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Nancy F. Koehn
Nancy F. Koehn is a historian at the Harvard Business School where she holds the James E. Robison chair of Business Administration. Koehn's research focuses on crisis leadership and how leaders and their teams rise to the challenges of high-stakes situations. Her... View Details
Jo Tango
Jo Tango is the MBA Class of 1962 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. He helps teach "The Entrepreneurial Manager" (TEM), a required course for all 900 first-year students and of which he... View Details
Lauren H. Cohen
Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details
- March–April 2020
- Article
What's Really Holding Women Back? It's Not What Most People Think
By: R. Ely and Irene Padavic
Ask people to explain why women remain so dramatically underrepresented in the senior ranks of most companies, and you will hear from the vast majority a lament that goes something like this: High-level jobs require extremely long hours, women's devotion to family... View Details
Keywords: Overwork; Employment; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Work-Life Balance; Organizational Culture
Ely, R., and Irene Padavic. "What's Really Holding Women Back? It's Not What Most People Think." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 2 (March–April 2020): 58–67.
- November 1991 (Revised September 1993)
- Case
Oak Industries Inc.
By: William A. Sahlman and Burton C. Hurlock
Describes Bill Antle's proposed restructuring plans for Oak Industries, a company composed of nine divisions which seem to be experiencing operating difficulties. During the last ten years the company has been involved in a number of acquisitions and divestitures, as... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Operations; SWOT Analysis; Organizational Structure; Restructuring; Financial Management; Acquisition; Financial Markets
Sahlman, William A., and Burton C. Hurlock. "Oak Industries Inc." Harvard Business School Case 292-086, November 1991. (Revised September 1993.)
- 22 Dec 2010
- News
Making the Decision to Replace Yourself
- 18 May 2020
- News
Big Structural Change
- 21 Jul 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Enabling Versus Controlling
Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Julian Wright
- November 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Kwame Spearman at Tattered Cover: Reinventing Brick-and-Mortar Retail
By: Ryan Raffaelli and Kerry Herman
The case spotlights Kwame Spearman’s career-shifting decision to leave a NYC-based consulting job to return to his hometown of Denver, Colorado, and take over an iconic independent bookstore, The Tattered Cover. The case lays out ways Spearman envisions a new approach... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Leadership; Leading Change; Competitive Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Raffaelli, Ryan, and Kerry Herman. "Kwame Spearman at Tattered Cover: Reinventing Brick-and-Mortar Retail." Harvard Business School Case 422-014, November 2021. (Revised March 2022.)
Gerald Zaltman
*Joined Harvard Faculty: 1991
Prior Faculty Appointments: Northwestern University, 1968-75;
University of Pittsburgh, 1975-91
Prior Faculty Appointments: Northwestern University, 1968-75;
University of Pittsburgh, 1975-91
*Doctoral Degree in Sociology Received from: The John Hopkins University;
MBA Degree Received from: The University of... View Details
- May 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Diamond in the Rough (A)
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Catherine M. Conneely
Diamond Technology Partners, a consulting firm based in Chicago, was founded in 1994 by Mel Bergstein and Chris Moffitt, with investment from founding partners and Safeguard Scientifics. In April 1996, just after fiscal year-end, the two largest clients withdrew from... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Going Public; Crisis Management; Finance; Consulting Industry; Chicago
DeLong, Thomas J., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Diamond in the Rough (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-115, May 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
- July 2010 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Heidrick & Struggles and Standard Chartered Bank: Managing Global Key Accounts
By: Robert G. Eccles and Kerry Herman
Daren Kemp, a partner at leadership consultancy and executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, is responsible for the firm's relationship with Standard Chartered Bank (Standard Chartered). Standard Chartered is one of 94 companies in Heidrick's strategic partners... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Service Delivery; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry
Eccles, Robert G., and Kerry Herman. "Heidrick & Struggles and Standard Chartered Bank: Managing Global Key Accounts." Harvard Business School Case 411-011, July 2010. (Revised March 2013.)
- 15 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Interning in the Retail Sector
Jasmyn Beausejour, MBA 2019, describes his summer at Wayfair. As a native from Montreal and having worked in management consulting, Jasmyn was excited by the opportunity to analyze Wayfair’s expansion and segmentation into the Canadian market. His role pivoted from... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- June 2013
- Case
Ken Traub at American Bank Note Holographics
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Michael Norris
Ken Traub is hired as CFO for American Bank Note Holographics, the market-leading security holograph company in January 1999, but discovers on his first day that the company has misstated its financials and resigns. After consulting with the company for the next... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Moral Sensibility; Earnings Management; Crime and Corruption; Personal Development and Career; Management Teams; Technology Industry; Service Industry; United States
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Michael Norris. "Ken Traub at American Bank Note Holographics." Harvard Business School Case 113-073, June 2013.
- January 1976 (Revised June 1984)
- Case
Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (A)
By: John P. Kotter
In 1969, Megalith centralized its financial and control functions. John Boyd, senior vice president for finance, hired four brilliant young managers to "bring the group out of the stone age." By 1975, this management team had created a near-perfect finance office of... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Problems and Challenges
Kotter, John P. "Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (A)." Harvard Business School Case 476-107, January 1976. (Revised June 1984.)
- 14 May 2012
- News
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
- 06 Oct 2021
- News
Robots Are Hiding 27 Million Workers from Employers Who Need Them
- 21 Apr 2017
- News
Can a French Political Upstart Ride Obama's Strategy to Victory?
- 2007
- Book
When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance
By: Thomas J. DeLong, John J. Gabarro and Robert Lees
For too long, professional services firms (PSFs) have relied on the "producer-manager" model, which works well in uncomplicated business environments. However, today's managing directors must balance conflicting roles, more demanding clients, tougher competitors, and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy
DeLong, Thomas J., John J. Gabarro, and Robert Lees. When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance. Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
- April 2009 (Revised April 2009)
- Background Note
Note on the Nonprofit Sector
By: Allen S. Grossman and Naomi Greckol-Herlich
This note introduces students to the current state of the nonprofit sector around the world. It also provides insight into the sector's origin and purpose as well as the identifying important current trends. The note draws on numerous sources to provide a single... View Details
Grossman, Allen S., and Naomi Greckol-Herlich. "Note on the Nonprofit Sector." Harvard Business School Background Note 308-033, April 2009. (Revised from original May 2008 version.)