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- August 2017
- Supplement
Quiet Logistics: CEO Bruce Welty Discusses New Robotics Company
By: Robert L. Simons and Jennifer Packard
This is a video supplement to Quiet Logistics A (HBS No. 115-001) and Quiet Logistics B (HBS No. 115-003). View Details
Simons, Robert L., and Jennifer Packard. "Quiet Logistics: CEO Bruce Welty Discusses New Robotics Company." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 118-701, August 2017.
- 11 Jun 2019
- Book
These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway
greater burdens on managers but also creating new opportunities to shine. Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time Making a business successful is a challenge in itself, but making a green business profitable is an even... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee
they need to succeed by reviewing these tips and implementing what works for you and your company. Remote Work Management Practices: Weekly 1:1 meetings with your direct reports by video call Weekly group video calls with teams Optional... View Details
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
It's getting a little less lonely at the top. So says recent research that reports a dramatic change in the top management structure of large US firms. According to a survey of some 300 Fortune 500 companies, the number of View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- August 1996
- Case
Howard, Shea & Chan Asset Management (B); The Partnership Meeting
Continues the plot about growth and sales strategies, and adds interesting pricing and sales compensation elements. The partners' meeting sharpens the disagreements among the five partners, and forces Anne Howard, the managing partner, to develop a clear action plan. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Price; Sales; Strategy; Asset Management; Partners and Partnerships; Service Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Howard, Shea & Chan Asset Management (B); The Partnership Meeting." Harvard Business School Case 597-022, August 1996.
- October 2002 (Revised March 2017)
- Teaching Note
DIENA
By: Robert Simons and Indra Reinbergs
Teaching Note for (102-001) View Details
- Web
Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Faculty & Researchers Faculty & Researchers Project Co-Chairs Joseph B. Fuller Professor of Management Practice Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, the... View Details
- 2003
- Case
Bridge the Gap Between Strategy and Tactics with the Magic Matrix
Shapiro, Benson P. "Bridge the Gap Between Strategy and Tactics with the Magic Matrix." Harvard Business School Publishing Case, 2003. (Note #9-999-008.)
- August 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Case
Satrix: Competing in the Passive Asset Management Industry in South Africa
By: Mark Egan, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha
In late 2017, Satrix, one of the largest passive asset management firms in South Africa and a pioneer in the industry since 2000, had to decide its strategy going forward in a market where passive asset management had become increasingly commoditized and... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry; South Africa; Africa
Egan, Mark, Pippa Tubman Armerding, and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha. "Satrix: Competing in the Passive Asset Management Industry in South Africa." Harvard Business School Case 221-020, August 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
- Web
Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online
Leadership: For mid-career and senior professionals looking to set strategy and align organizational conditions to foster innovation and manage change. Strategy Execution... View Details
- January–February 1996
- Article
Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Norton
Kaplan, Robert S., and David Norton. "Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System." Harvard Business Review 74, no. 1 (January–February 1996): 75–85. (Reprint #96107.)
- February 2017
- Teaching Note
Paez
By: Jill Avery
Paez, an Argentine start-up fashion brand, sold traditional alpargatas, a sleepy category that suddenly woke up when TOMS, a U.S. company, appropriated the traditional alpargata design, covered it with fashionable colors and prints, and tied it to a social cause.... View Details
- 07 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron
for natural gas, and to create derivative supply contracts that could help customers manage the risks of demand volatility and price swings more effectively than before. In this way, Skilling and his colleagues solved a major contracting... View Details
- Web
The Global Health Delivery Project - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
initiative of Harvard Business School's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Medical School's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and the Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Global Health Equity. GHD... View Details
- September–October 2017
- Article
Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management?: Neither Great Leadership Nor Brilliant Strategy Matters Without Operational Excellence
By: Raffaella Sadun, Nicholas Bloom and John Van Reenen
A recurring message in business education is that you can’t compete on the basis of management processes because they’re easily copied. Operational effectiveness is table stakes in the competitive universe, it is often assumed, and thus cannot serve as a sustainable... View Details
Keywords: Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Effectiveness
Sadun, Raffaella, Nicholas Bloom, and John Van Reenen. "Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management? Neither Great Leadership Nor Brilliant Strategy Matters Without Operational Excellence." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 5 (September–October 2017): 120–127. (Winner of 59th Annual HBR McKinsey Award.)
- Web
General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Winner of the 2023 Case Centre Award in the Strategy and General Management category for “Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant” (HBS Case 318-104) with Nancy Hua Dai. 2022 Arthur C. Brooks :... View Details
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
are the first to learn of changing customer needs, first to see competitors' marketing strategies in action, and first to encounter new regulatory initiatives. Top management increasingly relies on the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- September 2023
- Supplement
Accelerating with Caution: Forecasting and Managing birddogs’ Growth (B)
By: Mark Egan
As 2017 was drawing to a close, birddogs’ founder and CEO, Peter Baldwin, was working with his CFO Jack Sullivan to prepare for 2018. Their task at hand? To predict the demand for their product in the coming season, determine the appropriate investments in working... View Details
Keywords: Working Capital; Forecasting and Prediction; Expansion; Production; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Egan, Mark. "Accelerating with Caution: Forecasting and Managing birddogs’ Growth (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 224-024, September 2023.
- March 2021
- Article
Increasing the Level of Abstraction as a Strategy for Accelerating the Adoption of Complex Technologies
By: Willy C. Shih
Many new technologies are complex and embody high levels of technical sophistication, and applying them should require significant knowledge and experience. Yet, the rapid adoption and incorporation of these technologies into other innovations seems inconsistent with... View Details
Keywords: Abstraction; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Technological Progress; Diffusion Of Innovation; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Complexity; Information Technology; Strategy
Shih, Willy C. "Increasing the Level of Abstraction as a Strategy for Accelerating the Adoption of Complex Technologies." Strategy Science 6, no. 1 (March 2021): 54–61. (ISSN 2333-2050 (print), ISSN 2333-2077 (online))