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- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
be impacted by the effects of climate change, so it is critical to have people in many areas who want to find solutions and drive forward the climate agenda. Every role will need to take climate action and every organization will need intelligent people to bring fresh... View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
company revenues) threatened to take its business elsewhere. One year later, they had regained the respect of their customers and won the trust of their employees to promote a new culture of empowerment and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- July – August 2011
- Article
What Factors Drive Analyst Forecasts?
A firm's competitive environment, its strategic choices, and its internal capabilities are considered important determinants of its future performance. Yet there is little evidence on whether analysts' forecasts of firm performance actually reflect any of these factors... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Forecasting and Prediction; Industry Growth; Judgments; Performance; Valuation; Price; Quality; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Competency and Skills; Surveys
Groysberg, Boris, Paul Healy, Nitin Nohria, and George Serafeim. "What Factors Drive Analyst Forecasts?" Financial Analysts Journal 67, no. 4 (July–August 2011).
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
passions of far-flung workforces stress openness, inclusion, and making the world a better place. Through this shift in what might be called their guidance systems, the companies have become as creative and nimble as much smaller ones,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
that are ready to apply. With every minute of learning, my company was better off and was setting a course for success. Andrzej Buks Vice President at Dakota Guardian Trust Assess opportunities and learn how to better determine what... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
universities and private companies to develop technologies important to Danish industry. We assess the effect of a unique mediated funding scheme that combines project grants with active facilitation and conflict management on firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2024 (Revised July 2024)
- Case
Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Sunil Gupta and Amram Migdal
The case examines the transformation of Best Buy under CEO Hubert Joly's leadership from 2012. Facing significant business challenges, including competition from online and physical retailers, Joly implemented the "Renew Blue" turnaround strategy, which focused on... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Communication Intention and Meaning; Communication Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Health Care and Treatment; Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Labor; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Failure; Success; Personal Development and Career; Strategic Planning; Adaptation; Competition; Alignment; Business Strategy; Retail Industry; Minneapolis; Minnesota; United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Sunil Gupta, and Amram Migdal. "Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy." Harvard Business School Case 524-072, April 2024. (Revised July 2024.)
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Frist Faculty Commons | About
Corporation of America (HCA) with his father, Dr. Thomas Frist Sr. (AMP, 1984), in 1968. The company went public a year later, and with the younger Frist providing leadership, first as president and subsequently as chairman, president,... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
same entrepreneurial energy that it had when she joined. She and her colleagues reflect on how Google has been able to maintain its culture as the company keeps doubling in size. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
John H. McArthur | About
of backgrounds and disciplines and adding more women and minorities. “As a result of John’s leadership in this area, Harvard Business School today is an institution of far greater intellectual, social, and cultural diversity,” said... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
didn’t exist before.” Growing basketball on the continent entails addressing the logistics and marketing challenges inherent in trying to scale any operation across 54 countries. It also poses a deep cultural challenge—the kind where the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- Web
National Markets - The Art of American Advertising
“Household routines involved making fewer things and purchasing more; consumption became a major part of the work of the household,” cultural historian Susan Strasser asserts. “Formerly customers , purchasing the objects of daily life... View Details
- 11 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association
fair, which we held on October 11th. We had representation from 16 companies and more than 100 HBS veterans. We hold semi-annual admissions outreach events, and we sponsor the Harvard University Veterans Day ceremony. Additionally, we... View Details
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
talent pipelines to help companies diversify their workforces. Even though a culture of “sameness” has become a competitive liability, many firms have struggled to hire and keep employees from ethnic... View Details
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
that had left the company in a compromised state. Over the next six years, Cote worked to turn Honeywell around through implementing a series of improvements in the company’s operating systems, forming a single View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Alejandro Ramirez: A Very Good Time for Mexico
COO and began a major restructuring of the 5,000-employee company. “It was hard,” he admits. “There were people who had been working at the company almost as long as I’d been alive. But I think I was able to gain their support because I... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
company that does business in more than 200 countries and uses more than 25 crops sourced from over 7 million acres in 60 different countries, PepsiCo has an opportunity and a responsibility to use our size and scale to help build a food... View Details
- March 2017 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World
By: John R. Wells and Carole A. Winkler
In January 2017, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States in November 2016 had triggered a national storm of protests, and many attributed Trump’s victory to... View Details
Keywords: Facebook; Fake News; Mark Zuckerberg; Donald Trump; Algorithms; Social Networks; Partisanship; Social Media; App Development; Instagram; WhatsApp; Smartphone; Silicon Valley; Office Space; Digital Strategy; Democracy; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Controversy; Tencent; Agility; Social Networking; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Messaging; Monetization Strategy; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Headquarters; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Trends; Communication; Communication Technology; Forms of Communication; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Crime and Corruption; Voting; Demographics; Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Initial Public Offering; Profit; Revenue; Geography; Geographic Location; Global Range; Local Range; Country; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; International Relations; National Security; Political Elections; Business History; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Information Management; Information Publishing; News; Newspapers; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Dissemination; Human Capital; Law; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Systems; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Marketing Channels; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Monopoly; Media; Product Development; Service Delivery; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Rank and Position; Opportunities; Behavior; Emotions; Identity; Power and Influence; Prejudice and Bias; Reputation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Status and Position; Trust; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Valuation; Advertising Industry; Communications Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; California; Sunnyvale; Russia
Wells, John R., and Carole A. Winkler. "Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World." Harvard Business School Case 717-473, March 2017. (Revised September 2017.)
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
Kapil Kumar Sopory raised a caution: "The idea of developing a conscious culture with shared values that reflect the higher purpose is very laudable, but it needs a lot of close attention to what sort of high values are to be focused on "... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Profile
Ignacio Lartirigoyen
executives and the board. "It gave me a lot of exposure to senior management and helped me learn how to communicate agribusiness in financial terms," he says. In 2016, he shifted once again to an Argentine agribusiness jointly owned by his family. "My... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services