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  • 02 Aug 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

J. Richard Hackman (1940-2013)

Keywords: by Ruth Wageman & Teresa M. Amabile
  • Article

Leadership Tips for Today to Stay in the Game Tomorrow: The Ambidextrous Leader

By: Michael Tushman
This article summarizes research by the author into why some organizations fail in the face of "punctuated change," while others are reborn, adapt and survive. The key, he finds, involves embracing paradox. Continuing to exploit current business success is a must, but... View Details
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  • 11 Mar 2014
  • Interview

The Looming Challenges of US Competitiveness: Implications for Philadelphia

By: Michael E. Porter
The third installment of the Fox School's Innovation Leadership Speaker Series featured Professor Michael E. Porter, William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School. Dr. Porter addressed the factors driving innovation and competitiveness in a given... View Details
Keywords: Competitiveness; Economic Analysis; Economics; Philadelphia
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  • November 2013
  • Teaching Note

A.J. Washington: Retaining an NFL Star

By: Andrew Wasynczuk and Karen Huang
A.J. Washington explores the early phase of a contract negotiation between a professional football team and its star quarterback. This case illustrates the challenges associated with negotiation for human capital. Specifically, it explores the tension between... View Details
Keywords: Compensation; Human Capital; Negotiation; Sports; Compensation and Benefits; Sports Industry; United States
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  • November 2019
  • Case

Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)

By: V.G. Narayanan, Tanvi Deshpande and Shreya Ramachandran
In May 2017 in Chennai, India, the chairman of Celebrity Fashions doubted whether the company could last until the end of the year. Venkatesh Rajagopal had found that the company, a readymade garment manufacturing and exporter he founded in 1989, was having a hard time... View Details
Keywords: Turnarounds; Operations; Management; Financial Condition; Problems and Challenges; Communication; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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  • April 2003 (Revised December 2010)
  • Case

Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance

By: Nancy F. Koehn, Erica Helms and Philip Mead
Provides an opportunity to examine leadership and entrepreneurship in the context of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Antarctic expedition, a compelling story of crisis, survival, and triumph. Summarizes Shackleton's career as an officer in the British Merchant Marine, his... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; History; Leadership; Crisis Management; Management Practices and Processes; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Antarctica
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  • 22 Mar 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution

CEO and the senior management team believe the firm should focus on. The second is bottom-up, "emergent" strategy, which is established by the actual decisions and behaviors in the organization.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services
  • June 2017
  • Case

Magellan Boatworks

By: John A. Quelch and James T. Kindley
Magellan Boatworks is a midsize manufacturer of customized, power "cruising yachts." In the face of economic and political uncertainty in late 2016, Magellan's VP of sales and marketing, Walt Robinson, wonders whether he should request a budget increase for 2017.... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Marketing Communications; Advertising; Strategy; Salesforce Management
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  • September 2017 (Revised February 2023)
  • Case

Intermountain Healthcare: Pursuing Precision Medicine

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Kathy E. Giusti, Robert S. Huckman and Julia Kelley
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Intermountain Healthcare operates 23 hospitals and hundreds of clinics in Utah and Idaho and provides insurance to approximately 850,000 patients through its insurance arm, SelectHealth. In 2013, Intermountain, known for its commitment... View Details
Keywords: Precision Medicine; Healthcare; Innovation; Cancer; Cancer Research; Health Care; Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation Leadership; Disruptive Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Decision Choices and Conditions; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; Utah; United States; North America
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  • 31 Jan 2018
  • Blog Post

Tiffany Nida’s Amazon Journey: “I Continue to Grow Because They Keep Giving Me Responsibility.”

year-and-a-half, Tiffany was rotated into a new role within a product management team in Amazon Home Services. This time around, there was no formal training, but, Tiffany says, “I created opportunities for... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • April 2012
  • Case

Bella Healthcare India

By: Dorothy Leonard and Sunru Yong
Bella Healthcare India was originally established in Bangalore as a low-cost manufacturing facility for a U.S.-based cardiology equipment developer. Under country manager Joseph Cherian it evolved considerably, developing its own research and development capabilities.... View Details
Keywords: India; Productivity; Organizational Development; International Business; R＆D; Cross-cultural Relations; Medical Equipment ＆ Devices; Joint Ventures; Medical Specialties; Research and Development; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Health Care and Treatment; Product Launch; Failure; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Bangalore
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  • February 2010
  • Supplement

Lending Club case exhibits (CW)

By: Peter Tufano
A new entrant in the nascent online peer lending space, Lending Club must decide whether or not to register with the SEC. Lending Club provided a platform through which individual borrowers could receive loans funded by individuals who chose to invest in them. The... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Financing and Loans
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  • February 2010 (Revised December 2010)
  • Case

Lending Club

By: Peter Tufano
A new entrant in the nascent online peer lending space, Lending Club must decide whether or not to register with the SEC. Lending Club provided a platform through which individual borrowers could receive loans funded by individuals who chose to invest in them. The... View Details
Keywords: Financial Instruments; Price; Personal Finance; Financing and Loans; Financial Services Industry
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  • September 2020
  • Case

True North: Pioneering Analytics, Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Kairavi Dey and Hannah Mayer
True North was a private equity fund that specialized in the growth and buyout of mid-market, India-centric companies. The leadership team initially believed that technology was not core to traditional businesses and steered clear of new age technology-oriented... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Information Technology; Management; Operations; Organizations; Leadership; Innovation and Invention; Business Model; AI and Machine Learning; Computer Industry; Technology Industry
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  • 6 PM – 7:15 PM EST, 28 Feb 2022
  • Virtual Programming

A Blessing and Little Black Library at Harvard Business School presents a virtual author chat to celebrate Black History Month

HBSs iconic Baker Library is the largest business library in the worldand its collection expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time in its 95-year history, Baker brought in non-business books, over 170 titles (to date) organized by Cathy Chukwulebe (MBA... View Details
  • Web

Events - MBA

program – a deferred admissions pathway for college students. Come learn if this program is right for you as well as our other opportunities for college students such as Peek and Summer Venture in Management (SVMP). Dec 04 04 Dec 2024... View Details
  • May 2009
  • Article

The Definitive Guide to Recruiting in Good Times and Bad

By: Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, Boris Groysberg and Nitin Nohria
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Few companies are thinking about hiring right now, but that's a mistake. If history... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles
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  • September 2012 (Revised January 2013)
  • Case

SMARTBITES (A)

By: Michael Roberts, Jeronimo Silva and Amar Bhide
The case describes a Turkish brother-sister team who are evaluating the option of acquiring and operating a franchise of a US bakery/cafe in Turkey. They are comparing this option to that of simply starting a similar business. View Details
Keywords: Franchising; Start-up; Franchise Ownership; Family Ownership; Business Startups; Cost vs Benefits; Multinational Firms and Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; Turkey; United States
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  • 17 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

employers and employees as ones of material benefits.” After all, it’s not all about making money, says DeLong, a Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice at HBS. What employees really crave, the paper argues, is meaning. “You... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 23 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two

entrepreneurs, says HBS professor Nancy F. Koehn. In Part One of a discussion about her recent book—in the April 16 issue of HBS Working Knowledge—Koehn described the brand-building savvy of three entrepreneurs in the past, as well as their clear lessons for View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace