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- November 2000
- Background Note
Running and Growing the Small Company: Team Project Guidelines
Requires participation in a team research project. Each team should have three to four members. The goal of the project is to acquire first-hand knowledge of how a particular business process is managed at a small company. View Details
- March 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Systems Infrastructure at Google (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
This case describes how a senior vice president of engineering at Google, Bill Coughran, leads a high-performing engineering organization. The case focuses specifically on Coughran's encouraging two teams of engineers to develop competing solutions for application... View Details
- July 2016
- Case
Spotify
By: Anita Elberse and Alexandre de Pfyffer
In November 2014, Spotify's chief content officer Ken Parks learns that record label Big Machine Records has requested the immediate removal of superstar artist Taylor Swift's entire catalogue from Spotify's music streaming service. Is it time for Spotify to reconsider... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment; Marketing; Superstar; Music; Entertainment Marketing; Media; Digital Technology; Creative Industries; Product Portfolio Management; General Management; Management; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Open Source Distribution; Creativity; Music Entertainment; Product Marketing; Music Industry
- 18 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Why Leaders Need Great Books
percentage of my sleep right off the top. — So I'm telling you, okay?" So go the first lines to author Allan Gurganus's short story, "Blessed Assurance." As one of the works View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Introduction - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions A Concrete Symbol The Exhibition Introduction Educating Business Administrators Core Body View Details
- Web
The Competition - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions A Concrete Symbol The Exhibition Introduction Educating Business Administrators Core Body View Details
- Web
Research Links - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions A Concrete Symbol The Exhibition Introduction Educating Business Administrators Core Body View Details
- Article
Consumer Neuroscience: Advances in Understanding Consumer Psychology
By: Uma R. Karmarkar and Carolyn Yoon
While the study of consumer behavior has been enriched by improved abilities to generate new insights, many of the mechanisms underlying judgments and decision making remain difficult to investigate. In this review, we highlight some of the ways in which our... View Details
- 22 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
CEO Succession: The Case at Ford
Podcast with: Joseph Bower Interviewer: James Aisner Running Time: 8 min., 23 sec. In early September, Ford Motor Company announced that Bill Ford would be replaced as CEO by Boeing's Alan Mulally, credited with the turnaround of the... View Details
- September 1994
- Case
Leadership Problems at Salomon (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
Deryck Maughan, a vice chairman and co-head of investment banking at Salomon Brothers, learns that his superiors have been less than candid about their knowledge of bidding improprieties by the firm's government trading desk. He must decide what, if anything, he should... View Details
- April 1997 (Revised May 1997)
- Case
Mercer Management Consulting's "Grow to Be Great" (A): The Growth Initiative
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In late 1994, James Down, member of Mercer's Executive Committee, has to decide whether or not he should push ahead with the writing and publication of a book on growth--at a time when the more successful business publications focus on reengineering and cost cutting.... View Details
Gerald Zaltman
*Joined Harvard Faculty: 1991
Prior Faculty Appointments: Northwestern University, 1968-75;
University of Pittsburgh, 1975-91
Prior Faculty Appointments: Northwestern University, 1968-75;
University of Pittsburgh, 1975-91
*Doctoral Degree in Sociology Received from: The John Hopkins University;
MBA Degree Received from: The University of... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 11 Dec 2014
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Leadership Lessons from the 2010 Chilean Mine Rescue
Professor Edmondson will explore teaming as a dynamic response to the demands of knowledge intensive businesses. Organizations that do it well have a competitive advantage, because teaming is how organizations learn how they anticipate and respond to shifts in the... View Details
- 28 Jul 2010
- News
Entrepreneurs run with crowdsourcing model
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
What to Know About Locating in a Cluster
- 24 May 2013
- Video
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
- 09 May 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Robin Williams’ Son Help Other Families Heal Addiction and Depression?
- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
nearly every respondent agreed, is it appropriate to consider the idea that succession processes should be certified? If so, what should be the dimensions of the certification? What do you think? Original Article A high-profile company... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
Contextual Intelligence
I have come to a conclusion that may surprise you: trying to apply management practices... View Details
- April, 2023
- Article
Reducing Information Barriers to Solar Adoption: Experimental Evidence from India
By: Meera Mahadevan, Robyn C. Meeks and Takashi Yamano
Off-grid solar technologies hold promise for unelectrified and low-quality electricity settings; however, their adoption remains low. Important barriers to adoption, such as incomplete information remain relatively unexplored in developing countries. In collaboration... View Details