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  • September 2007
  • Case

Vendor Compliance at Geoffrey Ryans (A)

Geoffrey Ryans, a regional department store, faced two major issues relating to its retail furniture line: a large percentage of stock received from East Asian vendors was not in sellable condition, and furniture pieces had high customer return rates. Discusses... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Supply Chain; Retail Industry; East Asia
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  • 13 Feb 2019
  • News

Trolley Dilemmas Shouldn’t Influence Self-Driving Policies, Experts Argue

  • 08 Oct 2020
  • News

What Science Tells Us about Time and Happiness with Ashley Whillans

  • January 1984 (Revised April 1987)
  • Case

Turning Around Alcan Europe (A): Patrick Rich's First Four Months as CEO-Europe

Faced with large losses in Alcan Aluminum (Europe), Patrick Rich takes the position of area general manager and slashes capital budgets, introduces new financial controls, and sets up mechanisms for increasing cooperation among the national subsidiaries. The focus is... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Manufacturing Industry; Europe
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  • 11 Apr 2016
  • Blog Post

Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Casey O'Connor

recruiters. During that time, I developed a strong understanding of what our students are looking for, and I am excited to share my knowledge with recruiters. What about your new role are you most looking forward to? I work with... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Nonprofit / Government
  • October 1989 (Revised June 1993)
  • Case

Texas Eastman Co.

By: Robert S. Kaplan
The company as part of a commitment to Total Quality Management has installed a computer system that accumulates 30,000 observations on its processes every 2-4 hours. Operating people have found the monthly summaries of financial performance not too useful in this... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Information Technology; Reports; Business or Company Management
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  • 07 Dec 2006
  • News

There's Nothing Wrong with Sharing

    Alvin E. Roth

    Al Roth is the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration in the Department of Economics at Harvard University, and in the Harvard Business School. His research, teaching, and consulting interests are in game theory, experimental economics, and... View Details

    Keywords: e-commerce industry; education industry; health care; information; internet; legal services

      Karen Mills

      Karen Gordon Mills is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School and a leading authority on U.S. competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and innovation. She served in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet as the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business... View Details

      • July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
      • Case

      Washington Hospital Center (C): Progress and Prospects, 1995-2001

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
      Dr. Craig Feied and Dr. Mark Smith have already transformed a "worst-in-area" emergency medicine department into the best in the area. Industry-wide and hospital system-specific challenges remain, including their newest project of national importance--creating an... View Details
      Keywords: History; Higher Education; Organizational Culture; Medical Specialties; Technological Innovation; Change Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Crisis Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; District of Columbia
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        Nancy F. Koehn

        Nancy F. Koehn is a historian at the Harvard Business School where she holds the James E. Robison chair of Business Administration. Koehn's research focuses on crisis leadership and how leaders and their teams rise to the challenges of high-stakes situations. Her... View Details

        Keywords: beauty products; clothing; consumer products; entertainment; fashion; marketing industry; retailing; health care; advertising; media

          Matthew Rabin

          Matthew Rabin is the Pershing Square Professor of Behavioral Economics in the Harvard Economics Department and Harvard Business School.

          Before that, he spent 25 years at the wonderful University of California, Berkeley Economics Department.  His research... View Details

          • January 1985
          • Case

          Turning Around Alcan Europe (B): Patrick Rich's Two Years as CEO-Europe

          Traces the efforts of Patrick Rich, CEO of Alcan Europe, to bring the company into a stable, profitable situation after having lost $120 million in 1982. Focuses on a wide variety of issues, including setting objectives and strategies for the region, creating... View Details
          Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Organizational Structure
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          • March 2016
          • Case

          IC Group A/S

          By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
          IC Group owned several of Scandinavia's leading premium fashion brands. How should it respond to the decline of its primary wholesale distribution channels (independent fashion boutiques and department stores)? Should it open more physical stores or focus on... View Details
          Keywords: IC Group; IC Companys; Carli Gry; InWear; Mads Ryder; Niels Martinsen; Premium Fashion; Fast Fashion; Business Units; Business Divisions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Profit; Revenue; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Business or Company Management; Acquisition; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Distribution Channels; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Product Positioning; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Segmentation; Web Sites; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Scandinavia; Denmark; Sweden; Norway
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          • 2021
          • Article

          Les multinationales comme catégorie politique: les années formatrices (1970-1990)

          By: Sabine Pitteloud
          While multinationals are emblematic economic actors driving the current globalization process through the organization of production in global value chains, they appear to be important political actors as well. This article provides an historical perspective on such... View Details
          Keywords: Multinational Corporation; Lobbying; Investor Protection; Multinational Firms and Management; Business and Government Relations; Governance
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          • 09 Apr 2014
          • News

          Power suits

            V. Kasturi Rangan

            Kash Rangan is the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing at the Harvard Business School. Formerly the chairman of the Marketing Department (1998-2002), he is now the co-chairman of the school's Social Enterprise Initiative. He has taught in a wide variety of MBA... View Details

            Keywords: advertising; agribusiness; apparel; automobiles; computer; consumer products; e-commerce industry; high technology; industrial goods; marketing industry; pharmaceuticals

              Michael Beer

              MICHAEL BEER

              Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details

              • 04 Jan 2006
              • News

              With Surveillance, You're Never Alone

              • 07 Mar 2022
              • News

              Risks to the Brain