Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (5,401) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (5,401) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 25 of 5,401 Results →
  • 07 Jun 2021
  • Blog Post

The Value of the HBS Case Method – Lessons from an SVMP Participant

Growing up as a Black male from South Los Angeles, I was raised in a vibrant community surrounded by a diverse group of individuals who gave me guidance and taught me core values –such as curiosity, community, and persistence. My... View Details
  • 2016
  • Chapter

Dishonesty Explained: What Leads Moral People To Act Immorally

By: F. Gino and D. Ariely
The last two decades have witnessed what seems to be an increasing number of cases of dishonesty, from corporate corruption and employee misconduct to questionable behaviors during the financial crisis and individual acts of unethical behavior in many spheres of... View Details
Keywords: Behavior; Ethics; Organizations; Attitudes; Financial Crisis
Related
  • May 1982 (Revised April 1984)
  • Case

Consolidated Foods Corp. (A)

Top management at Consolidated Foods was concerned about consumer complaints and threatened boycotts, some relating to television and print ad content and others relating to sponsorship of television programs thought to portray excessive sex or violence. Describes the... View Details
Keywords: Customers; Marketing Communications; Crisis Management; Advertising
Related
  • August 2015 (Revised March 2017)
  • Supplement

Planters Nuts (B): The Power of the Peanut

By: Robert J. Dolan and Donald K. Ngwe
This case picks up from the events in Planters Nuts and describes how the new management team for Planters turned the brand around in 2013 by implementing a new brand positioning accompanied by a multimillion dollar marketing campaign. View Details
Keywords: Product Positioning; Marketing; Transformation; Food and Beverage Industry
Related
  • 01 Feb 2008
  • What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

Summing Up How will sustainability be achieved? To sum up responses to this month's column, the question is not whether global sustainability will be achieved but how. One school of thought could perhaps be... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 2017
  • Other Teaching and Training Material

Organizational Behavior Reading: Leading Organizational Change

By: Ryan Raffaelli
This reading combines conceptual frameworks and research-based knowledge to provide practical guidance about how to lead organization change. The essential reading outlines key choices leaders must make when managing a change and the common traps that can cause a... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management
Related

    Jeffrey T. Polzer

    Jeff Polzer is the UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He studies how people collaborate in teams and across organizational networks to accomplish their individual and collective... View Details

    • December 2007 (Revised April 2008)
    • Exercise

    The Elcer Products Transaction: Confidential Information for Elcer Products Division President

    By: James K. Sebenius and Guhan Subramanian
    In a six-party negotiation exercise, the TNDA Corp. plans to sell Elcer Products Division to one of four potential buyers (industrial, financial, U.S., German). This case contains confidential information for the Elcer Divisional management role. Challenges include how... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Managerial Roles; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics
    Related

      James L. Heskett

      James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive... View Details

      • August 1998 (Revised October 1998)
      • Case

      Lark International Entertainment Ltd. (A)

      By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse
      Two HBS MBA's leave McKinsey and Morgan Stanley to become entrepreneurs in Hong Kong. Together they start up a cinema chain throughout Asia. This case describes the experiences of managing a team in their Wuhan, China cinema. Looks at the challenges of managing growth... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Emerging Markets; Leadership Style; Leadership; Groups and Teams; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Hong Kong; China; Asia
      Related
      • 06 Jul 2016
      • What Do You Think?

      How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

      government policies, short-term corporate management thinking, the World Trade Organization (Paul saying, “Personally, I’m a long-time supporter of globalization, but the WTO decision-making process needs to be more transparent and... View Details
      Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing

        Michael W. Toffel

        Professor Toffel is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management. His research examines how companies are addressing climate change (especially decarbonization) and other environmental and working condition issues in their operations and supply... View Details

        • October 2017 (Revised April 2019)
        • Case

        Data Breach at Equifax

        By: Suraj Srinivasan, Quinn Pitcher and Jonah S. Goldberg
        The case discusses the events leading up to the massive data breach at Equifax, one of the three U.S. credit reporting companies, the organizational and governance issues that contributed to the breach, and the consequences of the breach. The case supplement provides... View Details
        Keywords: Safety; Information Management; Cybersecurity; Technology Industry; United States
        Related
        • 03 Jan 2023
        • Book

        Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

        back up and running, many women are asking: What’s it going to take to effect real change? According to Tina Opie, visiting scholar at Harvard Business School and author of Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and... View Details
        Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
        • Profile

        Ruzwana Bashir

        Ruzwana Bashir is one of those talented people who could have taken a variety of paths to success. But Bashir, who grew up in North Yorkshire town in a small community of British-Pakistani families, knew from a young age that she wanted... View Details
        • 18 Feb 2021
        • Interview

        Amy Edmondson: Are You Missing One of Your Most Important Jobs as a Manager?

        By: Amy C. Edmondson and Chris Clearfield
        During our conversation, we talked about:

        • The renewed interest in the concept of psychological safety
        • J.D. Thompson’s notion of “reciprocal coordination needs”
        • How knowledge work does not produce objective or mechanical... View Details
        Keywords: Psychological Safety; Management Skills; Management Style; Interpersonal Communication
        Related
        • 2010
        • Article

        Hiring for Strength, Hiring for Weakness: Evidence of Internal Strategic Fit from the NFL

        By: Andrew Hill
        Firms may hire senior managers to shore up a weakness or to build on a strength. Using evidence on the hiring of NFL head coaches, this paper finds that teams that hire for strength outperform teams that hire for weakness. View Details
        Keywords: Strategy; Selection and Staffing; Performance; Sports; Sports Industry
        Related
        • 25 Mar 2022
        • Blog Post

        Meet the HBS Women's Student Association

        (MBA 2006), Susie Mulder (MBA 1996) and Michelle Zatlyn (MBA 2009) joined us. We also had Seema Hingorani, Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Founder of Girls who Invest, Nadja... View Details
        • February 2014 (Revised July 2016)
        • Case

        Iora Health

        By: William A. Sahlman and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
        The Iora Health case looks at a new approach to the management and delivery of primary care. Instead of having a doctor, half a nurse and two accountants, Iora deploys a doctor, a nurse and several health coaches, all operating as an integrated team. Iora focuses on... View Details
        Keywords: Management; Service Delivery; Groups and Teams; Financing and Loans; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
        Related
        • 10 Feb 2022
        • News

        Guiding Low-Wage Workers on the Upward Mobility Path Is a Win for Employees and Companies