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- 13 Oct 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Shopping for Confirmation: How Disconfirming Feedback Shapes Social Networks
- April 2008
- Case
Campbell and Bailyn's Boston Office: Managing the Reorganization
By: Anne Donnellon and Dun Gifford Jr
Ken Winston, the regional sales manager at a securities brokerage firm, has reorganized his generalist salespeople into Key Account Teams (KAT) to increase sales of specialized, higher-margin fixed income products. Winston is also implementing a new corporate... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Fixed Costs; Group Dynamics; Human Resource Management; Compensation; Matrix Organization; Sales; Leading Teams; Management; Leadership; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Financial Services Industry; Boston
Donnellon, Anne, and Dun Gifford Jr. "Campbell and Bailyn's Boston Office: Managing the Reorganization." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-182, April 2008.
- 31 May 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Extremeness Seeking: When and Why Consumers Prefer the Extremes
Keywords: by John T. Gourville & Dilip Soman
- February 2016
- Teaching Note
Advanced Leadership Pathways: David Weinstein and Write the World
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Following a successful career as a lawyer, Chief Administrative Officer of Fidelity Investments, and law school instructor, David Weinstein became a 2011 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University. During his Advanced Leadership Fellowship he conceived an idea to... View Details
- 24 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Data-Driven and in Demand
on Netflix to personalized healthcare.” As for kicking off her new career post HBS, Ho is excited to be a part of the booming AI revolution that provides not only innumerable consumer benefits, competitive advantage, View Details
- October 2000 (Revised December 2000)
- Exercise
Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (C)
This series provides the instructions for a group decision-making simulation in which students experience four different methods for leading a group decision process. In the simulation, all students work in groups, with one person designated as the team leader. All... View Details
"Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (C)." Harvard Business School Exercise 301-028, October 2000. (Revised December 2000.)
- October 2000 (Revised December 2000)
- Exercise
Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (E)
This series provides the instructions for a group decision-making simulation in which students experience four different methods for leading a group decision process. In the simulation, all students work in groups, with one person designated as the team leader. All... View Details
"Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (E)." Harvard Business School Exercise 301-030, October 2000. (Revised December 2000.)
- March 2017 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Mubadala and EBX: To X or to X It?
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz, Ricardo Andrade and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
In April 2012, Mubadala, Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund invested $2 billion in Brazilian conglomerate EBX, believing the company to be undervalued by the public markets. Shortly thereafter, however, EBX and its multiple business lines began to spiral downward. Hani... View Details
Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; Conglomerates; Investing; Corporate Structure; International; Sovereign Finance; Business Conglomerates; Investment; Financing and Loans; Restructuring; Organizational Structure; Economy; Brazil; Abu Dhabi
Lietz, Nori Gerardo, Ricardo Andrade, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Mubadala and EBX: To X or to X It?" Harvard Business School Case 217-065, March 2017. (Revised June 2019.)
- 30 Nov 2019
- News
Elon Musk and the Dying Art of the Big Bet
- 15 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Promises and Limitations of Big Data
services firms are using digital information about their customers to offer them a whole new range of customized products under the category of fintech. Cities are using data from Google Street View to guide... View Details
- April 2006
- Article
Competitive Advantage and the Value Network Configuration: Making Decisions at a Swedish Life Insurance Company
By: Øystein D. Fjeldstad and Christian H.M. Ketels
When the Swedish Life Insurers Förenade Liv found themselves in difficulties in a rapidly changing market, their response was to call in the consultants. And one of the consultant's first suggestions was to use the Value Network, not the Value Chain, as a new... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Fluctuation; Networks; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Value; Quality; Decision Making; Market Transactions; Performance Effectiveness; Customers; Insurance Industry; Sweden
Fjeldstad, Øystein D., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Competitive Advantage and the Value Network Configuration: Making Decisions at a Swedish Life Insurance Company." Long Range Planning 39, no. 2 (April 2006): 109–131.
- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
potential. With diverse experience in hand and a deep passion for the company’s mission, Leahy is showcasing exactly why she is the right person for the job. The Beauty of Combining Art View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 2016
- Article
Three Lenses on Occupations and Professions in Organizations: Becoming, Doing, and Relating
By: Michel Anteby, Curtis K. Chan and Julia DiBenigno
Management and organizational scholarship is overdue for a reappraisal of occupations and professions as well as a critical review of past and current work on the topic. Indeed, the field has largely failed to keep pace with the rising salience of occupational and... View Details
- 27 Aug 2020
- News
The value of talking to strangers — and nodding acquaintances
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
are being caused by rapid technological changes on the one hand and tectonic shifts in customer preferences and societal behaviour on the other. Marketing knowledge View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- October 2000 (Revised December 2000)
- Exercise
Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (B)
This series provides the instructions for a group decision-making simulation in which students experience four different methods for leading a group decision process. In the simulation, all students work in groups, with one person designated as the team leader. All... View Details
"Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (B)." Harvard Business School Exercise 301-027, October 2000. (Revised December 2000.)
- October 2000 (Revised December 2000)
- Exercise
Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (A)
This series provides the instructions for a group decision-making simulation in which students experience four different methods for leading a group decision process. In the simulation, all students work in groups, with one person designated as the team leader. All... View Details
"Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 301-026, October 2000. (Revised December 2000.)
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Incentives and Operational Excellence
common to both major corporations and mom-and-pop shops, and offered practical solutions based on his research. One case Narayanan used to illustrate his point involved a family-owned video store. Generally... View Details
- July 2010
- Article
Workplace Peers and Entrepreneurship
By: Ramana Nanda and Jesper B. Sorensen
We examine whether the likelihood of entrepreneurial activity is related to the prior career experiences of an individual's co-workers, using a unique matched employer-employee panel dataset. We argue that coworkers can increase the likelihood that an individual will... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Perception; Opportunities; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence
Nanda, Ramana, and Jesper B. Sorensen. "Workplace Peers and Entrepreneurship." Management Science 56, no. 7 (July 2010): 1116–1126.
- Web
Unique Value Proposition - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
demand side of the business. Strategy is fundamentally integrative, bringing the demand and supply sides together. Defining the Value Proposition: Three Essential Questions Which customers are you going to... View Details