Publications

1983
Book

Managing Behavior in Organizations

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles and John J. Gabarro

Keywords: Behavior

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February 2025 (Revised February 2025)
Case

Managing Complexity at mymuesli

By: Thomas Graeber and Stacy Straaberg

In April 2009, direct-to-consumer e-commerce muesli brand mymuesli faced a flood of customer questions. The breakfast cereal startup enabled users to order personalized muesli on its website by choosing from 75 organic ingredients for a total of 566 quadrillion... View Details

Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Decisions; Food; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Product Launch; Problems and Challenges; Behavior; Competitive Advantage; Customization and Personalization; Segmentation; Internet and the Web; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; Germany

September 2024 (Revised February 2025)
Case

Ghai Management Services, 2024

By: Richard S. Ruback and Robin Greenwood

April 1986 (Revised February 1988)
Case

Batterymarch Financial Management (A)

By: Andre F. Perold

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

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April 2009
Supplement

Merck: Managing Vioxx (E)

By: Robert L. Simons, Kathryn Rosenberg and Natalie Kindred

Keywords: Leadership; Decision Choices and Conditions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Pharmaceutical Industry

August 1995 (Revised September 1995)
Supplement

Hutton Branch Manager (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

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27 Jan 2013
News

Lincoln's School of Management

30 Aug 2017
News

Managing Our Hub Economy

Managing Your Team's "Dissensus"

Have you ever been in a team meeting and wondered something like, "Why did the boss gave Jamie that assignment? I think Susan is a better match for the job." Or observed a colleague asking another for help and thought, "It never occurred to me to... View Details

Managing a Polarized Workforce

30 Oct 2013
News

Managing New York City

25 Jan 2011
News

Lessons in Asset Management

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 13 Feb 2018
Webinars: Career

Managing the High-Intensity Workplace

People today are under intense pressure to be "ideal workers"--totally committed to their jobs and always on call. How do people cope with these pressures and what are some of the dysfunctional consequences for individuals and for their organizations? While complete... View Details

16 May – 27 Jun 2017
HBS Online

HBX Managing Your Career Development

Know an early-career colleague, family member, or friend who would benefit from HBS career development insights? An online case-based program led by six of Harvard Business School's most engaging faculty and held in real-time, Managing Your Career Development will... View Details

March 2003
Background Note

Linking Customer Management Effort to Profits

By: Das Narayandas

Describes the link between a vendor's customer management effort and customer profitability. View Details

Keywords: Profit; Customer Relationship Management

27 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance

What’s the best way to run a company? The question has bedeviled economists as long as companies have existed. How, after all, do you measure something as soft as management style across the range of different types and sizes of companies... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Meet the Management Consulting Club

Mission Statement The Management Consulting Club is one of the most popular student clubs on campus with an annual membership of over 250 students. We aim to serve as a bridge between the industry and Harvard Business School students,... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

June 2007 (Revised July 2008)
Case

Kinder Morgan, Inc. - Management Buyout

Kinder Morgan, Inc., was a leader in the transportation and distribution of energy throughout North America, managing a master limited partnership with over $35 billion in infrastructure assets. In the summer of 2006, Richard Kinder, the founder and chairman of Kinder... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Fairness; Governing and Advisory Boards; Privatization; Partners and Partnerships; Conflict of Interests; North America