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- 17 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Brands Work
bureaucracy in which regional managers exaggerate the need for local adaptations to defend their turf; and a deteriorating market share, financial performance, and stock price. Fords worldwide should have a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
into a book, How Will You Measure Your Life? The following excerpt, adapted for the Bulletin by Allworth, presents a fresh look at what it means to have “the right stuff” at work and draws a parallel to good parenting. Helping your... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
China. “I have no regrets,” he adds, “because I learned so much from that experience.” Now working in strategic planning for Philip Morris International’s China operations, Klump is part of a small management team whose eleven members... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
characterizes much contemporary business education. The effects of this loss, in turn, are visible all around those of us who teach in business schools today. Adapted from From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
hadn't really thought about this problem until he visited Peru and noticed that hardly anybody there wore glasses. Back at HBS, in Associate Professor Stefan Thomke's elective course Managing Product Development, Houghton started... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
different could things be?” It’s only been thirteen years since I graduated from HBS, and we in the Class of 1988 were remarkably forward-thinking about technology. Ours was the first class to have a subject called Management Information... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
case study with the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, GNS Healthcare, the Moffitt Cancer Center’s ORIEN program, and biotech firm Foundation Medicine. Rethinking Drug Trials In an adaptive platform trial, different drugs are... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Competencies and Credentials
pace of technological change, the emergence of a gig economy, and shifting global and labor markets. As faculty co-chairs of the Managing the Future of Work project, William Kerr and Joseph Fuller are leading efforts to prepare leaders... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Home Sweet (Modular) Home
cracks began to appear in its carefully crafted production plan. The first order of modular homes languished on the assembly line for months as Greentech struggled to resolve a number of serious production-control issues. Stuntz now has hired a new production-control... View Details
Jodi Gernon
(seed-Series B+), I help these leaders understand how their leadership style has to adapt and how to navigate both the growth and turbulent phases of scaling. This includes, thinking about culture, hiring and firing, pivots, growth vs.... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Books
International Finance A Casebook by Mihir A. Desai (John Wiley & Sons) These case studies, by Associate Professor Desai, consider how major financial and investment decisions must adapt to the opportunities and obstacles in a rapidly... View Details
- June 1991
- Supplement
Philips Group--1990
Describes the strategic and organizational changes introduced by Cor Van Der Klugt as he becomes CEO. View Details
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Philips Group--1990." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-245, June 1991.
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
have implemented balanced scorecards, the performance management system that the pair developed in 1992. In The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment, the authors delve into... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often
million emails and 80 million meeting invitations. Shortly after a new CEO takes over, uncertainty among employees dampens communication within a company. However, after about five months, internal chatter sharply intensifies as managers... View Details
Keywords: by Ami Albernaz
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
managers valuable insights, but there are potential pitfalls, Luca says. They include: Failing to tie experiments with managerial decision-making. Some organizations tend to relegate testing to specialized teams without deep managerial... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 22 Aug 2020
- News
Bluemercury’s Marla Beck on How Covid-19 Is Changing the Beauty Business
Marla Beck (MBA 1998) Marla Beck (MBA 1998) Bluemercury cofounder and CEO Marla Beck (MBA 1998) recently spoke to the Wall Street Journal’s Secrets of Wealthy Women podcast about how her company has adapted during the pandemic. One of... View Details
- Student-Profile
Omar Olivarez
wanted my career to go.” Omar appreciates the incredible diversity of perspectives within the Technology and Operations Management unit at HBS. “We can get feedback and critiques from colleagues who approach problems from so many... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
difficult to manage and prone to conflicts between actual and optimal investment behavior. An inherent lack of flexibility compounds these challenges, because most projects involve binary “go/no-go” decisions. Esty uses the forthcoming... View Details
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- July 1997
- Case
Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (B)
By: Michael Beer
Focuses on the recommendations and implementation strategy made by the organizational development group to address the division's problems. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Electronics Industry; United States
Beer, Michael. "Allentown Materials Corporation: The Electronic Products Division (B)." Harvard Business School Case 498-024, July 1997.