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    Author Talks: Tsedal Neeley on why remote work is here to stay-and how to get it right

    In this edition of Author Talks, McKinsey’s Eleni Kostopoulos chats with Tsedal Neeley, the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, about her book View Details
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    Private Equity and Venture Capital

    will foster teamwork and amplify the impact of the Private Equity and Venture Capital program. A participant team might include executives responsible for finance, marketing, business development, customer service, human resources, and... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Finance
    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    J. Richard Hackman (1940-2013)

    By: Ruth Wageman and Teresa M. Amabile
    When J. Richard Hackman died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 8, 2013, psychology lost a giant. Six and a half feet tall, with an outsize personality to match, Richard was the leading scholar in two distinct areas: work design and team effectiveness. In both... View Details
    Keywords: Social Psychology; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry; Cambridge
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    Mergers and Acquisitions

    your company is private or public, or looking to buy or to sell, you will emerge with new ability to broker powerful deals and create shareholder value. Key Benefits Completing a successful merger or acquisition is a multifaceted project that involves managing major... View Details
    • October 2016
    • Technical Note

    Product Development Fundamentals

    By: Marco Iansiti, Michael Toffel, Kerry Herman and Julia Kelley
    This note introduces key managerial issues in new product development. It describes the product development funnel and alternative approaches to structuring product development teams including functional, lightweight, heavyweight, and autonomous/dedicated teams, which... View Details
    Keywords: Product Development; Groups and Teams; Operations; Management
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    • 23 Jun 2023
    • HBS Case

    This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions

    Is it possible to truly empower employees to make their own decisions—even when those decisions could mean life or death? That is the question posed by Dutch home healthcare organization Buurtzorg, which has radically avoided almost all middle management, allowing its... View Details
    Keywords: by Annelena Lobb; Health
    • May 2024
    • Case

    LinkedIn Corporation, 2024

    By: David B. Yoffie, George Gonzalez and Emily Grandjean
    By 2024, the LinkedIn profile was well established as the professional identity of record on the Internet. Following a multi-year effort to expand the platform’s user base, as well as a period of rapid growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, LinkedIn’s membership had... View Details
    Keywords: Platform; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Social Media; Network Effects; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Technology Industry; Employment Industry; Sunnyvale
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    • January 2021
    • Supplement

    Aster DM Healthcare: Budget Exercise

    By: V.G. Narayanan and Amy Klopfenstein
    In April 2020, Alisha Moopen, Deputy Managing Director of Aster DM Healthcare, a network of clinics, hospitals, and pharmacies in the Middle East and India, must create her company’s budget for the 2021 fiscal year in light of the onset of Covid-19. The pandemic had... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Judgments; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cost vs Benefits; Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Financial Condition; Financial Liquidity; Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Management; Crisis Management; Health Pandemics; Health Industry; Asia; India; United Arab Emirates; Dubai
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    • August 2016 (Revised October 2016)
    • Case

    Nirvana Vihar Rehabilitation Homes

    By: Shawn Cole, Andreas Rotenberg and Thomas van den Aarssen
    Kumar Builders (KUL) was finally nearing completion on the four luxury condominium towers that comprised the first phase of its bold vision for the redevelopment of more than 70 acres of prime real estate in downtown Pune, India. The Nirvana Hills development also... View Details
    Keywords: Real Estate; Slum Redevelopment; Double Bottom Line; Economic Development; Partnerships; Partners and Partnerships; Development Economics; Urban Development; Business and Community Relations; Real Estate Industry; India
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    • April 2011
    • Case

    Designs by Kate: The Power of Direct Sales

    By: John A. Deighton and Sarah Abbott
    The sales representatives at Designs by Kate (DBK) sell private label jewelry at hosted parties and through online social media channels. They are also responsible for recruiting, training, and managing new sales reps. CEO and founder Kate Creevey designed the... View Details
    Keywords: Direct Sales; Consumer Marketing; Marketing Management; Personal Selling; Sales Compensation; Sales Organization; Motivation and Incentives; Marketing Strategy; Salesforce Management; Performance; Compensation and Benefits; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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    • February 2007 (Revised May 2008)
    • Supplement

    Bancaja: Developing Customer Intelligence (B)

    In 1996, CEO Fernando Garcia Checa wanted to make customer analytics a part of Bancaja's new strategy. Bancaja, a savings bank based in Valencia, Spain, was expanding and wanted to exploit customer information to increase commercial effectiveness. At the same time, it... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Credit Cards; Analytics and Data Science; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Marketing Strategy; Banking Industry; Spain
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    • January 2006 (Revised February 2015)
    • Case

    Innovation at Timberland: Thinking Outside the Shoe Box

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ryan Raffaelli
    Innovation was linked to Timberland's heritage. In 2005, CEO Jeff Swartz and COO Ken Pucker hoped the Invention Factory, an advanced concept lab, would develop new breakthrough products and reinvigorate the company's culture of innovation. Since the 1960s, Timberland... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Organizational Culture; Change Management
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    • 8 AM – 5 PM GMT, 10 May 2018
    • Career Events

    HBS MBA Alumni Career Reboot Camp in London

    Career Reboot Camp is coming to London! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details

      Making the Right Technical Hire

      For many CEOs, particularly those running startups, hiring the right people is the single biggest determinant of whether a new business survives. And so it makes sense that the chief executive should be View Details

      • 8 AM – 5 PM EDT, 28 Apr 2017
      • Career Events

      Career Reboot Camp in Washington, D.C.

      Career Reboot Camp is coming to Washington, D.C.! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move... View Details
      • October 2021 (Revised January 2022)
      • Supplement

      Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (C)

      By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
      This case is the third installment in a series about the 10-year cultural and digital transformation of Pfizer’s Global Clinical Supply organization. In 2011, Michael Ku became Pfizer’s Vice President of Global Clinical Supply (GCS) after the company had undergone... View Details
      Keywords: Clinical Supply Chain; COVID-19; Vaccine; Agile; Innovation and Invention; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Transformation; Leadership; Corporate Strategy; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Health Care and Treatment; Supply Chain Management; Digital Transformation
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      Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

      team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call... View Details
      • July 2019
      • Case

      Christmas Inc. (A)

      By: Susanna Gallani, Gregory Sabin, Lexor Adams and Nicholas Haberling
      Santa Claus is facing increasing pressures to contain costs. The economic model that has worked for centuries is starting to show some cracks, to the point that he is considering outsourcing part of its toy production. Evaluating the bids his team collected from... View Details
      Keywords: Costing; Production; Cost; Analysis; Decision Making; Strategy
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      • September 2013 (Revised November 2015)
      • Case

      Living Proof: Are We a Technology Company or a Beauty Company?

      By: Willy Shih

      Jon Flint came up with the idea of a science-based beauty company while talking with his hairdresser about the problems with typical hair and skin care products. Together with a small team that included Professor Robert Langer of MIT, he committed to assemble a team... View Details

      Keywords: Hair Care; Personal Care; Science-based; R＆D; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Corporate Strategy; Technology Platform; Expansion; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States; Boston; Cambridge
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      • 17 Jul 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees

      affects motivation. Are you taking away the part of the job that people really enjoy?” You Might Also Like: Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters How... View Details
      Keywords: by Avery Forman