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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Recording Leveraging HBS Online for Social Impact in the Education Sector Senior Lecturer Monique Burns Thompson (MBA 1993) + More Info – Less Info HBS and the Harvard Graduate School of Education have partnered to develop a multi-course leadership and View Details

    Jerry R. Green

    Jerry R. Green

    David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

    John Leverett Professor in the University

    Harvard University

     

    Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

    Keywords: aerospace; education industry; insurance industry; professional services
    • 01 Dec 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions

    commercial revenue to fund its social mission. As such, hybrids combine typical aspects of both corporations and social organizations. “Hybrids have to simultaneously pursue commercial and social objectives” Managing a hybrid is no easy... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 23 Jan 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?

    crisis, delivering more accurate and relevant ratings for investors. The paper, published in Management Science, was coauthored by Sikochi, Samuel B. Bonsall IV and Karl A. Muller III of Penn State University; Kevin Koharki of Purdue... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • 2010
    • Other Unpublished Work

    Why Takeover Vulnerability Matters to Debtholders

    By: Joan Farre-Mensa
    Recent work documents that firms that are more vulnerable to takeover have higher borrowing costs. This paper investigates the reasons behind this stylized fact. My results show that firms with few antitakeover defenses face a higher cost of debt because lenders are... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Borrowing and Debt; Cost; Equity; Banks and Banking; Investment Portfolio; Risk Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict and Resolution
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    • Article

    Strong Leadership and Teamwork Drive Culture and Performance Change: Ohio State University Medical Center 2000–2006

    By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Fred Sanfilippo, Neeli Bendapudi and Anthony Rucci

    Several characteristics of academic health centers have the potential to create high levels of internal conflict and misalignment that can pose significant leadership challenges.

    In September 2000, the positions of Ohio State University (OSU) senior vice... View Details

    Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Organizational Structure; Performance Improvement; Customer Satisfaction; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Service Delivery; Satisfaction; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Ohio
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    • August 2007
    • Case

    The Battle Of Union Square

    Union Square Ventures, a Private Equity firm founded in 2003, filed a trademark infringement suit against Union Square Partners, another private equity firm founded in November 2006. Examines the possible impact that public litigation will have on the two firms. The... View Details
    Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Trademarks; Lawsuits and Litigation; Conflict Management; Reputation; Financial Services Industry
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    • July 2008 (Revised October 2012)
    • Case

    Affinity Plus (A)

    By: Dennis Campbell and Peter Tufano
    The executive team at Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union has pushed the concept of members first deeply throughout the organization, empowering employees to put member-owners' interests ahead of either the organization's interests or their own interests. As a result of... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Financial Institutions; Financing and Loans; Profit; Cooperative Ownership; Conflict of Interests; Strategy
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    • 28 Aug 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: August 28, 2007

    Peter Brooks, and Patrick Kalaher Abstract Many recent studies highlight the need to rethink the way we manage innovation. Traditional approaches, based on the assumption that the creation and pursuit of new ideas is best accomplished by... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 09 Jul 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

    James Lemoine, an assistant professor in the Organization and Human Resources Department of the School of Management at the University at Buffalo, have written extensively on VUCA, and argue, “If VUCA is seen as general, unavoidable, and... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
    • June 1992 (Revised March 2006)
    • Case

    Concordia Casting Company

    By: F. Warren McFarlan
    Describes five years of development in a centralized data processing activity serving a highly decentralized corporation. Data processing manager discovers that a major software system conversion is a full year behind schedule, and subsequently makes several managerial... View Details
    Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Applications and Software; System; Information Technology; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Human Resources; Conflict and Resolution; Supply Chain Management; Accounting; Auto Industry
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    • 05 Feb 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: February 5, 2008

    Nokia, H&M), we find that instead of choosing between conflicting outcomes such as long-term strategy or short-term performance drivers, top-tier managers argue that their role is to embrace such... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • May 2009 (Revised August 2010)
    • Case

    The Jenner Situation

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Andy Whittemore and Eliot Sherman
    Dr. Bill Lemont is the new chief medical officer of a large academic medical center. During his first week on the job he has become aware of the abusive behavior and temper outbursts of a prominent orthopedic surgeon. How Dr. Lemont handles the situation will be... View Details
    Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Employee Relationship Management; Managerial Roles; Behavior; Conflict Management; Health Industry
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    • 31 Jul 2023
    • News

    Striving for Imperfection

    programmable biology, and then all of the disruption from the pandemic, from conflict and economic disruption, the frame in which we’re doing strategy has all changed. Now, you’re just as likely to be disrupted by an entrant completely... View Details
    Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises
    • 19 Nov 2007
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Teaching The Moral Leader

    his king, his conscience, his understanding of the law, and his commitments to his family. So we are left with a pretty good example of what it looks like to try to make good on conflicting moral principles and duties to multiple... View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
    • 31 Jan 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: Jan. 31

    vague, unrealistically grandiose goals. The research also revealed ways in which top managers can avoid these traps. Read the paper: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Governance/Leadership/How_leaders_kill_meaning_at_work_2910 Fiduciary... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
    • October 2008 (Revised September 2009)
    • Supplement

    Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (C): Integrating Gillette

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
    P&G had used its purpose, values, and principles (PVP) to prepare for the physical integration of Gillette prior to the change of control. The execution of these plans posed numerous challenges in global business units as well as in individual country organizations.... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Change Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Conflict and Resolution; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Integration
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    • 05 Mar 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments

    which involve projects by foreign companies to develop and manage large infrastructure projects in Indonesia, the book details the ways such deals can go bad both for the companies and the countries they operate in. It also examines how... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities
    • 28 Nov 2023
    • Book

    Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

    competition and do not commit to protecting fundamental rights. I find that, sometimes, businesspeople seem attracted to one-party regimes because they seem efficient or lack political conflict. But political conflict is always present in... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 02 Mar 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    When Goal Setting Goes Bad

    It's the rare manager who doesn't partake in quarterly or annual goal-setting exercises. And woe to those who don't make their goals SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely). But do these goals really work? Researchers... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne