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Supply Chain Management - Course Catalog

change management challenges) and operational execution problems (e.g., misplaced SKUs in a retail store) that fall squarely in the domain of the general manager. Numerous case protagonists and expert guests... View Details

July 2012 (Revised February 2017)
Teaching Note

Dovernet

By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred

This is the teaching note for Dovernet (HBS No. 112-061) View Details

Keywords: Execution; Management Control Systems; Performance Measurement; Performance Goals; Incentives; Strategy

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May 1991 (Revised March 2018)
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Automation Consulting Services

By: Robert Simons

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Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Levers Of Control; Consulting Industry

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June 1998 (Revised March 2017)
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Chemalite, Inc. (B): Cash Flow Analysis

By: Robert Simons and Antonio Davila

Teaching Note for (9-195-130). View Details

Keywords: Execution; Management Control Systems; Cash Flow Analysis; Profit Planning; Strategy

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March 2000 (Revised April 2017)
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The Cross Country Group: A Piece of the Rock (A) and (B)

By: Robert Simons and Indra A. Reinbergs

Teaching Note for (9-199-044) and (9-100-044). View Details

Keywords: Management Control Systems; Strategy And Execution; Compensation; Performance Measures

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October 2002 (Revised March 2017)
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DIENA

By: Robert Simons and Indra Reinbergs

Teaching Note for (102-001) View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Execution; Management Control Systems; Organization Design; Implementing Strategy; Pulp and Paper Industry; Publishing Industry; Latvia

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June 1999 (Revised May 2017)
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Guidant Corporation: Shaping Culture Through Systems

By: Robert Simons and Antonio Dávila

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Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Risk And Uncertainty; Service Industry; Financial Services Industry

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May 2018 (Revised July 2018)
Case

EY China (A): Strengthening Presence in a Critical Market

By: Ashish Nanda, Das Narayandas and Lisa Rohrer

Soon after being named regional managing partner for Ernst & Young (EY) China in September 2009, Albert Ng reflects on the enormity of challenges facing EY China. Despite EY Global's commitment to the China practice, EY China’s growth agenda has been reversed, post... View Details

Keywords: Professional Services; International Management; Big Four; Strategy And Execution; Emerging Market; Strategy; Leadership; Global Range; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Accounting Industry; China

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Research Summary

Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations

Michael C. Jensen's research is aimed at obtaining a clearer understanding of how the 'organizational rules of the game' affect a manager's ability to accomplish his or her goals and how the rules can be structured to resolve problems and increase productivity. ... View Details

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About the Project - Managing the Future of Work

1955 Professor of Business Administration Joseph B. Fuller Professor of Management Practice Raffaella Sadun Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration Staff Manjari Raman Senior Program Director and Senior Researcher... View Details

June 2010 (Revised May 2017)
Teaching Note

Sydney IVF: Stem Cell Research

By: Robert Simons and Kathryn Rosenberg

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Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Levers Of Control; Strategy; Risk Management; Decisions; Cooperative Ownership; Product Development; Moral Sensibility; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Expansion; Science-Based Business; Research; Management Practices and Processes; Business Subsidiaries; Biotechnology Industry; Sydney

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14 Aug 2006
HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

way, and setting high goals while maintaining standards. "If you believe people are fundamentally bad—if you believe people are constantly looking to get over and get by and won't do anything unless they're watched—then you'll tend to lead with a very... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

2004
Article

Executive Compensation In Entrepreneurial Teams: The Founder Gap, Board Membership, & Pay For Milestones

By: Noam Wasserman

Keywords: Management; Compensation and Benefits; Groups and Teams; Governance

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May 2018 (Revised July 2018)
Supplement

EY China (B): An Emerging Giant

By: Ashish Nanda, Das Narayandas and Lisa Rohrer

The case outlines how regional managing partner (RMP) Albert Ng steered Ernst & Young (EY) China through a period of significant growth from 2009, when it was the smallest of the Big Four firms in China, to 2017, by when it had become the second largest firm. Partners... View Details

Keywords: Professional Services; International Management; Big Four; Strategy And Execution; Emerging Market; Strategy; Growth Management; Leadership; Global Range; Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy; Accounting Industry; China

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06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

Since March, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has posted more than 80 stories and research papers on the topic of COVID-19, most targeted at managers and the new challenges they face. That's a lot of information to digest. To... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

May 2010
Article

Managing the New Primary Care: The New Skills That Will Be Needed

By: Richard Bohmer

Developing new models of primary care will demand a level of managerial expertise that few of today's primary care physicians possess. Yet medical schools continue to focus on the basic sciences, to the exclusion of such managerial topics as running effective teams.... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Health Care and Treatment; Management Skills; Managerial Roles; Service Delivery; Practice; Health Industry

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2010 - 2010
Conference Presentation

Teams at the Top: Revisiting the Structure and Effects of Strategic Work in Top Management

By: James R. Dillon

This paper examines the usage and effects of small work groups by top management in the course of guiding an organization's strategy process. Reviewing evidence from research literatures on strategy process, strategic leadership, and small groups, I propose that a... View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Strategy; Leadership; Practice; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

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05 Dec 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

but with ability of the people handling this system." Alternatives to the use of predictions in the customary planning process were not ignored. Jean-Christophe Khuries suggested one when he asked: "How do you View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2023
HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

Miller vowed to hide his criminal past from the business world—a secret he managed to keep for more than 40 years. That was back in 1982, when arrest and prison records were recorded on paper, stored in filing cabinets, and were much... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories