Publications

19 Sep 2022
News

Visualizing a Century of Management Ideas

December 1991 (Revised February 1992)
Case

Federated Department Stores, Inc.: Managing in a Hurricane

Describes Federated Department Stores following an important infusion of capital and before its subsequent Chapter 11 filing. The questions include how the company can be managed in a period of financial distress, whether it is possible or desirable to avoid Chapter... View Details

Keywords: Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Retail Industry

03 Oct 2020
News

Managing Happiness (Even in a Pandemic)

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

Since March, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has posted more than 80 stories and research papers on the topic of COVID-19, most targeted at managers and the new challenges they face. That's a lot of information to digest. To... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

September 2010 (Revised November 2010)
Case

J.P. Morgan Private Bank: Risk Management during the Financial Crisis 2008-2009

By: Anette Mikes, Clayton S. Rose and Aldo Sesia

Mary Erdoes, the CEO of JP Morgan's asset management business, and three colleagues provide insights into risk management issues faced by the firm's private bank during the financial crisis in 2008–2009. The case provides perspective on the philosophy with which they... View Details

Keywords: Judgments; Financial Crisis; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk Management; Mathematical Methods; Banking Industry; United States

08 Apr 2011
News

Management Matters In Health Care, Too

MBA students alike, the implications of that view are huge. For policymakers, the message is that cost cutting alone does nothing to improve the quality of care and probably will reduce it. Is anyone in Washington listening? For MBA students, the message is that... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Apr 2000
News

Tune In for a Management Tune-Up

Publishing Web site. Based on articles published in the Harvard Business Review, Harvard Management Update, and Harvard Management Communication Letter, the segments consist of one- to two-minute insights... View Details

November 2000 (Revised November 2002)
Case

Activity-Based Management at W.S. Industries (A)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Sanjay Pothen

W.S. Industries undertakes the design and implementation of an activity based costing (ABC) system, and the ABC information empowers workers to make process improvement decisions. Workers' incentive pay is tied to cost savings from process improvements. View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Evaluation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Knowledge Management; Energy Industry; India

1974
Book

Agribusiness Management for Developing Countries--Latin America

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Leonard M. Wilson, James E. Austin and et al.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Latin America

16 Mar 2016

Summer Venture in Management Program Webinar

This webinar will give students the opportunity to learn more about the HBS Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP), a one week management training program for rising college seniors. The webinar will... View Details

October 1994
Case

Olympus Optical Company, Ltd. (B): Functional Group Management

Documents the emergence of the functional group management system at Olympus's camera manufacturing facility. This system increases the pressure on the work force to decrease costs and improve output by treating the facility's 10 autonomous groups as profit centers,... View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Performance Improvement; Manufacturing Industry; Japan

1 Jan 1992
Conference Presentation

IT-based Innovation: Managing a Disorderly Process

By: Jim I. Cash Jr.

Keywords: Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Management Practices and Processes

November 1992
Article

In Defense of Activity-Based Cost Management

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Cost Management

August 1991
Background Note

Managing the New Product Development Process

By: Robert J. Dolan

Describes how the new product development program is most efficiently managed. View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Management

January 2004
Article

Managing Price Expectations through Product Overlap

By: John T. Gourville and Youngme Moon

Keywords: Management; Price; Product

Read Now

January 1989
Background Note

Managing Information Technology: Organization and Leadership

By: James I. Cash Jr. and Thomas H. Davenport

Describes the organizational components of the typical IT organization in a large corporation. Points out common problems and issues for each component of the organization. Also addresses the leadership issues for the IT function, and focuses specifically on the Chief... View Details

Keywords: Information Management; Organizational Design; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Information Technology; Problems and Challenges; Information Technology Industry

2006
Article

The Competitive Advantage of Management Accounting

By: R. S. Kaplan

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Management; Accounting

November 2006
Article

How to Manage Urban School Districts

By: Stacey Childress, Richard Elmore and Allen Grossman

Keywords: Management; City; Education