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- 01 Oct 2015
- News
Banking on Trust
“Development work is more about listening than telling,” says Marie Sheppard (MBA 1990), a veteran of more than two decades with the World Bank Group. As she winds up an assignment as manager of the Bank’s Innovation Labs in Washington,... View Details
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
forthcoming Entrepreneurship and Collaboration Inter-Organizational Collaboration and Start-Up Innovation By: Aggarwal, Vikas A., and Andy Wu Abstract—This chapter presents an overview of the literature on collaborative relationships... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
disciples, you need evangelists—you need to create situations that make it easier to model new behaviors. It’s one of the hardest things of managing any business, he says of shifting the culture. “Changing human behavior is a very... View Details
- Web
Strategy Execution - Course Catalog
and more than half of the companies on the S&P 500 in 2000 no longer exist. Many of these firms had sound strategies but were unable to execute them effectively. With disruptive technologies, increasing global competition, changing View Details
- Web
How Sharing Smart Ideas on Social Can Boost Sales | Working Knowledge
Managing the Business How Sharing Smart Ideas on Social Can Boost Sales Featuring Tatiana Sandino . By Ben Rand on July 15, 2025 . Sharing content on internal social media platforms improves performance at far-flung stores, says research... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- News
Phone Fun
cited Phones 4u’s claim “to be the UK’s fastest-growing independent mobile phone retailer” and Braterman’s role in helping the company double its share of pay-as-you-go cell phone customers last year on a marketing budget that was “less... View Details
- January 2004 (Revised August 2015)
- Case
Weetman Pearson and the Mexican Oil Industry (B)
By: Geoffrey Jones and Lisa Bud-Freirman
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Business History; Entrepreneurship; Multinational Firms and Management; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; United Kingdom; Mexico; Arizona
Jones, Geoffrey, and Lisa Bud-Freirman. "Weetman Pearson and the Mexican Oil Industry (B)." Harvard Business School Case 804-086, January 2004. (Revised August 2015.)
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
Keeping Your Team Motivated When the Company Is Struggling
- 20 Aug 2021
- News
Let Your Top Performers Move Around the Company
- 12 Jan 2021
- News
How Empathy Helps Bridge Generational Differences
- 2005
- Class Lecture
Organizational Learning in the Face of Ambiguous Threats
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Michael A. Roberto and Richard M.J. Bohmer
Keywords: Learning; Risk and Uncertainty; Crisis Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams
Edmondson, Amy C., Michael A. Roberto, and Richard M.J. Bohmer. "Organizational Learning in the Face of Ambiguous Threats." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9297C.)
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Do Good: Eat Chocolate
also differentiated by percentage of cacao solids, from 50 percent to 70 percent. In her HBS application essays, Endline wrote of wanting to start a business but instead went to Yahoo! as a product manager after graduating. “The company... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; candy; chocolate; Crop Production; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
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Prompt-a-thon Invites HBS IT Staff to Sharpen GenAI Skills | Information Technology
challenges and use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to create and refine prompts and solutions within a set time frame. HBS IT recently held a Prompt-a-thon hosted by the Business Relationship View Details
- Web
Turnarounds and Transformation - Course Catalog
and executing successful turnarounds. We will examine, among others, the importance of personal and organizational resilience, the management of critical thinking (logos), emotions (pathos), and View Details
- 25 Aug 2016
- News
Announcing the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
and administered through Harvard, the initiative will equip city leaders with the tools, skills, and support increasingly required to tackle the complex leadership and management challenges faced in governing cities around the globe. The... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
When hotel manager Alessandro Benedetti worked for Kempinski chain locations in Spain and Switzerland, morning meetings were a time to go over the numbers and discuss strategy for the days ahead. But ever since Benedetti moved to Havana... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- February 2018
- Supplement
Robert K. Steel at Wachovia (B)
By: Gautam Mukunda, Nien-hê Hsieh and David Lane
In September 2008, Robert Steel presided over the sale of Wachovia, a top U.S. bank, less than three months after becoming its CEO. Wachovia’s exposure to risky home loans led depositors and creditors to flee the bank on Friday, September 26, after the FDIC seized and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Financial Crisis; Robert Steel; Wachovia; Sheila Bair; Richard Kovacevich; Wells Fargo; Vikram Pandit; Citigroup; FDIC; Tim Geithner; Mortgage Lending; Contagion; Mergers And Acquisitions; Financial Services; Banking; Decision Making; Ethics; Fairness; Finance; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Management Style; Risk Management; Negotiation; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Banking Industry; United States
Mukunda, Gautam, Nien-hê Hsieh, and David Lane. "Robert K. Steel at Wachovia (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 418-056, February 2018.
- June 2013 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
Tim Blanchard at Jones Mendel & Co. (Abridged)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and John Gabarro
Tim Blanchard struggles to balance all the demands facing him as a partner of a consulting firm. He must decide how to serve clients, mentor his people, provide strategy and direction to the high-tech group, and spend time with family. View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Management Style; Partners and Partnerships; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Consulting Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and John Gabarro. "Tim Blanchard at Jones Mendel & Co. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 913-420, June 2013. (Revised October 2013.)
- February 2010
- Module Note
Strategies of Influence
By: Deepak Malhotra
Strategies of Influence (SOI) is a stand-alone session that teaches students about the psychology of persuasion. Students are presented a series of mini-case vignettes, each of which illustrates a specific strategy that negotiators can use to make their ideas, offers,... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Management Teams; Negotiation; Groups and Teams; Power and Influence; Strategy
Malhotra, Deepak. "Strategies of Influence." Harvard Business School Module Note 910-039, February 2010.