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  • December 2018
  • Supplement

The Global-Local Tension: Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao Leading with 'International Values and Local Roots' (B)

By: Tsedal Neeley
Vittorio Colao, CEO of telecommunication giant Vodafone, must respond to reports of disturbing accounting practices at two of Vodafone’s operating companies. In one case, €60 million have been misreported due to a series of failures to check manual accounting... View Details
Keywords: GLOBAL-LOCAL; Global Identity; Local Identity; Accounting Discrepency; Globalization; Leadership; Trust; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizations; Identity; Local Range; Global Range; Values and Beliefs; Accounting Audits
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  • August 2017
  • Supplement

PTC: A Transformation to IoT (B)

By: Rajiv Lal and Sarah McAra
In 2013, manufacturing software company PTC Inc. entered the Internet of Things (IoT) market under the leadership of CEO Jim Heppelmann, but the company’s culture was not fully aligned with the new strategic direction. Historically, PTC's culture was defined by... View Details
Keywords: Internet Of Things; Corporate Culture; Human Resources
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    Case: Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (A)

    Aptiv's board must decide whether a joint venture with an auto maker is the right next step in the company's efforts to develop and commercialize a production-ready autonomous driving system. While many commentators believed that Aptiv's self-driving technologies... View Details
    • June 2013 (Revised September 2016)
    • Supplement

    Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B)

    By: Lynn S. Paine, Nien-he Hsieh and Lara Adamsons
    Two members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmental and social... View Details
    Keywords: Nike; Hannah Jones; Mark Parker; Phil Knight; Philip Knight; Eric Sprunk; Jill Ker Conway; Phyllis Wise; Don Blair; Sustainable Business And Innovation; SB＆I; Flyknit; DyeCoo; Footwear; Athletic Footwear; Apparel; Athletic Apparel; Sustainability; Greenpeace; Detox Campaign; Dirty Laundry; Water; Water Use; Water Pollution; Water Resources; Corporate Responsibility Committee; Judgment; Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Footwear Industry; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Ethics; Fairness; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance; Alignment; Supply Chain; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Judgments; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Asia; China; United States; Oregon; Portland
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    • 19 Dec 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    $15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

    Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution. What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't Why Giving to Others Makes Us Happy Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge View Details
    Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran
    • 13 Sep 2019
    • Blog Post

    An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit

    system before my departure. I learned several things during my time at Uncommon Schools. First, veterans can bring our project management skill set into the workplace and make a huge difference to teams struggling with capacity and time... View Details
    • Web

    Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral

    including operations research, operations management, economics, engineering, and organizational behavior. Doctoral students' research addresses managerially-relevant problems, integrating discipline-based theory with rigorous research methods. Many faculty and... View Details
    • 06 Oct 2023
    • Book

    Yes, You Can Radically Change Your Organization in One Week

    move quickly.” You Might Also Like: A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself How Would Jack Welch’s Leadership Style Fare in Today’s World? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz
    • Program

    Authentic Leader Development

    teamwork and helps individuals at all levels of the organization to realize their leadership potential Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various... View Details
    • Program

    Behavioral Economics—Virtual

    Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by connecting and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of... View Details
    • Career Coach

    Connie Walsh

    Connie (Kellogg '94) works with students and alumni who have had a wide variety of backgrounds and interests. Connie has 20+ years of business experience at Fortune 100 companies as well as healthcare, start-up and NFP organizations. She... View Details
    Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail; Social Enterprise; Technology

      Michael A. Wheeler

      Mike Wheeler joined the HBS faculty in 1993 and has taught extensively in its MBA, Executive, and distance learning programs. His highly interactive 8-week/40-hour HBS Online Negotiation... View Details

      Keywords: arts; construction; e-commerce industry; energy; federal government; green technology; internet; legal services; nonprofit industry; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; publishing industry; real estate; service industry; sports; state government; utilities
      • 06 Sep 2006
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom

      unexpected ways. One of the students self-assembled a team in the very early stages of the course. He assessed classmates' strengths and interests during the first couple of sessions and recruited the ones he wanted to View Details
      Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education
      • 20 Oct 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      Getting the Marketing Mix Right

      assistant professor of marketing at Purdue University, and Sachin Gupta, the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and professor of marketing at Cornell University. Steenburgh believes that the model could help brand managers determine which marketing... View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
      • March 2024
      • Supplement

      Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (B)

      By: N. Louis Shipley, Stacy Straaberg and Tom Quinn
      In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Valuation; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina
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      • 13 Feb 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      Breaking Through the Self-Doubt That Keeps Talented Women from Leading

      ads, Coffman and her colleagues ran a first experiment on freelance job platform UpWork, where job-seekers complete extensive profiles outlining their education, credentials, scores on skills tests, and work history. The View Details
      Keywords: by Kara Baskin
      • 31 Oct 2017
      • First Look

      New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

      capital sources. Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain By: Fisher, Colin M., Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa M. Amabile Abstract—How do teams working on complex... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
      • May 2022
      • Supplement

      Borusan CAT: Monetizing Prediction in the Age of AI (B)

      By: Navid Mojir and Gamze Yucaoglu
      Borusan Cat is an international distributor of Caterpillar heavy machines. In 2021, it had been three years since Ozgur Gunaydin (CEO) and Esra Durgun (Director of Strategy, Digitization, and Innovation) started working on Muneccim, the company’s predictive AI tool.... View Details
      Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Commercialization; Technology Adoption; Industrial Products Industry; Turkey; Middle East
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      • June 2019 (Revised November 2019)
      • Technical Note

      Sustaining Corporate Culture in a Growing Organization

      By: Dennis Campbell and Tatiana Sandino
      An organization’s culture can be a significant source of sustainable competitive advantage. For the organization, it can attract job candidates who fit and align employees working in different teams around common goals. For employees, a strong culture can generate... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Culture; Growth and Development; Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Management Systems
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      • August 2017 (Revised August 2018)
      • Case

      Busbud: Building a Data Company

      By: Srikant M. Datar, Alistair Croll and Caitlin N. Bowler
      The case features the work of LP Maurice (HBS '08) as he decides to take on the fragmented bus travel industry and launch an online business that aggregates and shares bus schedules for routes around the world. His first challenge: finding that the data he needs is... View Details
      Keywords: Data Science; Analytics and Data Science; Business Startups; Knowledge Acquisition; Customers; Measurement and Metrics; Transportation Industry
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