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- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
most companies, the financial risk remained too high to justify the potential reward—a situation that too often led to dangerous vaccine shortages. It was at this moment that Moderna turned its attention to vaccines. The company had been founded in 2010 with the View Details
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
of those networks, influencing both word-of-mouth intentions and consumption. Consumers were exposed to friend- or family-related products (e.g., game consoles or refrigerators); when asked to list the first people they knew who came to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
increase in domestic investment, employment or R@amp;D—even for the firms that lobbied for the tax holiday stating these intentions and for firms that appeared to be financially constrained. Instead, a $1 increase in repatriations was... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
who intends to focus on the Chinese market at first, has every intention of eventually coming to the United States. Chinese penetration of foreign markets could take a variety of forms. But Ford’s Jeff Jones (MBA 2007), who oversees the... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
You also want to start when they’re young, with fewer workers, because it’s harder to desegregate a workforce of 1,000 people.” Koning says many firms intent on improving their hiring and promotion pipelines to reduce bias focus mostly on... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
solicitation of interest from sovereign wealth funds alongside traditional buyers. IPOs require a leap of faith from investors who have to bet on a new company. The new GM wants to be just that, a corporation intent on presenting itself... View Details
- 16 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
The Rituals of Case Method Teaching
get into—I basically load everything into working memory,” she says. Fifteen minutes before walking into class she memorizes the names of students whose voices she wants in the conversation. “For me, it’s setting the intention and getting... View Details
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
coordinate the activities of the three product-based business units which, until now, have operated autonomously. As he is executing the restructuring, Bank of America, an important account of the firm, announces its intention to reduce... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
Finally Peter said he would do it,” reveals Baer, “but only if I would be the day-to-day operating person. Neither of us had any prior intention of leaving our jobs, but that’s how the deal went through.” A Likable Leader Baer Facts —... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
overstaffed, corrupt, rife with subsidies, and losing money. Finally, in 2012, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced his intent to drastically reform both. Over the next two years, the Mexican constitution was amended, and a dozen... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- April 2024 (Revised July 2024)
- Case
Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Sunil Gupta and Amram Migdal
The case examines the transformation of Best Buy under CEO Hubert Joly's leadership from 2012. Facing significant business challenges, including competition from online and physical retailers, Joly implemented the "Renew Blue" turnaround strategy, which focused on... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Communication Intention and Meaning; Communication Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Health Care and Treatment; Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Labor; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Failure; Success; Personal Development and Career; Strategic Planning; Adaptation; Competition; Alignment; Business Strategy; Retail Industry; Minneapolis; Minnesota; United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Sunil Gupta, and Amram Migdal. "Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy." Harvard Business School Case 524-072, April 2024. (Revised July 2024.)
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
framework of functional biases (whether those biases are intentional or not), the analysis of the political dimension of the forecasting process, and the idea of a coordination system are new constructs to better understand the interface... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
of travel. "Once I became pregnant," says Simon-Israel, now the mother of a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old in suburban Boston, "I had no intention of going back to a demanding work schedule." After her daughter was born last year, Jennifer... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
Siegel, and Xi Li Abstract Using a natural experiment to overcome the empirical challenges facing the debate over the bonding hypothesis, we analyze markets' reaction to a sudden radical change in the law governing U.S.-listed foreign firms. In March 2010, the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
about the intention behind my music. I take more time saying how I made the song. I take more time sharing things that I think are relevant or interesting to that particular audience. And I engage. I watch the comments and I respond to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
were preparing to go back to school after COVID lockdowns, they made a decision as a family that Toedebusch would leave his job as a marketing director at Amazon and spend time as a stay-at-home parent so Bond could focus more intently on... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
for recovering businesses has been insufficient and eligibility guidelines often too rigid, despite the best intentions of city, state, and federal bureaucracy. And, she notes, small-business owners sometimes are simply too undermanned or... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
announced their intentions for a city “built from the internet up” in Toronto’s Quayside district. As Doctoroff prepared for yet another milestone in a year of planning and community engagement, it was almost certain that of the many... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
pulling their teams together to discuss future initiatives, intent on breaking down silos. Chris Kempczinski’s office—once inhabited by McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc—is just up the hall. “Chris has made himself incredibly available for me... View Details
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
publicly announced their intention to sell their 76.7% stake in Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., an iconic Italian producer of sport performance motorcycles. The decision followed a six-year turnaround during which Ducati returned to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel