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Courses - Private Capital Project
Courses Courses Executive Education Courses Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital The Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital course is structured for individuals new to the sector, covering the initiation of new... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26
whether the testimonial's efficacy increases when information is added about an affiliation the quoted individual shares with the recipient. Research Design and Methods: A total of 5,498 union members were randomly assigned to receive 1... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
online trading platform of Interactive Investor, a London-based financial advisory site. She also spent a summer on Wall Street working for Merrill Lynch in its Financial Institutions M&A group. She began her investment career as an Associate Director in Bank of... View Details
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Health Care - Faculty & Research
Health Equity, a practical, principle-based tool designed to help healthcare organizations tailor equity initiatives to the specific needs of their communities and capabilities. Developed through in-depth study of Boston Medical Center’s... View Details
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Shad Hall | About
when it opened in 1990, the Shad Hall fitness center was designed by Kallmann McKinnell & Wood. Despite its massive size, the 118,000-square-foot facility includes architectural details that allow the building to blend harmoniously with... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
interdependent system components. (The hypothesis claims a correspondence between organizational structure and technical architecture, but allows causality to flow in either direction.) Scholars in a range of disciplines have argued that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't
motivations around good deeds. Given their respective backgrounds in economics and social psychology, Exley and Zlatev each draw on different literature in their work, and their study designs tend to look quite different, but together... View Details
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
insights to be leveraged. These discussions are then translated into action points. Organizations should ensure internal decision-making processes incorporate conflicting points of view, if necessary designating a devil’s advocate or what... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 17 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
What is HBS START Week?
whom they will spend the rest of the year; it’s an exciting day! Initial cases are led by FIELD faculty and are designed to ease students into the structure of a case discussion. Socially, the SA and the... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
4+2 = Sustained Business Success
company values. Structure Managers spend hours agonizing over how to structure their organizations (by product, geography, customer, and so on). Winners show that what really counts is whether View Details
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
product designs because she was out fundraising or handling 27 other fires. Here’s how to avoid this: As early as you can in your company’s lifetime, articulate your company’s True North and product guardrails, and evangelize it like... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and the Internet
for competitors to imitate information systems. The openness of the Internet, combined with advances in software architecture, development tools, and modularity, makes it much easier for companies to design and implement applications. The... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter
- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
have little strategic impact.10 Think, in many selling situations, about the design of PowerPoint presentations: some folks are much better than others in doing this, but how much impact do the slides have versus other sales tasks? Other... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
School Case 809-012 Du Pont's realization in 1921 that its "U-form" corporate structure was ill-suited to its new diversification strategy led to a pioneering new kind of organization—the "M" or multidivisional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Blog
The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education
the classroom, organize small-group meetings, or simply take a break. By design, the building's architecture relates both to the traditional structures of the main HBS campus and also to the twenty-first century spirit of nearby Tata... View Details
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By: Jorge Tamayo
Professor Tamayo’s research focuses on theoretical modeling and structural estimation of firm decision-making and productivity.
Professor Tamayo studies dynamic competition for customer membership. Generally, firms that implement a membership model charge a... View Details
Professor Tamayo studies dynamic competition for customer membership. Generally, firms that implement a membership model charge a... View Details
- June 2008
- Article
The Multiunit Enterprise
By: David A. Garvin and Lynne C. Levesque
A multiunit enterprise is a geographically dispersed organization built from standard units (stores, restaurants, or branches) that are aggregated into larger geographic groupings (districts, regions, and divisions). Although this organizational structure has become... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Global Range; Research; Business Ventures; Problems and Challenges; Business or Company Management; Business Headquarters; Organizational Design; Talent and Talent Management; Goals and Objectives
Garvin, David A., and Lynne C. Levesque. "The Multiunit Enterprise." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 6 (June 2008).
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
shifts in strategy with far-reaching consequences for the structure of industries, the way people behave, and the resources they use. Transformational reforms typically involve a decision to change a suite of institutional arrangements... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2025
- Case
Luca de Meo at Renault Group (A)
By: Emily Truelove, Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
When Luca de Meo became CEO of Renault Group in 2020, the 122-year-old French automaker faced financial challenges and the double technological disruption of the automotive industry: the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) and the rise of software-defined vehicles (SDVs).... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Interpersonal Communication; Forms of Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Experience and Expertise; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Making; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Alternative Energy; Engineering; Global Strategy; Governance; Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Technology Adoption; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Innovation Leadership; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leading Change; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Management Skills; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Performance Efficiency; Transportation; Auto Industry; Battery Industry; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; France; Europe; China
Truelove, Emily, Linda A. Hill, and Lydia Begag. "Luca de Meo at Renault Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 425-041, February 2025.
- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
Meanwhile, starting in 2013, Analog Devices CEO Vince Roche encouraged innovators from the top down and transformed the semiconductor giant into a designer of integrated, strategic systems—including a platform that accelerated the global... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert