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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Channel by Connie Sage (University of Virginia Press) Among his many accomplishments, the late Frank Batten Sr. (MBA 1952) created the Weather Channel in 1982, which became the largest private weather company in the world and an American... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
"Luxury, Technology, Integration"
the CEO allowed me to experience this growth first-hand, overseeing how rapidly the group is changing and the two originating companies are being integrated. My internship was also a great opportunity to experience how two distinct View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Good Luck Charm
at Time Warner, who said the satisfaction she gets from helping deserving local organizations makes her “the luckiest girl in the world.” In 2006, Time Warner gave a total of $50 million to support arts and education in New York City, and it is Quiroz that has “put... View Details
- 10 Apr 2013
- News
Tapped In
ARIAS-KING: Planting pine trees to promote social change. Photo Courtesy of Fredo Arias-King Fredo Arias-King (MBA 1996) President of Texas's T&R Chemicals, is aware that—outside of his industry—people aren't necessarily cognizant of the historical and View Details
- 22 Jun 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Motivation
professor Rohit Deshpandé looks at the hotel's customer-centered culture and value system. Can Employers Promote Moral Behavior? The Importance of 'Don't' in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior Professors Francesca Gino and Joshua D.... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 07 May 2019
- News
How Sonja Hoel Perkins Saved John McAfee from an Especially Bad Deal
As a young analyst, early in her career, Sonja Hoel Perkins (MBA 1993) had a nose for deals, according to the book Alpha Girls: The Women Upstarts Who Took on Silicon Valley’s Male Culture and Made the Deals of a Lifetime, by Julian... View Details
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Turning Millennials into Leaders
company in Atlanta, Georgia called ADDO. It’s a leadership consulting firm. We partnered with Chick-fil-A to create one of the nation’s largest programs, called Chick-fil-A Leader Academy, which teaches next-generation leaders how to... View Details
- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
multinational that employs more than 150,000 people and produces 40 percent of the world's platinum. She was the first woman and first non-South African to head the company. Addressing how to change the culture of a large and diverse... View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
complete, fixed description of each side's obligations. Not all breaches need be fatal; how they are handled can strengthen or rupture the social contract.—Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax, and James K. Sebenius Consider how cultural... View Details
- Profile
Jonathan Arena
five." Jonathan’s grandfather worked at the Heywood-Wakefield Furniture Company in Gardner, Massachusetts; his father “is an amateur photographer and professional writer – and he had his own business, which influenced my interest in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
Illustration by Fabio Consoli Illustration by Fabio Consoli The co-CEOs noticed it right away: Early in the pandemic, staffers at the online children’s clothing company Primary.com were struggling when they logged back into Zoom on... View Details
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
set of principles—constructive confrontation, disagree and then commit, knowledge power not position power, put common sense on a pedestal, let chaos reign and reign in chaos—these are all parts of Intel culture that helped make that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration, she’d taught Harvard’s leadership course during the 1990s, but had begun to suspect that the visionary model of leadership on which it was based wasn’t ideal for creating a View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
Jeff Norton “Popular culture can give the world a shared set of experiences, a starting point. I want to produce someone’s favorite movie.” Question He Asks Strangers Everywhere: What is your favorite movie? Grew Up: Burlington, Ontario... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- July 1993 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
ABB's Relays Business: Building and Managing a Global Matrix
Describes the development and management of the relays business area (BA) in ABB's global matrix organization. Focuses on three levels of management--corporate, BA, and operating company. Highlights the roles and responsibilities of individuals at each level as ABB... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Business or Company Management; Business Strategy; Organizational Structure; Managerial Roles; Management Practices and Processes; Employees; Organizational Culture; Success; Manufacturing Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "ABB's Relays Business: Building and Managing a Global Matrix." Harvard Business School Case 394-016, July 1993. (Revised April 1999.)
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
industry in the United States. Explores the interaction between the growth of a company and an overall industry. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=406082 Fundamentals of Family Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Turkey
href="https://www.library.hbs.edu/Find/Databases/EMIS-Emerging-Markets-Information-System" target="_blank">EMIS Useful for: emerging market information, including company info, news and niche industry reports. Strong foreign... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Finding The Right Patient-Provider Match
to ‘Dr. Famous,’ who was booked for 17 weeks out, while brand-new doctors only had 30 percent of their schedules filled.” Inspired by the efficiency that companies like Travelocity brought to the airline industry, Gardner created Kyruus... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online
psychology of company culture and how a strong culture can be a competitive advantage—or a disadvantage. Identify the managerial tools you can use to change your organization’s... View Details
- Profile
Evgeny Koudryavtsev
international students to bring their partners." This summer, Evgeny will go to London where he will intern with Warburg Pincus, a large-cap private-equity firm. After graduation, Evgeny's goal is "to help bring companies in... View Details