Publications

June 2025
Supplement

Royal Caribbean Group: Navigating a Crisis (B)

By: Nitin Nohria, Kayti Stanley and Alexander Iley

July 2005 (Revised August 2011)
Case

Jesse Holman Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation

By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Bridget Gurtler

Jesse Holman Jones is regarded as one of the most influential men in reviving the American economy from the Great Depression. With only an 8th grade education, he rose to the top of the banking, real estate, and lumber industries, as well as the upper echelons of... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Business History; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence

August 2009
Case

Life Stories of Recent MBAs: Leading an Integrated Life

By: Nitin Nohria, Daisy A Wademan Dowling and Matthew D. Breitfelder

Keywords: Business Education; Leadership

June 2025
Case

Marriott’s Serve 360: Putting Values into Action

By: Nitin Nohria, Kayti Stanley, Marie Woindrich, Naba Rahman and Alex Regnier

February 2003
Tutorial

Pre-Money / Post-Money Tutorial

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Nitin Nohria, Michael J. Roberts, Arleen Ahearn-Cavanaugh and Sal Darji

An online, interactive tutorial that addresses issues surrounding entrepreneurial valuations. Topics include: the difference between an implied and a "bottom-up" valuation; the difference between pre-money and post-money valuations; the calculation of pre-money and... View Details

Keywords: Money

September 2015 (Revised July 2025)
Background Note

Ethical Analysis: Situation versus Character

By: Nitin Nohria, Sandra J. Sucher, Joseph Badaracco, Edward H. Chang and Bridget Gurtler

When we think of human behavior, especially from a moral perspective, we often rely on explanations based on character. We think that good decisions and responsible behavior require people with integrity and strong character and that immoral behavior originates within... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Behavior; Personal Characteristics; Power and Influence; Situation or Environment; Values and Beliefs; Social Psychology

May 2017 (Revised June 2017)
Teaching Note

Solvay Group: International Mobility and Managing Expatriates

By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria, Robin Abrahams and Kerry Herman

Teaching Note for HBS No. 409-079 View Details

September 1994 (Revised August 2006)
Case

Giddings & Lewis: In Search of the Cutting Edge (Consolidated) (A)

By: Nitin Nohria, Bharat N. Anand and Kyle F. Barnett

Describes the conditions leading to the acquisition of Cross and Trecker by Gidding & Lewis. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation; Situation or Environment; Integration; Valuation

25 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 25

the Airline Industry Can Teach Us About Leadership Authors:Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria, and Mark Rennella Publication:New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 Publisher's Book Abstract Entrepreneurs, Managers,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: December 20

In Study 2 we examined whether the sequential order of the integration condition matters. In line with our prediction, we found that integration worked best when unconscious thought followed conscious thought. Teaching Leadership: Advancing the Field Authors:Scott... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

August 2009
Case

Jaime Irick: Life Story of a Recent MBA

By: Nitin Nohria, Matthew D. Breitfelder and Daisy A Wademan Dowling

Keywords: Business Education; Leadership

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August 2009
Case

Ann Gildroy: Life Story of a Recent MBA

By: Nitin Nohria, Daisy A Wademan Dowling and Matthew D. Breitfelder

Keywords: Business Education; Leadership

Find at Harvard

August 2009
Case

Monica Chi: Life Story of a Recent MBA

By: Nitin Nohria, Matthew D. Breitfelder and Daisy A Wademan Dowling

Keywords: Business Education; Leadership

Find at Harvard

August 2009
Case

Life Stories of Recent MBAs: Motivations

By: Nitin Nohria, Matthew D. Breitfelder and Daisy A Wademan Dowling

Keywords: Business Education; Motivation and Incentives

August 2009
Case

Life Stories of Recent MBAs: Losing Their Way

By: Nitin Nohria, Daisy A Wademan Dowling and Matthew D. Breitfelder

Keywords: Business Education

August 2009
Case

Life Stories of Recent MBAs

By: Nitin Nohria, Matthew D. Breitfelder and Daisy A Wademan Dowling

Keywords: Leadership

December 2007 (Revised July 2011)
Case

Leadership in Energy: Jim Rogers at Cinergy

By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria, Colleen Kaftan and Geoff Eckman Marietta

Jim Rogers, CEO of the energy company Cinergy, has led the company from the brink of bankruptcy to one of the premier energy companies through selecting a focused strategy, aligning the organization to support it, and mobilizing all the employees to implementation. The... View Details

Keywords: Communication Strategy; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Alignment; Corporate Strategy; Energy Industry