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Transforming Kimball International, Inc. (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz

Kimball International, Inc. (KII), led by CEO Kristie Juster, and its board of directors, chaired by Kim Ryan, faced critical questions about KII’s future in the spring of 2021. Two years earlier, the board had appointed Juster as the new CEO of KII, a publicly traded,... View Details

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09 Apr 2012
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Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?

Traditional Theories Break Down As Hiatt began investigating, he found that traditional theories of capture such as lobbying and campaign contributions had little effect on whether any particular GMO was approved. Even more direct means of influence such as scientific... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Biotechnology; Agriculture & Agribusiness

27 Nov 2000
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The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

In the decades prior to the advent of radial tires," writes Donald Sull in Business History Review, "Firestone Tire & Rubber was viewed by some observers as the best managed U.S. tire company." But in the face of French... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

09 Jul 2013
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Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch

at length about the The Pay Problem posed by executive compensation in a May/June 2010 article in Harvard Magazine. There we argued that evidence of the link between executive compensation and company performance is not clear. We noted,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

31 Jan 2022
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Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

privacy and security. Social responsibility in the broadest sense, roundtable participants said, has become a competitive “must,” essential for attracting talent and building trust with customers. Six qualities of digitally mature... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

04 Nov 2002
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From Lone Star to Team Player

When does a star performer become a corporate nightmare? And what can you do about it? HBS Working Knowledge's Mallory Stark conducted this e-mail interview with Morten Hansen.Stark: Can you describe what you mean by "lone... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

25 Jan 2012
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Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management

Keywords: by Maria Guadalupe, Hongyi Li & Julie Wulf

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’

more than timely that a book on the subject by one of the world's great experts on corporate governance, Harvard Business School Professor Jay Lorsch, will be published next week. The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Lorsch

03 Mar 2014
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Facebook’s Future

people use various online social platforms, makes some predictions. In the first decade of its existence, Facebook, aided by the broad adoption of mobile devices and fast internet connections, emerged as a virtual Cheers bar where people... View Details

Keywords: by Mikolaj Piskorski

09 Jul 2009
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Performance Pressure as a Double-Edged Sword: Enhancing Team Motivation While Undermining the Use of Team Knowledge

Keywords: by Heidi K. Gardner

24 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

Strategic Value Of Values: A New Guidance System By Rosabeth Moss Kanter Any company can say it has values, but what Banco Real did was to embed them in business practice and make them credible to the skeptics inside and outside of their... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

29 Sep 2003
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Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater

destination in advance. Whether you're designing a new product, running a business in volatile conditions, operating a process that might encounter unforeseen inputs, or just trying to figure out what to do with your life, the journey... View Details

Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin

18 Jul 2013
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Cumulative Innovation & Open Disclosure of Intermediate Results: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Bioinformatics

Keywords: by Kevin J. Boudreau & Karim Lakhani

10 Jan 2011
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Is Groupon Good for Retailers?

may file for an initial public offering by the end of 2011, according to the New York Times. "Groupon has attracted remarkable interest," says Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman. "With the economy... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising; Technology

03 Oct 2005
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The Box Office Power of Stars

buyers? And in an interesting plot twist, Elberse decided to design her research not around actual box office receipts, but rather around a Hollywood simulation game that has over half a million players. The results were published in her... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Entertainment & Recreation; Motion Pictures & Video

10 Dec 2012
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Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook

know how to value their own information," John says. "Because of this uncertainty about what the value of privacy is, people don't know when to value their information or how to care about it. And as a consequence, when people are... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Aug 2000
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The Business of Biotech

heralding the start of National Biotechnology Month, as January 2000 had been designated by the U.S. Senate. For biotech, in fact, the party had begun months earlier, when hundreds of millions of dollars had... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

27 May 2020
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What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID

In a world devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) has been able to effectively combat the disease without ever imposing a full lockdown of its economy. How did the country accomplish its success, and what... View Details

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Health

17 Jan 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Competition in Modular Clusters

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & C. Jason Woodard; Consulting; Communications; Telecommunications; Pharmaceutical

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

management process. One study, completed in collaboration with HBS professor V. Kasturi Rangan, addresses the strategy design and implementation phase of the process by exploring how buyer-seller... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

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