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- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
effectively in global markets, the American-US Airways combination was, in several important respects, made possible by Chapter 11 and the legal and financial tools it offers to companies in need. The deal still faces significant... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Thinking About an MBA? Think About Your Purpose
narratives – combined with a strong moral compass – clarify which direction they want to take in their MBA studies. Then, when they enter the job market, they are more likely join a company that aligns with their individual purpose. This... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
leaders avoid the guessing game of trying to discern whether or not people truly agree with a choice that has been made. Q: In your book you discuss three cultures of indecision that typically appear in organizations: the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
edition of Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution. This highly acclaimed, landmark work introduced a framework that would help companies achieve global-scale efficiency, respond flexibly to national market differences, and... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 29 Sep 2014
- Blog Post
Don’t leave this out of your job posting…
internship job postings: What makes your organization unique? In addition to your organization’s industry and mission, the company description section is a great opportunity to highlight what distinguishes your View Details
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
Chuang, CEO of Aquent, an employment services company headquartered in Boston. In roughly half of the new initiatives Aquent has invested in over the last few years, Chuang estimates, "we have gotten too excited about a new product... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
and help build a better world while we are still striving to deliver high performance for the enterprise. Managing that tension is difficult." HBS invited the executives to the second Higher Ambition CEO Leadership Conference, held January 14-15, to support them in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Ruzwana Bashir
best experiences (from wine tours to swimming with dolphins), and the company provides robust online booking tools for activity operators to help them better run their businesses. The company has already... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details
- 09 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values
institutional authority. Do the individuals charged with diversity and inclusion report to the CEO? Do they have the staffing and budget capacity required to make an impact not only in recruiting but also in creating organizational View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- October 2000 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Avon Products (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Greg Rogers
The general manager of Avon Mexico, Fernando Lezama, must decide whether to promote a woman to the position of vice president of sales. If appointed, the candidate would be the first female in all of Latin America to hold an executive position and one of the first... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Leading Change; Salesforce Management; Organizational Culture; Job Design and Levels; Gender; Management Teams; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Mexico
Paine, Lynn S., and Greg Rogers. "Avon Products (A)." Harvard Business School Case 301-059, October 2000. (Revised July 2001.)
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Faculty Books for December 2016
Introduction to Financial Accounting: Review Quizzes and Practice Exams by V.G. Narayanan (Self-published) This book provides practice multiple choice questions on introductory accounting topics. It can be used to prepare for quizzes and exams. Building a View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Christian Bjelland
As president and fourth-generation owner of Chr. Bjelland & Company, an industrial holding company headquartered in Oslo, Christian Bjelland has more than enough challenges to fill any given workday. But over the last decade, Bjelland has... View Details
- 18 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Exploring the Tech World Through WesTrek
develop a better sense of what opportunities may exist for an aspiring product marketer and whether certain companies had cultures that aligned well with my values. Since most of the visits were run by HBS... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Short Takes
Green Stuff: Value, Risk, and Environmental Management Environmental issues increasingly influence companies in their approach to fundamental business concerns. How these matters play out in terms of corporate behavior is the subject of a... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
me in.” His exploration of ancient, indigenous traditions led Sprinkles to apprentice to become initiated as a healer in the way of ancient Huichol and Nahua cultures in 2000 and 2006, respectively. Today, he and his wife, Annie Eagan,... View Details
- Profile
Jonathan Arena
five." Jonathan’s grandfather worked at the Heywood-Wakefield Furniture Company in Gardner, Massachusetts; his father “is an amateur photographer and professional writer – and he had his own business, which influenced my interest in... View Details
- 22 Jun 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Motivation
professor Rohit Deshpandé looks at the hotel's customer-centered culture and value system. Can Employers Promote Moral Behavior? The Importance of 'Don't' in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior Professors Francesca Gino and Joshua D.... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 07 May 2019
- News
How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal
As a young analyst, early in her career, Sonja Hoel Perkins (MBA 1993) had a nose for deals, according to the book Alpha Girls: The Women Upstarts Who Took on Silicon Valley’s Male Culture and Made the Deals of a Lifetime, by Julian... View Details
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Turning Millennials into Leaders
company in Atlanta, Georgia called ADDO. It’s a leadership consulting firm. We partnered with Chick-fil-A to create one of the nation’s largest programs, called Chick-fil-A Leader Academy, which teaches next-generation leaders how to... View Details