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  • April 2018 (Revised November 2019)
  • Case

JD: Envisioning the Future of Retail (A)

By: Feng Zhu and Shirley Sun
JD, China’s second largest e-commerce company by gross merchandise volume (GMV) after Alibaba, had expanded rapidly from 2012 to 2016. When the company celebrated its 13th birthday in 2017, Richard Liu, its founder, deliberated on the company’s growth strategies. The... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; E-commerce; Retail Industry; China
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  • November 2022
  • Article

My Boss' Passion Matters as Much as My Own: The Interpersonal Dynamics of Passion Are a Critical Driver of Performance Evaluations

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Andreas Wihler and Adam D. Galinsky
Companies often celebrate employees who successfully pursue their passion. Academic research suggests that these positive evaluations occur because of the passion percolating inside the employee. We propose that supervisors are also a key piece of this puzzle:... View Details
Keywords: Passion; Job Performance; Motivation; Emotions; Performance Evaluation; Interpersonal Communication
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  • October 2010 (Revised June 2021)
  • Case

Bessemer Trust: Guardians of Capital

By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen
Henry Phipps, Jr. made his fortune in the steel industry alongside one of America's most celebrated entrepreneurs—Andrew Carnegie. His wealth was administered in the form of trusts, which he hoped would provide a stream of income for his family and their descendants... View Details
Keywords: Wealth; Asset Management; Family Business; Business History; Income; Entrepreneurship; Capital; United States
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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
    • Supplement

    OneTen at Delta Air Lines: Catalyzing Family-Sustaining Careers for Black Talent (C)

    By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
    In February 2023, Delta Air Lines (Delta) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ed Bastian, celebrated the airline’s OneTen partnership in a room full of Atlanta’s prominent business leaders, educators, and public servants in Atlanta, at a OneTen/Delta Launch Event. To support... View Details
    Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business and Community Relations; Race; Leading Change; Air Transportation Industry; United States; Atlanta
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      The Content Trap

      Companies everywhere face two major challenges today: getting noticed and getting paid. To confront these obstacles, Bharat Anand examines a range of businesses around the world, from Chinese Internet giant Tencent to Scandinavian digital trailblazer Schibsted,... View Details

      • May 2018
      • Article

      Linda Babcock: Go-getter and Do-gooder

      By: Max Bazerman, Iris Bohnet, Hannah Riley-Bowles and George Loewenstein
      In this tribute to the 2007 recipient of the Jeffrey Z. Rubin Theory‐To‐Practice Award from the International Association for Conflict Management (IACM), we celebrate Linda Babcock's contributions to diverse lines of research, her tireless and effective efforts to put... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Biography; Research; Negotiation; Leadership; Practice
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        New To Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, Invest Like VCs, and Install a Permanent Operating System for Growth

        Serial entrepreneurs David Kidder and Christina Wallace reveal their revolutionary playbook for igniting growth inside established companies.

        Most established companies face a... View Details

        • 04 Feb 2002
        • Research & Ideas

        How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

        by asserting that a brand might fit better in one company's portfolio than in another's. But a marketing professional would probably explain the improved fit in terms of distribution economies or manufacturing synergies. I would explain it differently: First, as every... View Details
        Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage
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        Introduction

        By: Stefano Brusoni, Joachim Henkel, Michael G Jacobides, Samina Karim, Alan MacCormack, Phanish Puranam and Melissa Schilling
        In 2000, Carliss Baldwin and Kim Clark published Design Rules: The Power of Modularity, a book that introduced new ways of understanding and explaining the architecture of complex systems. This Special Issue of Industrial and Corporate Change celebrates... View Details
        Keywords: Complex Systems; Industry Structure; Systems Design; Complexity; Organizational Design; Competitive Strategy; Innovation and Management
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        • September 2013 (Revised November 2015)
        • Case

        Living Proof: Are We a Technology Company or a Beauty Company?

        By: Willy Shih

        Jon Flint came up with the idea of a science-based beauty company while talking with his hairdresser about the problems with typical hair and skin care products. Together with a small team that included Professor Robert Langer of MIT, he committed to assemble a team... View Details

        Keywords: Hair Care; Personal Care; Science-based; R＆D; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Corporate Strategy; Technology Platform; Expansion; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States; Boston; Cambridge
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        • 26 Sep 2011
        • HBS Case

        HBS Cases: Lady Gaga

        Celebrated for both her outré style and musical prowess, the recording artist known as Lady Gaga is not only one of the world's biggest pop stars, but also one of the most recognized brands. She's garnered five Grammys, holds two spots in... View Details
        Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Entertainment & Recreation; Music
        • Web

        Employment | Harvard Business School

        backgrounds, skills, education levels, and personal experiences to their work. Employees have the opportunity to join a variety of affinity groups and connect with others who share similar ethnicities, interest, experiences, and characteristics. Community View Details
        • 08 Jan 2019
        • First Look

        New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

        November 20, 2018 Journal of the American College of Cardiology Operational Efficiency and Effective Management in the Catheterization Laboratory By: Reed, Grant W., Michael L. Tushman, and Samir R. Kapadia Abstract—Operational efficiency... View Details
        Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
        • November 2008 (Revised February 2009)
        • Case

        Omron: Sensing Society

        By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ethan S Bernstein
        "Leading profitable growth is only part of the goal. We cannot live without breathing, but we do not live in order to take a breath,” said Omron's President and CEO, Hisao Sakuta, in 2008. Omron, a $7B global supplier of sensors, control system components, advanced... View Details
        Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Competitive Advantage; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Globalized Firms and Management; Innovation and Invention; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose; Electronics Industry
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        • Web

        Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

        available below. Women's Leadership Summit: Celebrating and Advancing Women Leaders November 7 & 8, 2024 In early November, over 600 HBS alumni came back to campus for the Women’s Leadership Summit. For the full list of speaker bios,... View Details
        • 29 Feb 2024
        • HBS Case

        Beyond Goals: David Beckham's Playbook for Mobilizing Star Talent

        ends? Anita Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, got a behind-the-scenes look from Beckham’s team at how the organization considered an offer from Authentic Brands Management for a... View Details
        Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
        • Web

        Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

        institute More about michael porter The MOC Affiliate Network’s 20th Anniversary The Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) Affiliate Network proudly celebrated its 20-year anniversary in December 2022. Professor Michael Porter... View Details
        • 04 Mar 2024
        • What Do You Think?

        Do People Want to Work Anymore?

        organization than they did four years ago.” This raises the question of the degree to which management policies vs. employee attitudes toward work are to blame. Do people want to work anymore? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the... View Details
        Keywords: by James Heskett
        • Web

        Placement - Doctoral

        studies, are uniquely individualized. Factors like departmental fit, location preferences, dual career choices, and family needs shape these decisions. We celebrate when students secure a position that brings them joy! Students are... View Details