Publications

April 1995
Teaching Note

Serengeti Eyewear: Entrepreneurship within Corning Inc. TN

By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March

Teaching Note for (9-394-033). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

01 Mar 2010
News

Alumni Books

The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing by Robert A. Finkel (MBA ’89) with David Greising (McGraw-Hill) Ten... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 2001
News

New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated

others makes him an inspiring example to all." Professor David A. Thomas, the chair's first incumbent, was among those attending the event. A noted authority on mentoring, executive development, and managing... View Details

Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

December 2010 (Revised March 2013)
Case

Growing Pains at Stroz Friedberg

By: David A. Garvin and Carin-Isabel Knoop

In late spring 2009, Stroz Friedberg co-presidents Edward Stroz and Eric Friedberg had to set growth targets for 2010. The leading global consulting firm they had built specialized in managing digital risk and uncovering digital evidence and had grown very rapidly.... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Change Management; Transition; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Consulting Industry

July 2010 (Revised November 2011)
Supplement

Zensar: The Future of Vision Communities (B)

By: David A. Garvin and Rachna Tahilyani

Zensar is a rapidly growing, mid-sized Indian IT services company with a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies. One of its practices, Vision Communities, is an inclusive forum for innovation and strategy formulation. As the company grows,... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Leadership Style; Employee Relationship Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Information Technology; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Business or Company Management; Expansion; Information Technology Industry; India

August 2006 (Revised May 2007)
Supplement

Management Levels at Staples (D): Regional Vice President

By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque

Keywords: Management; Jobs and Positions; Retail Industry

August 2006 (Revised June 2007)
Supplement

Management Levels at Staples (C): District Manager

By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque

Keywords: Management; Jobs and Positions; Retail Industry

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

December 1999
Teaching Note

Ellis International Division: Patrick O'Brian TN

By: David A. Garvin and Jeffrey Berger

January 1991
Teaching Note

Intercon International (B), Teaching Note

By: David A. Garvin and Norman Klein

December 1990 (Revised February 1991)
Teaching Note

Note on the Aerospace Industry and Industrial Modernization, Teaching Note

By: David A. Garvin and Norman Klein

January 1991
Teaching Note

Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp., Teaching Note

By: David A. Garvin and Norman Klein

August 1996
Case

Watermill Ventures

By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March

Watermill Ventures acquires and turns around an underperforming business. The case describes the criteria the company uses to identify acquisition candidates, its screening and selection process, and the way it introduces strategic thinking at the business it acquires.... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Transformation; Standards; Performance Improvement; Business Strategy; Web Sites

September 1994
Supplement

Time Life, Inc. (B)

By: David A. Garvin and Jonathan West

Provides a brief update to the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industry

01 Dec 2000
News

Faculty News

first time. David A. Thomas, an authority on mentoring, executive development, and workplace diversity, becomes a chaired professor as the inaugural incumbent of the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professorship of... View Details

Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

in press Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Pseudo-Set Framing By: Barasz, Kate, Leslie John, Elizabeth A. Keenan, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Pseudo-set framing—arbitrarily grouping items or tasks together as part of an... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Web

Harvard Business School

Building on the Legacy Thought Leadership Andrew F. Brimmer James I. Cash Jr. Linda A. Hill David A. Thomas HBS Faculty Members HBS Doctoral Students Alumni Profiles Research... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Classroom Legend

organized by Christensen and colleagues Jim Heskett and David Garvin drew 85 participants from sixty universities around the world. That same year, Christensen was named to the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Roland Christensen; George Albert Smith; Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Richard Meriam; Edmund P. Learned; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

May 2010
Teaching Note

Stanford Graduate School of Business (TN)

By: Srikant M. Datar and David A. Garvin

Teaching Note for [308010]. View Details

Keywords: Education Industry; California