura Securities, Sumiko Ito, who later became a partner at Alex Brown, a U.S. investment bank. Organized around the major life events and career transitions Ms. Ito experienced. Set in... View Details
Keywords: Investment Banking; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Diversity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Japan; England; United States
Thomas, David A. "Sumiko Ito." Harvard Business School Case 493-011, April 1993.
- Career Coach
Katherine Manweiler
Katherine is eager to support students in a variety of ways including: consulting, VCPE, and hedge fund case interview prep; behavioral interview prep; crafting a cohesive and compelling personal narrative; deciding between different offers; evaluating commitment to... View Details
- 2010
- Chapter
Identity-Based Leader Development
By: Scott Snook, Herminia Ibarra and Laura Ramo
Despite the wealth of managerial and scholarly attention paid to leadership development, only recently has a new perspective emerged that explicitly links leadership and identity. Research and theorizing on leadership development have yet to specify the processes that... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Identity; Transition; Transformation; Perspective; Managerial Roles; Business Processes; Personal Development and Career
Snook, Scott, Herminia Ibarra, and Laura Ramo. "Identity-Based Leader Development." Chap. 22 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana, 657–678. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- April 2020 (Revised May 2020)
- Case
NTT DOCOMO's Race to 5G
By: Juan Alcácer, Horst Melcher and Akiko Kanno
The case, based on extensive interviews with NTT DOCOMO’s technology leaders, focuses on the opportunities and challenges that NTT DOCOMO faces with the launch of infrastructure and services for 5G wireless telecommunication technology. With higher data rates and... View Details
Keywords: 5G; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Product Launch; Strategic Planning; Decision Making; Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Technology Industry
Alcácer, Juan, Horst Melcher, and Akiko Kanno. "NTT DOCOMO's Race to 5G." Harvard Business School Case 720-413, April 2020. (Revised May 2020.)
- April 2021
- Case
Franck Giovannini: Managing Succession to Sustain Organizational Excellence
By: Boris Groysberg and Evan M.S. Hecht
As world-renowned chef Franck Giovannini contemplated his future and the future of The Hôtel de Ville Restaurant, he wondered how would he handle the transition of leadership at the restaurant when it came time for him to step down. The Hôtel de Ville Restaurant was... View Details
Keywords: Restaurant Industry; Succession; Succession Planning; Leadership; Transition; Management Succession; Planning; Food and Beverage Industry; Switzerland
Groysberg, Boris, and Evan M.S. Hecht. "Franck Giovannini: Managing Succession to Sustain Organizational Excellence." Harvard Business School Case 421-083, April 2021.
- April 2021 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
The Mahindra Group: Leading with Purpose
By: Ranjay Gulati and Rachna Tahilyani
India headquartered Mahindra Group is a multibillion-dollar federation of companies operating across the globe. It is ahead of its time in articulating its purpose and mapping its values, something it had first done at inception and then refreshed yet again as ‘Rise’... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Change Management; Communication Strategy; Family Ownership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Revenue; Auto Industry; Financial Services Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; Asia; India; Mumbai; South Korea; Italy; United States
Gulati, Ranjay, and Rachna Tahilyani. "The Mahindra Group: Leading with Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 421-091, April 2021. (Revised December 2023.)
- 2008
- Article
Learning (Not) to Talk About Race: When Older Children Underperform in Social Categorization
By: Evan P. Apfelbaum, Kristin Pauker, Nalini Ambady, Samuel R. Sommers and Michael I. Norton
The present research identifies an anomaly in sociocognitive development, whereby younger children (8 and 9 years) outperform their older counterparts (10 and 11 years) in a basic categorization task in which the acknowledgment of racial difference facilitates... View Details
Apfelbaum, Evan P., Kristin Pauker, Nalini Ambady, Samuel R. Sommers, and Michael I. Norton. "Learning (Not) to Talk About Race: When Older Children Underperform in Social Categorization." Developmental Psychology 44, no. 5 (2008).
- November 2023
- Case
Swanson Health: Becoming a Super Seller
By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor and Paige Boehmcke
Founded in 1969, Swanson Health sold vitamins, supplements, natural health products, and organic foods. Over the years, the company had successfully navigated multiple industry transitions as it expanded from a print catalog to sell products on its own... View Details
Keywords: Sales; Transition; Growth Management; Distribution Channels; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Health Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Kerr, William R., Daniel O'Connor, and Paige Boehmcke. "Swanson Health: Becoming a Super Seller." Harvard Business School Case 824-093, November 2023.
- February 1992 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
The House of Tata
By: James E. Austin and Ashish Nanda
The case traces the evolution of the Tata group, one of the largest and highly respected Indian business houses, from its 19th century founding and early growth in diverse industries, to its response to changes in government regulation in independent India, up to its... View Details
Keywords: Indian Economy; International Business; Government And Business; Government Regulation; Synergy; Conglomerates; Business Conglomerates; Developing Countries and Economies; Business and Government Relations; Business History; Steel Industry; Electronics Industry; Chemical Industry; Insurance Industry; Air Transportation Industry; India
Austin, James E., and Ashish Nanda. "The House of Tata." Harvard Business School Case 792-065, February 1992. (Revised September 2019.)
- May 2008 (Revised August 2009)
- Case
Intel NBI: MXP Digital Media Processor
By: Willy C. Shih and Thomas Thurston
"Gila" was a high-performance image processor project housed in Intel's New Business Initiatives (NBI) group. NBI was an incubator for corporate entrepreneurs, and it had an established methodology for ensuring a degree of autonomy while these ventures got started. But... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Change Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Integration; Semiconductor Industry; United States
Shih, Willy C., and Thomas Thurston. "Intel NBI: MXP Digital Media Processor." Harvard Business School Case 608-100, May 2008. (Revised August 2009.)
- June 2005
- Case
Furqan Nazeeri and the IMTrader Spin-Out
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Brian DeLacey
Furqan Nazeeri is looking to spin out a promising set of products and technologies from an established financial services firm. Designed as an exercise in negotiation. Includes material from the original business plan, and it is possible to simulate a negotiation... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business or Company Management; Negotiation Process; Product Development; Technology Adoption
Applegate, Lynda M., and Brian DeLacey. "Furqan Nazeeri and the IMTrader Spin-Out." Harvard Business School Case 805-147, June 2005.
- March – April 2008
- Article
Customer Preference Discontinuities: A Trigger for Radical Technological Change
By: Mary Tripsas
What factors cause a mature industry to re-enter a period of technological turbulence? This paper addresses this question by developing a model of technological evolution that incorporates both technological trajectories and a new concept: preference trajectories, ... View Details
Keywords: History; Technology; Transition; Consumer Behavior; Industry Structures; Product Development
Tripsas, Mary. "Customer Preference Discontinuities: A Trigger for Radical Technological Change." Managerial and Decision Economics 29 (March–April 2008): 79–97.