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- August 2004 (Revised September 2005)
- Case
Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch (A)
By: David A. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji
In the late 1970s, Stanley O'Neal joined Merrill Lynch as an investment banker. Profiles O'Neal's ascent at Merrill to CEO. O'Neal put Merrill through a comprehensive restructuring program, cutting costs and significantly reducing the work force. As CEO, O'Neal faces... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Race; Cost Management; Investment Banking; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Leadership; Management Succession; Performance Effectiveness; Personal Development and Career
Thomas, David A., and Ayesha Kanji. "Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-029, August 2004. (Revised September 2005.)
- February 1998
- Teaching Note
Craig Parks (A),(B) TN
By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
Teaching Note for (9-497-013) and (9-497-014). View Details
- January 2011
- Supplement
Shar Matin (C)
By: David A. Thomas and Elisa Farri
The head of the subsidiary of a US company faced the decision to present an aggressive growth plan despite his CFO's lack of support. View Details
Thomas, David A., and Elisa Farri. "Shar Matin (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-084, January 2011.
- September 2008
- Supplement
Adobe Systems: Working Towards a "Suite" Release (B)
By: David A. Thomas and Lauren Barley
The case examines the tools a manager can use to keep her project on track and manage conflict and tension as Adobe prepares to launch Creative Suite 3, the biggest software release in the company's 25-year history. The protagonist, Yvonne Murray, is a group program... View Details
Keywords: Change; Interpersonal Communication; Crisis Management; Product Launch; Projects; Conflict of Interests; Integration; Software
Thomas, David A., and Lauren Barley. Adobe Systems: Working Towards a "Suite" Release (B). Harvard Business School Supplement 409-015, September 2008.
- March 1998
- Teaching Note
The Job Search Workshop TN
By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
An effective catalyst for the job search, this note is an opportunity for students to focus on the "next steps" of their job search. Students are introduced to a model of career decision-making, which frames their discussion and sophisticates their understanding of the... View Details
- September 1994
- Case
Bob Fifer
By: David A. Thomas and Doug Cohen
Explores the life and concerns of Bob Fifer, HBS class of 1979 and CEO of Kaiser Associates. Explores the many influences on Bob's development and his subsequent career choices. It is written as a biography with extensive quotes from interviews with Bob. He describes... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Identity; Leadership Style; Ethnicity; Management Teams
Thomas, David A., and Doug Cohen. "Bob Fifer." Harvard Business School Case 495-013, September 1994.
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
HBSAAAA Convenes in San Francisco
a panel of prominent African-American CEOs and executives. The conference included a session on navigating corporate environments, moderated by Associate Professor David A.... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Faculty Books
How Good Marketing Makes for Better Democracy by John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz (HBS Press) Professor Quelch and Research Associate Jocz demonstrate marketing's critical role in the growth and... View Details
- Web
2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Symposium: The Master's Tools: Exposing, Rejecting, & Appropriating David Thomas presents at the 2022 Gender and Work Symposium David Thomas... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Faculty Books
emerging markets’ potential and crafting strategies for succeeding in those markets. Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation edited by Edward J. Balleisen and David View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
working with leadership teams from nine urban school districts over the course of three annual sessions to coordinate research and create coherent, scalable systems for education reform. Two cases written for PELP and taught by HBS... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
School’s 100th MBA Class Graduates
(Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise); David Moss (Creating the Modern Financial System); Tom Nicholas (The Entrepreneurial Manager); Thomas Piper (Financial Reporting and Control); and Zeynep... View Details
Keywords: Graduation
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
overseas. Although it is questionable whether the industry can continue to grow at the same pace as in recent years, the authors predict that venture capital firms will be "an enduring feature on the global economic landscape in the years to come." Learning in Action... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
Drives Biology by W. David Lee (AMP 108, 1991), with Jeffrey Drazen, Phillip A. Sharp, and Robert S. Langer (MIT Press) Investigating a series of major biological discoveries... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
“There was a difference between how we experienced these disruptions and the attitude of our Turkish business partners,” says Mayo. “To them, unexpected adversity is often just business as usual.” The value of this kind of immersive learning is underscored View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: New Insights into Career Development
in a single up-or-out professional service organization. Unfinished Business: The Impact of Race on Understanding Mentoring This paper by David Thomas and colleagues in 2006... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Quick Studies
articles here: Carla E. Small–A Mother's Work David M. Hughes–Civic Whirlwind Thomas C. Høegh–All the Worlds's a Stage Taylor R. M. Keen–Against the Current Ronald P. Mitchell–Family Values Jennifer L.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
@Soldiers Field
scuptures on loan to the School’s ongoing contemporary sculpture exhibition. The piece was inspired in part by an essay by Henry David Thoreau, who graduated from Harvard 180... View Details
- 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
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
University Elections
beneficial relationship between Harvard University and its alumni. The main work of the association is carried out by standing committees of the Board of Directors, with each director serving on at least one committee. This year’s... View Details