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- May 2009
- Case
Who is the Fairest of Them All? Choosing a Leader at Deronde International
By: Nitin Nohria and Martha Spaulding
Alain Deronde, the CEO of a French personal care company, has to choose a successor to head global product development from a diverse set of candidates with different backgrounds, strengths, and weaknesses. The candidates include Elise Bernier, Vice President of... View Details
- May 2009
- Exercise
Mapping Your Network
By: David A. Thomas
This exercise is designed to help students and professionals map their professional networks and identify areas of strength and weakness in their networks. "Network" refers to the set of relationships that is critical to someone's ability to learn new skills and... View Details
- May 2009 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
Ralph Nader: When Purpose and Legacy Collide
By: Nitin Nohria and Umaimah Mendhro
This case tells the story of Ralph Nader's leadership, from his success as a crusader for consumer interests and active public participation in the political process to his controversial campaigns for the U.S. presidency. View Details
- 2009
- Chapter
Checking Your Identities at the Door? Positive Relationships Between Non-Work and Work Identities
By: Nancy Rothbard and Lakshmi Ramarajan
In this chapter we examine factors that enable individuals to experience compatibility between their work and non-work identities. Specifically, we suggest that identity compatibility is influenced by (a) the extent to which individuals can control the co-activation of... View Details
- April 2009 (Revised April 2012)
- Case
Bono and U2
By: Nancy F. Koehn, Katherine Miller and Rachel Wilcox
This case traces the 30-year development of the rock band U2 and the development of its four members as artists, business leaders, and humanitarians (with particular attention paid to lead singer Bono's global humanitarian work). The case examines the beginnings of the... View Details
- April 2009 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Oprah Winfrey
By: Nancy F. Koehn, Erica Helms, Katherine Miller and Rachel Wilcox
The case explores the entrepreneurial journey of Oprah Winfrey, examining how she built an audience for one of the most successful television shows in history; how she created the company, Harpo Productions, that produces that show as well as other media offerings; how... View Details
- April 2009 (Revised July 2009)
- Module Note
Delivering Personally on Responsibility
How can individuals equip themselves to exercise leadership in the face of moral adversity? This six-session module aims to prepare students to meet moral responsibility when it is simultaneously most essential and most difficult. Moral adversity refers to situations... View Details
- April 2009 (Revised July 2009)
- Exercise
Bringing AMP Home: Personal Case Study
This exercise helps AMP participants build their own personal case study. They develop a gap statement, do formal root cause analysis, and action planning. This exercise is done for each participant and each phase is shared with living group colleagues. View Details
- April 2009 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Dr. Benjamin Hooks and Children's Health Forum
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Charles J. Ogletree Jr, Howard Koh, Abbye Atkinson, Carmel Salhi and Aldo Sesia
"Dr. Benjamin Hooks and Children's Health Forum" charts the many different career paths of Hooks, a civil rights activist and pioneer. Hooks' positions ranged from lawyer, judge, preacher, entrepreneur to the first African American commissioner of the Federal... View Details
- April 2009
- Teaching Note
First National Bank's Golden Opportunity (TN)
By: Shawn A. Cole
Teaching Note for [208072]. View Details
- 2009
- Chapter
Altruistic Utility Functions for Joint Decisions
By: David E. Bell and Ralph L. Keeney
All of us make decisions that are not entirely self-centered; we voluntarily anticipate what we think to be the preferences of others and incorporate them into our decision making. We do this, not because of legal requirements or social norms, but because we are... View Details
- 2009
- Book
The Adventures of an IT Leader
By: Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan and Shannon O'Donnell
Becoming an effective IT manager presents a host of challenges-from anticipating emerging technology to managing relationships with vendors, employees, and other managers. Ultimately, a good IT manager must be a strong business leader, not just a technical... View Details
- March 2009
- Case
The Hotel Bed Wars
By: Youngme E. Moon
This case describes the start of The Hotel Bed Wars, the competition among hotel chains to attract customers by offering better and more elaborate bedding. The case is written from the standpoint of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which is credited with starting The Hotel... View Details
- March 2009
- Background Note
Note on the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA)
By: Stuart C. Gilson
In 2005, new legislation was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by the President that introduced a number of major amendments to U.S. bankruptcy law, affecting both business and consumer bankruptcies. This legislation, called the Bankruptcy Abuse... View Details
- March 2009 (Revised August 2009)
- Exercise
Managing Your Own Human Capital: Executive Interview Exercise (2008)
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
This note contains instructions for an exercise in which students interview C-level executives on how they have managed their careers. View Details
- March 2009
- Article
Loyalty-Based Portfolio Choice
By: Lauren Cohen
I evaluate the effect of loyalty on individuals' portfolio choice using a unique dataset of retirement contributions. I exploit the statutory difference that in 401(k) plans stand alone employees can invest directly in their division, while conglomerate employees must... View Details
- February 2009
- Case
HP: The Computer is Personal Again
By: Rajiv Lal and Cathy Ross
In September 2008, Todd Bradley, executive vice president of Hewlett-Packard Company's Personal Systems Group (PSG), gathered his thoughts before a meeting with his top executives and managers for product design and marketing. On the agenda was a discussion of... View Details
- February 2009
- Background Note
An Introduction to Consumer Credit
By: Peter Tufano
This note reviews a variety of shorter-term consumer credit products in the U.S. with an emphasis on the types of products that low- and moderate-income consumers use. Included here are the following: credit cards, bank overdraft products, payday lending, personal... View Details
- February 2009
- Case
Paresh Patel: Building a Life in the Context of Global Business - October 2007
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley Spence
This case tells the story of Paresh Patel, born in Boston to an Indian immigrant family, as he develops an entrepreneurial career, participates in the Indian diaspora, and builds a family life. It provides background on Paresh's heritage, describes his youth and... View Details