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- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
CEO. Choosing a CEO is arguably the board’s most important function, and boards need to pay attention to candidates’ ethical fit as well as their business and technical skills. The case is also a reminder that society’s expectations for... View Details
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
experience, and the School’s ongoing digital transformation. With the focus on longer-term planning, capital spending remained modest in fiscal 2023, declining 28 percent to $31 million. Dollars were allocated to a range of smaller projects, most prominently completing... View Details
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok—a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique aspects of New Balance's strategy—focusing on fit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
as continuous variables to represent customer segment and average daily room rate. The case contains tables showing the output of the regression model and compares the fit of the moving average and regression models. The case allows... View Details
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
a new everyday low pricing policy that aimed to fit with a radical repositioning of the J.C. Penney business model and brand. However, with sales continuing to decline, the board fired Johnson in April 2013 and appointed Johnson's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
of this. And it would be perverse if the solution was to dumb down or limit what the institutions can do in terms of what they develop, to fit the existing managers. I think the longer-run solution is that general managers have to become... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
vision from a different angle. He’s frank about the financial aspect of the decision—with three children, a government salary wasn’t sustainable over the long term—but he doesn’t rule out a return to government, and is equally upfront when discussing how his new job... View Details
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
new manufacturing plant, the quick and easy decision would be to choose the current low-cost location—but since that can change within a relatively short time span (as it did with China), it's also important to factor in longer-term country competitiveness and how the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
primarily on its projected impact on customers but also taking into account its fit with the bank's strategy and goals and its funding requirements. In some cases, focus groups were conducted to provide a rough sense of an idea's likely... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
the better version. Yes, you will hit a bigger number, but you are still capped by an inherently limited product-market fit that you have yet to solve. Patel needs to focus on growing the newsletter. Only when he has found the right mix... View Details
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
their standard hiring practices to fit local challenges and customs. Based on interviews with professionals in a number of established accounting, strategy consulting, and executive search firms presently operating in China, it explores... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?
parts to design complementary products that fitted together. Successful platform leaders exert a great deal of influence. At times, they must build trust among those that choose to utilize the platform as partners. At other times, they... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Profile
Evelyne White
start-up with limited resources. Your product is intently geographical. Concentrate on markets large enough to become profitable where you have no competition so you can spend your energy running the business rather than fighting wars. If big cities View Details
- 27 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Joining a Start-up: 10 Lessons Along the Way
voice and discover where I wanted to contribute to the conversation. For me, this was the thrill of the uncertain, where I could run off into a world full of 'what if ?' Turns out that's a personality fit for entrepreneurship. 7. My... View Details
- 14 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM
or fitting into the mold of what was considered the “typical” engineer – which was white, straight, and overly masculine. This led to feelings of isolation and impostor syndrome during my undergrad studies. I overcame these challenges by... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Nairobi Love: Heading Home
take initiative is in the top 5% of analysts I have ever worked with now that’s what makes you stand out”. I reached out to my recommenders 3-4 months before deadlines, informing them why I wanted them specifically to write my recommendations and provided a one page... View Details
- 11 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Leadership and Diversity at HBS
but also raise the excellence bar for AASU by organizing a best-in-class event. How has HBS changed what kind of leader you are? HBS has taught me that there is no “one size fits all” solution to leadership. The people you seek to lead... View Details
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South Asia - Global Activities 2021
of the unmet needs of senior executives from fast-growing companies operating in India and other emerging markets,” explains Krishna Palepu, faculty chair of SELPI and the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration. “The program's modularity enables... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
risk reports-that spread their expertise (toolmaking). While controlling the tools' design and implementation, the risk managers incorporated business managers' insights (teamwork) and made sure everyone could understand the findings (translation). Ultimately, experts'... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
years older than me. It certainly seemed like a much greater age difference back in 1962–1963 when I had the pleasure of taking his course. I just remember a very personable and easygoing (the Yiddish word “mensch” fits well) person who... View Details