Publications

March 2017 (Revised December 2019)
Case

Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Putin and the Russian Oligarchs

By: Geoffrey Jones, Rachael Comunale and Kate Lazaroff-Puck

This case examines the career of the Russian business oligarch Boris Berezovsky. Berezovsky was one of a small group of business tycoons that became fabulously rich after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, as the new Russian government, advised by prominent... View Details

Keywords: Business ＆ Government Relations; Government and Politics; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Privatization; Soviet Union; Russia

August 2023
Case

Stay or Go? Sarah Reynolds at Kensington Partners

By: David G. Fubini, Amr Seifeldin and Patrick Sanguineti

Sarah Reynolds, a Partner at the global Kensington Partners strategy consulting firm, has headed the firm's Telecommunications Group for a few years. Thanks to her stellar track record with clients, she has brought the group, and herself, a range of accolades and... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consulting Firms; Client Service; Career Management; Success; Time Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Personal Development and Career

11 Jul 2013
News

Ballmer’s game plan to put Microsoft back on top

18 Sep 2020
News

From The Plow To Birth Control: How Technology Reshapes Relationships

27 Mar 2020
News

How A Federal Stimulus Could Help LA's Small Businesses During The Pandemic

05 Jun 2018
News

Schultz 2020? Other C.E.O.s Will Be Watching Closely

21 Jun 2018
Video

KPMA HBX Live: Cracking the Data Aggregation Problem - Paul Giusti

13 Feb 2020
Video

Meet Liz | Leadership Principles Participant Testimonial

Video

Dr. Silvia Gold

Dr. Silvia Gold, President of the Mundo Sano Foundation and co-founder of Grupo Insud, explains how patent expiration is important for innovation, recounting that her company has always won against large Western pharmaceutical companies that have sought legal action... View Details

April 1942 (Revised December 1982)
Case

Dashman Co.

The vice president in charge of purchasing sends a letter to each of the company's 20 purchasing executives requesting that contracts made in excess of $10,000 be cleared with him prior to signing. The branches promise to cooperate, but no notices of negotiations are... View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Accounting; Business Processes

02 Mar 2010
News

America's budget deficit needs bipartisan action

28 Apr 2020
News

American economy on the bubble

21 Jan 2021
Video

Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao

Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, President and CEO of VietJet Air, discusses her experience as a woman in a position of leadership and being included in the Forbes Power Woman List of 2017, relates her achievements to the experiences from her childhood, and expresses the... View Details

September 2014 (Revised March 2016)
Case

Mayo Clinic: The 2020 Initiative

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Robert S. Huckman and Jenny Lesser

Describes the challenges facing Dr. John Noseworthy, President and CEO, in implementing a long-term strategy for the growth of the Mayo Clinic—a leading academic medical center with a reputation for excellence in tertiary and quaternary health care. The case highlights... View Details

Keywords: Health; Health Care Industry; Health Care Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States

June 2003
Case

Ford Argentina: Transforming a Global Industry in a Local Market

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ramiro Montealegre, Laureano Berasategui and Paula Rodriguez Etchard

The president of Ford Argentina has to decide on the e-business approach at this subsidiary of Ford Motor Co. The approach must take into consideration the ambitious global e-business transformation proposed by the parent company within the context of a major economic... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Financial Crisis; Global Strategy; Technological Innovation; Problems and Challenges; Internet

18 Nov 2011
News

Harvard Innovation Lab Opens

22 Feb 2018
News

Trump seems to have insulated himself from #MeToo movement

10 May 2023
Video

Competition or Collaboration? Navigating a Path for Successful Climate Alliances

October 1998
Case

CRA Managed Care, Inc. (C)

By: Myra M. Hart and Susan Harmeling

Chronicles an entrepreneur's transition from chairman/CEO of a large privately held company, to chairman of a public company, to board member, to president of several major nonprofit boards, to founder of a new nonprofit for women business owners and founder of a new... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Leadership; Nonprofit Organizations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Management Skills; United States