Publications

01 Dec 1997
News

Arthur Rock (MBA '51)

In 1957 a group of eight scientists, disenchanted with the management style of their Nobel Prize-winning boss, William Shockley, walked out of Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories in Palo Alto. Armed with the... View Details

April 1993 (Revised October 1996)
Case

ABB Deutschland (C)

By: Hugo Uyterhoeven

Addresses the results and the lessons from the German restructuring effort by focusing in detail on the relationship with the works council and the actions taken for power plants and power transformers, and the sales organization. Closes with a "second wave" of cost... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Trade; Cost Management; Leadership Style; Management Skills; Time Management; Relationships; Salesforce Management

05 Aug 2015
News

Bringing New Life to an Iconic Magazine

stage. In 1999, he purchased the Atlantic, a widely respected magazine of news, analysis, and culture, founded in 1857. At the time, the magazine was losing $3.5 million annually, a figure that would balloon to $10 million before Bradley made key strategic and View Details

September 1994
Case

Bob Fifer

By: David A. Thomas and Doug Cohen

Explores the life and concerns of Bob Fifer, HBS class of 1979 and CEO of Kaiser Associates. Explores the many influences on Bob's development and his subsequent career choices. It is written as a biography with extensive quotes from interviews with Bob. He describes... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Identity; Leadership Style; Ethnicity; Management Teams

December 2005 (Revised May 2009)
Case

C.R. Smith and the Birth of American Airlines

By: Anthony Mayo and Laura Gaie Singleton

Presents an overview of the path that C.R. Smith pursued to build American Airlines into one of the largest airlines in the world in the 20th century. Over the course of his 30-year tenure as president of American Airlines, Smith deployed a three-pronged... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Industry Growth; Operations; Air Transportation Industry; United States

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07 Jun 2021
News

How to Get Your Team to Stop Asking You Every Little Question

October 1976 (Revised February 1987)
Case

Cramer Electronics, Inc.

By: Michael E. Porter

Designed to be the second day of a two-day series on the electronic component distribution industry, following a day spent discussing Note on the Electronic Component Distribution Industry and Raytheon Co.: Diversification. The important teaching themes which this case... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Innovation Strategy; Management Style; Resource Allocation; Opportunities; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry

11 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

then at least in the fog” "We negotiate, if not in the dark, then at least in the fog," says Michael Wheeler, a senior fellow at Harvard Business School and retired MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice, who taught... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

09 Jan 2020
News

Your Whole Self

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Amy Jen Su (MBA 1997) is managing director at executive coaching firm Paravis Partners, and she’s been hearing some consistent themes in the trenches these... View Details

June 1994
Case

Nicolas G. Hayek

By: John J. Gabarro and Dominik E.D. Zehnder

With very few exceptions, established premium producers eventually begin to lose market share and profitability to new, dynamic competitiors. These companies respond by focusing on their old success strategy without regard to changes in the marketplace. This is what... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Alignment; Innovation Leadership; Management Teams; Apparel and Accessories Industry

February 1991
Background Note

Note on Sealed Bid Auctions

By: David E. Bell

Describes a simple approach to determining an appropriate bid for a sealed bid auction. View Details

Keywords: History; Management Style; Financial Management; Consumer Behavior; Accounting; Bids and Bidding; Decisions; Market Transactions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competitive Strategy; Negotiation Style; Auctions

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25 Jan 2021
News

Bridging the Gap Between Me & My Team

01 Sep 2012
News

Who Owns Yoga?

yoga style. Then there’s the former model and ballet dancer Tara Stiles, who isn’t particularly interested in yoga’s roots or rules but rather in mixing up styles of yoga to create a beneficial exercise. “These are two different examples... View Details

Keywords: Kim Girard; yoga; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

2022
Book

Productive Tensions: How Every Leader Can Tackle Innovation's Toughest Trade-Offs

By: Chris Bingham and Rory McDonald

Why is leading innovation in nascent business environments so distressingly hit-or-miss? More than 90% of high-potential ventures don’t reach their projected targets. Surveys show that 80% of executives consider innovation crucial to their growth strategy, but only 6%... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Management; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Decision Making