Publications

14 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2006

repositioned to serve the "traditional yet modern" Indian woman. The brand still carries some baggage from its past. GoldPlus, on the other hand, is a new brand that is positioned to serve the plain gold wedding jewelry market. A variety of strategic,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?

culture on post-pandemic employee engagement and organization performance in his book Win From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage. References:... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

April 2025
Case

Joe Mazzulla and the Boston Celtics (A)

By: Linda A. Hill, James I. Cash and Lydia Begag

Joe Mazzulla's leadership journey with the Boston Celtics began in 2016 when he served as an assistant coach for their NBA G-League affiliate. In 2019, he was promoted to a "behind-the-bench" assistant coaching role with the Celtics, before being asked to become the... View Details

17 Sep 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Innosight

industries to identify new growth opportunities, build new ventures and capabilities, and accelerate organizational change. Founded by HBS professor Clay Christensen, our cofounder and several of our Partners are also alumni, including... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

July 2019 (Revised April 2021)
Case

Salary Finance

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In April 2019, Asesh Sarkar, co-founder and chief executive of Salary Finance Limited, a London-based FinTech, faced tough choices. Sarkar had founded Salary Finance with Dan Cobley and Daniel Shakhani in 2015. The company’s value proposition was quite simple: partner... View Details

Keywords: Credit; Financing and Loans; Wages; Innovation and Invention; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry

04 May 2007
What Do You Think?

How Do Managers Think?

in which it is carried out. Joe Schmid observed that "both medical doctors and organizational managers work in cultures that are historically problem definition poor and solution rich. Their individual... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

threaten their company's franchise or strategy. Is the firm hiring lots of new people who may not be well trained? Is the culture so internally competitive that employees may be tempted to do the wrong thing? Are information systems in... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert Simons

02 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017

Construction of Wine Culture Since the 1960s, the United States has seen spectacular growth in wine consumption. Al Hisano explores how businesses reinveted the image of wine. This creation of the new market, like other consumer products,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2010
News

Alumni Books

the forces affecting attitudes and behaviors in each generation and analyzes the implications of organizational and technological changes for their future. Numbers Rule Your World: The Hidden Influence of Probability and Statistics on... View Details

Keywords: mathematics; statistics; Finance

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55514 January–February 2019 Harvard Business Review The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract— Innovative View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

(Sudbury Press) Poems about fathers and sons, Martha’s Vineyard, politics and society, and youth, age, and relationships. Leaders Made Here: Building a Leadership Culture by Mark Miller (AMP 170, 2006) (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Great... View Details

July – August 2011
Article

What Factors Drive Analyst Forecasts?

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul Healy, Nitin Nohria and George Serafeim

A firm's competitive environment, its strategic choices, and its internal capabilities are considered important determinants of its future performance. Yet there is little evidence on whether analysts' forecasts of firm performance actually reflect any of these factors... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Forecasting and Prediction; Industry Growth; Judgments; Performance; Valuation; Price; Quality; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Competency and Skills; Surveys

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April 2024
Case

Dr. Tom Mihaljevic and Cleveland Clinic

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag

In December 2022, Dr. Tomislav (“Tom”) Mihaljevic, CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic, was reflecting on the last few years at the hospital, marked both by unprecedented challenges and remarkable achievements. Cleveland Clinic had recently been ranked the world’s... View Details