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    The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership

    The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership is an examination of how the role of the  business leader in the U.S. has changed from World War II to the present.  A small number of high-profile individuals have transformed the face of modern-day... View Details

    • May 2025 (Revised June 2025)
    • Case

    Daiichi Sankyo: Steering a Global Organization

    By: Tiona Zuzul, Amy C. Edmondson and Cat Huang
    In the spring of 2023, Sunao Manabe, CEO of Daiichi Sankyo, reflected on a pivotal decision. A large Western pharmaceutical company had made a bid to partner with Daiichi Sankyo to develop the next three products in its oncology pipeline. Daiichi Sankyo, a 125-year old... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Culture Change; Decision-making; Leadership; Culture; Innovation; Psychological Safety
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    • February 2015 (Revised June 2017)
    • Case

    Intrapreneurship at DaVita HealthCare Partners

    By: Joseph B. Fuller, David J. Collis and Matthew G. Preble
    Josh Golomb, president and general manager of DaVita Rx (Rx), was about to meet with Kent Thiry, CEO of Rx's corporate parent, DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. (DaVita), in August 2013. The two would discuss whether Golomb should lead a new DaVita venture, Paladina... View Details
    Keywords: Intrapreneurship; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Startup Management; Startup; Strategic Positioning; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy; Business Startups; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; United States
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    • 18 Dec 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

    Mitigating Malicious Envy: Why Successful Individuals Should Reveal Their Failures By: Brooks, Alison Wood, Karen Huang, Nicole Abi-Esber, Ryan W. Buell, Laura Huang, and Brian Hall Abstract—People often feel malicious envy, a destructive... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 21 Jan 2015
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts

    unity in the family and ownership group are fundamental to long-term success for the family business. And while we can try to maintain accord in other ways, long-lived family companies, like Riedel in Austria (11 generations), DeKuyper in... View Details
    Keywords: Retail
    • June 1991 (Revised October 1991)
    • Case

    General Electric: Reg Jones and Jack Welch

    By: Francis Aguilar and Christopher A. Bartlett
    When GE's retiring Reginald Jones turned the job of CEO over to Jack Welch on April 1, 1981, the Wall Street Journal reported that GE had "decided to replace a legend with a live wire." Some wondered if the young dynamo could fill the elder statesman's very large... View Details
    Keywords: Management Teams; Business or Company Management; Change Management; Leading Change; Restructuring; Investment; Strategic Planning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Succession
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    • November 2005 (Revised August 2007)
    • Case

    ConAgra Foods: The Next Chapter

    By: Ray A. Goldberg and Mary L. Shelman
    In 2005, CEO Bruce Rohde has almost completed the integration of ConAgra Foods' collection of 90 independent operating companies into a focused, value-added firm and was beginning to think about his successor. ConAgra had become the second largest food company and No.... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Leading Change; Management Succession; Strategic Planning; Brands and Branding; Food; Agribusiness; Product Marketing; Management Teams; Transformation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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    Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

    pressure to look successful has never been greater. In organizations without psychological safety, these dynamics are exacerbated. This session will focus on ideas and practices for thinking about and learning from failure. Professor Amy... View Details
    • 09 Nov 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

    decades of his life. Q: You spend a lot of time in the book talking about all of this—the impact of these early years on his middle and later years. A: The child is the father of the man and, you know, Andy Grove is the last CEO who will... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer
    • 02 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    10 Trends to Watch in 2024

    The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • Research Summary

    Research Thrust

    By: Rakesh Khurana
    I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details
    • 30 Sep 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: September 30

    institutions. We examine, over a 60-year period, the nationalities of the most senior positions in the United Nations Secretariat, ostensibly the world's most representative international institution. The results indicate which nations are View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Suraj Srinivasan

      Suraj Srinivasan is the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration, a member of the Accounting and Management faculty unit, and chair of the View Details

      Keywords: accounting industry; financial services
      • 10 Jul 2023
      • In Practice

      The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

      my research on leading complex organizations and scaling businesses, I've chosen Unleash Your Transformation by Marco Van Kalleveen and Peter Koijen. This book offers valuable insights and practical strategies for leaders who are driving View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
      • 24 Dec 2013
      • First Look

      First Look: December 24

        Working Papers Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work By: Bandiera, Oriana, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—CEOs affect the performance of the firms they manage, and family CEOs... View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel
      • 12 Oct 1999
      • Research & Ideas

      A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

      professor Michael Beer says companies should do on a regular basis. "Business success is a function of fit between a host of key variables within an organization," he says. "Strategy, values, culture, employees, systems,... View Details
      Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
      • 05 Jan 2009
      • Research & Ideas

      Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008

      scrutiny. Time to manage your own professional image before others do it for you. An interview with professor Laura Morgan Roberts. 2. The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs In the newly released book On Competition, professor Michael E.... View Details
      Keywords: by Staff
      • 05 Jul 2023
      • HBS Case

      What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment

      Because change is the only constant, leadership is never one-size-fits-all. Different challenges require different leadership styles. A recent note from Harvard Business School suggests that an organization’s success rides on the ability... View Details
      Keywords: by Ben Rand
      • Program

      Mergers and Acquisitions

      your company is private or public, or looking to buy or to sell, you will emerge with new ability to broker powerful deals and create shareholder value. Key Benefits Completing a successful merger or acquisition is a multifaceted project... View Details
      • 08 May 2025
      • Blog Post

      Startup Roots and Engineering Ambitions: Lizzie Matusov (MS/MBA 2022)

      Who are you & what are you building? I am Lizzie Matusov, cofounder and CEO of Quotient. Quotient is an AI-powered developer tool that discovers, prioritizes, and resolves the friction slowing down engineering teams. Today, over 30%... View Details