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- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
to be ideal candidates to scale it to those greater heights. Yet, despite their passion for the cause, the Linns knew better than to make the commitment quickly. “HBS taught us to dream big while also using the strategic and analytical... View Details
- January 2023
- Case
Thomas Buberl: Refounding AXA
By: Hubert Joly, Mihir Desai and Amram Migdal
In 2022, AXA and its CEO Thomas Buberl faced new types of challenges, including systemic risks such as climate change, geopolitical instability, public health crises, and social tensions caused by economic risks. AXA was one of the world’s largest insurers. Since... View Details
Keywords: Change; Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Trends; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Insurance; Management; Management Succession; Risk Management; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Planning; Strategic Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Society; Human Needs; Social Issues; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Insurance Industry; Europe; France; Paris
Joly, Hubert, Mihir Desai, and Amram Migdal. "Thomas Buberl: Refounding AXA." Harvard Business School Case 523-059, January 2023.
- January 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)
By: Tatiana Sandino, Jeffrey Rayport, Samuel Grad and Stacy Straaberg
In summer 2021, School of Rock was a youth-oriented music education company with 291 franchise- and company-owned schools globally. Before CEO Rob Price’s hire in 2017, School of Rock’s nonconformist rock ‘n’ roll culture led to variability in teaching styles,... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Change Management; Transformation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Curriculum and Courses; Teaching; Employee Relationship Management; Knowledge Sharing; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Style; Marketing Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Franchise Ownership; Performance Expectations; Performance Improvement; Strategic Planning; Attitudes; Conflict Management; Corporate Strategy; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Education Industry; Music Industry; Massachusetts; United States
Sandino, Tatiana, Jeffrey Rayport, Samuel Grad, and Stacy Straaberg. "School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)." Harvard Business School Case 124-043, January 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges
energy, to apply what I had learned to develop and implement a strategic plan for our school,” notes Schwartz. He says that what attracted him to the CSML program originally was the opportunity to interact... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
achieved global acclaim by launching successful missions to the moon and Mars at a fraction of the cost of prior Western missions. It is now faced with an important strategic dilemma—whether to continue exploring deep space in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
situation here, but rather a more subtle process change by some companies, especially those in volatile or fast-moving industries. What I see happening among partners I deal with is that they allocate strategically from the top (setting... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
and organizations, strategic planning, and operations management as we have come to know them. Professor Christopher Bartlett is faculty chair of the Program for Global Leadership. Executive Education recently invited him to discuss his... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
national governments and international institutions would prove too weak to deal with these forces. On the positive side, many of the leaders we spoke with viewed business as part of the solution: Companies could help ameliorate the forces if they approached them as a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
functional specialists, not general managers responsible for cross-functional integration. Three decades ago, COOs outnumbered CFOs in Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies, but the proportions have flipped. Many CFOs are now charged with driving View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
quite limited. The best path forward involves extensive experimentation and careful evaluation. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Advances in Strategic Management The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
committed to finding solutions that enable current residents to live and prosper here. What’s ahead for Allen and for you? We will continue to implement our strategic plan in this area, but more of my time... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
administrators together for lively presentations by colleagues and a panel discussion on “The Market for Management Ideas,” moderated by Walter Kiechel (MBA '76/JD '77), senior vice president and executive director of HBS Publishing. Presentation topics ranged from... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- What Do You Think?
What are the Lessons of New Orleans?
"Perhaps there's too much policy and procedure in place and not enough thinking." For David Brewster, lessons included the "failure of strategic planning to consider the small, frontline... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Sep 2016
- Op-Ed
The Twitter Election
advertisements in battleground or swing states. These ads are designed to raise doubts about and paint a picture of Trump before he has enough money to hit the airwaves in earnest. Complementing this air war is Clinton's well-organized ground game with Democratic Party... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch and Thales Teixeira
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
districts, and the development of specific strategic improvement plans for the coming year. Each team brings a real-world "problem of practice" to tackle at the session and leaves at the end of the week with... View Details
- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
productivity always hold a fascination for us. But the last few weeks seem to have brought an unusual flow of material on the subject across my desk. One question this raises is, "Why now?" In short order, I am encouraged by Tony Schwartz to View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
perhaps prefer, the nearby independent. "There's a delicate balance between the synergies [two combatants] can generate on one hand and too much competition on the other," says Joan E. Primo, a principal of real estate and retail consultants The View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- Career Coach
Cheryl Rousseau
While a Senior Vice President for global consulting firm Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH), Cheryl was invited to join their International Center for Executive Options (ICEO) practice where she is a Confidential Advisor and Coach to C-Suite and E-Suite executives. In her 15... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Building Capacity in the Social Sector
case in point. The retired director of planned giving at Lehigh University and head of his family's real-estate and investment management firm, Thun first learned about the SEI during an HBS reunion presentation. As his 50th Reunion... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Eager to Help Shape School’s Future
Kelly By the time you are reading this, HBS will likely have named Dean Jay Light’s successor. Since Dean Light announced in December his plan to retire, there has been much discussion about the qualities a new Dean should possess and the... View Details
Keywords: Ann Kelly