Publications

September 1983 (Revised September 1985)
Supplement

Orthoteks USA (B2)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard G. Hamermesh

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Health Industry; United States

March 2020
Case

Minneapolis Star Tribune

By: Joseph L. Bower, Elizabeth Hansen and Michael Norris

In the summer of 2019, Mike Klingensmith, CEO of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Twin Cities metro region’s largest newspaper, reviewed subscription trends and plans for future experimentation. The newspaper industry across the U.S. had suffered a steep decline for... View Details

Keywords: Financial Performance; Industry Evolution; Business Earnings; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Journalism and News Industry; Minnesota

November 18, 2010
Article

GM's IPO: Back to the Future

By: Joseph L. Bower, Vineet Kumar and Dante Roscini

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October 2001
Supplement

Liz Claiborne China

By: Joseph L. Bower, Sonja Ellingson-Hout and Fred Young

1996
Working Paper

'A Matter of Trust': Effects of Communication on the Efficiency and Distribution of Outcomes

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Joseph Moag and Max Bazerman

November 1984
Background Note

Encouraging Innovation and Entrepreneurship

By: Richard R. Ellsworth and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Keywords: Innovation Leadership

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October 1984
Background Note

Allocating Resources

By: Richard R. Ellsworth and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Keywords: Resource Allocation

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05 Sep 2012
What Do You Think?

Will Business Management Save US Health Care?

the background? How will change be achieved? What could go wrong? Will management save US health care? What do you think? To Read More: Atul Gawande, Big Med, The New Yorker, August 13 & 20, 2012, pp. 52-63. Paul C. Weiler, Howard W. Hiatt, View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

15 Jun 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

featuring fascinating historical detail about each route, Seven Climbs is a compelling account of Sherwood’s efforts to answer a much-debated question: Which are the world’s greatest climbs? Faculty Books Capitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business (updated) by... View Details

October 2023
Case

JPMorgan Chase in Paris

By: Joseph L. Bower, Dante Roscini, Elena Corsi and Michael Norris

In 2019, Daniel Pinto, President and COO of JPMorgan Chase, has to make a recommendation to the bank’s Chairman and CEO, Jamie Dimon, about where to physically locate the bank’s European trading operations after Brexit takes effect in 2020. The decision-making process... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Banks and Banking; Financial Markets; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Decisions; Banking Industry; Europe; European Union; France; United Kingdom; Paris

Article

Capitalism's New Agenda: Do Wall Street Protesters Have a Point?

By: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard and Lynn S. Paine

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July 2001 (Revised February 2004)
Case

Gerdau (A)

By: Joseph L. Bower, Luiz Felipe Monteiro and Sonja Ellingson Hout

Gerdau Group is a family-controlled Brazilian manufacturer and distributor of long steel products. Describes the evolution of the company's strategy, organization, and smart management, making it the No. 2 steel producer in Brazil. The company must decide whether to... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Family Business; Decision Choices and Conditions; Developing Countries and Economies; Globalization; Competitive Strategy; Steel Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Brazil; United States

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

doesn't increase its debt limit on October 17, it will start defaulting on its bills—an unprecedented event in the nation's history. Senior Lecturer Joseph B. Fuller, a member of the School's Entrepreneurial Management Unit and an expert... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

09 Sep 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Web

Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Dwight Angelini Real Estate Investing Finance Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Eva Ascarza Managing Customers for Growth Marketing Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 ^ back to top B Course Title Area Term Quarter Credits Joseph Badaracco The Moral... View Details

September 2009
Other Article

Perspectives from the Boardroom—2009

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Joseph L. Bower, Clayton S. Rose and Suraj Srinivasan

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards

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April 2001 (Revised April 2002)
Case

Liz Claiborne China

By: Joseph L. Bower, Sonja Ellingson Hout and Fred Young

A new country manager builds the Shanghai office of Liz Claiborne into a powerful sourcing organization using local talent. She explains the nuts and bolts of transforming the office. View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Transformation; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Market Entry and Exit; Fashion Industry; China