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January 2024 (Revised June 2024)
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School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)

By: Tatiana Sandino, Jeffrey Rayport, Samuel Grad and Stacy Straaberg

In summer 2021, School of Rock was a youth-oriented music education company with 291 franchise- and company-owned schools globally. Before CEO Rob Price’s hire in 2017, School of Rock’s nonconformist rock ‘n’ roll culture led to variability in teaching styles,... View Details

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October 2019
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GRIT Fitness

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Olivia Hull

In December 2018, GRIT Fitness was a growing chain of boutique fitness studios offering a variety of workout classes, including weightlifting, high intensity interval training, and cardio dance. With 400 members and three Dallas studios, CEO Brittani Rettig believed... View Details

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January 2024
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Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (B)

By: Tiona Zuzul and Susan Pinckney

In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world’s leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather related conditions that forced him to have to decide between staying true to the tenets of the natural wine... View Details

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January 2023
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Natura: Weathering the Pandemic at Brazil's Cosmetic Giant

By: Brian Trelstad, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira

Brazil's Natura, a multi-brand cosmetics group, has taken several measures to safeguard the livelihoods of its thousands of employees and millions of sales representatives during the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. The company has also made strides in its efforts... View Details

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05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

convert it into actionable initiatives. From founding the Program for Research and Outreach on Gender Equity in Society (PROGRESS), whose mission is to develop tools to teach women and girls how to harness the power of negotiation, to her... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

society. That's built into the mission of HBS. It's not something you do as an afterthought. And it's not something you do after you retire. It's part of the job description. Third, it's not clear that the current system has produced the... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

development, wealth, and job creation in the inner city. The advisory component of its mission seemed well underway, but raising a fund to directly finance client companies had proved challenging. As Next Street considered expanding its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

World Wildlife Fund US Harvard Business School Case 308-035 World Wildlife Fund US is a leading international conservation nonprofit that operates within a global network of WWF organizations. This case examines WWF US's strategy to achieve its View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

sufficiently broad to fulfill its mission or, on the contrary, whether it needed to be narrowed in order to eliminate organizational challenges and external perceptions of conflicts of interest. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 2024 (Revised July 2024)
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Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Sunil Gupta and Amram Migdal

The case examines the transformation of Best Buy under CEO Hubert Joly's leadership from 2012. Facing significant business challenges, including competition from online and physical retailers, Joly implemented the "Renew Blue" turnaround strategy, which focused on... View Details

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26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

2007 as the first non-profit art center in China, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) had been operating with the mission to "promote the continued development of the Chinese art scene, foster international exchange, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

different organizations, areas of expertise, and countries in an extraordinary mission that overcame impossible odds. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2013/07/leadership-lessons-from-the-chilean-mine-rescue/ar/1 2013 pub Reputational... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

organized systems for improvement. Traditional structures and cultures within AHCs, although well suited to the tripartite missions of teaching, research, and clinical care, are not easily adaptable to the tasks of measuring, reporting,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007

organizational level of analysis, although frequently invoked, has been largely supplanted by either a more micro or a more macro focus. In this paper, we argue for restoring the School's original mission and perspective. Our proposal for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

Business School Case 912-408 The case depicts a mission and values driven firm, how it was turned around, and its unique strategy of enabling others to succeed. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/912408-PDF-ENG The Agnellis and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Nov 2006
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Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

senior advisor to Intel, but beyond that, what is he doing? A: Right now he's a man with a mission in healthcare. He believes that technology can do an enormous amount to cut healthcare costs. He believes there are technological... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16

of integrated services. Executive Peter Barge is put in charge of a new team, called Corporate Solutions, whose mission was to draw connections between the service lines in order to foster integration. How should Barge structure Corporate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009

fails to show how to create a governance system that supports organizational effectiveness. We propose a framework that gives equal weight to creating a governance system whose effectiveness is measured by the achievement of the organization's View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
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The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations

By: Mihir A. Desai and Suzanne Antoniou

How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details