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- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
Alex, I jumped at the chance. I figured I would undoubtedly learn a great deal about what it takes to lead and manage a sports team, and that indeed proved to be the case. Q: The case reads as if you were able to attend some matches in View Details
Elizabeth Arden
Through her salons and cosmetics line, Arden was a pioneer in the development of the personal care industry. By 1929, Arden owned 150 salons throughout the world, sold her 1,000 different products in 25... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and the Virginian-Pilot. Despite his youth, Batten gained the respect and admiration of his colleagues. He made ethical, careful reporting a top priority, strongly supported school desegregation, and encouraged... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
top executive. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, we are all taking in vast amounts of new information every day and adjusting to an entirely new set of behavioral habits. In addition, most of us are dealing with unprecedented tasks and decisions on the job and in our... View Details
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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About
(e.g., greater than $10,000) or holds a position such as general partner, limited partner, or director. A business relationship includes any type of leadership or formal non-academic advisory role, personal financial interest, or... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
preferred shares that the trust holds. We have final sign-off on any change in corporate structure, on any entrance of new capital or new investors. We are the final mission check to ensure long-term local ownership and sustainability. You were there in View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
developed with record speed. The rapid adoption of technology has opened opportunities, even during global lockdowns, and many businesses have stepped up to take care of their broader stakeholders. Climate change is analogous. We’re... View Details
- Web
HBS - The year in Review
safety in planning and decision-making while supporting the residential campus. Teaching & Learning Modifications In Summer 2020 work began to design an innovative learning environment—leveraging technology and enhancements to the physical space—that could accommodate... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker
the pressure. Competitors, in an attempt to gain market share or market position, often succumb and thus destroy the profitability of whole markets. But, with careful thought and precise execution, managers can be price makers, not price... View Details
Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Illustrations by Edmon DeHaro “Cheers!” As her father’s wedding toast comes to a close, Vanessa Royle (MBA 2022) raises her champagne flute into the evening air to clink glasses with the groom, Andy. She tilts her glass to take a sip and, with the flavors of the drink... View Details
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Harvard Business School
years of marketing and customer relationship experience at Digital Equipment Company. At Gillette, Howard directed the development of new products launched in international and national markets. Her last assignment involved the management of the North American View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
to say, ‘This doesn't feel quite right. It doesn't seem like I'm getting the same amount of support and attention. I don't think I'm being treated the same.’” Even in the best circumstances, many women interpret setbacks as personal... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
not see their role ‘as an enabler of direct public participation in decision-making through formats such as deliberative meetings, and do not believe there are personal benefits for investing in these activities.’ And yet if society is to... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
other countries outside China such as Germany and Sweden before local contagion even started, allowing precious time to acquire personal protective equipment before it became scarce. Second, since the company was able to foresee large... View Details
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
dispersed around the globe. But the one theme that has attracted the most HBS Working Knowledge readers over our 11-year history is how to improve personal leadership skills. A third of the articles on this page relate to improving work... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
Kemin Personal Care, a division of Kemin Industries, Levy launched her business-within-a-business in January this year. “We have the opportunity to be the No. 1 supplier of natural ingredients to the View Details
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
all residents,” he notes. Majors emphasizes that he and his colleagues are careful to “listen first and talk later.” “Each neighborhood’s context and assets are unique. There is no cookie-cutter solution. Many clients have been battling... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
everyone was both a relief and a source of anxiety. How would people react? Would students see me differently? Would they understand why I was not always up for partying until the end of the night? Would professors be judgmental of my View Details
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
executive might as well pack his attaché case and go fishing. If an organization does not know or care where it is going, it does not need to advertise that fact with a ceremonial figurehead. Everybody will notice it soon enough." In... View Details
Samuel C. Johnson II
Taking the helm of the family business in 1966, Johnson began a diversification plan to lessen the company’s exposure to the introduction of “no-wax” floors. He aggressively moved the company into the personal View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products