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Engagement in Pro Bono Consulting 15 CLUBS 32K HOURS $14M+ Annual in-kind contributions to local nonprofits Connect with fellow alumni in over 100 alumni clubs and associations Find your Alumni club Clubs Calendar Clubs Stories Contact... View Details
- September 2021 (Revised June 2023)
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Serving Bud Moore (B)
By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
In only his third year at a Leading Strategy Consulting firm (LSC), Gregory Davis has been assigned to a select group tasked with advising General Motors (GM), one of the largest companies in the world by revenue, on how to reorganize their entire North American... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Relationships; Outcome or Result; Groups and Teams; Management Skills; Restructuring
Fubini, David G., and Patrick Sanguineti. "Serving Bud Moore (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 422-016, September 2021. (Revised June 2023.)
Rakesh Khurana
Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College.
Professor... View Details
Keywords: executive search
- April 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
XUMA
By: Andrew P. McAfee and Kerry Herman
XUMA is a Silicon Valley start-up that builds customized eBusiness software suites for its corporate clients. This market is crowded with large players, including the major consulting and systems integration companies. To date, building these suites has been a very... View Details
Keywords: Production; Software; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology Industry; California
McAfee, Andrew P., and Kerry Herman. "XUMA." Harvard Business School Case 601-170, April 2001. (Revised March 2003.)
William R. Kerr
William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the... View Details
Keywords: consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting; consulting
- February 1997 (Revised April 1997)
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Harrington Financial Group
By: Robert C. Merton and Alberto Moel
In early 1997, Harrington Bank, a small Indiana savings and loan (thrift) wondered what its next move should be. Harrington was acquired in 1988 by the principals of Smith Breeden Associates, a money-management and consulting firm specializing in the application of... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions; Price; Risk Management; Mortgages; Contracts; Asset Management; Investment; Financial Services Industry
Merton, Robert C., and Alberto Moel. "Harrington Financial Group." Harvard Business School Case 297-088, February 1997. (Revised April 1997.)
- 2009
- Working Paper
Performance Pressure as a Double-Edged Sword: Enhancing Team Motivation While Undermining the Use of Team Knowledge
By: Heidi K. Gardner
In this paper, I develop and empirically test the proposition that performance pressure acts as a double-edged sword for teams, providing positive effects by enhancing team motivation to achieve good results while simultaneously triggering process losses. I conducted a... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Expectations; Groups and Teams
Gardner, Heidi K. "Performance Pressure as a Double-Edged Sword: Enhancing Team Motivation While Undermining the Use of Team Knowledge." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-126, April 2009. (Revised January 2012.)
- 21 Aug 2017
- News
Help Your Team Achieve Work-Life Balance — Even When You Can’t
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Podcast - Business & Environment
also offers insights on career opportunities at the intersection of business, climate, and government. BCG Global Chair Rich Lesser: How Businesses Can be “Bold and Pragmatic” on Climate Change 23 OCT 2024 | Climate Rising Rich Lesser, Global Chair of Boston View Details
- 23 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions
feels unable to resolve it without help, the team can reach out to one of its 20 coaches, whose role is to support teams without stepping in to directly manage their problems. To preserve autonomy, nurses are free to reject the advice of coaches, or not to View Details
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I am an ethnographer and field researcher studying how people experience and interpret their work and cultural contexts, as well as how this shapes inequality and organizational outcomes like normative control. I specialize in utilizing in-depth, inductive field... View Details
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The timing of team leader coaching interventions
People who coach teams – including team leaders, senior members of an organization, and external consultants – must observe team dynamics and diagnose opportune moments to intervene. My dissertation, “The timing and type of team... View Details
- 2025
- Working Paper
Management and Firm Dynamism
By: Nicholas Bloom, Jonathan S. Hartley, Raffaella Sadun, Rachel Schuh and John Van Reenen
We show better-managed firms are more dynamic in plant acquisitions, disposals, openings and closings in U.S. Census and international data. Better-managed firms also birth better-managed plants, and improve the performance of the plants they acquire. To explain these... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices; Productivity; Management Practices and Processes; Mergers and Acquisitions; Competition; Business or Company Management; Performance Productivity
Bloom, Nicholas, Jonathan S. Hartley, Raffaella Sadun, Rachel Schuh, and John Van Reenen. "Management and Firm Dynamism." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-052, April 2025.
- September 2021 (Revised June 2023)
- Case
Serving Bud Moore (A)
By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
In only his third year at a Leading Strategy Consulting Firm (LSC), Gregory Davis has been assigned to a select group tasked with advising General Motors (GM), one of the largest companies in the world by revenue, on how to reorganize their entire North American... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Decisions; Relationships; Cooperation; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Outcome or Result; Restructuring
Fubini, David G., and Patrick Sanguineti. "Serving Bud Moore (A)." Harvard Business School Case 422-015, September 2021. (Revised June 2023.)
- 2016
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Envy and Interpersonal Corruption: Social Comparison Processes and Unethical Behavior in Organizations
By: Julia J. Lee and Francesca Gino
Book Abstract: Competition for resources, recognition, and favorable outcomes are all facts of life in professional settings. When one falls short in comparison to colleagues or subordinates, feelings of envy may arise. Fueled by inferiority, hostility, and resentment,... View Details
Lee, Julia J., and Francesca Gino. "Envy and Interpersonal Corruption: Social Comparison Processes and Unethical Behavior in Organizations." In Envy at Work and in Organizations, edited by Richard H. Smith, Ugo Merlone, and Michelle K. Duffy, 347–372. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Program Requirements - Doctoral
Each semester students will consult with the Accounting & Management faculty coordinators to receive approval of their course selections. Foundational Courses (2 courses) Microeconomics Theory : A comprehensive two semester sequence on... View Details
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jmahoney@mba2026.hbs.edu Tim Lynch tlynch@mba2028.hbs.edu Club Email csas@studentclubs.hbs.edu Central & Eastern European Club Co-Presidents Peter Udvardi pudvardi@mba2026.hbs.edu Zdravko Zahariev zzahariev@mba2026.hbs.edu Club Email ecee@studentclubs.hbs.edu View Details
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Creating Shared Value - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Cases View a list of published and in-progress case studies about how companies around the world create shared value. Current cases include Discovery Limited, Dow, and more. Read about CSV cases CSV in Practice Learn how the nonprofit View Details
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Help - Alumni
HBS community. They currently include: Business Deals, Current Opportunities, Consulting Offers, Expertise Requests, Job Inquiry, Keeping in Touch, and New Ventures. They may be edited in your alumni profile under the Messaging section of... View Details
- 25 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Rapport: The Hidden Advantage That Women Managers Bring to Teams
keep to themselves; 33 percent less likely to act without consulting workers; and 52 percent more likely to look out for the welfare of their employees, compared to stores with male-heavy management. Women managers also looked out for... View Details