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  • February 2021
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A Cultural Transformation at Southeastern Grocers

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Jonah S. Goldberg and Joseph A. Paul
When Anthony Hucker, the CEO of Southeastern Grocers (SEG), took over in that role in July 2017, the company was in dire financial and operational condition and was headed towards bankruptcy. SEG, the fifth largest grocery chain in the U.S. in early 2021, operated... View Details
Keywords: Business Transformation; Strategy Execution; Retail; Organizational Culture; Transformation; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance; Success; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Florida
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Srinivasan, Suraj, Jonah S. Goldberg, and Joseph A. Paul. "A Cultural Transformation at Southeastern Grocers." Harvard Business School Case 121-049, February 2021.
  • 17 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers

Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details
Keywords: by Jose Alvarez and Len Schlesinger; Retail
  • 2010
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Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets

We exploit an exogenous shock to corporate ownership structures created by a recent tax reform in Germany to explore the link between corporate governance and internal capital markets. We find that firms with more concentrated ownership are less diversified and have... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Capital Markets; Corporate Governance; Taxation; Ownership; Performance Efficiency; Diversification; Germany
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Sautner, Zacharias, and Belen Villalonga. "Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-100, May 2010.
  • 24 Feb 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

naming conventions. Perhaps the most pressing problem is the lack of a standardized software component naming schema. “Until one exists, strategies for software security, transparency, and more will have... View Details
Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer
  • February 2003 (Revised February 2006)
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Use and Abuse of Analogies, The

By: Giovanni M. Gavetti and Jan W. Rivkin
Examines how managers use, and sometimes misuse, analogical reasoning as they formulate their strategies. Suggests a process that managers can employ to use analogies productivity. View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Performance Productivity; Strategy
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Gavetti, Giovanni M., and Jan W. Rivkin. "Use and Abuse of Analogies, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 703-429, February 2003. (Revised February 2006.)
  • July 2005
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Harvard Business School and the Making of a New Profession

By: Rakesh Khurana, Tarun Khanna and Daniel Penrice
Since its founding in 1908, Harvard Business School's mission has been to perform a much-needed service for American society by turning business management into a profession. One of the most important factors in the founding of HBS and the nation's other new business... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Mission and Purpose; Alignment; Social Issues; Practice
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Khurana, Rakesh, Tarun Khanna, and Daniel Penrice. "Harvard Business School and the Making of a New Profession." Harvard Business School Case 406-025, July 2005.
  • 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. Relevance to investment performance is the most frequent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2005 (Revised July 2006)
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Understanding Economic Value Added

By: Mihir A. Desai, Fabrizio Ferri and Steve Treadwell
Explores the concept of economic value added (EVA) and its practical applications as a management control system for performance measurement and incentive compensation. Explains how EVA is measured and explores some of the adjustments to financial statements that are... View Details
Keywords: Value
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Desai, Mihir A., Fabrizio Ferri, and Steve Treadwell. "Understanding Economic Value Added." Harvard Business School Background Note 206-016, November 2005. (Revised July 2006.)
  • 16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

measurement and disclosure of important metrics and information. In this chapter, we examine the effect of sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ disclosure practices... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 2016
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Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners

By: Andy Wu
We study information aggregation in organizational decision-making for the financing of entrepreneurial ventures. We introduce a formal model of voting where agents face costly tacit information to improve their decision quality. Equilibrium outcomes suggest a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Angel Investors; Organization Design; Voting; Group Decision-making; Information; Strategy; Organizations; Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Financing and Loans
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Wu, Andy. "Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2016): 189–194.
  • 07 Apr 2020
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What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

marketing communications for the first and second quarter of the year. What’s the right strategy for a CMO during a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic? During the week of March 23, 2020, Edelman, a global... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
  • Summer 2013
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A Tale of Two Stories: Sustainability and the Quarterly Earnings Call

By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim
One of the challenges companies claim to face in making sustainability a core part of their strategy and operations is that the market does not care about sustainability, either in general or because the time frames in which it matters are too long. The response of... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Communication; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Investment; Environmental Sustainability
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Eccles, Robert G., and George Serafeim. "A Tale of Two Stories: Sustainability and the Quarterly Earnings Call." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 25, no. 3 (Summer 2013): 66–77.
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Contagion of Cooperation in Static and Fluid Social Networks

By: Jillian J. Jordan, David G. Rand, Samuel Arbesman, James H. Fowler and Nicholas A. Christakis
Cooperation is essential for successful human societies. Thus, understanding how cooperative and selfish behaviors spread from person to person is a topic of theoretical and practical importance. Previous laboratory experiments provide clear evidence of social... View Details
Keywords: Social Contagion; Social Networks; Cooperation; Behavior; Social Media
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Jordan, Jillian J., David G. Rand, Samuel Arbesman, James H. Fowler, and Nicholas A. Christakis. "Contagion of Cooperation in Static and Fluid Social Networks." PLoS ONE 8, no. 6 (June 2013).
  • 01 Jun 2009
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The Maestro and the Market

Business and Creativity at elBulli WIZARD: Chef Ferran Adrià at the World Summit of Gastronomy in Tokyo. He’s been called “the Salvador Dalí of the kitchen” for creations ranging from beetroot and yogurt... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries
  • 06 Jan 2017
  • News

Mental Illness and the Workplace

managing very well. You did-- I believe-- have another psychotic break, is that correct? Switz: Yes, I went from HBS to McKinsey for three years and then, to GE Capital in a strategy role. View Details
  • 01 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

rate is relatively higher, leading to lower economic growth. Our findings have implications for policy setters. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52971 Rethinking Measurement of Pay Disparity View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2012
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Target the Right Market

By: Jill Avery and Thomas Steenburgh
SparkPlace is a two-year-old business with a hot new product: software that manages and measures the effectiveness of permission-based marketing campaigns for social media. The company is in the process of deciding on which of two customer segments to focus its... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Market Segmentation; Customer Defection; Customer Lifetime Value; Customer Relationship Management; CRM; Market Segmentation And Target Market Selection; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Technology Industry; United States
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Avery, Jill, and Thomas Steenburgh. "Target the Right Market." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 10 (October 2012): 119–123.
  • June 2014
  • Case

Riverview Law: Applying Business Sense to the Legal Market

By: Heidi K. Gardner and Silvia Hodges Silverstein
Riverview Law, run like a business rather than a traditional law firm, wants to expand its unconventional concept from the UK to the US. The firm's approach includes performing all legal work for annual fixed-price contracts, using data and analytics to advise clients... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Professional Services; Disruptive Innovation; Law Firms; Client Service; Culture; Recruiting; Management; Professional Services Firms; Business Model; Legal Services Industry; United Kingdom; United States
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Gardner, Heidi K., and Silvia Hodges Silverstein. "Riverview Law: Applying Business Sense to the Legal Market." Harvard Business School Case 414-079, June 2014.
  • March 7, 2025
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Leaders Can Move Fast and Fix Things

By: Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss
The assumption embedded in Silicon Valley’s famous “move fast and break things” ethos is that we can either make progress or take care of people, one or the other. A certain amount of wreckage is the price we have to pay for creating the future. The authors have spent... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Leading Change; Performance Efficiency
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Frei, Frances X., and Anne Morriss. "Leaders Can Move Fast and Fix Things." Harvard Business Review (website) (March 7, 2025).
  • 19 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

have broader implications beyond baseball, says Parsons. A person concerned about being discriminated against may be less likely to take chances, sticking instead to more objectively measurable tasks, in the same way that a pitcher stops... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing
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