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    Nitin Nohria

    Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.

    As Dean, building on... View Details

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    • April 1993 (Revised October 1995)
    • Case

    ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation

    By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
    To develop the next generation of risky products, ALZA, a mature and profitable biotechnology firm specializing in drug delivery systems, must raise $40 million. Organizational constraints and competitive concerns demand that the work be done inside the firm. However,... View Details
    Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Technological Innovation; Business Subsidiaries; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Finance; Biotechnology Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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    • January 2025
    • Supplement

    A Winning Strategy (B): Innovation in Olympic Speed Skating

    By: Rebecca Karp, Maria Roche, Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon and Tom Quinn
    This case describes the aftermath of decisions made by two innovators in the Olympic sport of speed skating: the U.S. Men’s team, which devised a new approach to the team pursuit event; and Nils van der Poel, a Swedish skater who created a new training plan that defied... View Details
    Keywords: Sports; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Knowledge Sharing; Performance Improvement; Sports Industry; United States; Sweden; Netherlands; Norway
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    • Fall 2012
    • Article

    The Flattening Firm—Not As Advertised

    By: Julie Wulf
    For decades, management consultants and the popular business press have urged large firms to flatten their hierarchies. Flattening (or delayering, as it is also known) typically refers to the elimination of layers in a firm's organizational hierarchy and the broadening... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Structure; Governance Controls; Decision Making
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    • March 2006 (Revised August 2006)
    • Case

    Putnam Investments: Rebuilding the Culture

    By: Nitin Nohria and Charles Nichols
    Charles "Ed" Haldeman Jr. is promoted CEO of Putnam Investments after the firm was badly damaged by a series of improper trading practices. He is charged with the task of managing the crisis, repairing the company culture, and putting the firm back into a pattern of... View Details
    Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Ethics; Investment Funds; Investment; Leading Change; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    • September 1997 (Revised May 1999)
    • Case

    Automated Intelligence Corporation

    By: James K. Sebenius and David T. Kotchen
    Precision Controls is a Minnesota-based manufacturer of electronic control devices. To enhance its product line, Precision would like to establish an artificial intelligence research group, either through internal development or, preferably, by merging with or... View Details
    Keywords: Information Technology; Valuation; Research and Development; Stock Shares; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Mergers and Acquisitions; Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry; Minnesota
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    • 03 Mar 2015
    • News

    Is Social Media Actually Helping Your Company’s Bottom Line?

    • Web

    People - Doctoral

    Economics Anastassia Fedyk PHD 2019 Organizational Behavior Alexandra C. Feldberg DBA 2020 Accounting & Management Patrick Ferguson DBA 2021 Marketing Ximena Garcia-Rada PHD 2022 Business Economics Talia Gillis PHD 2021 Health Policy... View Details
    • Web

    Rock Summer Fellows - Entrepreneurship

    both tracks. Students who desire greater structure and accountability should apply to Rock Accelerator. Rock Accelerator students will be held to additional mandatory weekly meetings and deliverables throughout the summer. Students... View Details
    • 03 Oct 2023
    • Research Event

    Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

    one of-- in all four accounts every day. Your family, your friends, your work that serves other people, and your faith. And by by faith, as Oprah just indicated, that means something transcendent to your daily life. Look, if you're, if... View Details
    Keywords: by HBS Staff
    • 21 Nov 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: November 21, 2006

    pricing, the timing of investments, and who captures the greatest value at different phases of product generations. The Press as a Watchdog for Accounting Fraud Author:Gregory S. Miller Periodical:Journal of View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • June 2024
    • Article

    Valuing the Societal Impact of Medicines and Other Health Technologies: A User Guide to Current Best Practices

    By: Jason Shafrin, Jaehong Kim, Joshua T. Cohen, Louis P. Garrison, Dana A. Goldman, Jalpa A. Doshi, Joshua Krieger, Darius N. Lakdawalla, Peter J. Neumann, Charles E. Phelps, Melanie D. Whittington and Richard Willke
    This study argues that value assessment conducted from a societal perspective should rely on the Generalized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (GCEA) framework proposed herein. Recently developed value assessment inventories—such as the Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness’s... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Valuation; Cost vs Benefits; Society
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    • 19 May 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Mandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability

    Keywords: by Francois Brochet, Alan Jagolinzer & Edward J. Riedl
    • 18 Jun 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Elections and Discretionary Accruals: Evidence from 2004

    Keywords: by Karthik Ramanna & Sugata Roychowdhury
    • 23 Apr 2024
    • In Practice

    Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now

    With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • Web

    Finance - Faculty & Research

    views – with a 47% correlation in return expectations – and their disagreement is associated with elevated trading volume. This belief heterogeneity proves important for understanding stock market puzzles: jointly, investor beliefs View Details
    • March 2008
    • Article

    When Growth Stalls

    By: Matthew S. Olson, Derek C. M. van Bever and Seth Verry
    This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. An abrupt and lasting drop in revenue growth is a crisis that can strike even the... View Details
    Keywords: Growth Strategy; Revenues; Crisis Management; Revenue; Growth and Development Strategy
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    • Research Summary

    Competing in New Markets

    Strategic advisors counsel managers to conduct a thorough competitive analysis emphasizing key points of differentiation. But for new markets, Professor McDonald’s research suggests that reports of the threat posed by similar rivals may be greatly exaggerated, and... View Details

    • February 2018
    • Article

    Structural GARCH: The Volatility-Leverage Connection

    By: Robert F. Engle and Emil N. Siriwardane
    During the financial crisis, financial firm leverage and volatility both rose dramatically. Consequently, institutions are being asked to reduce leverage in order to reduce risk, though the effectiveness depends upon the role of capital structure in volatility. To... View Details
    Keywords: Leverage; Credit Risk; Crisis Management; Equity; Volatility; Credit; Risk Management; Financial Crisis
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    • 2011
    • Teaching Note

    UFIDA (E) (TN)

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Lijuan Liu
    In 2004, China's largest management software provider UFIDA began internationalization. In the subsequent 6 years, UFIDA entered Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and other overseas Asian markets. Nonetheless, UFIDA's overseas business footprint was still... View Details
    Keywords: Computer Software; Corporate Strategy; Emerging Markets; Globalization; China; Applications and Software; China
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