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- 04 Oct 2019
- News
Changing of the Guard at Tesco
Photo via Tesco Photo via Tesco In July, the British retailer Tesco marked its 100th birthday with a 30-hour dance session in Wembley Stadium. Historic milestones aside, the company could also celebrate its recovery from an accounting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A United Front
Sustaining peak performance over not just years but decades may be the single most difficult challenge for executives, which makes Sir Alex Ferguson's 26-year run as manager of England's legendary Manchester United soccer club so... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
In Brief
HBS) play as the world confronts what may be the most explosive socioeconomic challenge of the new century? Security Chief. As president and CEO of GE Security, Louis Parker (MBA ’90) has molded a collection of formerly independent View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Making Finance Personal
solutions, he has aggressively implemented the notion that customers, through their implicit choices or explicit actions (what Cook calls a “user contribution system”), and his brainstorming employees (in small groups within the company... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
appointments go wrong Let’s begin by taking a look at three examples of poor leadership at public companies and addressing what went wrong. Then, I will recommend five ways boards can ensure they appoint the right leader as CEO: General... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- July 19, 2024
- Article
The CEO’s Journey Is a 3-Act Play: Planning for the Distinct Phases of Your Tenure Increases Your Odds of Success.
By: Nitin Nohria
Instead of treating a leadership role as an unending sprint, CEOs should approach their tenure as a series of three phases. Act one requires a leader to establish legitimacy, build a top team, and begin to communicate and implement a change agenda. Act two requires... View Details
Nohria, Nitin. "The CEO’s Journey Is a 3-Act Play: Planning for the Distinct Phases of Your Tenure Increases Your Odds of Success." Harvard Business Review (website) (July 19, 2024).
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Agree to Disagree: Frank Discussion, Attention to Cultural Fit Can Help Avoid Recruiting Errors
Almost everyone in health care has heard this story: With great fanfare a hospital recruits an outside star to lead a clinical program, academic department, or division. Within months it is clear to almost everyone that the marriage is a failure. To better understand... View Details
Jain, Sachin H. "Agree to Disagree: Frank Discussion, Attention to Cultural Fit Can Help Avoid Recruiting Errors." Modern Healthcare 39, no. 8 (February 23, 2009).
- March 1991
- Article
Engines of Progress: Designing and Running Entrepreneurial Vehicles in Established Companies: Raytheon's New Product Center, 1969-89
By: R. M. Kanter, J. North, L. Richardson, C. Ingols and J. Zolner
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business or Company Management; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry
Kanter, R. M., J. North, L. Richardson, C. Ingols, and J. Zolner. "Engines of Progress: Designing and Running Entrepreneurial Vehicles in Established Companies: Raytheon's New Product Center, 1969-89." Journal of Business Venturing 6 (March 1991): 145–163.
- 16 May 2018
- Blog Post
Internship Success: Mutual Growth Brings Intern and Enterprise Together
industry,” he says, “but the position needed a strong technology component. I wanted to work closely with product development and management in a company that was competitively well-positioned, on a product... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
development and the environment — against one another? In a recent case authored by Professor of Management Practice Sandra Sucher, David Lowish, a director in charge of Generation’s global industrial sector, is tracking ABB India, a... View Details
- 24 Feb 2021
- News
Factoring high-skills freelancers into the enterprise equation
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
turn difficult. 6. Manage risk and don’t spend needlessly. Successful entrepreneurs focus on managing their risks to the point where launching a new company is not much more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Inciting Wonder
chief executive of an Illinois utility company and the director of the state’s lottery, is well-known for her civic, philanthropic, and social activities. Regarding her new job, she said, “What we really want to do is incite some wonder,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
hundreds of cases, HBS students are trained to view every business situation as open to improvement, and therefore an opportunity to build a new or better product or service. HBS alumni even have gone on to create entire industries, such as venture capital and View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
An Electrifying Tale
through it, because my family was absolutely mortified.” In 1989, out of the remains of a bankrupt commercial electric company for which she worked, Cataldo started City Lights Electrical Company. The View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
because of—the challenge: “It was basically a small manufacturing company but with an output of one product each time, because every unit we process is unique,” he says. “With each garment, there are 20 opportunities for us to screw... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A Modern-Day Classic
“Pathbreaking.” That, in one word, is how HBS professor Ranjay Gulati describes the impact of Organization and Environment. The book was published in 1967, reissued by Harvard Business Press in 1987, and won the Academy of Management’s award for Best View Details
- Profile
Raja Bobbili
that involve a high-degree of complexity. In these situations – and in investing generally - a rigorous process and a commitment to intellectual honesty are crucial. I am lucky to be part of a company that firmly embraces these... View Details
Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
MICHAEL KAPLAN (left, with brother and partner Nicholas) reflects on lessons learned and looks ahead to future growth. Michael Kaplan (MBA ’02) had a great idea for a start-up: a fashionable apparel company catering to plus-size women.... View Details