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  • 15 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 15

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/310071-PDF-ENG George Martin at The Boston Consulting Group (A) Leslie A. Perlow and Kerry HermanHarvard Business School Case 410-112 George Martin, managing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Program Requirements - Doctoral

term of the student's doctoral program. Doctoral Coursework A minimum of 13 semester courses at doctoral level, plus unit seminars are required. Each semester students will consult with the Technology and Operations View Details
  • Program

Agribusiness Seminar

and manage risks arising from climate change and environmental pressures Assess strategies for entering and competing international markets Identify ways to build the resilience and flexibility needed to thrive in an evolving industry... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture; Agriculture
  • September 1990
  • Case

Bain & Co., Inc.: Growing the Business

By: Michael Y. Yoshino
Raises management issues facing Bain & Co. in formulating its future global strategy and implementation of that strategy. View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Management; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Strategy; Expansion; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry
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  • January 2025 (Revised April 2025)
  • Case

Blue Frontier: Disrupting Air Conditioning

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Serial entrepreneur Daniel Betts founded Blue Frontier in South Florida to offer a climate-friendly solution to increase air conditioning efficiency and dehumidify using new technology he developed. Backed by significant venture capital, Blue Frontier had to choose... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Technological Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Performance Efficiency; Business Strategy; Florida
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Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization

major corporate challenges proactively, make the right strategic moves, and lead a revitalization effort that establishes a firm foundation for growth. This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More Key... View Details
  • 14 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Clay Christensen’s Milkshake Marketing

says. He adds that this marketing paradigm comes with the additional benefit of being difficult to rip off. Nobody, for example, has managed to copy IKEA, which helps its customers do the job of furnishing an apartment right now.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Service; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage
  • 28 May 2024
  • In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

of Labor Statistics. US employers added 175,000 jobs, seasonally adjusted, far fewer than the more than 300,000 in March and below the 240,000 analysts expected. For those seeking business careers, success might mean searching beyond traditional first jobs like View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Business History, the Great Divergence and the Great Convergence

By: Geoffrey Jones
This working paper provides a business history perspective on debates about the Great Divergence, the rise of the income gap between the West and the Rest, and the more recent Great Convergence, which has seen a narrowing of that gap. The literature on the timing and... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Economics; History; Wealth and Poverty; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth
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  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

highlight the pros and cons of each knowledge production model, help identify the scope of the empirical generalization of prior studies comparing the information quality of the two production models, and offer implications for organizations View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Career Coach

Roshan Tathed

Roshan wants to help students think critically about their career paths and what really matters most to them. Having worked extensively across Healthcare, Telecom, Media, Technology, Fintech and Edutech across big tech, startups, and top View Details
  • April 1998
  • Case

Jim Lyons and GenRad

Lyons, currently CEO of Harry Gray Associates, a consulting and investment firm, had just been approached by an executive recruiter representing GenRad, a 78-year-old electronics company headquartered in Concord, MA. The company, which manufactured integrated software... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Management Succession; Personal Development and Career; Consulting Industry; Massachusetts
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Program Requirements - Doctoral

Each semester students will consult with the Accounting & Management faculty coordinators to receive approval of their course selections. Foundational Courses (2 courses) Microeconomics Theory : A... View Details
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Company, 1919–1941 Henry F. Henderson, Jr. Henderson (H. F.) Industries, 1952–Present Bruce D. Henderson Boston Consulting Group, 1968–1980 Paul C. Henshaw Homestake Mining Company, 1971–1982 Stuart K. Hensley Warner-Lambert Corporation,... View Details
  • 01 Nov 2021
  • What Do You Think?

How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?

consultants who provide advice on changing an organization’s culture generally estimate that the chances of success are low, typically one in three or four attempts. Those odds aren’t encouraging. But what isn’t clear in those statistics... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • April 2006
  • Article

Competitive Advantage and the Value Network Configuration: Making Decisions at a Swedish Life Insurance Company

By: Øystein D. Fjeldstad and Christian H.M. Ketels
When the Swedish Life Insurers Förenade Liv found themselves in difficulties in a rapidly changing market, their response was to call in the consultants. And one of the consultant's first suggestions was to use the Value Network, not the Value Chain, as a new... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Fluctuation; Networks; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Value; Quality; Decision Making; Market Transactions; Performance Effectiveness; Customers; Insurance Industry; Sweden
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  • 08 Apr 2019
  • Blog Post

Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career

In 2015, Steve Kloeblen retired and thought he was done with the corporate world. A graduate of HBS Executive Education’s General Management Program, Kloeblen had more than 30 years of experience with IBM, culminating with his transition... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • 22 Aug 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Master the One-on-One Meeting

But how we treat them as individuals can determine the way their DNA will impact the fabric of your organization. What are you doing, as their manager, to make sure they are satisfied and making the best contribution to your organization? I have View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
  • 21 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership

What do leaders this year and the next need to be doing differently than last year, and last decade, and last century? The rapidly changing business world means dramatic changes are afoot in time-worn notions about leadership, according to the book View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Strategy - Faculty & Research

firm-level management ability (e.g. CEO quality), which can be transferred to all plants, and plant-level management practices, which can be changed through intangible investment (e.g. View Details