Publications

October 2001 (Revised January 2002)
Case

Philipp Justus at eBay Germany (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Maria Farkas

A week after becoming country manager of eBay's recently acquired German auction site, Philipp Justus must steer the company through a massive technical integration with eBay's Web site. Throughout the seven-month project, Justus and his team must master the challenge... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Leadership; Internet and the Web; Globalized Firms and Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Managerial Roles; Management Teams; Management Practices and Processes; Auctions; Retail Industry; Information Technology Industry; Germany

10 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

bolster their bargaining power, and channeling the flow of the process through time. They understand that actions taken away from the negotiating table can be as important as what goes on at the table, if not more so.1 Specifically,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational

of doing things" and shape its international organization structure and processes. Business historian Alfred Chandler has traced the influence of the cultural values and social structures on British management practice. For reasons... View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

its head. For example, one of the tenants of Intel culture is knowledge power, not position power. It's what you know and what you can contribute, not what your title is or where you are in the organization that matters. Contrast that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

March 2001 (Revised September 2002)
Case

Merck Latin America (A)

By: Michael Beer and James Weber

Introduces Grey Warner, the vice president of Merck's Latin America region, and his efforts to improve the organizational effectiveness of the region and to introduce a more global business culture and values. Discusses Merck's ethics and values, its Latin American... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Ethics; Business Processes; Strategic Planning; Change Management; Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Employee Relationship Management; Business Strategy; Government and Politics; Economy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Latin America

March 1991 (Revised May 1995)
Case

Kraft General Foods: The Merger (A)

By: David J. Collis

Describes Philip Morris' acquisitions of General Foods in 1985 and Kraft, Inc. in 1989, focusing on the integration of Kraft and General Foods that forms a $30 billion food subsidiary. Details the steps required to merge these two large companies, emphasizing the... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Subsidiaries; Business or Company Management; Managerial Roles; Business Processes; Cooperation; Integration; Food and Beverage Industry

08 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 8

between groups within organizations but has not investigated or theorized the ways in which differences in task and context influence how organizational groups best learn from error. Using process... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

Refugees' Attitudes Towards Compromise and Civil War Termination By: Fabbe, Kristin, Chad Hazlett, and Tolga Sınmazdemir Abstract— Civilians who have fled violent conflict and settled in neighboring countries are integral to processes of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Nov 2011
What Do You Think?

The Ultimate Question in Management

that "fundamental to trust is integrity so I would build the foundation on integrity." Other favorites included "the extent to which I feel my manager or my organization is being real with me ( doing what it says on the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book

Editor's note: Harvard Business School in mid-October played host to the 2010 Workshop on Integrated Reporting: Frameworks and Action Plan. Under direction of conference organizer Robert G. Eccles, participants recently published an... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria; Accounting

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

Overview Confidence in an organization is more than just a spirit of "We can do it." It is the foundation, systems, and culture involving positive behaviors such as open communication, self-scrutiny, respect, teamwork,... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

Allocation Theory By: Bower, Joseph L. Abstract—This article considers the process of resource allocation, whereby an organization determines how best to apportion its factors of production between the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

personal networks.— Rakesh Khurana "While doing that research," says Khurana, "I began to explore the circumstances and processes that surround CEO succession. This led me to investigate the role of search firms as... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment

02 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market

categories assigned value? One of the first studies of value construction as a detailed process in new market categories has been written by Mukti Khaire, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and R. Daniel Wadhwani, an... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

October 2010
Teaching Note

Whole Foods: Balancing Social Mission and Growth (TN)

By: Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason

Teaching Note for 410023. View Details

Keywords: Food; Growth and Development; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mission and Purpose; Supply Chain; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Integration; Management Practices and Processes; Labor Unions; Food and Beverage Industry; United States