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- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
employees, founding leaders confront an important reality: It’s time to let go. It’s simply impossible to be plugged into everything. At this stage, you are probably managing managers, and more than ever... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Won't you please take a vacation?
- 04 Sep 2012
- News
P&G Directors Face Own Challenges While Keeping Tabs on McDonald
- 05 Sep 2020
- News
Piercing the Fog of Zoom
- 29 Mar 2021
- News
Continuing employee development in the face of budget cuts
- 31 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?
PeopleImages What kinds of fear, if any, are appropriate in leading others? Fear has a place in leading and managing others. But if used for short-term achievement, as a negative motivator, or as a source of power over others, it can have... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- August 2011
- Case
Mibanco: Meeting the Mainstreaming of Microfinance (MM)
By: Michael Chu, Gustavo Herrero and Jean Hazell
Facing an increasingly competitive microfinance market in Peru, Mibanco must continually optimize its product offerings, marketing operations, and human resource management to stay on top. This multimedia courseware provides visual orientation to enable viewers to more... View Details
Keywords: Microfinance; Markets; Change; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Employees; Marketing; Operations; Human Resources; Financial Services Industry; Peru
Chu, Michael, Gustavo Herrero, and Jean Hazell. "Mibanco: Meeting the Mainstreaming of Microfinance (MM)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 310-701, August 2011.
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
the General Management Program at HBS. In advising global firms, Thomke has seen that in many cases, a company’s biggest obstacle to success doesn’t necessarily come from competitors, the economy, or other outside forces, but can actually... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 2000
- Chapter
Anticipating Greener Supply Chain Demands: One Singapore Company's Journey to ISO 14001
One major benefit of Jebsen & Jessen Packaging Pte Ltd (JJPS’s) implementation of ISO 14001 is that it acquired a third-party 'seal of approval' that will be used in its marketing efforts to meet the growing environmental concern of its customers within the electronics... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Standards; Environmental Sustainability; Singapore
Toffel, Michael W. "Anticipating Greener Supply Chain Demands: One Singapore Company's Journey to ISO 14001." Chap. 16 in ISO 14001 Case Studies and Practical Experiences, edited by Ruth Hillary, 182–199. Sheffield, U.K.: Greenleaf Publishing, 2000.
- April 1996 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
BAE Automated Systems (A): Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ramiro Montealegre, Carin-Isabel Knoop and H. James Nelson
Describes the events surrounding the construction of the BAE baggage-handling system at the Denver International Airport. It looks specifically at project management, including decisions regarding budget, scheduling, and the overall management structure. Also examines... View Details
Keywords: Management; Decisions; Contracts; Time Management; Problems and Challenges; Projects; Budgets and Budgeting; Construction Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Colorado
Applegate, Lynda M., Ramiro Montealegre, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and H. James Nelson. "BAE Automated Systems (A): Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System." Harvard Business School Case 396-311, April 1996. (Revised November 1996.)
- April 1983
- Supplement
Dansk Designs Ltd.: The Administration of Creativity, Video II
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Presents two divergent views on the administration of creativity. Jens Quistgaard, designer, discusses his feelings about Dansk's policy direction as it affects design creativity. Then Ted Nierenberg, president, discusses his type of management and some of the problems... View Details
Keywords: Management; Brands and Branding; Problems and Challenges; Creativity; Balance and Stability
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "Dansk Designs Ltd.: The Administration of Creativity, Video II." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 883-516, April 1983.
- 10 Sep 2014
- News
Getting Cross-Cultural Teamwork Right
- 08 Feb 2012
- News
New money fund rules could speed consolidation
- August 12, 2021
- Article
The Endless Digital Workday
By: Arjun Narayan, Rohan Narayana Murty, Rajath B. Das and Scott Duke Kominers
The shift to remote work ended the traditional 9–5 workday: employees work in bursts, at night, between caregiving tasks, and whenever they can find time between the endless distractions of messages, calls, and emails. New research, however, shows that for many teams,... View Details
Keywords: Remote Work; Workday; Team Overlap; Groups and Teams; Employees; Performance Productivity; Management
Narayan, Arjun, Rohan Narayana Murty, Rajath B. Das, and Scott Duke Kominers. "The Endless Digital Workday." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (August 12, 2021).
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
not just to the company, but also to people around the globe. At the same time, managers at other global brands were similarly considering their brands’ response to the COVID-19 crisis. Nike chose to twist its consumers’ athletic... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
What were the management trends in 2009? Fascination with social networking and rethinking common wisdom about goal setting. Here are the Top 10 articles and Top 5 working papers that appeared in HBS Working Knowledge in 2009. Enjoy! TOP... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- November 1992 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
BW/IP International, Inc.
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Andrew D. Regan
Less than a year after completing a leveraged buyout of their own company, the managers of BW/IP International were presented with an attractive acquisition candidate. To buy the target company, however, BW/IP would have to borrow more money and take on more... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Leadership Style; Valuation; Resource Allocation; Capital; Public Ownership
Luehrman, Timothy A., and Andrew D. Regan. "BW/IP International, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 293-058, November 1992. (Revised May 1993.)
- 25 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
Starbucks Reinvented
untested arenas that define the company as it exists today. "This case distills 20 years of my thinking about the most important lessons of strategy, leadership, and managing in turbulence in the frame of a very relevant... View Details
- 2011
- Book
The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steve J. Kramer
The most effective managers have the ability to build a cadre of employees who have great inner work lives-consistently positive emotions; strong motivation; and favorable perceptions of the organization, their work, and their colleagues. The worst managers undermine... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Interpersonal Communication; Employee Relationship Management; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Emotions; Motivation and Incentives; Groups and Teams; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Working Conditions; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Performance Productivity; Attitudes; Behavior; Happiness; Perception; Trust; Time Management; Resource Allocation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Managerial Roles
Amabile, Teresa M., and Steve J. Kramer. The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. Harvard Business Review Press, 2011.