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About the Center - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

About the Center The C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning was established in 2004 to promote and support teaching excellence and innovation within Harvard... View Details

October 1993 (Revised April 1994)
Case

Jack Welch: General Electric's Revolutionary

By: Joseph L. Bower and Jay Dial

Describes the work of Jack Welch as CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 1992, focusing particularly on his transformation of the company's portfolio through extensive dispositions and acquisitions and the company's culture through a mandated process called "work out."... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Transformation; Investment Portfolio; Leadership Style; Management; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career

30 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

place an undue burden on workers who don't have the interest, time, or expertise to manage their finances. A pioneer in translating finance and mathematics into practical, Wall Street-ready models, Merton... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

18 Jan 2024
News

Match Game

When the Bulletin included Faye Iosotaluno (MBA 2008) in its December issue, the longtime consumer tech executive was COO of Tinder. On January 9, the company announced Iosotaluno would become Tinder CEO. “It’s hard to overstate the impact Tinder has had on... View Details

01 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

because it means creating a culture where people feel a shared sense of purpose, identify with the group, have trust in co-workers, and share in rewards. A screenshot of the optimization tool, which shows... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

December 2011
Article

Manager-Specific Effects on Earnings Guidance: An Analysis of Top Executive Turnovers

By: Francois Brochet, Lucile Faurel and Sarah McVay

We investigate how managers contribute to the provision of earnings guidance by examining the association between top executive turnovers and guidance. Although firm and industry characteristics are important determinants of guidance, we conclude that CEOs participate... View Details

Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Teams; Policy; Decisions; Change; Risk and Uncertainty; Leadership

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16 Aug 2021
News

Elevate Employees, Don’t Eliminate Them

08 Feb 2023
News

Alumni-Cofounded Company Sells to CVS for $10.6 Billion

named the Chief Innovation Officer at Oak Street in January 2022, with the firm noting at the time that he would “lead strategic efforts to expand the [c]ompany’s model.” The release went on to note that, under Price’s leadership “Oak... View Details

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 View Details

June 2018 (Revised June 2018)
Case

Facebook Confronts a Crisis of Trust

By: William W. George and Amram Migdal

The case, “Facebook Confronts a Crisis of Trust,” starts with the crisis Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is facing in March 2018 over Cambridge Analytica’s accessing data from 87 million Facebook accounts in order to influence the 2016 U.S. Presidential... View Details

Blog

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

cognitive work. Many people in such roles have been insulated from automation and globalization. That is about to change. The change is likely to follow a path similar to one a character in Ernest... View Details

March 2006 (Revised October 2007)
Case

The Parisian Revival

By: Rajiv Lal and Carin-Isabel Knoop

In mid-2005, George Jones had two jobs: head of Saks Inc.'s 41-store Parisian department store chain as well as president and CEO of the Saks Department Store Group (SDSG), an umbrella for seven chains with a total of 182 stores across the United States. In 2003 Jones... View Details

Keywords: Profit; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Improvement; Sales; Retail Industry; United States

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01 Sep 2023
News

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

A certificate of appreciation was presented to Ellie Care representatives Francisco Garcia Zavaleta (COO) and Gervasio Videla Dorna (cofounder and CEO), at left, and to Patricio Alba (cofounder and CIO), far right, by HBS students Maxwell Nii Laryea, third from left,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

10 Nov 2015
First Look

November 10, 2015

Online Advertising By: Kireyev, Pavel, Koen Pauwels, and Sunil Gupta Abstract—As firms increasingly rely on online media to acquire consumers, marketing managers feel comfortable justifying higher online... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

December 2014 (Revised July 2016)
Case

HEINEKEN—Brewing a Better World

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, José Alvarez, Tonia Junker and Daniela Beyersdorfer

The Dutch company HEINEKEN, one of the leading global brewers known for its brands like Heineken, Amstel, and Desperados and for its award-winning marketing campaigns, seeks to closely integrate its long-term sustainability "Brewing a Better World" approach into its... View Details

Keywords: Beer/brewing Industry; Sustainability; Local Sourcing; Corporate Strategy; Global Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Food and Beverage Industry