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- February 9, 2021
- Article
For a More Equitable Recovery, Corporations Must Stop Using a College Degree as a Proxy for Ability
Chertavian, Gerald. "For a More Equitable Recovery, Corporations Must Stop Using a College Degree as a Proxy for Ability." FastCompany.com (February 9, 2021).
- March 2008
- Article
Toward an Understanding of When Executives See Crisis As Opportunity
Whereas it has long been noted that crises may be sources of opportunity for organizations and their constituents, relatively little is known about the conditions under which executives come to perceive crises as opportunity. The authors delineate some factors that... View Details
- October 1992
- Supplement
British Airways: Question and Answer Session with Advanced Management Program Participants, November 15, 1991 Sir Colin Marshall Chief Executive
By: John P. Kotter
Keywords: Air Transportation Industry
Kotter, John P. "British Airways: Question and Answer Session with Advanced Management Program Participants, November 15, 1991 Sir Colin Marshall Chief Executive." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 493-503, October 1992.
- September–October 2016
- Article
What Senior Executives Should Know About Sales
Business is more complex, data more abundant, and more specialists are needed to stay up-to-date with functional best practices. As a senior executive, you can worry all you want about disruption, but you need a salesforce aligned with strategy to do something about... View Details
Cespedes, Frank V. "What Senior Executives Should Know About Sales." European Business Review (September–October 2016): 10–13.
- May 1990
- Teaching Note
Xerox Corp.: Executive Support Systems, Teaching Note
- June 2018 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Global Brand Management of Anheuser Busch InBev's Budweiser
By: Jill Avery
Brian Perkins, chief architect of the $6 billion Budweiser brand, was excited about 2018, in which the company would launch Budweiser into several new markets in Africa and Latin America. He was feeling the pressure to finalize a global brand strategy that would define... View Details
Keywords: Brand Management; Global Brands; Brand Positioning; Brand Extension; Brand Storytelling; Brand Equity; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Advertising; Global Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Communications; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Advertising Industry; Africa; China; United States; North America; South Africa; Nigeria; Kenya; Cameroon; Canada
Avery, Jill. "Global Brand Management of Anheuser Busch InBev's Budweiser." Harvard Business School Case 518-105, June 2018. (Revised October 2020.)
- Teaching Interest
Accounting for Managers
By: V.G. Narayanan
I teach financial and managerial accounting to executives and MBA students. View Details
- 1985
- Article
Executive Succession, Strategic Reorientation and Organization Evolution
By: Michael Tushman, B. Virany and E. Romanelli
Tushman, Michael, B. Virany, and E. Romanelli. "Executive Succession, Strategic Reorientation and Organization Evolution." Technology in Society 7 (1985): 297–314.
- January 2011
- Case
Program Management at Wipro Technologies
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Bradley R. Staats and Melissa Valentine
This case examines the execution of one program by Wipro Technologies, an Indian software services provider. The case also explores the evolution of program management at Wipro. View Details
- May 2000
- Article
Optimal Exercise Prices for Executive Stock Options
By: Brian Hall
Hall, Brian. "Optimal Exercise Prices for Executive Stock Options." American Economic Review 90, no. 2 (May 2000).
- 2011
- Article
Top Executives Need Feedback: Here's How They Can Get It
By: Robert Steven Kaplan
As executives become more senior, they are less likely to receive constructive feedback on their performance or their strategy. To get it, they should call on their junior colleagues. The problem: subordinates don't want to offend the boss. Therefore, as executives... View Details
Kaplan, Robert Steven. "Top Executives Need Feedback: Here's How They Can Get It." McKinsey Quarterly, no. 4 (2011): 60–71.
- 29 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?
percentage points higher before job hopping. “When there's more scarcity and higher demand, that puts a premium on the type of person and on your willingness to pay,” explains Healy. What female executives should consider It’s important... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- October 1980
- Supplement
Biography of an Executive (B): Spouse's Perspective
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Keywords: Managerial Roles
Lorsch, Jay W. "Biography of an Executive (B): Spouse's Perspective." Harvard Business School Supplement 481-057, October 1980.
- 01 Jan 1987
- Conference Presentation
Executive Support Systems for Hospital Strategic Planning
By: L. M. Applegate and R. O. Mason
- Research Summary
The Strategic Management of Technology
Clayton M. Christensen's research on the management of
technological innovation suggests that for leading firms in a wide
variety of industries, developing advanced technologies per se is
rarely the constraining challenge in technological innovation. Rather,
the... View Details
- Research Summary
Managing Human Resources for Competitive Advantage
This stream of research is leading to a study of companies that are gaining competitive advantage through their ability to attract, recruit, develop, deploy, and retain superior human resources. The objective is to develop a more strategically-based and general... View Details
- 2018
- Working Paper
Executive Development Programs Enter the Digital Matrix: I. Disrupting the Demand Landscape
By: Das Narayandas and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu
Executive development programs have entered a period of disruption catalyzed by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication and are driven by renewed demand for high-level executive and managerial skills. Unlike other segments of higher education,... View Details
Keywords: Executive Education; Internet and the Web; Disruption; Management Skills; Leadership Development
Narayandas, Das, and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu. "Executive Development Programs Enter the Digital Matrix: I. Disrupting the Demand Landscape." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-020, September 2016. (Revised June 2018.)
- 2010
- Book
Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution
By: Robert L. Simons
To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive strategy into day-to-day actions that will enable your company to win in the marketplace. This means channeling resources into the right efforts, striking a balance between innovation and... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Innovation and Management; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Competitive Strategy
Simons, Robert L. Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution. Harvard Business Review Press, 2010.
- 2010
- Simulation
Change Management Simulation: Power and Influence
By: Linda A. Hill and William Q. Judge
In this single-player simulation, students play one of two roles at a sunglass manufacturing firm and face the challenges associated with implementing an organization-wide environmental sustainability initiative. The initiative seeks to change raw material inputs in... View Details
- 02 Apr 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Making the Move to General Manager
this transition into general management." For new general managers—or just as likely in companies these days, senior functional managers who operate as part of an executive team or who have important... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace