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- 03 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff
countries even require approvals from local governments. Labor law differences also exist between states, and even those sometimes conflict with federal law. A management team that fails to factor these differences into planned layoffs,... View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
simplifies the retirement savings plan participation decision. Individuals received an opportunity to enroll in a retirement savings plan at a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2024
- What Do You Think?
What's Enough to Make Us Happy?
ambitious but not always assured. “Career planning provides an opportunity to think about 'enough,' especially in a given timeframe." Our late colleague at Harvard Business School, Clayton Christensen, provided inspiration for this kind... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
CEO Succession: The Case at Ford
a very good record which are the LBOs, almost never go for that sort of CEO. They look for an industry figure who really knows a lot about the business and that company—often a retired CEO. Q: Is it easy to predict who's going to be the... View Details
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
Bühler Group, Stefan Scheiber is mapping a courageous plan to combat food waste and climate change. Ranjay Gulati hears from Scheiber about how he challenges his own company, its customers, and himself to face sustainability problems... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 16 Nov 2021
- HBS Case
How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves
2001, the once-profitable company lost 8.3 billion euros (equal to $15.1 billion today)—the second-biggest loss of any French company ever. A year later, the company’s debts totaled 71 billion euros, three times the value of the firm. Early View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta
2020, Delta’s plans looked promising. It was the first airline to headline the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with Bastian as the headline speaker. He was joined on stage by Nicole Jones, the African-American Director of... View Details
- August 2019 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game
By: Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt and Evan M.S. Hecht
NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018–2019 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to the NBA. He also did not know what he... View Details
Keywords: Career Decisions; Career Journey; ＂Sports Organizations,; Mentoring; Retirement; Sports; Performance; Training; Personal Development and Career; Sports Industry; United States
Groysberg, Boris, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Evan M.S. Hecht. "Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game." Harvard Business School Case 420-031, August 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
- 23 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Strategy-Focused Organization
compensation systems linked to the scorecard and revising the planning and budgeting processes to support the strategy. They also reinforced the strategy and the scorecard at every opportunity, especially in their face-to-face meetings... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 20 Dec 2022
- Op-Ed
Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation
well-being of our customers and the people we serve first”—and requires senior teams at every level to foster repeated honest conversations with lower levels about whether their unit is practicing that credo. According to recently retired... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
- June 2024
- Teaching Note
Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game
By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Robin Abrahams
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 420-031. NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018-19 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to... View Details
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
holding group], for example, runs his companies closely and is planning to pass the leadership of his firms to his two sons. Similarly, the heads of some of America's largest firms, both publicly held and private, are the scions of the... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
for Boomers to step aside, and for the new generation to step up,” says George, now an executive fellow at Harvard Business School. “They are the leaders we need.” Many Baby Boomers in the US are rejecting the idea of a quiet Florida View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- August 2021
- Supplement
Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game
By: Boris Groysberg
NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018–2019 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to the NBA. He also did not know what he... View Details
Keywords: Career Decisions; Career Journey; ＂Sports Organizations,; Mentoring; Retirement; Sports; Performance; Training; Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; Talent and Talent Management; Sports Industry; United States
Groysberg, Boris. "Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 421-710, August 2021.
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Three Components of Family Governance
Constitution Participates in Family Council Coucils and supports Consults and approves only business policies Generates 3. Succession Plan Generates Consults and supports Consults and approves Consults and supports 4. Family Business... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company
8 The Devil Is In The Details The decisions that managers have to make as part of implementing a restructuring plan are often critical to whether the restructuring succeeds or fails. In the language of economics, implementation is the... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
- 29 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
In what could be considered the first business how-to book, an Italian merchant from the 1400s advises leaders to be charitable, ethical, and treat people fairly; be modest; look for the right qualities in a wife; be selective in deals; and View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
GDP, that is, total aggregate output, the market value of all final goods and services produced. In a sense, all that you (as a country) have is the total output that you produce in a year—your GDP. Sometimes people think if everyone owned lots of stocks and bonds, we... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
buy or sell stock. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2012/07/what-good-are-shareholders/ar/1 Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival amid Political and Civil Violence Authors:Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2017
- HBS Case
It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family
1981. Opened in 1992, Pho Hoa has been run with few formal processes in place and no regular income statement reporting, forecasting, or budgeting. Thanh, wanting to take a well-deserved retirement after 25 years of hard work, has named... View Details