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  • 15 Apr 2024
  • Book

Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters

cut through all the questions that inevitably run through their heads so they can instinctively choose the right path. The best way to tackle a tough call: Start by defining on a personal level what is right, says Harvard Business School Professor Joseph L. Badaracco,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One

case to challenge segregated busing?" So there's a lot of preparatory work and a lot of careful work afterwards. Quiet leadership is not really the flip side. If you look... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • January 1997 (Revised June 1997)
  • Case

Southwire: Beyond 2000

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
Southwire, based in Carrollton, GA, was the leading producer of aluminum and copper rod, wire, and cable for the transmission and distribution of electricity. In one decade, CEO Roy Richards, Jr. grew annual sales from $500 million in 1985 to $1.9 billion in 1995, an... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Growth Management; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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  • 26 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

the pandemic. Most have not been very successful. An examination of three strategies for distributing antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to patients in three countries on three continents, Africa, Asia, and South... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 2, 2016

Silicon Valley software developers and technological innovations such as autonomous vehicles, aggressive marketing strategies, and cutthroat poaching practices—all of which forced number three competitor Sidecar out by January... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 19

312-002 McKesson, a large, diversified drug distribution and health care IT company, is considering development of new business offerings to help private practice physicians remain independent. The company,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2015 (Revised November 2015)
  • Case

Akbank: Options in Digital Banking

By: Rajiv Lal and Esel Çekin
This case discusses the digitalization strategies of a leading bank in Turkey, Akbank, and how to position its digital banking products going forward. The Turkish banking industry was undergoing a transformation prompted by the demands of the country's digitally savvy,... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Banking; Emerging Market; Regulations; Channels; Digitization; Information Technology; Competition; Brands and Branding; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Emerging Markets; Distribution Channels; Banks and Banking; Digital Transformation; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Turkey
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  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

Seeing Is Deceiving

  • 22 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted

What does it take to put a price tag on open source software (OSS), a resource so critical to the global economy that some 96 percent of commercial programs include some code created, tinkered with, or View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Computer; Information Technology; Technology

    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • 08 Sep 2016
    • News

    Airbnb Plans To Fight Racism With Diversity. But Will It Be Enough?

    • 03 Oct 2016
    • News

    How to Manage a Toxic Employee

    • 01 Jul 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: July 1, 2008

    alternative collaborative modes should be driven by a number of factors including characteristics of the technology, the capabilities of the firm, and the View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

    process development and production of goods and services within individual operating units; the networks of information and material flows that tie operating units together and the systems that support these... View Details
    • Web

    Hiring Organizations

    Employment Data Hiring Organizations Employment Data Hiring Organizations The below organizations hired an MBA graduate from the Class of 2024 or a summer intern from the Class of 2025. A B C D E F G H I J K... View Details
    • February 1990
    • Case

    Wood Structures, Inc.

    Ostensibly a case about employee turnover in a small construction component company, Wood Structures, Inc. is actually a snapshot of the whole company. In particular it addresses issues of leadership, morale, and teamwork (or the lack thereof) in a company dependent on... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Retention; Business Strategy
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    • 19 Jan 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Jan. 18

    of the defective Ford Pinto and the downfall of Bernard Madoff, the authors investigate the nature of ethical failures in the business world and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • November 1994 (Revised September 1996)
    • Case

    RiceSelect

    By: Alvin J. Silk and Mary Shelman
    In August 1994, Robin Andrews, President of RiceTec, Inc., faces a critical decision that will affect his firm's future: what policy should RiceTec follow for supplying grocery retailers with private label merchandise? RiceTec, a small privately owned firm engaged in... View Details
    Keywords: Cash Flow; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Private Ownership; Research and Development; Conflict Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry
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    • 14 Feb 2023
    • HBS Case

    Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

    policy: An active national government with a desire to achieve an equitable distribution of income and wealth; a generous social welfare system financed by taxes; and a shared structure View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert
    • 18 Mar 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

    Common wisdom holds that oil and gas companies, electric utilities, and other industries known for their large carbon emissions generally oppose clean energy policies. Now, a study of corporate advocacy spanning 30 years reveals that many companies are more flexible... View Details
    Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Utilities