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- November 1989
- Teaching Note
H.J. Heinz Co.: The Administration of Policy (A), (B), (C), and (D), Teaching Note
By: Kenneth E. Goodpaster and Thomas R. Piper
Teaching Note for (9-382-034, 035, 036, and 037). View Details
- January 2007 (Revised December 2008)
- Case
Mercy Corps: Positioning the Organization to Reach New Heights
By: Allen S. Grossman and Caroline Joan King
Mercy Corps, the world's 5th largest international relief and development agency, is at a turning point. The nonprofit's opportunities to grow and serve a larger number of beneficiaries are unprecedented. By looking at the unique relationship between headquarters and... View Details
Keywords: Business Offices; Business Headquarters; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Nonprofit Organizations
Grossman, Allen S., and Caroline Joan King. "Mercy Corps: Positioning the Organization to Reach New Heights." Harvard Business School Case 307-096, January 2007. (Revised December 2008.)
- December 2003 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Managing Segway's Early Development
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Kiron
Describes the early development of the Segway Human Transporter and focuses on the organizational issues that arise between the parent company and the new company that is being spun out to produce and market the Segway. Key issues are the distribution of bonuses and... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Startups; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Resource Allocation; Organizational Design; Technology Adoption
Hamermesh, Richard G., and David Kiron. "Managing Segway's Early Development." Harvard Business School Case 804-065, December 2003. (Revised September 2004.)
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
a-connect: In Search of Talent Partners (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Teaching Note for 409036 and 411085. View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
A Shot at Success
Division I college coaches, she had to get inventive. “I made a homemade highlight tape,” Feickert recalls. She sent the video, set to cheesy pump-up music, to the nation’s top basketball programs. Soon, the coaches she dreamed of playing... View Details
Keywords: April White
- spring 2004
- Article
Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation
By: Laura Alfaro and Andres Rodriguez-Clare
Several recent papers have used plant-level data and panel econometric techniques to carefully explore the existence FDI externalities. One conclusion that emerges from this literature is that it is difficult to find evidence of positive externalities from... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Relationships; Multinational Firms and Management; Brazil; Chile; Venezuela; Mexico
Alfaro, Laura, and Andres Rodriguez-Clare. "Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation." Economía (spring 2004).
- 05 Jun 2017
- News
Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement
recently left UCB and currently leads the procurement division at Adidas. That’s when she discovered Women on Boards: Succeeding as a Corporate Director, a first-of-its-kind course offered through the HBS Executive Education Program,... View Details
Keywords: Margaret Kelley
- 2012
- Working Paper
Information Technology and Boundary of the Firm: Evidence from Plant-Level Data
By: Chris Forman and Kristina McElheran
We study the relationship between different margins of information technology (IT) use and vertical integration using plant-level data from the U.S. Census of Manufactures. Focusing on the short-run decision of whether to allocate production output to downstream plants... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Production; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Vertical Integration; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Forman, Chris, and Kristina McElheran. "Information Technology and Boundary of the Firm: Evidence from Plant-Level Data." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-092, April 2012.
- October 1993 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
Michigan Manufacturing Corp.: The Pontiac Plant--1988
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Michigan Manufacturing is a broad-line maker of components for the automotive industry. It has developed a network of nine plants as its product line has grown. Newer, higher-volume products tend to be made in newer, focused, high-volume plants, while older product... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Profit; Brands and Branding; Mission and Purpose; Networks; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Christensen, Clayton M. "Michigan Manufacturing Corp.: The Pontiac Plant--1988." Harvard Business School Case 694-051, October 1993. (Revised November 1994.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A wild ride from adventure travel to social media marketing
business world took social networking seriously, she cofounded Wildfire—all while pursuing her MBA at HBS. The company grew from six to 400 employees in two-and-a-half years. Ransom’s idea quickly changed how companies use social media to... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
internally. Program developers felt they were at the mercy of broadcast commissioners and that they were being treated unfairly, having to endure a long bureaucratic process that ended in their show proposals being rejected more than half the time. The radio View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- October 1996 (Revised March 2000)
- Teaching Note
Intercon Japan TN
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Marie-Therese M. Flaherty
Teaching Note for (9-688-056). View Details
- December 2002 (Revised December 2017)
- Background Note
Teaching Old Companies New Tricks: The Challenge of Managing New Streams Within the Mainstream
Describes the challenge of starting new ventures or new activities in established companies, especially if they diverge from the mainstream of ongoing commitments. Fledgling ventures require a different kind of management that acknowledges their uncertainty, intensity,... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Teaching; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Organizations; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Corporate Strategy
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Teaching Old Companies New Tricks: The Challenge of Managing New Streams Within the Mainstream." Harvard Business School Background Note 303-083, December 2002. (Revised December 2017.)
- September 2012
- Article
The Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational Companies: Empirical Evidence
By: David J. Collis, David Young and Michael Goold
Based on a six-country survey of nearly 250 multinationals (MNCs), this paper is the first empirical analysis to describe the size and composition of MNC headquarters and to account for differences among them. Findings are as follows: MNC corporate headquarters are... View Details
Keywords: Headquarters; Subsidiaries; Multinational Corporations; Organization Design; Administrative Heritage; International Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Organizational Design; Multinational Firms and Management; Size; Business Headquarters; Global Strategy
Collis, David J., David Young, and Michael Goold. "The Size and Composition of Corporate Headquarters in Multinational Companies: Empirical Evidence." Journal of International Management 18, no. 3 (September 2012): 260–275.
- April 1992 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Otis South Africa (A)
By: Michael Beer
Otis Worldwide CEO, George David, was frustrated with the slow pace of nonwhite advancement within Otis South Africa. After a few years of trying to elicit action from South African management, he decided to send a 28-year old U.S. employee to take over as the human... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Race; Operations; Business Headquarters; Performance Improvement; Human Resources; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Industrial Products Industry; South Africa; United States
Beer, Michael. "Otis South Africa (A)." Harvard Business School Case 492-049, April 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
Anthony Soohoo
he has helped enterprises embrace technology and thrive against both incumbents and new disruptive competitors. Anthony was most recently an Executive Vice President at Walmart where he was responsible for the multi-billion dollar home business, a View Details
- March 2009
- Case
Baosteel Group: Governance with Chinese Characteristics
By: Lynn S. Paine and G.A. Donovan
The new outsider-dominated board of directors of China's state-owned Baosteel Group must decide whether to modify the Group's structure. With the completion of a pending acquisition, the Group will control four publicly listed steel-producing subsidiaries, and board... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; State Ownership; China
Paine, Lynn S., and G.A. Donovan. "Baosteel Group: Governance with Chinese Characteristics." Harvard Business School Case 309-098, March 2009.
- October 2001 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Club Med (C): The "Re-New" Plan
By: Frances X. Frei, Daniel Rethazy and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
Supplements the (A) and (B) cases. View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Industry Structures; Competitive Advantage; Organizational Culture; Cost; Customer Satisfaction; Accommodations Industry; United States
Frei, Frances X., Daniel Rethazy, and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. Club Med (C): The "Re-New" Plan. Harvard Business School Case 602-089, October 2001. (Revised November 2001.)
- April 1986 (Revised May 1988)
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (B)
By: Kim B. Clark
Dissects the manufacturing process and procedures of a high-end computer manufacturer. The main issue is how to introduce new products and ramp them up quickly in a competitive environment where time-to-market is crucial. Focuses on engineering change orders--how they... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Time Management; Product Launch; Production; Business Processes; Competitive Strategy; Computer Industry
Clark, Kim B. "Sun Microsystems, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 686-134, April 1986. (Revised May 1988.)
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
Teradyne and HP forced their organizations to focus on these new technologies. The CEOs of both companies got involved, creating separate, financially autonomous divisions for the projects to ensure that the technological breakthroughs... View Details