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- 04 Feb 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?
Summing Up How Transferable is the Google "School of Management"? Responses to this month's column suggest a great deal of respect for what Google's management has been able to achieve, both in terms of a strategy for bringing... View Details
- September 2015 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
Macy's: Evolution in the Sunshine State
In 2009, Lee O'Rourke was promoted to district vice president in charge of Macy's newly created North Florida district. This district consisted of 11 stores located in the greater Orlando area and in the east coast towns of Daytona, Melbourne, Merritt Island, and Vero... View Details
Keywords: Human Capital; Managing Performance; Retail; Organization; Change Management; Leadership; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Improvement; Retail Industry; United States
Groysberg, Boris, Das Narayandas, Benson P. Shapiro, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Macy's: Evolution in the Sunshine State." Harvard Business School Case 416-018, September 2015. (Revised June 2018.)
- March 2019
- Article
When Does Advice Impact Startup Performance?
By: Aaron Chatterji, Solène Delecourt, Sharique Hasan and Rembrand Koning
Why do some entrepreneurs thrive while others fail? We explore whether the advice entrepreneurs receive about managing their employees influences their startup's performance. We conducted a randomized field experiment in India with 100 high-growth technology firms... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Field Experiment; Peer Effects; Entrepreneurial Ecosystems; Advice; Management Style; Management Practices and Processes; Knowledge Dissemination; Entrepreneurship; Performance; India
Chatterji, Aaron, Solène Delecourt, Sharique Hasan, and Rembrand Koning. "When Does Advice Impact Startup Performance?" Strategic Management Journal 40, no. 3 (March 2019): 331–356.
- 19 May 2023
- News
Quiet Acceleration
Photo credit: Tesla Photo credit: Tesla Four years into his tenure as Tesla’s CFO, Zachary Kirkhorn (MBA 2013) continues to draw notice for his quiet, effective ability to implement CEO Elon Musk’s vision to scale Tesla into the world’s largest carmaker. As reported in... View Details
- May 2018 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions
By: Anita Elberse
In March 2017, Jason Blum, the founder and chief executive officer of film and television production company Blumhouse Productions, has another blockbuster on his hands with the movie Get Out, produced for just $4.5 million. Remarkable returns for its micro-budget... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment; Media; Film; Movies; Creative Industries; Product-portfolio Management; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Talent; General Management; Strategy; Marketing; Blockbusters; Film Entertainment; Innovation and Management; Talent and Talent Management; Competitive Strategy; Management Style; Marketing Strategy; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Elberse, Anita. "Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions." Harvard Business School Case 518-103, May 2018. (Revised February 2020.)
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
conjuring up. 3. Emphasize coaching and mentoring over managing the details. Talent is the most important strategic resource for future success, suggests Hargrove. You can't win the talent wars without putting leadership development at... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- January 1980 (Revised October 1993)
- Case
Renn Zaphiropoulos
By: John P. Kotter
Focuses on the management style of Renn Zaphiropoulos in the context of a rapidly changing business environment within Xerox Corporation. To be contrasted with the case, Fred Henderson and the videotape, A Day with Fred Henderson (9-881-502), which are appropriate for... View Details
Keywords: Situation or Environment; Management Style; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry
Kotter, John P. "Renn Zaphiropoulos." Harvard Business School Case 480-044, January 1980. (Revised October 1993.)
- August 1980
- Supplement
Renn Zaphiropoulos, A Day with, Video
By: John P. Kotter
Focuses on the management style of Renn Zaphiropoulos in the context of a rapidly changing segment of Xerox's business environment. To be contrasted with the videotape, Day with Fred Henderson (9-881-502) and the case, Fred Henderson (9-480-043). View Details
Kotter, John P. "Renn Zaphiropoulos, A Day with, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 881-501, August 1980.
- 21 Feb 2014
- News
Don't Panic: How to Create Healthy Urgency
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Ambidextrous Organization
time, they maintain tight links across units at the senior executive level. In other words, they manage organizational separation through a tightly integrated senior team. Such “ambidextrous organizations” provide a practical and proven... View Details
- July 1997 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Chattanooga Ice Cream Division,The
By: Carl S. Sloane
Senior functional officers (marketing, manufacturing, research & development, control, and human resources) clash over alternative ideas for turning around a business in decline. The general manager is faced not only with choosing between competing ideas, but also... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Management Teams; Groups and Teams; Managerial Roles; Conflict Management; Decisions; Performance
Sloane, Carl S. "Chattanooga Ice Cream Division,The." Harvard Business School Case 498-001, July 1997. (Revised October 2003.)
- December 1979 (Revised October 1983)
- Case
Fred Henderson
By: John P. Kotter
Focuses on the management style of Fred Henderson in the context of a relatively stable business environment within Xerox Corporation. To be contrasted with the case, Renn Zaphiropoulos and the videotape, A Day with Renn Zaphiropoulos (9-881-501), which are appropriate... View Details
Keywords: Situation or Environment; Management Style; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry
Kotter, John P. "Fred Henderson." Harvard Business School Case 480-043, December 1979. (Revised October 1983.)
- March 2000 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Ethan Berman at RiskMetrics Group (A)
Ethan Berman, CEO of J.P. Morgan's risk management spinoff, has grown RiskMetrics Group (RMG) from a small team of 30 to a 70-person firm contemplating an IPO. Along the way, the consensus-based decision-making process that he espoused started to prove unwieldy; his... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Business Growth and Maturation; Decision Making; Service Industry; Consulting Industry
Ibarra, Herminia M., and Gillian Morris. "Ethan Berman at RiskMetrics Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 400-066, March 2000. (Revised August 2000.)
- 04 Mar 2013
- News
Manchester United 8 – Wharton 7
- 19 Jun 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Learning to Manage: A Field Experiment in the Indian Startup Ecosystem
- June 2017
- Case
Maggie Wilderotter: The Evolution of an Executive
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott and Robin Abrahams
In a career that spanned over 30 years, Maggie Wilderotter served as CEO of two publicly traded companies and served on 32 corporate and 9 association and nonprofit boards of directors. As CEO of Frontier Communications, a U.S. telecom company with over $25 billion in... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Managing People; Networks; Strategy And Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Social and Collaborative Networks; Gender; Power and Influence; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah L. Abbott, and Robin Abrahams. "Maggie Wilderotter: The Evolution of an Executive." Harvard Business School Case 417-091, June 2017.
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
flaws." Once the excitement fades, a different type of leadership is essential. Bill Eickhoff would compare Jobs, Bezos, etc. to Ford, Edison, etc. "No one ever raves about their so-called 'leadership' style. These men were outliers. Their View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Dec 2013
- News
Companies Revisit 'Rank And Yank' of 1980s
- 2002
- Casebook
General Management: Processes and Action: Text and Cases
By: David A. Garvin
Keywords: General Management; Learning Organizations; Implementation; Management; Cases; Strategic Planning; Decision Making; Change Management; Leadership Style; Organizational Culture
Garvin, David A. General Management: Processes and Action: Text and Cases. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2002.