Publications

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

September 2005
Teaching Note

C&S Wholesale Grocers: Self-Managed Teams (TN)

Keywords: Food; Management Teams; Food and Beverage Industry

May 2002
Case

Mellon Investor Services

James Aramanda, head of Mellon Investor Services, must decide how to change the focus of his business. He works with consultants to create a change strategy to enhance a business that is already doing well. Will he be able to interest his professionals in changing the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Innovation Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Management Teams; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; United States

Educators

September 2000
Teaching Note

Strategic Services at Andersen Consulting TN

Teaching Note for (9-899-065). View Details

Keywords: Consulting Industry

01 Dec 2018
News

From Das’s Desk

Reflective Leader. Led by HBS professors Tom DeLong and Scott Snook, participants delved into case discussions about authentic leadership, explored their personal strengths and weaknesses, and began to put... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

01 Jan 2009
Conference Presentation

The Current State of Professional Service Firms

Keywords: Business Ventures

March 2004
Supplement

C&S Wholesale Grocers: The Challenge of Self-Managed Teams

Keywords: Management Teams; Food and Beverage Industry

September 2000
Teaching Note

Union Carbide Deal (Abridged) TN

Teaching Note for (9-897-201). View Details

September 2000
Teaching Note

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Client Services (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-899-107). View Details

Keywords: Retail Industry

June 1997 (Revised February 2012)
Case

The Union Carbide Deal (Abridged)

On November 3, 1986, after a three-hour board of directors meeting, Union Carbide decided to accept First Boston's proposal to embark on a $2.5 billion recapitalization program. Jameson and his associates' efforts had paid off. Jameson had reason to be excited: He had... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Investment Banking; Financial Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Competition; Financial Services Industry

Educators

Teaching Interest

LEAD

This is a first year, required course. View Details

Keywords: LEAD; Leadership

Teaching

Overview

Research Summary

Overview

05 Apr 2021
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?

leaders teach? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. Reference: Thomas J. DeLong, Teaching by Heart: One Professor’s Journey to Inspire (Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2019)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

Thomas J. SteenburghHarvard Business School Case 511-057 Better World Books, a young start-up, provides a socially conscious alternative to Amazon, collecting and selling used books to keep them out of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Research Summary

Current Research

I'm currently studying how global organizations organize talent management systems in order to maintain and enhance the performance of professionals. I'm also interested in the socialization process of organizations based on size and focus of the... View Details

March 2015
Case

Aarti Grover and CMS Computers

July 2008
Case

Leading from the Side

Harriet Cornwall, a partner at the law firm of Kensington Palmer, LLP, is made lead over a fellow group of attorneys. Put in charge of guiding her colleagues in their annual goal-setting initiative, she notices four that need special attention. Cornwall must address... View Details

Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Managerial Roles; Performance Evaluation; Partners and Partnerships