Agile Project Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Oct 2010
HBS Case

Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market

operandi has been to joint venture with a local retailer, acquiring good store locations and local management talent in the process. Tesco deserves credit for not taking a "me-too" approach in its US strategy. Tesco entered the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

the last major consumer packaged goods advertiser to stay with a 15 percent fee, is moving in this new direction. It is sometimes a pragmatic pathway to managing risk, uncertainty, and performance for the long-term benefit of both... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

19 Jun 2023
Blog Post

The Road to Impact

made a leap of faith. If he could just find a management position at a nonprofit, he figured, he could help direct social change. “That was my thesis,” he recalls. Since he made that jump, he’s proved that thesis correct several times... View Details

22 Sep 2023
News

Capital Connection

Pritchett (MBA 2014), who, despite her significant corporate experience, found it challenging to secure the funds for the project. Beckford says that’s because many of his larger competitors providing advisory services often don’t appreciate or prioritize emerging... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

including approaches that emerged early in the pandemic. Some executives long for the days of yore, but were they that great? A recent survey of 10,000 executives by Deloitte found that pre-pandemic team structures and job boundaries limited outcomes, hindered... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

24 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

Gino, a behavioral scientist, was working on a project about how time of day affects job interviews. (Note to job-hunters: Try to book a morning interview slot.) “As it turns out, the later one interviews in the day, the lower the score... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

09 Jul 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Performance Pressure as a Double-Edged Sword: Enhancing Team Motivation While Undermining the Use of Team Knowledge

Keywords: by Heidi K. Gardner

15 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 15, 2006

Working PapersOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2014
News

Generation Next

not exist previously—a year after the project ended. Today, he is CEO and managing director of Godrej Consumer Products, the group's largest and most profitable company. Godrej consultant Nathani-Menzies... View Details

Keywords: Mark Bergen; Godrej Group; Management

31 Oct 2023
News

Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

changed rapidly. “When I decided to take on that role, the world looked very different than it did later that spring,” recalls Diagne. “I had no idea that job would turn into pandemic response and economic recovery.” Worldwide, crisis View Details

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Professionals General Managers Consultants and Investors Develop a powerful, value-based strategy to achieve greater success for your team and organization. Participating in the student discussions was empowering. It ignited a drive... View Details

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

United States, what were the economic and political advantages of building and managing the canal? A: The Panama Canal provided massive cost savings to intercoastal commerce. Before the Second World War, the vast majority of the cargo... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

the distortion, misrepresentation, and gaming that can happen in even the most ethical companies," Hope continues. "If you're a manager trying to increase spending or get a capital project... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

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Logging In - Research Computing Services

Sessions Manager window pane appears on the left. Double click on hbsgrid.hbs.edu to connect, and enter your password when prompted. Once logged in successfully, you’ll be placed in your home directory at: /export/home// (e.g.... View Details

March 2008
Case

Novartis AG: Science-Based Business

By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington

Novartis is a science-based drug company, which has important implications for its business strategy. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world with over $38B in sales in 2007. Pharmaceuticals account for slightly over $24B of that total. In 2007,... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Resource Allocation; Product Development; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Pharmaceutical Industry

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05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

not the end goal. In fact, cost cutting and restructuring are simply the first steps in repositioning and leading a company and industry through the crisis and in defining how business will be conducted in the future. This paper describes how IBM View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2021
Op-Ed

How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback

is a well-documented phenomenon. Women are less likely to receive specific feedback tied to work outcomes, while men are more likely to get the advice they need to move to the next level of seniority in their organization. When giving feedback to women, View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

16 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Advice on Advice

In business, good advice is priceless. Managers who are anxious and confused when confronted with corporate challenges can find that a piece of sound advice from a colleague can instill a sense of calm and clarity that leads to more... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 May 2023
News

Class of 2024 Embarks on Global Immersion

pandemic, FGI was canceled in 2020 and 2021, and was reintroduced in 2022 in 15 locations in the United States. More than 1,000 students in the Class of 2024 are set to travel this weekend to their FGI locations (see map), where they will work with View Details

13 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

Management Series. Oxford University Press, 2010 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase the Book: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199552863.do Shadow of the Contract: How Contract Structure Shapes Inter-Firm Dispute... View Details