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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
Habib. “I’d always heard about Magda and how she was an execution machine,” says Enan. Still living in the States at the time, Enan asked Habib out for coffee whenever she came back to Cairo. Habib was consulting after exiting Fawry—a... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
producing vacuum pumps and systems. Its Chinese team was the first to live through the effects of the new pandemic and the restrictions imposed by the government. Learning from its subsidiary in China gave the company tremendous... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
journals. “Academic research can be helpful, but it tends to be overly complex, hard to digest, and not backed by real quantitative insights from customer populations or engagements,” says Neale-May, executive director of the Chief... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
your company Create a culture where everyone can thrive Communicate powerfully as a leader Go fast by empowering your team Can Consumers, Big Tech, and Retailers Fix Health Care? Professor Robert Huckman (PHDBE 2001) No additional... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
business for 20 years. Its acquisition of Jet.com, however, let Walmart aggressively expand the top line of its platform revenue and bring in a team that understood platforms. Although still far behind Amazon, Walmart’s acquisition of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
For NFL Players, 3rd Down at HBS
Twenty-eight National Football Leagueplayers representing teams from across the league were recently on campus for an Executive Education program that addresses the unique business opportunities and... View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
The mission: To sell more laptops. The market: Rural China. The challenge: The business partner wants to know what laptop features would be appealing to customers in rural China. Landing in Shanghai with eight days to find out, a team of... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
From One to Many
In the years after Keith Ferrazzi (MBA 1992) published Never Eat Alone, he confessed some reluctance in being labeled “the networking guy.” “But 20 years after writing that first book, and after coaching thousands of teams, I’ve finally recognized there’s a... View Details
- November 1981
- Case
Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (A)
By: Michael Beer
Provides background on the assessment center used by AT&T to assess managerial potential for upper middle management. Contains assessment reports for two candidates. Raises questions about manpower training and development. Students may be asked which of the candidates... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Performance Evaluation; Management Teams; Executive Education; Management Skills
Beer, Michael. "Assessing Managerial Talent at AT&T (A)." Harvard Business School Case 482-035, November 1981.
- 10 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Become a Value Creator
good at what they do and are creating value. This creates very different levels of anxiety. It's much safer to be a team player." Others will like you, and ultimately you'll be happier. People who are bad sports in the business world... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
HBS Students Negotiate a Victory
complete the third year of the four-year program. Describing the factors that contributed to their success, Chung credited tactics learned during the first year of studies in the classroom of HBS professor Max Bazerman, a negotiation specialist, as well as the ability... View Details
- June 1993 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Duckworth Industries, Inc.--Incentive Compensation Programs
A private company is considering an introduction of a long-run incentive compensation system in which payoffs to managers are determined by the economic value added for shareholders by their individual business units. The proposed new system is compared to a number of... View Details
Keywords: Executive Compensation; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations; Motivation and Incentives; Value Creation
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Duckworth Industries, Inc.--Incentive Compensation Programs." Harvard Business School Case 293-091, June 1993. (Revised November 2007.)
- Career Coach
Matt Spielman
Matt (Columbia ’94, HBS ’99) is the Founder and Managing Partner of Inflection Point Partners, an executive coaching and leadership development firm dedicated to igniting careers and energizing lives. Matt and his View Details
- 01 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation
at Harvard Business School. “Political polarization can create distortions within the economy,” says Kempf, one of the coauthors of the new review. “Partisanship seems to be a really important determinant of many decisions made by businesses.” “Political homogeneity of... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 2011
- Other Unpublished Work
Functional Centralization and the Division of Labor in Management
By: Julie Wulf, Maria Guadalupe and Hongyi Li
This paper shows that the trend towards flatter hierarchies in large US firms since the mid-80's has been accompanied by increased centralization of activities at the top of the organization. In particular, the number of functional managers (e.g., Chief Financial... View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
ability to celebrate their differences and learn from people whose life experiences differ from yours. This dynamic gives you the capacity for sharing yourself in intimate ways and for being more open with others. Your True North Group also serves as a support View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’
organizations with reputations for being highly innovative, then found 16 leaders within those organizations and studied how they worked. Determined to feature a global perspective, the authors include narratives of executives within... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Making Finance Personal
continue as Intuit went public (in 1993), grew enormously (today, it has nearly 8,000 employees, and annual revenues are around $3.9 billion), and routinely won accolades as one of America’s most innovative companies. As chairman of the View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
GLF Showcases London
thinking on a variety of timely business topics. Participants will hear presentations by HBS professors Clayton Christensen, Howard Stevenson, Krishna Palepu, Max Bazerman, and Debora Spar, among others. Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA ’69), View Details