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    Richard G. Hamermesh

    Richard Hamermesh was the MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. While at HBS Richard served as co-chair of the HBS Healthcare... View Details

    Keywords: health care
    • January 2019 (Revised February 2019)
    • Supplement

    The a2 Milk Company

    By: Benjamin C. Esty, Daniel Fisher and Greg Saldutte
    The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) became the most valuable company listed on the New Zealand stock exchange in 2018 by capitalizing on a biochemical discovery related to the protein composition of cow's milk. Because many people find the A1 protein difficult to digest, and... View Details
    Keywords: Judo Economics; Market Entry; Innovation; Barriers To Response; Industry Attractiveness; Advantage Horizon; Sustainability; First-mover Advantage; Scope; Strategy Execution; Strategic Evolution; Biochemistry; Genetics; Branding; Commodity; Milk; Dairy; Infant Formula; Farming; Porter's Five Forces; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Disruption; Innovation and Invention; Five Forces Framework; Consumer Products Industry; New Zealand; Australia; China
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    • June 2021
    • Case

    The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments): April 2021

    By: Josh Lerner, Reza Satchu and Alys Ferragamo
    The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is one of the largest pools of investment capital in the world and follows a rigorous “Total Portfolio Framework” in its approach to investment management. In April of 2021, John Graham was just two months into his role... View Details
    Keywords: Pension Funds; Investment Strategy; Capital Markets; Financial Strategy; Investment; Asset Management; Financial Institutions; Private Equity; Growth and Development Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Assets; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Canada
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    • Blog

    Reinventing the GMP Experience

    schedule allows the program to better cater to participants worldwide, better enables the real-time application of program takeaways, and accommodates the lifestyles of executives today. One participant, Erica Stricker, a senior View Details

      Roy D. Shapiro

      Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

      • 30 Sep 2015
      • Research & Ideas

      Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along

      they should be,” says Minor, who hopes to delve further into how to effectively shift beliefs in future research. TRUST IN THE WORKPLACE The unduly pessimistic predictions in the political survey sparked Minor’s curiosity about whether the same disconnect exists in... View Details
      Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Banking; Financial Services
      • October 13, 2021
      • Editorial

      How Companies Can Improve Employee Engagement Right Now

      By: Daniel Stein, Nick Hobson, Jon M. Jachimowicz and Ashley Whillans
      A year and a half into the pandemic, employees’ mental “surge capacity” is likely diminished. Managers must take proactive steps to increase employee engagement, or risk losing their workforce. Engaged employees perform better, experience less burnout, and stay in... View Details
      Keywords: Employee Retention; Employee Engagement; Employee Relationship Management; Work-Life Balance
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        Jeffrey F. Rayport

        Jeffrey F Rayport is a faculty member in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the School’s MBA and Executive Education Programs and on HBS Online. His primary focus in teaching and research is growth-stage technology... View Details

        • 30 Apr 2012
        • Research & Ideas

        India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

        Unique Identification System," with Anjali Raina (HBS AMP 174, 2008), executive director of the HBS India Research Center in Mumbai. "Any company that wants to operate in emerging markets that are large and populous, like China,... View Details
        Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
        • Research Summary

        By: Srikant M. Datar
        Datar's research interests are in the cost management and management control areas. He has published his research on activity-based management, quality, productivity, time-based competition, new product development, bottleneck management, incentives and ... View Details
        • 09 May 2008
        • News

        New Book Looks at Deep Metaphors and the Minds of Consumers

        • August 2015
        • Supplement

        Sustainability at IKEA Group: Video Supplement

        By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Michael W. Toffel
        This video contains Q&A with IKEA Group's Chief Sustainability Officer Steve Howard and IKEA Group's Industrial Strategy Manager Per Berggren, the two primary case protagonists. They respond to student questions after the case was taught at an executive education class... View Details
        Keywords: Strategy; Operations; Environmental Sustainability; Retail Industry
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        • July 2011 (Revised September 2011)
        • Case

        Game Time Decision for AppDirect

        By: Andrei Hagiu, Laura Arjona and Emily Zhang
        AppDirect is a start-up that offers small businesses software-as-a-service solutions through a business app marketplace and portal. Daniel Saks, co-founder and co-CEO, is faced with the key question of deciding distribution strategy: should AppDirect find channel... View Details
        Keywords: Digital Platforms; Distribution; Applications and Software; Innovation Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Business Growth and Maturation; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry; United States
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        • November 2007
        • Case

        Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor's Edge (Abridged)

        By: Noam T. Wasserman
        Describes the issues facing a Founder-CEO regarding building a board, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing system development work. The abridged version does not include the introduction and final sections of the full case... View Details
        Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology
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        • 19 Jan 2023
        • Research & Ideas

        What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

        tries to put the right number of products in the right stores at the right time, so it sells as much as possible and doesn’t lose track of stock. As part of the study, Tapestry managers who oversee shelf stocking provided employees called... View Details
        Keywords: by Rachel Layne
        • 12 Feb 2020
        • News

        Why 'outskilling' isn’t yet a workplace revolution

        • 17 Aug 2020
        • Research & Ideas

        What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

        [This is the fourth installment in a monthly series on management issues in the time of COVID-19.] “You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most... View Details
        Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
        • October 2000 (Revised April 2001)
        • Case

        Cost of Capital at Ameritrade

        By: Mark L. Mitchell and Erik Stafford
        Ameritrade Holding Corp. is planning large marketing and technology investments to improve the company's competitive position in deep-discount brokerage by taking advantage of emerging economies of scale. In order to evaluate whether the strategy would generate... View Details
        Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Asset Pricing; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Investment; Marketing; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Financial Services Industry
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        • 18 Nov 2015
        • Research & Ideas

        Who Really Determines CEO Salary Packages?

        Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts. The answer could help to explain why CEO salaries tend to be very high across the board. “There’s always been this black box surrounding what happens in the boardroom,” says... View Details
        Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consulting
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        Lauren Murphy

        and when they will transition to operating companies. Lauren is especially effective with students and alumni who are painfully confused about their career visions. Lauren brings extensive marketing management experience to her career and... View Details
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