Publications

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08 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 8

describes the most important legal forms of U.S. bankruptcy (Chapter 7 and Chapter 11) and provides definitions of technical terms related to the bankruptcy process. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212081-PDF-ENG DONG Energy: Clean and Reliable... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Sep 2012
What Do You Think?

Will Business Management Save US Health Care?

the background? How will change be achieved? What could go wrong? Will management save US health care? What do you think? To Read More: Atul Gawande, Big Med, The New Yorker, August 13 & 20, 2012, pp. 52-63. Paul C. Weiler, Howard W. Hiatt, View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

19 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 19

MaterialsLeaders Who Make a Difference: Joel Klein Brings Accountability to NYC DOE: Day 1 Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson HoutHarvard Business School Case 311-032 Joel... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 1983 (Revised July 1986)
Supplement

Orthoteks USA (C)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard G. Hamermesh

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

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

September 1983 (Revised September 1985)
Supplement

Orthoteks USA (B2)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard G. Hamermesh

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Health Industry; United States

March 2020
Case

Minneapolis Star Tribune

By: Joseph L. Bower, Elizabeth Hansen and Michael Norris

In the summer of 2019, Mike Klingensmith, CEO of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Twin Cities metro region’s largest newspaper, reviewed subscription trends and plans for future experimentation. The newspaper industry across the U.S. had suffered a steep decline for... View Details

Keywords: Financial Performance; Industry Evolution; Business Earnings; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Journalism and News Industry; Minnesota

Educators

November 18, 2010
Article

GM's IPO: Back to the Future

By: Joseph L. Bower, Vineet Kumar and Dante Roscini

Read Now

October 2001
Supplement

Liz Claiborne China

By: Joseph L. Bower, Sonja Ellingson-Hout and Fred Young

1996
Working Paper

'A Matter of Trust': Effects of Communication on the Efficiency and Distribution of Outcomes

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Joseph Moag and Max Bazerman

November 1984
Background Note

Encouraging Innovation and Entrepreneurship

By: Richard R. Ellsworth and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Keywords: Innovation Leadership

October 1984
Background Note

Allocating Resources

By: Richard R. Ellsworth and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Keywords: Resource Allocation

07 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

The Quest for Better Layoffs

company ravaged by a massive fire. "They were very upset," says Sucher, the MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice and Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow at HBS. "What upset them... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

1995
Book

Business Policy: Managing Strategic Processes

By: Joseph L. Bower, Christopher A. Bartlett, Hugo Uyterhoeven and Richard E. Walton

Keywords: Policy; Management; Strategy

April 2001 (Revised April 2002)
Case

Liz Claiborne China

By: Joseph L. Bower, Sonja Ellingson Hout and Fred Young

A new country manager builds the Shanghai office of Liz Claiborne into a powerful sourcing organization using local talent. She explains the nuts and bolts of transforming the office. View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Transformation; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Market Entry and Exit; Fashion Industry; China

Educators

09 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

http://ssrn.com/abstract=1681682 CREATING LEADERS WORKSHOP: Mastering the Principles and Effective Delivery of 'The Ontological Leadership Course' (PDF File of PowerPoint Slides) Authors:Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Kari L. Granger,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

1987
Book

Business Policy: Text and Cases

By: C. Roland Christensen, Kenneth R. Andrews, Joseph L. Bower, Richard G. Hamermesh and Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Policy; Information; Cases

April 1997 (Revised July 2003)
Case

Viacom, Inc.: Video Supplement

By: Joseph L. Bower, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Sonja Ellingson Hout

Viacom reached a powerful position in the global entertainment industry through skillful and very bold acquisitions. Now its further expansion is challenged by the moves of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Different businesses within Viacom have contradictory positions on... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Entertainment; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

Educators