Management Challenges - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2002
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Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

Watch. Ordained as an Episcopal priest in 1983, he worked with the homeless at Grace Episcopal Church in Manhattan before entering HBS the following year. That decision was driven by several factors. Explains Massie, “As an activist, when I View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; management; ethics

12 Feb 2021
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How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

He recalls this moment in his new book, Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin’ Donuts. “Up until that point,” he writes, “the only thing I had managed were a couple of donut shops—replacing View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

09 Nov 2022
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Public Good

head” were with Chapman—her Uncle Billy also struggled with homelessness—she found it difficult to turn down the opportunity to lead United Way Miami: “I thought this could be a way to have a greater impact. The homeless community is a subset of a greater View Details

Keywords: nonprofit management; social enterprise; leadership; United Way; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

25 Jun 2024
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On the Move: Alexis DePree (MBA 2007)

When Nordstrom announced the promotion of Alexis DePree (MBA 2007) to COO in early June, media outlets noted DePree’s expanded, end-to-end role in managing operations and customer experience in an increasingly complex retail environment.... View Details

Keywords: retail; customer service; supply chain management; career experience; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2024
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3-Minute Briefing: David Perpich (MBA 2007)

I interned at a lot of different places in high school and college—a hospital, a retail store, a magazine, an ad agency. At Duke, I was part owner of a student-run food-delivery service. In Clay Christensen–speak, it was the “emergent strategy,” exploring as I went and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; sports reporting; digital media; strategy; management

01 Dec 2020
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Steady as She Goes

buying to operations management, for nearly nine years. She finally felt like the biggest challenges were behind the company. The year 2020 was going to be stable, she recalls thinking. But by late 2019, it was clear that would not be the... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; change management; leadership; women; grocery stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

10 Sep 2020
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The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

01 Mar 2013
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Bringing It Back Home

Image by C.J. Burton Since the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) program was launched at HBS 17 years ago, it has provided nonprofits with something they need but can rarely afford: executive training. SPNM, which is... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; SPNM; Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management; Roadtrip Nation; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Dec 2020
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In the Zone

majoring in economics.) “The challenges that exist in the lives of the young people we serve in central Harlem—extreme poverty, domestic violence, a single-parent household—existed in my family in one way, shape, or form,” says... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; nonprofit management; urban development; leadership; public education; Educational Services