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- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
of himself as too laid-back and relaxed to be a strong leader, especially since he followed the notoriously intimidating Bill Parcells. It may be argued that Carroll was still unprepared to be a good coach,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
molecules, you actually have to make sure that they don’t get released again in the future, or else all that good work and all the costs that you incurred are for naught. So we’ve got to find a way to... View Details
- 10 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Cofounders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
to build a business where they could: Help their customers unlock value while improving their impact on society Put their Finance, Consulting and SaaS experience to good use. Conversations with HBS alumni at... View Details
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
Cashing in on the $60 billion global luxury goods market has never been tougher—or more rewarding. Competition is keen. And consumer preferences are constantly shifting, causing the concept of luxury itself... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
“HBS has always been good at running experiments — reinforcing the ones that make progress and killing the ones that don’t,” says HBS professor of management practice Joseph B. Lassiter, who, together with... View Details
- 17 Jan 2020
- In Practice
6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart
clarify the complex "They can communicate very clearly and succinctly—usually with short words and short sentences—and even on complex issues. They've developed the skills necessary to really get to the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 14 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery
report violations when they observe them, so they are actually violating their ethics code by not reporting violations,” Soltes says. Companies have good reason to try and change that. For starters, firms... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS
chance to fulfill a lifelong dream. I had to take it. With the support of my chain of command, I decided to pursue my MBA, and I separated from the military in April of 2018. It was scary at the time to leave a job I was View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat
of whether someone will behave unethically. Two, among those who do cheat, cheating reduces levels of the hormone associated with psychological stress. In other words, people may use cheating as a means of relieving stress. The good news... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
those suppliers move downstream, potentially into competing with you, as they struggle to earn some kind of return? If your inputs are all becoming commodities and you don’t have a lot of differentiating... View Details
- 28 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Ground Game, Air Wars, and Other Marketing Lessons From Presidential Elections
neutral—an independent voter—I would like to see the vision the candidate has, rather than a lot of slashing and bashing of the other candidate. I need to see a good ad about Obama to influence my preference... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- April 2001 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Risk Management at Apache
After initiating a hedging strategy, Apache Corp. is interested in revisiting its decision to determine if hedging is value-adding. This case investigates how the company initially decided to hedge against commodity price risk and how it implemented its hedging... View Details
Meulbroek, Lisa K., and Puja Malhotra. "Risk Management at Apache." Harvard Business School Case 201-113, April 2001. (Revised August 2001.)
- April 1998 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
Arrow Electronics, Inc.
By: Das Narayandas
Deals with the issue of cross-selling and managing a portfolio of products and services in business markets. Arrow/Schweber (A/S), a subsidiary of electronic parts distributor Arrow Electronics, has a portfolio of products that differ in the amount of value added by... View Details
Keywords: Distribution Channels; Internet and the Web; Problems and Challenges; Change Management; Electronics Industry
Narayandas, Das. "Arrow Electronics, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 598-022, April 1998. (Revised January 2007.)
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
revisiting age-old issues with new vocabulary? Would more than 1.3 million Wal-Mart employees worldwide see this issue the same way as those who assume what's good for them? Why are fewer and fewer employees... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
this to VCs, they thought we were crazy,” Sapone says. There was the increase in cost structure and concerns about scalability. “But these are people we’re sending to your home to take care of you: They are our product.” Providing steady... View Details
- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Four Strategies for Making Concessions
Richard E. Walton and Robert B. McKersie's book A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations: An Analysis of a Social Interaction System (ILR Press, 1991). The head of a manufacturing firm was preparing to initiate talks with the leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- April 1992 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
Reconstruction of Zambia
Examines the causes of decline--economic, social, and political--of the Zambian economy since 1974. It takes place at the time of the election of Frederick Chiluba, in October 1991. Examines the problems of economic development in Africa, and especially, of structural... View Details
Keywords: Business Cycles; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Borrowing and Debt; International Finance; Political Elections; Africa; Zambia
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Reconstruction of Zambia." Harvard Business School Case 792-089, April 1992. (Revised April 1997.)
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
them to build a business where they could: Help their customers unlock value while improving their impact on society Put their Finance, Consulting and SaaS experience to good use. Conversations with HBS... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
company is doing a good job preparing for Y2K, you may have essential business links to companies that aren't. Is my desktop vulnerable? Yes. A computer is different from most other consumer products. When you buy a new car, you trade in... View Details