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  • 14 Aug 2024
  • Video

Beyond Profit: How narrative guides investor-company alignment for social value

  • 20 Apr 2015
  • Blog Post

India Conference 2015

The India conference is an annual event organized by Harvard students. The conference has in the past focused on a plethora of issues related to India. Though the structure of the conference has remained... View Details
  • January 2017
  • Case

Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
On July 2, 2016, Danaher Corporation completed the spinoff of Fortive Corporation. The previous day, Danaher’s stock price had reached an all-time high. In 2015, Danaher had decided to split off its test and measurement, fuel and fleet management, and automation... View Details
Keywords: Danaher; Fortive; Larry Culp; Beckman Coulter; Pall; Life Sciences; Diagnostics; Environmental Operations; Water Management; Dental; Testing; Measurement; Fuel; Fleet Management; Automation; Toolmaking; Tools; Disease Management; Continuous Improvement; Toyota Production System; Divestiture; Spinoffs; Spin-off; Networks; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Engineering; Chemicals; Construction; Machinery and Machining; Profit; Revenue; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Business History; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Management Systems; Resource Allocation; Market Entry and Exit; Measurement and Metrics; Logistics; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Science; Genetics; Natural Environment; Wastes and Waste Processing; Science-Based Business; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Technology; Software; Technology Networks; Technology Platform; Value; Valuation; Aerospace Industry; Auto Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Computer Industry; Construction Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Distribution Industry; Electronics Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Retail Industry; Rubber Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Utilities Industry; United States; District of Columbia
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    Clayton S. Rose

    Clayton Rose is Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice. He currently teaches the course Accountability in the Advanced Management Program. His research is focused on the how leaders can manage the challenges created by the intense, varied and often... View Details

    Keywords: financial services
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    By: Christopher T. Stanton
    Professor Stanton’s research is focused on new possibilities around non-traditional work—through entrepreneurship, freelancing, or the gig economy. A related strand of work examines spillovers inside firms, which may be difficult to capture outside of traditional... View Details
    • 12 Nov 2020
    • HBS Seminar

    Hanna Halaburda, NYU Stern School of Business

    • Research Summary

    "I Read Playboy for the Articles": Justifying and Rationalizing Questionable Preferences

    When people behave in ways that might appear selfish, prejudiced or perverted, they engage a host of strategies designed to justify questionable behavior with rational excuses: “I hired my son because he’s more qualified.” “I promoted Ashley... View Details
    • 08 Jul 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

    vertical portals have a profound effect on traditional distribution networks, but because many vertical portals will have production capabilities, they may also pose a threat to specialty producers that choose to downplay the significance... View Details
    Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
    • 19 Dec 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: December 19, 2006

    recent proliferation of work regarding customer lifetime value. However, extant research in this area is silent regarding how to assess the profitability of customers in a networked setting. In such... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • April 2021
    • Case

    Zeynep Ton: The Good Jobs Strategy

    By: Francesca Gino and Frances X. Frei
    The link to this multimedia case should be provided to students in advance as preparation for classroom case discussion.

    In Zeynop Ton’s 2014 book The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost... View Details
    Keywords: Organizations; Selection and Staffing; Compensation and Benefits; Operations; Performance Effectiveness
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    • 29 Mar 2021
    • News

    Research: A Little Recognition Can Provide a Big Morale Boost

    • 03 Nov 2016
    • News

    Here's How Big Government Could Help Small Businesses

    • December 2003 (Revised September 2004)
    • Case

    Managing Segway's Early Development

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Kiron
    Describes the early development of the Segway Human Transporter and focuses on the organizational issues that arise between the parent company and the new company that is being spun out to produce and market the Segway. Key issues are the distribution of bonuses and... View Details
    Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Startups; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Resource Allocation; Organizational Design; Technology Adoption
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    • March 2003 (Revised April 2006)
    • Background Note

    Scale and Scope in Professional Service Firms

    By: Ashish Nanda
    This case discusses why economies (and diseconomies) of scale and scope exist in professional service firms (PSFs) and how they influence the amount and range of services that PSFs offer. It is distributed with a case that focuses on determining the optimal scale/scope... View Details
    Keywords: Cost Management; Operations; Microeconomics; Service Industry
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    • October 1998 (Revised December 1998)
    • Case

    CompUSA The Computer Superstore

    By: Ananth Raman and Anna Sheen McClelland
    Examines the CompUSA organization, focusing especially on the operations and the company culture. Highlights the economics of PC retailing and the importance of a responsive supply chain for their product category. The description of company culture emphasizes the role... View Details
    Keywords: Supply Chain; Organizational Culture; Motivation and Incentives; Supply Chain Management; Computer Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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    • October 1979 (Revised January 1983)
    • Case

    IBM Corp.: The Bubble-Memory Incident

    Focuses on the role of IBM's Corporate Management Committee (CMC) in resolving conflicts between the line and staff elements of IBM's organization. The issue for discussion is not a substantive technological question but a question of the proper role for the CMC in... View Details
    Keywords: Managerial Roles; Conflict and Resolution; Computer Industry
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    • 07 Feb 2019
    • HBS Seminar

    Chuck Eesley, Stanford University

    • 11 Jul 2016
    • Blog Post

    Career Resources to Consider Before You Arrive at HBS

    As you consider embarking on an MBA Program at HBS or elsewhere, it is important to become familiar with the resources that will be beneficial to a successful job search. Even before you get access to the plethora of resources available... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    Given the difficulty of directly debiasing cognitive and social biases, Ariella's research focuses on how environments can be structured to reduce biased behaviors and outcomes. Ariella is currently pursuing two main strands of research: the first is a focus on... View Details
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    Stretch the Mission? A Nonprofit That Supports Emerging-market Entrepreneurs Considers Expanding to the U.S.

    By: William A. Sahlman and Ramana Nanda
    A case study is presented concerning a nonprofit organization that helps entrepreneurs in emerging-markets countries in regions including Latin America and Asia, focusing on the decision over whether to expand its services into the Miami, Florida, area, a question on... View Details
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