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- May 2004
- Article
The Risky Business of Hiring Stars
With the battle for the best and brightest people heating up again, you're most likely out there looking for first-rate talent in the ranks of your competitors. Chances are, you're sold on the idea of recruiting from outside your organization, since developing people... View Details
- February 2004
- Case
Note on Human Behavior: Reason and Emotion
By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler
Human beings are driven by reasons and emotions. On the one hand, as rational choice theorists assert, human beings are resourceful and evaluative as they strive to maximize their own interests. An individual's interests can converge or diverge from the interests of... View Details
- January 2004 (Revised June 2004)
- Supplement
Malden Mills (B)
By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
- August 2003 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Royal Bank of Scotland, The: Masters of Integration
By: Nitin Nohria and James Weber
Describes the acquisition of Nat West by Royal Bank of Scotland. Describes the strategic rationale for the acquisition and the process by which the integration of the two banks was accomplished. The acquisition is remarkable for how successful it was, given the typical... View Details
- June 2003
- Case
Peabody Simpson at the Crossroads
By: Rajiv Lal, Nitin Nohria and Leslie Freeman
Three managing directors at Peabody Simpson had just returned from a firm-wide recruiting event at Columbia University, which they had covered together, as all were alumni. They were commiserating about having to submit revised forecasts to their division heads by the... View Details
- June 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Background Note
Advice to Section Presidents from Section Presidents
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Nitin Nohria and Catherine Rucker
Helps clarify the role of the section president in the HBS MBA program. Provides helpful advice for new section presidents. View Details
- 2003
- Book
What Really Works: The 4+2 Formula for Sustained Business Success
By: William F. Joyce, Nitin Nohria and Bruce Roberson
Keywords: Success
- 2003
- Other Unpublished Work
Organizing Multinational Companies: Building a Collaborative Advantage
By: Morten T. Hansen and Nitin Nohria
- October 2002
- Supplement
NerveWire: A Tale of Two Executives
By: Nitin Nohria
A series of five segments that include NerveWire, Inc., A Day in the Life of Malcolm Frank, A Day in the Life of Kirk Arnold, Employee Observations of Malcolm and Kirk, and Malcolm and Kirk Discuss Co-Leadership. View Details
- August 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Teaching Note
NerveWire (TN)
By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler
Teaching Note for (9-402-020), (9-402-021), and (9-402-022). View Details
- April 2002
- Article
Local Versus Global Mimetism: The Dynamics of Alliance Formation in the Automobile Industry
By: Carlos Garcia-Pont and Nitin Nohria
- 2002
- Book
Master Passions: The Interplay of Anxiety, Ambition, and Envy
By: Mihnea Moldoveanu and Nitin Nohria
Keywords: Social Psychology
- December 2001 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
John Smithers
By: Nitin Nohria and Todd Jick
Describes an ill-fated effort to institute a total quality program. Using the vantage point of one of the managers selected to be a quality instructor, the case traces the rise and fall of the quality effort during its very brief existence over the course of six... View Details
- August 2001 (Revised March 2008)
- Supplement
Kirk Arnold
By: Nitin Nohria and Alan Price
Supplements NerveWire, Inc. View Details
- August 2001 (Revised March 2008)
- Supplement
Malcolm Frank
By: Nitin Nohria and Alan Price
Supplements NerveWire, Inc. View Details
- August 2001 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
NerveWire, Inc.
By: Nitin Nohria and Anthony Mayo
NerveWire, a management consulting and systems integration provider based in Newton, MA, was closing in on its second anniversary. In the beginning days of NerveWire, the major challenge was recruiting--finding the right people who embodied its values and business... View Details
- 2001
- Chapter
What's Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?
By: Morten T. Hansen, Nitin Nohria and Thomas Tierney
- 2001
- Book
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices
By: Paul R. Lawrence and Nitin Nohria
Keywords: Judgments