Publications

18 Jun 2024
News

How CEOs Define Vulnerability—and Benefit from It

01 Dec 2009
News

Faculty Books

Leadership by Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria, and Mark Rennella (Palgrave Macmillan) This book examines the evolution of leadership through the story of the American airline industry. Early airline... View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 2012
News

A Decade of Change

who now serves as a deputy director at the organization. “Over the past 10 years, the Leadership Fellows program has enabled social-sector organizations to strategically integrate MBA talent, collectively advancing our respective missions and making a difference in the... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Honoring HBS’s Organization Men

students and junior faculty working in the area of organization design, as well as more senior contributors to the field. Their goal was to define and discuss the open research questions that trace their beginnings back to Lawrence and Lorsch’s seminal work. HBS... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2004
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A Case of Achievement

event, Dean Kim B. Clark introduced the panel of five alumni and presented each of them with their award, HBS’s highest honor. Next came the case discussion, led by HBS professor Nitin Nohria, featuring... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Dec 2014
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Atlanta Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS

the region, as well as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening also featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria, Professor William A. Sahlman, Leo F. Mullin (MBA 1967), Lisa M. Gunther (MBA 2000)... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Inside Modern HR

job search? MB: There are amazing professors at HBS doing cutting-edge research in this space, so you don’t want to miss the opportunity to learn from people like Nitin Nohria, Bill George, Linda Hill, Boris... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2003
News

Books

Experimentation Matters by Stefan H. Thomke Becoming a Manager (second edition) by Linda A. Hill What Really Works by William Joyce, Nitin Nohria, and Bruce Roberson The Innovator’s Solution by Clayton M.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

June 2024
Case

Driving Transformation: Jeff Jones at H&R Block

By: Nitin Nohria, Das Narayandas and Kayti Stanley

December 2005 (Revised April 2011)
Case

C.W. Post

By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson

In 1906, C.W. Post had to move his latest breakfast product--corn flakes--from store shelves into cereal bowls nationwide. Post genuinely believed his corn flakes and other breakfast foods would make people well. Through sampling and other innovative sales and... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Sales; Food and Beverage Industry; Battle Creek

06 Feb 2019
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Unlike Trump, most CEOs have very little ‘executive time’

01 Sep 2014
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Convening Power

Spangler Center, Klarman Hall will be designed by Boston-based William Rawn and Associates, architects of the recently opened Tata Hall, as a vibrant space with an eye toward flexibility, adaptability, and accessibility. “With this wonderful gift,” said Dean View Details

18 Jan 2012
News

Survey Reveals Depths of US Competitiveness Problem

its competitive edge in the global economy, according to survey results revealed today at a press conference in the nation’s capital. Over the next three years, 71 percent of nearly 10,000 respondents expect the country’s competitive position to decline. Along with HBS... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2004
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Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits

have an impact on business managers on an everyday basis. In essence, we want to bridge the gap between theory and practice,” says Mayo. Mayo, who spearheaded the legacy project along with HBS professor Nitin View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

17 Sep 2020
News

HBS Goes Back To School

safety concerns. “In many cases, we're not just meeting the new requirements—if the equipment allows us to do so, we're striving to exceed them,” says Stewart. AUGUST 28 In a virtual welcome to the MBA Class of 2022, Dean Nitin View Details

May 2017 (Revised June 2017)
Teaching Note

Solvay Group: International Mobility and Managing Expatriates

By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria, Robin Abrahams and Kerry Herman

Teaching Note for HBS No. 409-079 View Details

September 1994 (Revised August 2006)
Case

Giddings & Lewis: In Search of the Cutting Edge (Consolidated) (A)

By: Nitin Nohria, Bharat N. Anand and Kyle F. Barnett

Describes the conditions leading to the acquisition of Cross and Trecker by Gidding & Lewis. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation; Situation or Environment; Integration; Valuation

01 Dec 2022
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A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light

mission.” Nitin Nohria, University Distinguished Service Professor who served as Dean following Light, notes, “Jay gave me the best gift a new Dean could ask for: a School well-positioned for the future.... View Details

Keywords: leadership; HBS Dean; obituary; academia

January 2007
Case

Robert E. Rubin (A)

By: Nitin Nohria, Robert Steven Kaplan and Nicole Davison

Bob Rubin was a businessman given the task of setting up and running the National Economic Council for the Clinton Administration. Unfamiliar with management in a political climate, Rubin worked hard to design, staff, and position the Council to make better economic... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Government and Politics; Managerial Roles; Macroeconomics; Organizational Design; Economy