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- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
store buyers. She was a determined, talented saleswoman, whose methods and commercial imagination can be illustrated by the case of Saks Fifth Avenue. That store's buyer for cosmetics in the late 1940s, Robert Fiske, was not initially... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
21st Century Fox. It describes the basic structure and terms of the deal as well as diverse reactions to it. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316084-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 416-017 Mary Caroline Tillman at Egon Zehnder: Spotting... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
force must be hired and trained every four years or so,” says Cespedes. “Any talk about talent management that ignores this aspect of the business is probably just talk.” The challenge is compounded because in contrast to hiring for... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
Many high-tech companies in the United States look overseas to fill talent gaps in their employment ranks by hiring skilled immigrants, often sponsoring the visas these workers need to live in this country. Critics say this can create an... View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
to helping the combined companies compete with rivals such as Disney and Cap Cities/ABC. To get the deal done, however, Michael Ovitz, talent agent turned unorthodox corporate matchmaker, kept the parties mostly apart during the process,... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
“women’s problems”) so that everyone, regardless of gender, race, or other minority category could use their talents and do their jobs with respect and dignity. That utopian fantasy is increasingly possible now that the numbers of women... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
Abstract Are the doors of access open equally for all in business? Are talent and hard work really enough to make it to the top? As much as we would like to believe in the American meritocracy, an elusive class system exists where a small... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
new plant, because one encounters very different problems in starting up a new plant than in running a well-tuned one. When a slowly growing firm's leaders decide they need to launch a new-growth business to restore their company's vitality, who should they tap to head... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
responsibility for poor performance and continue to get highly paid, it's no wonder there is widespread dissatisfaction." E. Shields stated that it may be the result of disappointed expectations: "People believe that their work should allow them to use their... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
were virtually unaffected.) These numbers should be of interest to policymakers in developed countries, Nanda says. "This goes against the conventional wisdom held in government policy circles and elsewhere that there are a large number of View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent—but what good does this talent do if no one is able to speak their mind? The traditional culture of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
emerging markets. Companies are now taking seriously the need to be truly global. How do we develop leadership able to work in diverse markets with ever more demanding stakeholders (employees, customers, communities) around the world? How do will build the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
wasn't the issue—the division still had the superior technology overall. Nor was talent a problem—Becton Dickinson continued to retain the skilled engineers that had made it the leader in its field. The organization's design didn't seem... View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
the numbers of employers in need of big talent will put pressure on them to become more flexible. There may also be changes as senior decision makers are replaced by younger counterparts who have grown up in a different context. Things... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
Goldberg Aronson: Challenges at Mid-Career (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 409-030 Martha Goldberg Aronson of Medtronic is trying to decide whether to accept the offer from Medtronic CEO Bill Hawkins to become senior vice president and chief View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
nation has contributed importantly to the success. His challenge is to allocate resources among new areas to explore for petroleum and new sources of energy and to develop managers with the capability of leading those businesses in the face of world-class competitors.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
inside-outsiders needs to be in place. Ideally, by the time they are 30, a talented manager can be given the opportunity to manage a whole business, so that they become good insiders. But they also need to be mentored with an eye toward... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
residential real estate and away from more productive investments. Third, the cost of professional investment management is too high, which drains talent from other industries. The financial sector could promote the health and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
turnaround distressed companies. But as CD&R entered into its fifth decade and its largest fund to date (nearly $10 billion AUM), competition, AUMs, industry "dry powder," and buyout valuations were all on the rise. Within CD&R, rapidly evolving... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
You Won't Make It If You Fake It
leadership experiences before they are prepared for major leadership assignments. Through these processes, they learn about themselves and how to lead diverse people through complex challenges. Look at the sad case of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes. She is a View Details
Keywords: by Bill George