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- February 2009 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Jieliang Phone Home! (A)
By: Willy Shih, Ethan Bernstein and Nina Bilimoria
At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators—bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao—are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and have... View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Job Design and Levels; Business Processes; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Manufacturing Industry; China
Shih, Willy, Ethan Bernstein, and Nina Bilimoria. "Jieliang Phone Home! (A)." Harvard Business School Case 609-080, February 2009. (Revised July 2012.)
- April 2012
- Case
Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)
By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011 caused extensive damage to Renesas Electronics wafer fabrication facility, a critical link in the global automotive supply chain. Many OEMs sole-sourced customized microprocessors from the fab, so its... View Details
Keywords: Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Supply Chain Management; Production; Strategy; Semiconductor Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
Shih, Willy, and Margaret Pierson. "Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)." Harvard Business School Case 612-071, April 2012.
- 2007
- Working Paper
Competition in Modular Clusters
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and C. Jason Woodard
The last twenty years have witnessed the rise of disaggregated "clusters," "networks," or "ecosystems" of firms. In these clusters the activities of R&D, product design, production, distribution, and system integration may be split up among hundreds or even thousands... View Details
Keywords: Price; Profit; Digital Platforms; Industry Clusters; Competition; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and C. Jason Woodard. "Competition in Modular Clusters." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-042, December 2007.
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
society, but that alterations to the regulation and taxation of ESOPs had made them less beneficial. When he became head of industrials for the global investment firm KKR in 2010, Stavros began View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
Introducing LivelyHood, A Volunteer Nonprofit Founded in Response to COVID-19
volunteer designers and engineers from across the globe. Where We Started Friday, March 13th, 2020. It’s one of the last “normal” days I vividly remember. It was the day before spring break, the day our... View Details
- Web
Alumnae Circles - Alumni
Alumnae Circles About Circles FAQ Regional Contacts Alumnae Circles is an HBS-enabled, alumnae-owned program designed to build and foster genuine relationships among HBS alumnae*. A Circle is typically a diverse group View Details
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
rather than burying them in fine print, makes them less likely to be broken; 4) Should we make our algorithms discrimination aware? To ensure fairness, designers need to track how race or gender affects the user View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Ana Barrera (MBA 2024)
my family immigrated from Mexico, and our experience of learning to navigate a new country as immigrants has significantly shaped my identity and ambitions. I am deeply passionate about dismantling systemic... View Details
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- July–August 2014
- Article
The Crisis in Retirement Planning
By: Robert C. Merton
Corporate America began to really take notice of the looming retirement crisis in the wake of the dot-com crash, when companies in major industries went bankrupt in large part because of their inability to meet their pension obligations. The result was an acceleration... View Details
Merton, Robert C. "The Crisis in Retirement Planning." Harvard Business Review 92, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2014): 43–50.
- Web
Women at HBS - Alumni
alumnae's experiences at and beyond HBS. 800 alumni attended the two-day W50 Summit on campus April 4–5, 2013 to celebrate the anniversary; hear keynote speakers Karen Gordon Mills (MBA 1977), Administrator View Details
- Web
Knowing Your Students - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
professional backgrounds of participants can improve an instructor's ability to provide a successful classroom experience. Transcript Study Student Profiles Ashish Nanda Professor Nanda shares how he prepares for discussions by studying... View Details
- Research Summary
3D Negotiaton
In articles and books, often with David Lax, I have been developing a broad approach to effective negotiation that encompasses three "dimensions." In this "3D" approach, our first dimension — "tactics"-- is the most familiar territory. Tactics are the persuasive... View Details
- Web
Spreading the Word – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Mayo’s The Human Problems of Industrial Civilization , in the journal The Human Factor , 1934 The Depression and massive layoff of employees at Western Electric helped bring the Hawthorne View Details
- Blog
Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season
particular focus on the floras of eastern North America and eastern Asia. This jewel in the Emerald Necklace park system was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, America's first landscape architect. Summer... View Details
- 13 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Case Against Racial Colorblindness
researchers conducted an experiment in which white participants engaged in a two-person guessing game designed—unbeknownst to them—to measure their tendencies toward attempted racial colorblindness. Each participant was given a stack... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 2009
- Working Paper
Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement
By: Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
This paper discusses five common divisional performance measurement methods—cost centers, revenue centers, profit centers, investment centers, and expense centers—providing a theory that explains when each of these methods is likely to be the most efficient. The... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Business Headquarters; Decisions; Cost; Investment; Investment Return; Profit; Revenue; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Managerial Roles; Performance Efficiency; Strategy
Jensen, Michael C., and William H. Meckling. "Specific Knowledge and Divisional Performance Measurement." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-025, September 2009.
- April 2019 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
From Globalization to Dual Digital Transformation: CEO Thierry Breton Leading Atos Into 'Digital Shockwaves' (A)
By: Tsedal Neeley, JT Keller and James Barnett
Thierry Breton, chairman and CEO of IT company Atos, faced a pivotal juncture. After spending eight intense years scaling the company globally to over 100,000 employees in 70 countries, he was ready to take the next crucial step. Breton was convinced that rapid digital... View Details
Keywords: Dual Digital Transformation; Transformation; Disruption; Employees; Competency and Skills; Training; Decision Making; Digital Transformation
Neeley, Tsedal, JT Keller, and James Barnett. "From Globalization to Dual Digital Transformation: CEO Thierry Breton Leading Atos Into 'Digital Shockwaves' (A)." Harvard Business School Case 419-027, April 2019. (Revised June 2019.)
- November 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 12: Aligning Performance Goals and Incentives
By: Robert Simons
This module reading explains how managers use performance goals and incentives to ensure that employee actions align with the overall business strategy of the organization. The module begins by discussing how managers use goals to communicate business strategy, the... View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Execution; Performance Goals; Performance Measures; Incentives; Benchmarks; Motivation; Compensation; Bonuses; Strategy
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 12: Aligning Performance Goals and Incentives." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-112, November 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
- 11 Feb 2015
- HBS Seminar