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- 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
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "ABB Deutschland (C)." Harvard Business School Case 393-132, April 1993. (Revised October 1996.)
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs
applicants by a committee of top venture capitalists and business leaders from around New England. In opening remarks, HBS Dean Kim B. Clark said entrepreneurship has become not only a tremendous engine of growth in the United States but also a critically important... View Details
- 24 Jan 2023
- News
Guy Raz on What Great Business Leaders Have in Common
- 25 Mar 2022
- News
Power Mapping
- 02 Mar 2021
- News
What Black Leaders Bring to the Table
- 25 Jan 2021
- News
Bridging the Gap Between Me & My Team
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
Connecting the Dots by Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan Selling China by Yasheng Huang What Customers Think by Gerald Zaltman Connecting the Dots by Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan (Harvard Business School Press) A recent study by the Project View Details
- January 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Into the Raging Sea: Final Voyage of the SS El Faro
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Mel Martin
Captain Michael Davidson of the container ship SS El Faro was determined to make his planned shipping trip on time—but a hurricane was approaching his intended path. To succeed, Davidson and his fellow officers must plot a course to avoid the storm in the face of... View Details
Keywords: Power Dynamics; Management; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Failure; Groups and Teams; Rank and Position; Decision Choices and Conditions; Shipping Industry; United States
Fuller, Joseph B., and Mel Martin. "Into the Raging Sea: Final Voyage of the SS El Faro." Harvard Business School Case 321-014, January 2021. (Revised March 2022.)
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
MindTree: A Community of Communities (TN)
By: David A. Garvin
Teaching Note for 311049. View Details
- March 2023
- Teaching Plan
Into the Raging Sea: Final Voyage of the SS El Faro
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Mel Martin
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 321-014. View Details
- 30 Apr 2016
- News
Executive Q&A: Bain’s Bob Bechek
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Hit Pause
the mountain’ style of reflection,” he says. “Instead, they took small moments of time, 5 or 10 minutes here and there throughout the day or week.” While more extended periods of reflection are sometimes necessary, Badaracco adds, this... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
Professor Rebecca Henderson “Doing well by doing good” has rapidly gained momentum in recent years as business leaders, investors, and stakeholders have deepened their understanding of the double bottom line. To help managers combine... View Details
- July 2024
- Case
Board Director Dilemmas: Strategic Leadership
By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
Professor John Michaels, a distinguished scholar of corporate strategy, has served on the Board of OmniCo, a diversified industrial giant, for four years. Three months ago, the Board appointed a new CEO, Andrew Bennett, to lead growth, develop a more cooperative... View Details
Keywords: Board; Board Dynamics; Strategic Leadership; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Management Succession
Fubini, David G., and Patrick Sanguineti. "Board Director Dilemmas: Strategic Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 425-013, July 2024.
- October 2009
- Case
Don Soderquist: Negotiating the Wal-Mart-P&G Relationship (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Ellen Knebel
This case describes the negotiations and strategic choices of Don Soderquist, who as Chief Operating Officer of Wal-Mart, helped to forge a major partnership with P&G in the 1980s and 1990s. The case chronicles the challenging barriers to success along with several of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
employ to successfully return to the Red Planet. The case, "Mission to Mars," looks at changes the space agency has made not only recently but also over several decades as it followed a faster, simpler approach to program design. MacCormack's findings may... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Marketing Muscle
side of the world, Fabiola Arredondo (MBA '92) has established local Yahoo! Web portals from Italy to Scandinavia. Cited as one of twenty "Trend-Setting Women" in the November 1999 issue of Tornado-Insider.com, Arredondo's leadership View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
panelists said the ability to anticipate is critical, as is recognizing the need to adopt different management styles as you are scaling your company. Careful attention to hiring—and authentic empathy in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
Your Twitter bio reads like that of a superhero ("Management consultant by day, fitness instructor & wellness blogger by night"). Can you tell us about your day and evening jobs? "By day I'm a manager at Deloitte Consulting. I work with... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
a project to a small group of people who are amateurs, who do the project part-time and act as a committee. It doesn't demand management time and resources, and you haven't brought in new skills. This holds for hospitals, government... View Details
Keywords: by Staff