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- August 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization
By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque
One of six cases that describe the roles and responsibilities of managers at each of the hierarchical levels of management within the U.S. Stores business unit of Staples, the world's largest office supply company. Together, the cases form a complete integrated... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Operations; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Perspective; Retail Industry
Garvin, David A., and Lynne Levesque. "Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization." Harvard Business School Case 307-037, August 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- 17 Nov 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?
Editor's note: This is part of a series of occasional columns on managing the family business written by Senior Lecturer John A. Davis. Optimism and pessimism are strong, stable traits that reflect our... View Details
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
needed experiences and perspectives with the experiences on the resumes of the managers who led Pandesic. Despite their extraordinary track records in View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 19 Jan 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis
improving boards' performance is not government action but action on the part of each board. To improve board effectiveness, each board should achieve clarity about its role in relation to that of management: the extent and nature of the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
comes to resolving the inherent tensions between headquarters—where the focus might be on standardizing products to drive down cost—and subsidiaries lobbying to adapt products to meet the specific needs of a local market. Making The... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
Summing Up Can Managers Afford to Ignore Predictions in Planning? There is a healthy skepticism when it comes to the reliability of predictions as a basis for planning. Donald Kortalon, commenting on this... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
on Managing the Future of Work and co-PI of the Digital Reskilling Lab. Her research focuses on managerial and organizational drivers of productivity and growth in corporations... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
was typical for an HBS Leadership Fellow. The program catapults new grads into high-level positions at nonprofit and public-sector organizations, offering access to CEO-level management and decision-making. Meanwhile, organizations... View Details
- May 2012 (Revised November 2015)
- Case
The National Geographic Society (A) (Abridged)
By: David A. Garvin and Annelena Lobb
In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.–based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of... View Details
Keywords: General Management; Change Management; Media And Publishing; Digital Convergence; Strategy Development; Business Models; Information Publishing; Online Technology; Business Model; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Publishing Industry
Garvin, David A., and Annelena Lobb. "The National Geographic Society (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 312-120, May 2012. (Revised November 2015.)
- Web
Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Rembrand M. Koning : Winner of the 2024 Distinguished Paper Award from the Strategic Management Division of the Academy of Management for “The Uneven Impact of Generative AI... View Details
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
Harvard Business School Professor Regina Herzlinger. “This is not a field for mile-wide, inch-deep managers” On October 4-5, Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration, hosted the international conference,... View Details
- September–October 2023
- Article
A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: The Effects of Common Ownership on Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Mark R. DesJardine, Jody Grewal and Kala Viswanathan
Common owners face an incredible investment challenge: managing systematic risk. Because common owners hold shares in multiple firms across an industry, an action (or inaction) by one firm that affects industry peers is felt more severely by common owners than by... View Details
Keywords: Common Ownership; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Institutional Investing; Corporate Governance; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment Return
DesJardine, Mark R., Jody Grewal, and Kala Viswanathan. "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: The Effects of Common Ownership on Corporate Social Responsibility." Organization Science 34, no. 5 (September–October 2023): 1716–1735.
- Web
Managing International Trade and Investment - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Managing International Trade and Investment Course Number 1166 Associate Professor Meg Rithmire Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Course Overview The course approaches economic interdependence from the View Details
- Web
Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
C. Edmondson : Honorable Mention, 2012 Best Conference Paper Prize from the Strategic Management Society for "Managing Ambiguity: Growing a New Business in a Nascent Industry" with Tiona Zuzul. Shane M.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit
strategic and general management issues facing service organizations as well as the management of service in manufacturing companies. The multidisciplinary unit focuses View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Web
Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
Execution equips you with the tools, skills, and frameworks to allocate resources, measure performance, manage risk, and successfully implement strategy. You’ll explore common challenges that prevent or derail execution and learn how to... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
been the case in this country,” he says. JULY 31 As part of the HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellows program, first- and second-year students participated in a diverse range of pursuits this summer, many of them focused on racial equity... View Details
- 21 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management
For Harvard Business School students eager to make a positive impact on the world, one exciting path forward is investing in mission-centered businesses. Areas like healthcare, education, energy, and the... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 07 Dec 2021
- Op-Ed
Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge
Middle management used to be the place where careers stalled, but the COVID-19 pandemic has turned that notion on its head. In fact, mid-level leaders possess more agency now than at any other time in recent... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Uhlmann Award Winners Focus on French Retailer
The winners of the 1996 R. Hugh Uhlmann Award for outstanding research in the field of agribusiness have a truly global perspective -- all three recipients are international students. For their prize-winning project, Peter Baeza... View Details