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By: Goran Calic
Strategic Management is about efficient and effective management and the challenges arising from an ever-changing world. The field of Strategy is one of application, as a source of thinking and experience that creates value for society by making organizations better.... View Details
Keywords: Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Europe; Croatia; Germany; Canada; United States

    N. Louis Shipley

    Lou Shipley is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School. Lou is a three-time technology CEO, most recently at Black Duck Software.

    Lou teaches four sales courses at HBS. He specializes in tech entrepreneurship,... View Details

      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

      • December 1997 (Revised October 2008)
      • Case

      Wolfgang Keller at Konigsbrau-TAK (A)

      By: John J. Gabarro
      Wolfgang Keller, manager of the Ukrainian subsidiary of a German beer company, faces a managerial dilemma. His subordinate, Dmitri Brodsky, is a talented and experienced commercial director who is not meeting his goals expediently and often requires considerable... View Details
      Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Performance Evaluation; Management Style; Managerial Roles; Behavior; Conflict Management; Situation or Environment; Failure; Employee Relationship Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Ukraine; Germany
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      • Teaching

      Overview

      Professor Myers has taught Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD), the first year required MBA course focusing on how managers become effective leaders in modern organizations. View Details
      • 2012
      • Book

      Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy

      By: Amy C. Edmondson
      Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting innovation are all part of the landscape of learning challenges today's companies face. I show that organizations thrive, or fail to thrive, based on how well the small groups within those... View Details
      Keywords: Change; Interpersonal Communication; Learning; Values and Beliefs; Innovation and Invention; Management; Performance Improvement; Groups and Teams; Research; Strategy; Complexity; Value
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      • May 2010
      • Article

      Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?

      By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin and Raffaella Sadun
      We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the U.K. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better... View Details
      Keywords: Energy Conservation; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Manufacturing Industry; United Kingdom
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      • April 1997 (Revised July 1997)
      • Case

      KPMG Peat Marwick U.S.: One Giant Brain

      Demonstrates how organizations can move toward creation of processes and information technology infrastructures for effective knowledge management in order to enhance performance and productivity. More specifically, describes the knowledge management strategy of KPMG... View Details
      Keywords: Internet; Information Technology; Knowledge Management; Service Industry; Consulting Industry; United States
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      • 2016
      • Working Paper

      What Factors Drive Director Perceptions of Their Board's Effectiveness?

      By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Richard Ellis Crum
      We use a survey of directors to collect data on their ratings of board effectiveness as well as board internal dynamics and key processes. Controlling for many of the governance metrics examined by prior research, we find that directors’ ratings of their boards’... View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Performance Effectiveness; Perception; Risk Management
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      • June 2011 (Revised December 2013)
      • Case

      FIJI Water: Carbon Negative?

      By: Francesca Gino, Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
      Seeking to go beyond global best practices in reducing environmental impacts, FIJI Water, a premium artesian bottled water company in the United States, launched a Carbon Negative campaign that would offset more greenhouse gas emissions than were released by the... View Details
      Keywords: Carbon Footprint; Carbon Offsetting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Brands and Branding; Negotiation Tactics; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Fiji
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      • 04 Nov 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      The Real Cost of Bribery

      understanding of the benefits of bribery—facilitating entry into a market, for starters," says Serafeim, an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management unit. "But we still have a much more limited understanding about... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
      • 01 Jan 2002
      • News

      • 14 Apr 2020
      • Video

      Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Kayyem-Leonard (Session 3)

      • August 1984 (Revised March 1989)
      • Background Note

      Direct, Personal Leadership

      By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Richard R. Ellsworth
      Argues that to be effective leaders, general managers must focus on substance, not process, and aggressively combat the forces that can lead to the politicization of the organization. Examines the leader's direct role in setting and communicating goals, managing the... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership Style; Management Practices and Processes
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      • June 2002 (Revised January 2010)
      • Case

      Delphi Corporation (A)

      By: Jay W. Lorsch, Rakesh Khurana and Sonya Sanchez
      The Delphi Corp.'s board of directors faces a transition as lead director Thomas Wyman approaches mandatory retirement. Chairman and CEO J.T. Battenberg reflects on Delphi's history and its successful reinvention by Wyman and Battenberg when it separated from its... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership; Management Succession; Management Teams; Relationships; Corporate Strategy
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      • 2017
      • Other Teaching and Training Material

      Organizational Behavior Reading: Leading Organizational Change

      By: Ryan Raffaelli
      This reading combines conceptual frameworks and research-based knowledge to provide practical guidance about how to lead organization change. The essential reading outlines key choices leaders must make when managing a change and the common traps that can cause a... View Details
      Keywords: Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management
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      • 19 Sep 2011
      • News

      Redefining the middle manager's job

      • 17 Aug 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

      herd immunity. But to review the brutal facts, none of these developments are likely in the foreseeable short term. The possibility remains that there may never be a fully effective vaccine or cure; this virus may be something that we... View Details
      Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
      • 13 Feb 2020
      • Blog Post

      Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Manufacturing

      The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from HBS staff dedicated to your... View Details
      Keywords: Manufacturing

        Alan D. MacCormack

        Alan MacCormack is the MBA Class of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, a member of The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, and a core faculty member... View Details

        Keywords: automotive; communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronics; high technology; information technology industry; internet; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; venture capital industry