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- May 2017
- Teaching Note
Hilti Fleet Management (A) and (B)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Oliver Gassmann and Roman Sauer
These notes are meant to accompany Hilti Fleet Management (A): Turning a Successful Business Model on Its Head (717-427) and Hilti Fleet Management (B): Towards a New Business Model (717-465).
This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the... View Details
This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the... View Details
Keywords: Hilti; Business Model Innovation; BMI; Fleet Management; Decision-making; Implementation; Power Tools Industry; Europe; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Transition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Focus and Relationships; Construction; Innovation and Invention; Leasing; Strategy; Decision Making; Growth Management; Construction Industry; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Germany; Austria; Europe; United States; Asia; Brazil; China; Latin America; Africa; Japan; Hong Kong; France; Italy; Spain
- 2007
- Book
Management Control Systems
By: Robert N. Anthony and Vijay Govindarajan
Management Control Systems, now in its 13th edition, builds on strengths from prior editions by offering a rich diversity of cases balanced with current material. The primary market for Management Control Systems is an MBA level elective in control systems. The... View Details
Anthony, Robert N., and Vijay Govindarajan. Management Control Systems. 12th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2007.
- March 2020 (Revised May 2020)
- Case
Generation Investment Management
By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Sarah Mehta
By January 2020, sustainable investment firm Generation Investment Management (Generation), founded in London in 2004, had grown from a shared vision among seven founders to a 90-person firm managing $27 billion in public and private equity. Throughout its history,... View Details
Keywords: Sustainable Investing; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Finance; Equity; Governance; Private Equity; Public Equity; Financial Markets; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Institutional Investing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom; England; London
Gandhi, Vikram S., and Sarah Mehta. "Generation Investment Management." Harvard Business School Case 820-033, March 2020. (Revised May 2020.)
- October 1995 (Revised January 2002)
- Background Note
Managing Performance
By: John J. Gabarro and Linda A. Hill
Encourages managers to think critically about how to prepare for and give a performance appraisal interview. Presents frameworks for evaluating subordinates' work and suggestions for coaching them. View Details
Gabarro, John J., and Linda A. Hill. "Managing Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 496-022, October 1995. (Revised January 2002.)
- 2019
- Chapter
Succession Management
By: Joseph L. Bower
Although often described as an event, if succession is managed properly it is the culmination of a development process that takes place over a number of years, led by the CEO working with the board of directors. In the ideal situation several candidates will have been... View Details
Bower, Joseph L. "Succession Management." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Continuously updated edition, edited by Mie Augier and David J. Teece. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Electronic. (Pre-published, June 2016.)
- November 22, 2021
- Article
Manage Your Talent Pipeline Like a Supply Chain
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Sigelman
In supply-chain management, you get what you plan for. Companies understand that principle when it comes to the goods that they consume and produce, but not when it comes to the people they hire and train. For decades, companies have adopted a short-term, ad hoc... View Details
Fuller, Joseph B., and Matthew Sigelman. "Manage Your Talent Pipeline Like a Supply Chain." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (November 22, 2021).
- August 2005 (Revised August 2006)
- Exercise
People Management
By: Boris Groysberg and David Lane
Highlights critical gaps between research and practice in the field of strategic human resources management. Also, aims to debunk some myths and preconceptions that general managers bring to their HR decisions. Before class, participants fill out a true-or-false... View Details
Groysberg, Boris, and David Lane. "People Management." Harvard Business School Exercise 406-034, August 2005. (Revised August 2006.)
- July 2014
- Case
Thompson Asset Management
By: William Fruhan and John Banko
Thompson Asset Management (TAM) is a small investment advisory and asset management firm in Jacksonville, Florida, with about $100 million in assets under management in two different funds. Since starting the firm in 2009, the CEO and founder Allison Thompson has had a... View Details
Keywords: Small Business; Asset Management; Expansion; Investment Portfolio; Financial Services Industry; Florida
Fruhan, William, and John Banko. "Thompson Asset Management." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-565, July 2014.
- Research Summary
Multi-Channel Management
Extensive research on mutli channel management use at consumer goods producing companies like Procter&Gamble. Research cooperation with CMC (Compentence Center multi channel Management) of the University of Essen anf University of Muenster. Consulting of major... View Details
- 2023
- Chapter
Manage Your Work, Manage Your Life
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
Work/life balance is at best an elusive ideal and at worst a complete myth, today's senior executives will tell you. But by making deliberate choices about which opportunities they'll pursue and which they'll decline, rather than simply reacting to emergencies, leaders... View Details
Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Manage Your Work, Manage Your Life." Chap. 1 in HBR's 10 Must Reads for Business Students, 1–15. Harvard Business Review Press, 2023.
- 2024
- Working Paper
Private Equity Fund Valuation Management during Fundraising
By: Brian K. Baik
I investigate whether and how private equity fund managers (GPs) inflate their interim fund valuations (net asset values or NAVs) during fundraising periods. Specifically, I study the extent to which the GPs inflate NAVs by managing valuation assumptions (e.g.,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Institutional Investors; Valuation Multiples; Earnings Management; Private Firms; Valuation; Investment Funds
Baik, Brian K. "Private Equity Fund Valuation Management during Fundraising." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-013, August 2022. (Revised May 2024.)
- 2008
- Book
Managing Your Boss
By: John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter
Managing your boss: Isn't that merely manipulation? Corporate cozying up? Not according to John Gabarro and John Kotter. In this handy guidebook, the authors contend that you manage your boss for a very good reason: to do your best on the job—and thereby benefit not... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Decision Making; Information Management; Managerial Roles; Negotiation Tactics; Performance Productivity; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Personal Characteristics
Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter. Managing Your Boss. Paperback ed. Harvard Business Review Classics. Harvard Business School Press, 2008.
- September–October 2020
- Article
Managing Churn to Maximize Profits
By: Aurelie Lemmens and Sunil Gupta
Customer defection threatens many industries, prompting companies to deploy targeted, proactive customer retention programs and offers. A conventional approach has been to target customers either based on their predicted churn probability or their responsiveness to a... View Details
Keywords: Churn Management; Defection Prediction; Loss Function; Stochastic Gradient Boosting; Customer Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior; Profit
Lemmens, Aurelie, and Sunil Gupta. "Managing Churn to Maximize Profits." Marketing Science 39, no. 5 (September–October 2020): 956–973.
- December 2011 (Revised January 2015)
- Background Note
The Product Manager
By: Jeffrey Bussgang, Thomas Eisenmann and Robert Go
Describes the role of product manager (PM) in technology companies, detailing 1) PMs' responsibilities; 2) different ways to organize the product management function; 3) how PMs interact with other functions within technology companies (e.g., engineering, product... View Details
Keywords: Product Marketing; Product Development; Product Design; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship
Bussgang, Jeffrey, Thomas Eisenmann, and Robert Go. "The Product Manager." Harvard Business School Background Note 812-105, December 2011. (Revised January 2015.)
- June 2012 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
A.P. Møller - Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
In 2012, Bill Allen and Maria Pejter, of Maersk Group's Human Resources Department, sat down to consider some key aspects of Maersk's talent management strategy. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Maersk was a global conglomerate with large shipping and oil & gas businesses.... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Development; Human Resource Management; Talent Management; Organizational Change And Transformation; Corporate Culture; Hiring; Employee Training; Strategy; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Retention; Diversity; Denmark
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah Abbott. "A.P. Møller - Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives." Harvard Business School Case 412-147, June 2012. (Revised May 2013.)
- June 2010 (Revised January 2011)
- Teaching Note
Scientific Glass Incorporated: Inventory Management (Brief Case)
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and William Schmidt
Teaching Note for 4208 View Details
- August 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Background Note
Managing Information Technology in the 1990s: Information Management
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Geoffrey Bock
Provides an overview of information management technology, including hierarchical, relational, and object-oriented databases, document management systems, and hypertext. View Details
Applegate, Lynda M., and Geoffrey Bock. "Managing Information Technology in the 1990s: Information Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 196-036, August 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- April 2023
- Case
Strive Asset Management
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia
Strive Asset Management, which launched in 2022, was actively targeting several leading U.S. companies in the upcoming 2023 proxy voting season to stop acquiescing to those large asset managers and other institutional shareholders who were pressing those companies to... View Details
- Research Summary
Managing Processes
David A. Garvin is examining the nature and use of managerial and organizational processes—the means by which work is accomplished—including strategic processes that chart corporate direction, resource allocation processes that distribute funds,... View Details
- August 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 1: Managing Organizational Tensions
By: Robert Simons
This module reading lays the foundation for executing strategy using performance measurement and control systems. Properly applied, these systems can overcome the organizational blocks that impede the potential of all people who work in modern organizations. This... View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Strategy Execution; Performance Measurement; Profit Planning; Organization Design; Profitable Growth; Management Attention; Organizational Conflict; Human Behavior; Strategy; Ethics; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Design; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Performance; Measurement and Metrics
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 1: Managing Organizational Tensions." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-101, August 2016. (Revised May 2018.)