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- March 2005
- Case
Vignette: Waiting for a CEO
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
A venture capitalist must decide how to respond to an e-mail from his long-time troubleshooter now installed as interim CEO at a struggling contract manufacturing exchange for the custom car business. The investors have been seeking a full-time CEO but have made little... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Business or Company Management; Investment; Business Ventures; Corporate Governance; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Financial Strategy
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Vignette: Waiting for a CEO." Harvard Business School Case 805-135, March 2005.
- August 2021
- Supplement
Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (C)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud
Describes the events that took place in the first year after Danone became France’s first “entreprise à mission” (mission-driven company). View Details
Keywords: Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Environmental Sustainability; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; France; Europe
Esty, Benjamin C., and Emilie Billaud. "Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-356, August 2021.
- August 2021
- Supplement
Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud
Describes the events that took place in the first six months after Danone became France’s first “entreprise à mission” (mission-driven company). View Details
Keywords: Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Environmental Sustainability; Goals and Objectives; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; France; Europe
Esty, Benjamin C., and Emilie Billaud. "Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-355, August 2021.
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
http://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.2013.1825 August 2013 Academy of Management Journal Relational Pluralism Within and Between Organizations By: Shipilov, Andrew, Ranjay Gulati, Martin Kilduff, Stan Li, and Wenpin Tsai... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
industrial and energy services—and was close to defaulting on its financial obligations. Some managers felt the company was also bankrupt in terms of ideas. There was insufficient communication across the company, including few common... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 25 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Adjusting the Fit for Government
pointed out. Panelist Dean Donovan, managing partner of Bain & Company in South Africa, said the imperatives for African governments are many, and are all intertwined. The key underpinnings include a health policy that deals with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
success included, “organization leadership (along with frontline managers that) model the desired culture,” a reason behind the change (that) “is well articulated and understood by the stakeholders and not... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
shift to professional management in 1983-1986; the Xerox acquisition in 1987; the MBO in 1993; and the ING acquisition in 1997. Presents the transactions from multiple points of view: the founders and their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
say. In this story, the parties exchange relational, substantive, and procedural information that builds upon each party's interpretations and responses to the exchange. Managing a negotiation at the micro level means identifying and... View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
a series of six "filters" to answer this critical question. If a company is going to make the investment required to aggressively pursue an Internet opportunity, management needs to believe in each of the following: Online... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 08 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace
not sufficient to assign every student to a school. Annually, while about 17,000 students would receive initial offers from multiple schools, about 50,000 received a single initial offer, and 30,000 were hastily shoved into schools that... View Details
- May 2021
- Case
André Hoffmann: Beyond Philanthropy
By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Jiawei Ye and Spencer C.N. Hagist
André Hoffmann is a leader of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. His exceptional tenure in philanthropy over the past several decades, including being president of the WWF and the vice-president of the MAVA Foundation, has allowed him access to a far... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Restructuring; Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Cash Flow; Macroeconomics; Ethics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Switzerland; United States; Japan
Cohen, Lauren, Hao Gao, Jiawei Ye, and Spencer C.N. Hagist. "André Hoffmann: Beyond Philanthropy." Harvard Business School Case 221-093, May 2021.
- 26 Sep 2007
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Negotiation
Key concepts include: Compared to managers in other businesses, managers running a family business are faced with additional complexity in negotiations because of personal relationships and family history.... View Details
- 15 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative
align? For example, when the VC hedges its bet by investing in multiple startups that may be competitors? A startup whose VC also invests in competitors may produce fewer new products for market, according to recent research. Source:... View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
shareholders, equity analysts, credit rating agencies, and other representatives of risk-sensitive stakeholders of the firm. If that implementation includes derivatives, management should provide assurances... View Details
- April 1998
- Case
Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (C)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg
Jim Sharpe, president of Extrusion Technology, describes the first five years at the aluminum extrusion company he purchased. He begins with day one as he introduced himself to the employees in 1987 and assured them of the company's continuity. Over the next two years,... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost Management; Profit; Innovation Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Mining Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Barbara Feinberg. "Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 698-096, April 1998.
- November 2022 (Revised April 2025)
- Teaching Note
Driving Decarbonization at BMW - Teaching Note
Teaching note in support of the case "Driving Decarbonization at BMW" (HBS No. 123-008) View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Environment; Sustainability; Carbon Accounting; Carbon; Carbon Abatement; Electric Vehicles; Automobiles; Transportation; Environmental Accounting; Accounting; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Technological Innovation; Supply Chain; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Climate Change; Transportation Industry; Auto Industry; Germany; Europe; China; United States
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
"The biggest transition? Establishing a new Zoom account." Leadership integration—ensuring a fit between the acquiring firm’s top management and the team leader—has become part of the courtship phase. And remote work has radically... View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
started developing them have ceased to exist as independent entities. In those cases in which the skills and capabilities that characterized new ecosystem domains were distinct enough to justify a truly focused strategy (for example, personal financial accounting or... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
use people analytics to improve how people work. These badges, and the multiple sensors inside of them, allow careful tracking of interactions in the workplace. Ben was kind enough to partner with us to help us measure, carefully and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein