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- March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
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Akamai Technologies: Expanding the Talent Pipeline
By: Christopher Stanton, Lynda M. Applegate, Allison Ciechanover, Emily Grandjean and Sophie Beck
In 2022, senior executives of Cambridge, MA-based Akamai Technologies met to consider whether and how to scale a successful technical training program. The program, Akamai Technical Academy (ATA), was launched in 2016 to address a key challenge at Akamai and in the... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversity; Talent and Talent Management; Technology Industry; United States; Boston
Stanton, Christopher, Lynda M. Applegate, Allison Ciechanover, Emily Grandjean, and Sophie Beck. "Akamai Technologies: Expanding the Talent Pipeline." Harvard Business School Case 823-101, March 2023. (Revised May 2023.)
What You Don't Know About Making Decisions
Most executives think of decision making as a singular event that occurs at a particular point in time. In reality, though, decision making is a process fraught with power plays, politics, personal nuances, and institutional history. Leaders who recognize this make... View Details
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South Asia - Global
Netflix’s evolving business model, assess emerging growth avenues, and decide how the platform can maintain its leadership in a maturing, fragmented, and rapidly converging entertainment industry. See more research Mumbai Staff Anjali... View Details
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The Value
Whether it's improving leadership skills, staying abreast of industry innovations, or preparing for a new role, everyone has their own distinct reasons for coming to HBS Executive Education. Our unique... View Details
- October 2005 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
One of Boston's main cultural attractions, the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), has experienced a steady decline of its core audience over the last decade. The museum's executive director attempted to bridge the shortfall by staging new, innovative, special exhibitions,... View Details
Keywords: Product Marketing; Growth Management; Innovation Leadership; Capital; Financing and Loans; Service Operations; Consumer Behavior
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Museum of Fine Arts Boston." Harvard Business School Case 506-027, October 2005. (Revised September 2006.)
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Finding Job Opportunities - Alumni
expresses interest. You're just one click away from your next executive role. CEO Discovery CEO Discovery is a private networking platform that connects senior operating executives with View Details
- 15 May 2015
- News
Is Don Draper Worth It?
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
wondered if the regulatory events might affect Goodyear's ability to maintain its world leadership in the tire industry. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707494 J.R.D. Tata Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research
financial‐statement analysis, link segment data to strategic inflection points, and evaluate leadership communication. July 3, 2025 Article A New Framework for Reducing Healthcare Disparities By: Susanna Gallani , Mary Lynch Witkowski,... View Details
- November 2019
- Case
Chief: Role for Lindsay Kaplan
In 2018, Lindsay Kaplan is preparing to meet with Carolyn Childers about the possibility of co-founding Chief, a New York-based peer network for women executives. Kaplan is currently the vice president of communications and brand engagement at a successful mattress... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; North and Central America; United States; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)
Coffman, Katherine B., Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Kathleen L. McGinn, Julia Kelley, and Katherine Chen. "Chief: Role for Lindsay Kaplan." Harvard Business School Case 920-020, November 2019.
- October 2014
- Case
Mothercare, 2014
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In early 2014, Mothercare was the UK's leading retailer of mother-and-baby products. In fiscal 2013, it generated £341 million in revenues from its 255 UK stores and £128 million online, and was more than three times the size of its next biggest competitor, Mama and... View Details
- September 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Supplement
Hitachi Rail Limited (B)
By: David J. Collis, Akiko Kanno and Nobuo Sato
This supplement describes the strategy and organisation changes made by British executive, Alistair Dormer, after he is made head of Hitachi Rail's global business. The company acquires an Italian company, continues to win contracts in the UK, but struggles to bring... View Details
Keywords: Organization Structure; Leader Selection; Mergers & Acquisitions; Strategy; Global Strategy; Organizational Structure; Leadership; Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Values and Beliefs; Rail Industry; Japan
Collis, David J., Akiko Kanno, and Nobuo Sato. "Hitachi Rail Limited (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-365, September 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
- March 2008 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Lisa Sherman (A)
By: Bill George and Jens Audenaert
Lisa Sherman is a successful executive at Verizon who is struggling with the decision to reveal her sexual orientation. After attending a diversity training workshop in which participants expressed extremely negative views about people in her community, Sherman wonders... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Identity; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership; Organizational Culture
George, Bill, and Jens Audenaert. "Lisa Sherman (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-115, March 2008. (Revised August 2020.)
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
business model for decades. Shrewd observers knew it. The company did not transform itself because it could continue to coast along, living in the reflected aura of its past glory. GM's leadership acted in 2008 as if it were 1998 or 1988.... View Details
- August 2004
- Case
Microsoft.NET (Abridged)
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Set in the summer of 2000, following the unveiling of Microsoft's .NET initiative to the public. Three of the key figures in .NET's development are considering the next steps they would have to take to keep the initiative moving forward. Specifically, the challenges... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Leadership; Management Skills; Organizational Structure; Digital Platforms
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Microsoft.NET (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 605-025, August 2004.
- 14 Jun 2023
- Op-Ed
Every Company Should Have These Leaders—or Develop Them if They Don't
organization to accomplish goals or meet targets. Different roles require different development Companies can help promising managers and executives become BTLs and LTLs by broadening their experiences, but in different ways. Big-T... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson
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Race, Gender & Equity
Board Diversity Network.Take your management and leadership skills to the next level with one our Executive Education programs created expressly for women leaders, including Women on Boards . Sign Up For Our... View Details
- 30 Aug 2017
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