Publications

November 1978 (Revised December 1987)
Background Note

Country Analysis and General Managers

05 Dec 2017
Video

Inside the General Management Program

Web

General Management - Faculty & Research

General Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Awards & Honors Doctoral Students November–December 2024 Article How Robust Is Your Climate Governance? By: Lynn S. Paine and Suraj Srinivasan During the past... View Details

July 1998 (Revised December 1998)
Background Note

A User's Guide to the General Management Course

By: Ashish Nanda

Offered at the beginning of a twenty-five session course on general management, this note presents a structure and an outline intended to serve as a reference and provide orientation to the students as the course progresses. View Details

Keywords: Management

Educators

May 2024
Teaching Note

AI21 Labs in 2023: Strategy for Generative AI

By: David Yoffie

Teaching Note for HBS Case 724-383. The case has 3 important teaching purposes: First, what are the advantages and disadvantages of imitation? (e.g., Should AI21 imitate OpenAI with a chatbot?) Second, what are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping new technology... View Details

Keywords: AI; Generative Ai; Generative Models; AI and Machine Learning; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Business Startups; Open Source Distribution; Competitive Advantage; Technology Industry; Israel

Web

General Management Faculty - Faculty & Research

General Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Awards & Honors Doctoral Students Unit Head Debora L. Spar Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Business... View Details

April 2000 (Revised August 2000)
Teaching Note

Transition to General Management Website TN

By: David A. Garvin and Jeffrey Berger

Teaching Note for (9-300-126). View Details

06 Feb 2020
Video

The General Management Program Impact (original)

Awards

European Case Clearing House (ecch) Case Award. Strategy and General Management

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

Won a 2011 European Case Clearing House (ecch) Award in the Strategy and General Management category for his case with Benjamin G. Edelman, "Google Inc." (HBS Case 910-036) and another ecch Award in the Entrepreneurship category for his case with Mikołaj Jan Piskorski,... View Details

November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
Case

General Motors Corporation: Retiree Benefit Risk Management (A)

By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen

General Motors issues $17 billion and uses $10 billion to reduce an unfunded pension obligation. View Details

Keywords: Retirement; Accounting; Compensation and Benefits; Auto Industry; United States

July 1982 (Revised April 1984)
Background Note

Some Avenues for Ethical Analysis in General Management

Provides a general framework for the analysis of ethics-related case studies in business policy, drawing upon categories from the discipline of moral philosophy. View Details

Keywords: Management; Analysis; Ethics

Educators

2008
Chapter

A New Generation of Pension Fund Management

By: Robert C. Merton

In talking about pension plans at this point in American economic and corporate history, we need to discuss three linked issues: the defined-benefit (DB) corporate plans that worked for our parents; the defined-contribution (DC) plans we're getting today because... View Details

Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Compensation and Benefits; Risk Management; Retirement; United States

July 2012
Supplement

Generation Investment Management, Video

By: Sandra J. Sucher

Examines the Investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide... View Details

Keywords: Leadership And Managing People; Accountability; Investment Management; Social Issues; Investment; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Development Economics; Natural Environment; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry

26 Sep 2013
Conference Presentation

Next Generation Approaches to Managing Business Conduct

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Ethical Decision Making; Ethical Behavior; Business Ethics; Decision Making; Ethics

Web

General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

General Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Awards & Honors Doctoral Students MBA Required Curriculum (FIRST YEAR) Leadership and Corporate Accountability In this course, students learn about the complex... View Details

October 2009 (Revised November 2016)
Case

Generation Health: A Pioneer in Genetics Benefit Management (A)

By: Robert F. Higgins, Jeffrey D. Marrazzo and Rachel Gordon

Generation Health, a pioneer in the new field of genetics benefit management and a newly formed company, faces many strategic issues. CEO Per Lofberg is in the midst of negotiating a partnership with a major pharmacy benefit management company. As part of these... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Genetics; Health Industry; Insurance Industry

Educators

November 1994
Case

Kraft General Foods - Risk Management Philosophy

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Risk Management; Food and Beverage Industry