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- April 1999 (Revised May 2005)
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GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Meg Wozny
GE is faced with Jack Welch's impending retirement and whether anyone can sustain the blistering pace of change and growth characteristic of the Welch era. After briefly describing GE's heritage and Welch's transformation of the company's business portfolio of the... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Global Strategy; Leadership Development; Goals and Objectives; Six Sigma; Management Succession; Service Operations; Quality; Corporate Strategy
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Meg Wozny. "GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 399-150, April 1999. (Revised May 2005.)
- 07 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back
helped me have a better understanding of how to work with teams, especially when dealing with individuals from different backgrounds, with different skills, and different personalities. Long-term, I have a goal of one day leading... View Details
- 23 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now
With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
does one lead at your company? How do you give feedback? How do you establish an inclusive culture, develop employees, and create a great place to work? Your job is to answer these questions and provide managers the support and tools... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 08 Dec 2023
- News
New Leadership Role and Structure
goal is to find opportunities for synergies and leverage so we can provide a seamless experience and unparalleled value proposition to anyone who attends Harvard Business School over the full span of their professional lives. Jana has... View Details
- April 1999 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Adams Capital Management: March 1999
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Bill Wasik
On February 24, 1999, the advisory board of Adams Capital Management convened for its quarterly meeting at the firm's headquarters. One point on the agenda: whether or not to proceed with due diligence on an investment in Three Points, a maker of Internet-based team... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Systems; Investment; Goals and Objectives; Financial Services Industry
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Bill Wasik. "Adams Capital Management: March 1999." Harvard Business School Case 899-256, April 1999. (Revised November 1999.)
- Web
Curriculum - Business & Environment
initiatives to stay relevant. But which initiatives, executed where, when and how, would enable IKEA to achieve its goals in a way that was profitable while creating an IKEA they would want to pass on to the next generation of co-workers... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
other words, all this energy probably would not be harnessed efficiently to the goals of the larger enterprise. The acquiring drive will lead to ongoing competition as everyone in the organization seeks to boost their relative share of... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 04 Jan 2024
- News
Great Heights
training and fortitude in a hostile environment. And only ten percent of those who make it to Denali’s summit are women. “It’s much like tech!” Kostova says. And it proved a ready-made metaphor for the next phase of her career. In 2020, Kostova founded CareerClimb, an... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 24 Apr 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders
transforming both enterprises and creating a formidable competitor for Medtronic. I didn’t have the courage to accept short-term risk to create long-term gain. It took Medtronic two decades of expensive research and development programs... View Details
- Web
Case Services - Faculty & Research
Research Services Case Services 31ms Case Services is part of the Division of Research and Faculty Development (DRFD). The team offers a full complement of support services to assist faculty in producing and disseminating high-quality HBS... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
trouble letting go, he gave us freedom to sink or swim." The brothers have pursued a strategy of maintaining Ayala's core strength—extensive, large-scale, high-end real estate development in and around Manila—while expanding their... View Details
- 28 Mar 2024
- News
Rooms with a View
understaffed. Mirza estimates it could take more than a decade to rebuild a skilled talent pool. Mogul Recruiter—part of Mogul Hospitality, of which Mirza is founder and CEO—is an HR platform that uses data to evaluate employee skills and employer needs and match the... View Details
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
business decisions Implement analytical techniques in Excel Develop effective pricing strategies Identify sources of competitive advantage through differentiation Evaluate the financial health of a business using financial statements... View Details
- 09 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Perspectives from the Boardroom--2009
- Article
MIT Roundtable on Corporate Risk Management
By: Robert C. Merton
Against the backdrop of financial crisis, a distinguished group of academics and practitioners discusses the contribution of financial management and innovation to corporate growth and value, along with the pitfalls and unintended consequences of such innovation.... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Market Participation; Finance; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Value; Distribution; Capital Structure; Risk Management; Business Ventures; Business Model; Strategy
Merton, Robert C. "MIT Roundtable on Corporate Risk Management." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 20, no. 4 (Fall 2008): 20–38.
- 29 Jan 2018
- Book
How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster
Workers test the NASA-engineered capsule used to lift trapped miners to the surface. Hugo Infante/Government of Chile via Wikimedia Commons (Editor's Note: Amy Edmondson advises managers to think of teams as a verb, "teaming," which means to proactively build and View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
developed what they call the “strategic fitness process,” which has been used by more than 800 organizations and allows leaders to hear the raw but necessary truth from employees about “the good, the bad, and the ugly” to help shape... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Crafting a Nontraditional Path to Venture Capital and Private Equity with Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021)
As a teenager, Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021) developed a keen interest in the environment and climate change. That sustained interest, along with her drive to make a positive impact on the world, led Sheil across various geographies,... View Details
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Academics - Health Care
of the lifecycle. Course Catalog Listing Transforming Health Care Delivery: Field Course This course is appropriate for students interested in understanding the fundamental improvement challenges facing the health care sector and View Details