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09 May 2016
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Plugged In: Anita Elberse, Harvard Business School

12 Feb 2015
Video

The Revival of a Salesman: The Importance of Sales and Strategy to Business

September 1996 (Revised May 1997)
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Mobil USM&R (C): Lubricants Business Unit

The general manager of a Lubricants Business Unit in Mobil's U.S. Marketing and Refining division launched a project to develop a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) for his unit. The purpose was to provide focus for all employees of the unit, enabling it to operate on an... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Employees; Customization and Personalization; Performance Evaluation; Measurement and Metrics; Management Teams; Projects; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United States

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17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

Confined to specialist journals and books, business history research too often lacks the impact it should have on the research and practice of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 May 2014
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Inclusion of Small Business in Value Chains

By: Michael E. Porter

Prerecorded CSV video played as part of the panel "Inclusion of small business in value chains - international experiences," Business Linkages conference. This event was hosted by the leading Brazilian small business development agency, Sebrae, on May 21 and May 22,... View Details

Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Value Chain; Society; Customer Value and Value Chain; Brazil

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July 2005 (Revised February 2007)
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Principles of Family Business System Change

By: John A. Davis

Identifies several practical principles to keep in mind when changing a family business system. View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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07 Jan 2022
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Five Must-Read Harvard Business Review Articles

February 2001 (Revised April 2001)
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Note on Valuing Private Businesses

By: Dwight B. Crane and Indra Reinbergs

This case provides a brief overview of valuation for owners of closely held companies. The focus is on a comparable transactions approach, although rules of thumb and discounted cash flow are mentioned. Earnings multiples and their drivers are discussed. It uses... View Details

Keywords: Earnings Management; Finance; Cash Flow; Analytics and Data Science; Private Ownership; Valuation

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10 Apr 2019
HBS Conference

Business Ethics in a Digital Age: Technology and other New Frontiers for Corporate Responsibility, Markets, and Society

15 Nov 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Algorithmic Foundations for Business Strategy

Keywords: by Mihnea Moldoveanu

23 Jun 2015
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Working moms have more successful daughters and more caring sons, Harvard Business School study says

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Book

Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business

By: Sunil Gupta

Disruption and transformation get a lot of hype and for good reason. Digital technologies have disrupted entire industries and incumbents have often struggled in this new world. Typical approaches used by legacy players such as using technology to improve efficiency,... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Information Technology; Transformation; Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Organizational Structure; Digital Strategy

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June 2005 (Revised June 2007)
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Introduction to Management of the Family Business

By: John A. Davis

Provides an overview to the content and structure of the Management of the Family Business course. View Details

Keywords: Family Ownership; Business or Company Management

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25 Apr 2013
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The business strategy in plausible deniability

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MBA Experience - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Take advantage of environmentally related academic, career, extracurricular & entrepreneurial opportunities. Curriculum A list of our environmentally-related elective courses, first-year cases, cross-registration courses, independent project information,... View Details

January 2024
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Winning Business at Russell Reynolds

By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco

In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Talent and Talent Management; Compensation and Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Consulting Industry

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01 Sep 2008
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Business Plan Contest Winners

The 12th annual HBS Business Plan Contest winner in the social enterprise track was Diagnostics-For-All (DFA), a nonprofit launched to develop a disposable, low-cost, paper-based “lab-on-a-chip” for use in diagnosing liver, kidney, View Details

Keywords: awards; Educational Support Services; Educational Services