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- February 2003
- Supplement
Silvio Napoli Cross Cultural Management
Presents an interview with Silvio Napoli regarding cultural aspects of an Italian manager in a Swiss company opening an Indian subsidiary. Issues range from personal and family adjustment to management style, corporate culture, and differences in national... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Business Subsidiaries; Nationality; Organizational Culture; Personal Characteristics; Business Startups; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Italy; Switzerland; India
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Silvio Napoli Cross Cultural Management." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 303-806, February 2003.
- Research Summary
Risk Management as a Function of Government
By: David A. Moss
Professor Moss's academic work in this area explores how and why governments manage private-sector risks. Based on historical and institutional research, he argues that risk management constitutes a critical function of government with far-reaching implications. ... View Details
- 1982
- Book
Managing the Data Resource Function
By: R. L. Nolan
Keywords: Management
Nolan, R. L. Managing the Data Resource Function. 2nd ed. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company, 1982.
- 2011
- Other Unpublished Work
Functional Centralization and the Division of Labor in Management
By: Julie Wulf, Maria Guadalupe and Hongyi Li
This paper shows that the trend towards flatter hierarchies in large US firms since the mid-80's has been accompanied by increased centralization of activities at the top of the organization. In particular, the number of functional managers (e.g., Chief Financial... View Details
- October 1994
- Case
Olympus Optical Company, Ltd. (B): Functional Group Management
Documents the emergence of the functional group management system at Olympus's camera manufacturing facility. This system increases the pressure on the work force to decrease costs and improve output by treating the facility's 10 autonomous groups as profit centers,... View Details
Cooper, Robin. "Olympus Optical Company, Ltd. (B): Functional Group Management." Harvard Business School Case 195-073, October 1994.
- 06 Sep 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Cross Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales & Operations Planning
Keywords: by Rogelio Oliva & Noel Watson
- 05 Feb 2015
- Blog Post
Crossing the Atlantic
Coming to Harvard Business School was a forcing function to re-think my career path. One thing was for sure, I was committed to not return to consulting post-HBS. Therefore, it was a surprise to my friends, and most of all me, when I... View Details
- October 2007
- Module Note
Managing in the Information Age Module Note for Students: Function IT
Introduces students to the concepts covered in the Managing in the Information Age module on Function IT. View Details
McAfee, Andrew P. "Managing in the Information Age Module Note for Students: Function IT." Harvard Business School Module Note 608-077, October 2007.
- 2011
- Casebook
Transnational Management: Text Cases and Readings in Cross Border Management
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Paul W. Beamish
Transnational Management focuses on the management challenges associated with developing strategies and managing the operations of companies whose activities stretch across national boundaries. The purpose of this book is to provide a conceptual framework showing the... View Details
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
businesses.” In 2008, companies averaged 2.9 general managers, compared to 1.6 in 1986, according to data from several surveys. The average number of functional managers reporting directly to the CEO... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 2019
- Working Paper
Managing Churn to Maximize Profits
By: Aurelie Lemmens and Sunil Gupta
Customer defection threatens many industries, prompting companies to deploy targeted, proactive customer retention programs and offers. A conventional approach has been to target customers either based on their predicted churn probability, or their responsiveness to a... View Details
Keywords: Churn Management; Defection Prediction; Loss Function; Stochastic Gradient Boosting; Customer Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior; Profit
Lemmens, Aurelie, and Sunil Gupta. "Managing Churn to Maximize Profits." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-020, September 2013. (Revised December 2019. Forthcoming at Marketing Science.)
- 12 Mar 2012
- News
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
- December 2007 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
The American National Red Cross (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Eliot Sherman and David Chen
Describes the governance issues facing the Board of Governors of the American Red Cross. After a series of issues--FDA consent decree on its blood operations; the response to 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina--the Red Cross board was under pressure to fix its governance from... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Business Processes; Non-Governmental Organizations; Service Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., Eliot Sherman, and David Chen. "The American National Red Cross (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-040, December 2007. (Revised October 2008.)
- September–October 2020
- Article
Managing Churn to Maximize Profits
By: Aurelie Lemmens and Sunil Gupta
Customer defection threatens many industries, prompting companies to deploy targeted, proactive customer retention programs and offers. A conventional approach has been to target customers either based on their predicted churn probability or their responsiveness to a... View Details
Keywords: Churn Management; Defection Prediction; Loss Function; Stochastic Gradient Boosting; Customer Relationship Management; Consumer Behavior; Profit
Lemmens, Aurelie, and Sunil Gupta. "Managing Churn to Maximize Profits." Marketing Science 39, no. 5 (September–October 2020): 956–973.
- April 2014
- Article
Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management
By: Maria Guadalupe, Hongyi Li and Julie Wulf
Top management structures in large U.S. firms have changed significantly since the mid-1980s. While the size of the executive team—the group of managers reporting directly to the CEO—doubled during this period, this growth was driven primarily by an increase in... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Functions; Centralization; M-form; Hierarchy; Top Management Team; C-Suite; Activities; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Diversification; Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Management Teams; United States
Guadalupe, Maria, Hongyi Li, and Julie Wulf. "Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management." Management Science 60, no. 4 (April 2014): 824–844.
- 1995
- Book
Transnational Management: Text, Cases and Readings in Cross Border Management
By: C. A. Bartlett and S. Ghoshal
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
Bartlett, C. A., and S. Ghoshal. Transnational Management: Text, Cases and Readings in Cross Border Management. 2nd ed. Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 1995.
- 1992
- Book
Transnational Management: Text, Cases and Readings in Cross Border Management
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Sumantra Ghoshal. Transnational Management: Text, Cases and Readings in Cross Border Management. Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin, 1992.
- 2008
- Casebook
Transnational Management: Text, Cases and Readings in Cross Border Management
By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Sumantra Ghoshal and Paul Beamish
Bartlett, Christopher A., Sumantra Ghoshal, and Paul Beamish. Transnational Management: Text, Cases and Readings in Cross Border Management. 5th ed. Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2008.
- 1999
- Book
Transnational Management: Text, Cases and Readings in Cross Border Management
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Sumantra Ghoshal. Transnational Management: Text, Cases and Readings in Cross Border Management. 3rd ed. Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 1999.
- June 1997
- Supplement
Deaver Brown and Cross River, Inc.
In an interview with an HBS faculty member, Deaver Brown of Cross River, Inc. talks about how to get customers to distribute your product--knowledge of their objectives, knowing the deal, understanding your relative perspectives, flexibility, presenting the benefits to... View Details
Bhide, Amar. "Deaver Brown and Cross River, Inc." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 897-508, June 1997.