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January 1985
Case

21 Aug 2011
News

From Human Nature to Human Resources

Dynamically Integrating Knowledge in Teams: Transforming Resources into Performance

In knowledge-based environments, teams must develop a systematic approach to integrating knowledge resources throughout the course of projects in order to perform effectively. Yet, many teams fail to do so. Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm, we examine... View Details

April 2008
Teaching Note

China Resources Corporation (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Dennis Campbell

Teaching Note for [107013] and [107015]. View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Governance Controls; Performance Productivity; Problems and Challenges; State Ownership; Strategy; China

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February 1984 (Revised February 1994)
Teaching Note

Dade County Resource Recovery Project, Teaching Note

By: David E. Bell

Keywords: Programs; Environmental Sustainability; Miami

Citation

06 Feb 2019
HBS Seminar

Judith Judson, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources

01 Oct 2001
News

Industry-Related Clubs Offer Alumni a New Resource

In addition to the well-established network of HBS clubs in cities all over the world, a fairly recent development is the growing number of associations that have been formed around alumni interests. Over the past few years, two of these groups — the HBS Alumni... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

July 2024 (Revised September 2024)
Case

Shell’s Balancing Act: Resource Allocation and the Green Transition (Abridged)

By: David Collis and Haisley Wert

In mid-2023, amid pressure from climate change activists, shareholder activists, and confronting enormous uncertainty about the future demand for and price of fossil fuels, new Shell CEO Wael Sawan (Harvard MBA 2003) announced a change in strategy for the U.K. oil... View Details

Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Renewables; Forecasting Demand; Strategy; Energy; Climate Change; Resource Allocation; Corporate Strategy; Investment Activism; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Energy Industry

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Educators

July 1995 (Revised April 1999)
Case

Becton Dickinson (E): An Assessment of Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling

By: Michael Beer and Pamela J. Maus

This case presents an assessment of the strategic human resource management (SHRM) profiling process implemented at Becton Dickinson. It explores the questions the assessment raised about the viability of the process and what aspects might be changed if the process is... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Human Resources; Management Practices and Processes; Strategic Planning; Health Industry

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September 2020
Teaching Note

Mary Guerrero and the Advancement of Latinx Talent: Developing an Employee Resource Group at a Top Tier Bank (A) and (B)

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Amy Hernandez Turcios

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 321-017 and 321-018. View Details

Keywords: Latinx; Bank; Latin America; Representation; Scale; Inclusion; Coalition; Resources; Talent and Talent Management; Diversity; Ethnicity; Banks and Banking; Leadership

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Article

Strategy Making as Iterated Processes of Resource Allocation

By: Joseph L. Bower and Tomo Noda

Keywords: Strategy; Resource Allocation

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February 1996 (Revised May 2002)
Teaching Note

Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources TN

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for (9-195-158). View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology; Global Range; Resource Allocation; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry

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January 2025
Article

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System Implementations and Corporate Misconduct

By: Jonas Heese and Joseph Pacelli

This study examines whether enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations are associated with reductions in corporate misconduct. Specifically, we study the relation between staggered facility-level rollouts of ERP systems and facility-level regulatory violations... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governance Compliance

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20 Dec 2018
News

Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni

Clubs News Clubs News At the request of the HBS Club of London, the Baker Library presented a live webinar on December 5 to remind alumni of their lifetime access to the preeminent business research library. “The webinar covered remote Baker Library View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

10 Feb 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Investing in Improvement: Strategy and Resource Allocation in Public School Districts

Keywords: by Stacey Childress; Education

18 Mar 2019
Podcast

30. Revisiting Resource Allocation in the Firm

Before returning to our Jobs to Be Done theme, we thought we'd share a little about how some of Clay's theories came to be. On the show today, hear Clay talk with one of his mentors, Joe Bower, the Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, about the origins of Resource... View Details