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12 PM – 1 PM EST, 29 Nov 2018
Webinars: Career

The Shiny Penny: How to Maximize the M&A Value of your Company

Angel investor Steve Kirschner explains how to maximize the M&A valuation of your company heading into a private sale.

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29 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014

It's better to look good than to feel good. That was the observation of Billy Crystal's SNL character Fernando, and it seems to be born out in two articles from this year's most popular list. In The Manager in the Red Shoes, we learn that... View Details

April 2017
Supplement

Global Leadership in a Dynamic and Evolving Region: Molinas @ The Coca-Cola Company (D)

By: Tsedal Neeley and Esel Çekin

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Functions; Structure; Centralization; Decentralization; Diversity; Country Of Origin Effects; Global Contextual Intelligence; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Organizational Structure; Experience and Expertise; Situation or Environment; Central Asia; Turkey

April 2017
Supplement

Global Leadership in a Dynamic and Evolving Region: Molinas @ The Coca-Cola Company (B)

By: Tsedal Neeley and Esel Çekin

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Functions; Structure; Centralization; Decentralization; Diversity; Country Of Origin Effects; Global Contextual Intelligence; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Organizational Structure; Experience and Expertise; Situation or Environment; Central Asia; Turkey

26 Oct 2020
News

A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions

good? And if we believe profit, purpose and social returns are not in conflict, how do we put that theory into action as a corporate executive, entrepreneur, or investor?” Cissy Chen (MBA 2019), who helped organize the event for the HBS... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

January 2010
Case

Pratham - Every Child in School and Learning Well

By: Srikant M. Datar, Stacey M. Childress, Rachna Tahilyani and Anjali Raina

The case focuses on how Pratham, a non-governmental organization, provided quality education to underprivileged children in India by collaborating with the government. It focuses on the problem Madhav Chavan, the founder, is trying to solve, the contributing factors... View Details

Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Social and Collaborative Networks; Performance Evaluation; Change Management; Organizational Design; Early Childhood Education; Management Systems; Strategy; Quality; Education Industry; India

Web

Mason Watson | MBA

and business: A few years ago, I worked for a marketing organization helping to develop tools to streamline member retailers' experiences. This is one of the first experiences where I realized the potential that technology has to impact... View Details

11 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Financial Services 24/7

front page of the Wall Street Journal," explains McFarlan, who recently authored two case studies on the Charles Schwab Corporation. One of the top online brokerage firms, Schwab handles about four thousand transactions every second, and any amount of downtime can be... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

01 Dec 2011
News

Faculty Books

organizational performance is substantial and quantifiable. An effective business culture can account for up to half of the performance differential between organizations in the same business. Drawing on field research and case studies,... View Details

Keywords: Utilities

May 1994 (Revised May 1995)
Case

Laura Ashley (B): Defining a Strategy

By: Richard L. Nolan

A turnaround CEO engineers a business transformation and formulates short-term and long-term strategy after assessing the business situation. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

level, an organization has to be established with the capabilities to understand the total system of systems, manage external interfaces with the multiple stakeholders, and coordinate the integration of its... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Web

2.2 Recruiting Standards of Conduct | MBA

must notify both the Career and Professional Development (CPD) Office and the organization of accepted offers before withdrawing from a scheduled interview. Students who have received an offer are expected to attend all scheduled... View Details

July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
Case

Washington Hospital Center (B): The Power of Insight

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett

Dr. Craig Feied considers how to take a major technical innovation beyond his own department into a large hospital system. Reviews how proprietary information systems became indispensable in the department of emergency medicine and what it took to introduce the change... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Medical Specialties; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Technological Innovation; Higher Education; Adoption; Health Industry; District of Columbia

23 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far

crazy and interesting things as managers and designers of their organizations. And then we, the academics, come around and try to figure out, rigorously, what had a positive and negative impact on performance and other behavioral... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein

November 2015
Case

Wynton Marsalis & Jazz at Lincoln Center

By: Rohit Deshpandé

Under the leadership of artistic director Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) hosts performances and education events year-round for audiences in New York and across the United States. Despite the popularity of JALC's events, however, the U.S. audience for... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Management; Music Entertainment; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Growth and Development Strategy; Music Industry