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- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
excellence in a single functional area to integrating consistency, cohesion, and alignment across many moving parts in the business unit. "When you're responsible for leading, it's not enough to do what... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Applying to HBS in Round 3?
decide last minute to give the business school application a try. For the most part, the schools will never know the reason you are applying in round 3. They will only know who you are based on what you submit which should View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
salary to roughly 350 times during the last 20 or 25 years, with the obvious result of increasing the difference in the haves and the have-nots. This is, I believe, both unseemly and offensive to the vast... View Details
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
references can be helpful, but only if done correctly. “This is something we continue to do, even with mid-level hires in mid-stage companies when the founder feels like a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
behind-the-scenes work of impact investment firms and the wins that aren’t so public. “There’s been so much work done with regard to indigenous people’s rights everywhere, from the Amazon View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
later, that he cared more about his company than about Phil. Ron Demer (MBA ’64) Ithaca, NY Happy to Be in the GOP We hope the Bulletin will also make space for an official of the Republican Party View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Building Paths to Success
me, there was a lot of love and support around education.” But when he returned home in 2001 for a family funeral and saw an old high school friend, Traill started to reconsider what he had achieved—and how he had View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
If we value achievement and adopt celebrity standards, we will certainly fall victim to our own excess. Nothing will be enough, and success will never satisfy. If we're high achievers, we may View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
women empowerment, decided to take on the issue by launching a “Dark Is Beautiful” campaign, partly to pressure advertisers to stop portraying lighter-skinned people as... View Details
- May 2020 (Revised January 2022)
- Case
Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (A)
By: Linda A. Hill, Allison J. Wigen and Emily Tedards
Michael Ku joined Pfizer in 2011, after the company had undergone three large-scale mergers and acquisitions. His mission was to drive the digital transformation of the company’s clinical supply chain, but he knew he had to start with the culture. Over the next eight... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Digital; Change; Culture; Management; Talent; Pharmaceutical Companies; Customer-centricity; Collaboration; Cross-functional Management; Purpose; Leadership; Innovation and Invention; Transformation; Organizational Culture; Change Management; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Supply Chain; Decision Making; Mission and Purpose
Hill, Linda A., Allison J. Wigen, and Emily Tedards. "Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (A)." Harvard Business School Case 420-108, May 2020. (Revised January 2022.)
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
all parties while others inherently benefit the rich and strong at the expense of the poor and weak. Furthermore, some can be beneficial but also lend themselves to abuse, especially by people without a... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
Kennedy School, I was thinking a lot about where is the place where the difference I want to see in the world, the work that I could be good at, and the kind of work I want to... View Details
- February 2024
- Case
More than Optics: Olympus's Vision to Become a Leading Global MedTech Company
By: David J. Collis and Haisley Wert
In August 2022, CEO Yasuo Takeuchi reflected on Olympus Corporation’s recent transformation from being known as a Japanese consumer camera company to becoming a leading global medical technology (MedTech) company. Over the past dozen years, Takeuchi and prior... View Details
Keywords: Global Human Resource Management; Medical Technology; Corporate Strategy; Transformation; Globalization; Business Model; Leading Change; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Japan; United States
Collis, David J., and Haisley Wert. "More than Optics: Olympus's Vision to Become a Leading Global MedTech Company." Harvard Business School Case 724-426, February 2024.
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
A Chance to Lead
of what the team does. “The luck of coming into a place where a big leader had left and that void hadn't been filled, and then being given a chance to fill that void, I don't believe I could have View Details
- 22 Nov 2023
- News
So You Want to Join a Startup
the things I've found, particularly with really early stage startups is that you never quite know what you're going to be working on from day to day. And so if you need a lot... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism
going for it. First, it has been shown to be incredibly effective in leading to economic growth. "We don't know any better way to solve this... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Apr 2024
- HBS Case
Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory
pre-season, Sanders eats most meals in the dining hall with the team. After breakfast, he often gives short talks that touch on soft skills for sports and life, like the importance of being reliable. “Relationships are everything. I need... View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Journey to my Summer Internship
It was clear that Danaher expected real useful work to be done in the summer which was exactly what I wanted to do! I accepted the offer shortly... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 03 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed With Your New Boss
relationship with your new boss, they need to work effectively with you. In the past, have you done a good job of helping subordinates make their own transitions? What might you do differently this time?... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins