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- 2016
- Book
The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change
By: Bharat Anand
Companies everywhere face two major challenges today: getting noticed and getting paid. To confront these obstacles, I examine a range of businesses around the world, from Chinese Internet giant Tencent to Scandinavian digital trailblazer Schibsted, from The New... View Details
Anand, Bharat. The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change. New York: Random House, 2016.
- March–April 2023
- Article
You Need Two Leadership Gears: Know When to Take Charge and When to Get Out of the Way
By: Lindy Greer, Francesca Gino and Robert Sutton
The debate about the best way to lead has been raging for years: Should you empower your people and get out of their way, or take charge and push them to do great work? The answer, say the authors, is to do both. Their research shows that effective leaders routinely... View Details
Greer, Lindy, Francesca Gino, and Robert Sutton. "You Need Two Leadership Gears: Know When to Take Charge and When to Get Out of the Way." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 2 (March–April 2023): 76–85.
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
chronicles the brand's origins, life experiences, and evolution over time in a selectively constructed story." Keinan recently participated in an e-mail interview about the research and its importance for marketing strategies. Martha... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Program
High Potentials Leadership Program
session application due: 27 SEP 2024 Applications submitted after the due date will be considered on an individual basis and may not be processed in time to grant admission. Read More To apply, you will submit: The application, telling us... View Details
- 02 Feb 2017
- Cold Call Podcast
Black Business Leaders Series: The Entrepreneurship Behind Ebony Magazine
Keywords: Publishing
- 03 Nov 2017
- News
A Tax Cut That Lifts the Economy? Opinions Are Split
- September 1969 (Revised June 1976)
- Case
Control Data Corp. (D)
Set in 1965, at a time when the company's mix of "sales" was shifting increasingly to customer leasing of its computers, the student is asked to evaluate possible revisions in the policies for depreciating the cost of a leased computer. View Details
Vancil, Richard F. "Control Data Corp. (D)." Harvard Business School Case 170-036, September 1969. (Revised June 1976.)
- September 2013 (Revised August 2024)
- Exercise
Process Analytics Simulation: Solutions
A set of exercises and instructions to be used with the Process Simulator software made by Pro Model. These exercises allow students to investigate the impact of variable processing times on the performance of simple in-line processes. Includes color exhibits. View Details
- June 2010
- Case
The Shaw Group Inc.: Entrepreneurial Innovation
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Edward Watson
The case describes the founding and evolution of the Shaw Group through acquisition. The case is set at the time that the company is redesigning its business processes, organization, and information technology infrastructure to support aggressive growth and increased... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Infrastructure; Business Processes; Organizational Design; Information Technology
Applegate, Lynda M., and Edward Watson. "The Shaw Group Inc.: Entrepreneurial Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 810-135, June 2010.
- 10 Apr 2015
- News
It’s the Weekend! Why Are You Working?
- 11 Apr 2011
- News
Brighton grad puts economic crisis into perspective
- 26 Feb 2016
- News
Case Study: Should You Address a Colleague’s Erratic Behavior?
- 11 Feb 2015
- Video
Words of Business Wisdom
- 05 May 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?
respondents concerned the misuse of such techniques. As Tom Henkel put it, "I'm sure the same companies that wasted time and money on poorly designed surveys and focus groups will engage in similarly misguided neuroscience and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
Summing Up What is the time and place for retention bonuses? Retention bonuses have their time and place but have to be used sparingly, according to many respondents to this month's column. Others were not... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- June 2014
- Simulation
Balanced Scorecard Simulation
By: V.G. Narayanan
In this multi-player simulation, students experience the benefits and challenges of using a scorecard to implement strategic initiatives and monitor firm performance. Small teams of students work together to choose a strategy for their company, create a strategy map,... View Details
- 24 May 2018
- Blog Post
Win/Win Board Assignments: Expert Advice from Board Recruiter Julie Norris
For many successful business people, retirement (or the advanced stages of their careers) is not a time to abandon old interests, but an opportunity to create new successes on the foundations of previous ones, perhaps by serving on a... View Details
- June 2013 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
Tim Blanchard at Jones Mendel & Co. (Abridged)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and John Gabarro
Tim Blanchard struggles to balance all the demands facing him as a partner of a consulting firm. He must decide how to serve clients, mentor his people, provide strategy and direction to the high-tech group, and spend time with family. View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Management Style; Partners and Partnerships; Work-Life Balance; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Consulting Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and John Gabarro. "Tim Blanchard at Jones Mendel & Co. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 913-420, June 2013. (Revised October 2013.)
- 24 Jan 2011
- News