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  • 14 Dec 2015
  • News

A Leader’s Call to Action

management role at the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation that included a team of 42 union and administrative workers spanning four counties. At 34, she was assigned line responsibility for electric line crews and gas technicians. “I... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

Making Their Way

Anthony L. Chirchirillo Leveraging China to Achieve Global Advantage for a U.S. Factory Chirchirillo: From Wisconsin base to global competitor. Related Links The Path to Economic Revival James McNerney Jr. Manufacturing's New Reality (HBS... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation
  • October 2021
  • Case

Luke Fuszard

By: Leslie Perlow and Matthew Preble
Luke Fuszard (MBA 2010) shares the personal details of his life leading up to the moment when he was unexpectedly fired from his job in early 2021. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Wisconsin
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  • August 2012 (Revised May 2013)
  • Supplement

Milwaukee (B9): Julia Taylor, President, Greater Milwaukee Committee

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Keywords: Management; Wisconsin
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  • August 2012 (Revised October 2012)
  • Supplement

Milwaukee (B8): Richard Meeusen, CEO, Badger Meter and Co-chair, Water Council

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Keywords: Management; Wisconsin
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  • August 2012
  • Supplement

Milwaukee (B7): Rocky Marcoux, Commissioner of City Development, City of Milwaukee

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Keywords: Management; Wisconsin
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  • August 2012 (Revised October 2012)
  • Supplement

Milwaukee (B1): Dean Amhaus, President, Water Council

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Keywords: Management; Change; Wisconsin
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  • August 2012 (Revised May 2013)
  • Case

Milwaukee (A): Making of a World Water Hub

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Starting in 2007 Milwaukee leaders from different areas (large established companies, civic organizations, public sector, academia, and entrepreneurs) negotiated a path for converting the region into a global water hub to address economic and environmental concerns.... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Growth Management; Business or Company Management; Leading Change; Wisconsin
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  • June 2003 (Revised December 2004)
  • Case

Molded Dimensions, Inc.

By: H. Kent Bowen, Virginia Fuller and Doren Spinner
Mike Katz, an MBA with several years of manufacturing management experience, talks about purchasing Molded Dimensions, Inc. (MDI), a Wisconsin-based plastics manufacturer, with his wife Linda, who also has a manufacturing background. The case describes at length... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Jobs and Positions; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Negotiation Process; Manufacturing Industry; Wisconsin
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  • February 2024
  • Supplement

Can Cities Beat the Heat? (B7): Milwaukee Climate Action Snapshot

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Coelin P. Scibetta and Jacob A. Small
Climate snapshots provide a summary of climate actions that occurred between 2018 and 2024, highlighting major green initiatives, innovations, carbon mitigation strategy, and action across multiple levels of government and the private sector. Snapshots also provide an... View Details
Keywords: Cities; Climate; Climate Impact; Innovation; Mitigation Policies; Carbon Footprint; Investing; Climate Finance; Mobility; Adaptation; Renewable Energy; Climate Change; Problems and Challenges; Sustainable Cities; United States; Wisconsin
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  • Web

Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

English and German contain information on the crises of 1873 and 1893. Firms mentioned frequently include the Kansas & Pacific, Northern Pacific, and Wisconsin Central Railroads, and a number of Oregon firms. Deutsch Bank, Siemens &... View Details
  • 08 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation

Milwaukee store to the store in Madison (at the University of Wisconsin campus) will increase profitability. You can save on operating costs by closing the more expensive store in Milwaukee, and you won't have to discount as deeply in... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 23 Jun 2020
  • Book

Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System

for leadership. We are not powerless in our democracy. We are not bystanders. We are the makers. Former Wisconsin Senator Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette put it best: “America is not made but is in the making. There is an unending... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

leaders as legendary as King Solomon and Desmond Tutu to latter-day executives like General Motors CEO Mary Barra, known for her inclusive, employee-centric style. Kindness is teachable. Ritchie Davidson of the University of Wisconsin has... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • February 2017
  • Case

Eve Hall: The African American Investment Fund in Milwaukee

By: Steven Rogers and Alterrell Mills
The case highlights the role of minority chambers of commerce and the background of Eve Hall, a well-regarded multi-sector leader asked to revive Wisconsin's African-American chamber. This case study examines the lending options that a minority chamber of commerce... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Business Plan; Change Management; Demographics; Diversity Characteristics; Ethnicity Characteristics; Race Characteristics; Investment Fund; Cost Of Capital; Banks And Banking; Micro Finance; Interest Rates; Business Or Company Management; Management Styles; Management Succession; Mission And Purpose; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Leadership Change; Business And Community Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Wealth And Poverty; Organizations; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Small Business; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Decision Choices and Conditions; Employment Industry; Public Administration Industry; Financial Services Industry; Service Industry; United States; Wisconsin
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  • 06 Aug 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

factory anywhere in the world is built today without billions of dollars in subsidies. The groundbreaking in Wisconsin that President Trump just attended is receiving around $3 billion from the state. So that industry goes through... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics