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- 06 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA and Switch Careers
It was the summer of 2017, and after working at Mars in R&D for eight years, I started to think about the next step for my career. I enjoyed my role as a product innovation manager in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry because it... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
Publications February 2015 Academy of Management Review Reflections on the 2013 Decade Award: "Exploitation, Exploration, and Process Management: The Productivity Dilemma Revisited" Ten Years Later By: Benner, Mary, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out
much as 80 percent of tuition for delivering top applicants. “If you're not really thinking about how these little subtle differences might occur here, before people even apply, then maybe you're missing out on potential non-traditional... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 11 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mixing Open Source and Proprietary Software Strategies
approaching it product by product.” Their findings highlight the complexities managers face in navigating an increasingly competitive industry. But if there's no easy recipe for software firms, even in the seemingly ideal balance of mixed... View Details
- 12 May 2021
- Book
The Hard Truth About Being a CEO
people come in and get told: We can’t do this. Let me tell you why this didn’t work. Because they are stuck in a status quo mindset. “But you don’t have time for that—change is often a matter of speed. There’s also sometimes a belief that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- January 2010 (Revised January 2014)
- Case
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, David Chen, Bill Heil and Aaron Smith
Twitter is a micro-blogging company that allows users to send short text updates to others. The site is used by people, including celebrities, government officials, and businesses. It helps to raise money for non-profit organizations and provides first-responders with... View Details
Keywords: Blogs; Revenue; Information Publishing; Growth and Development Strategy; Social and Collaborative Networks; Web
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, David Chen, Bill Heil, and Aaron Smith. "Twitter." Harvard Business School Case 710-455, January 2010. (Revised January 2014.)
- Program
Leading Global Businesses
Management Excellence. Learn More Key Benefits Drawing on the diverse capabilities of a powerful faculty team, this highly personalized global leadership program develops both your global intelligence and your personal effectiveness in... View Details
- Research Summary
Building Effective Relationships Across Cultures
Trust is the foundation of any successful collaborative relationship. In my first stream of research, I draw on the basic distinction between cognition-based versus affect-based trust– that is, trust from the head versus trust from the heart – to better... View Details
- April 2005 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
Crisis at Japan Communications, Inc.
In 2001, Seiji Frank Sanda is facing his worst crisis since founding Japan Communications Inc. (JCI) in 1996. His planned IPO was stopped, leaving JCI with a large organization and strong revenues, but losses and a dwindling balance sheet. He is seriously considering... View Details
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Crisis at Japan Communications, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 805-119, April 2005. (Revised August 2008.)
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
style, and thus set prices that limit market penetration. The winning strategy diverges from this approach in almost every respect. When innovators develop products that people want to pull into their lives, they create markets that serve... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
Kerry Group: Inspiring Food, Nourishing Life
By: Forest L. Reinhardt, José B. Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin, Tonia Labruyere and Tonia Junker
The Irish company Kerry Group, one of the leading global players in the taste and nutrition industry, wants to ensure its future growth in developing and developed markets. Founded in 1972 as a dairy cooperative, it had grown into a provider of taste and nutrition... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Environmental Sustainability; Food; Nutrition; Growth and Development Strategy; Global Range; Market Entry and Exit; Customer Relationship Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Reinhardt, Forest L., José B. Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin, and Tonia Labruyere. "Kerry Group: Inspiring Food, Nourishing Life." Harvard Business School Case 721-019, December 2020. (Revised February 2021.)
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
investor at Coatue Management, a technology-sector hedge fund. Previously, he worked at Vector Capital Management LP in San Francisco and at Goldman Sachs International in London. Originally from Norway, Abrahamsen earned an undergraduate... View Details
- Article
A Public Option Can Be a Triple Win for U.S. Healthcare
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard Boxer
The United States needs to control healthcare costs and quality while reaching universal coverage. The strongest choice is a public option that allows people to choose between Medicare and private payers. But a public option needs sustainable financing mechanisms that... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Public Option; Universal Health Coverage; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management; Quality; United States
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Richard Boxer. "A Public Option Can Be a Triple Win for U.S. Healthcare." Health Management, Policy and Innovation 4, no. 3 (December 2019).
- 2009
- Chapter
On the Goals of Successful Family Companies
By: John A. Davis and Renato Tagiuri
Providing clear goals for a company and communicating them are among the most powerful means for guiding the behavior of the people in an organization. In this article, we explore the range of objectives or goals of family-owned and -managed companies and identify... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Interpersonal Communication; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership
Davis, John A., and Renato Tagiuri. "On the Goals of Successful Family Companies." Chap. 17 in Family Business. Vol. 12, edited by Joseph H. Astrachan, Torsten M. Pieper, and Peter Jaskiewicz. International Library of Critical Writings on Business and Management. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009.
- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
it is so easy to track the productivity of employees,” Rouen says. “One manager can monitor the activity of 30 people but cannot easily motivate all 30.” Do you have authentic executive support? View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 18 Oct 2018
- News
What Will Trump Do Next With Chinese Student Visas?
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Meredith Hamilton
journeys. She is particularly adept at helping people unlock their own clarity to better respond to challenges, whether they be of purpose or performance. She routinely coaches sector switchers, both to and from the nonprofit sector.... View Details
- 20 Nov 2018
- News
America, don’t throw global talent away
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Exchange: Help Wanted
Image by John Ritter The path to a job in the C-suite isn’t what it used to be. For many years, companies could lean on financial expertise and industry connections when recruiting candidates, but HBS professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph Fuller say that so much has... View Details