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  • 07 Nov 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

is a British soccer club manager who turns out to be as incredible a performer as any of the lot. For 26 years, Sir Alex Ferguson has kept his Manchester United soccer club either at or near the top of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 25 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

grit—complete with a social conscience—form the basis of a new Harvard Business School case, "Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur, Leader, and Philanthropist." Professor Nancy F. Koehn, a leading historian, coauthored the case with View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • 15 Aug 2005
  • HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

an HBS club in the Midwest, commented, "Lincoln workers receive high pay and job security, and there is no need for a union there. But I'm not worried that there will be a diminishing role for unions,... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 21 Jul 2011
  • Other Presentation

Strategy for Non-Profits

By: Michael E. Porter
Strategy for Non-Profits: HBS Club of New York View Details
Keywords: Strategy; United States
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  • August 1998 (Revised October 2002)
  • Case

Harbus Foundation, The

By: James E. Austin and Linda Carrigan
Describes the challenges faced by a group of HBS students as they create a foundation. Given surplus funds generated by the student-run newspaper, The Harbus leadership decides to find a meaningful use for the excess cash. Profiles both the entrepreneurial process used... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Asset Management; Financial Institutions; Investment Portfolio; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Problems and Challenges; Social Enterprise; Valuation; Financial Services Industry
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  • 02 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

are not unequivocally a club that one should strive to join," writes Werker in his April 2013 working paper, Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences, published by the International Growth Centre at the London School of... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • October 2012 (Revised October 2013)
  • Case

Rock Health

By: Robert F. Higgins and Ian McKown Cornell
Rock Health was a San Francisco–based nonprofit organization offering accelerator services to spur innovation at the intersection of healthcare and technology. The company was the creation of Halle Tecco (HBS '11) and her HBS classmate Nate Gross (HBS '11), who met... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Incubation; Healthcare Technology; Startups; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Business Startups; Health Industry; San Francisco; California; United States
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  • 27 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

Political connections and family control are more common in Asian businesses than in the United States. In addition, says HBS professor D. Quinn Mills, American CEOs tend to use one of five leadership styles: directive, participative,... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
  • 30 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Are You Supporting Your B Players?

and yet pose a drag on the organization because they require constant reinforcement. So who is there to care about the B players? According to HBS professor Thomas J. DeLong, both in a reunion session for View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jun 2021
  • In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin:... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
  • 30 Jan 2006
  • HBS Case

The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand

As a longtime authority on marketing communications, HBS professor John Deighton has analyzed the consumer-product relationship from every angle. But when he heard the best-selling author James Patterson address a meeting of the Direct... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing
  • 29 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

offer a compensation increase, or talk about subsequent career opportunities, or even threaten dire consequences if the offer isn't accepted, the PSF managing partner has no such ammunition. His partner's compensation is largely... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
  • 30 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

a strong collaboration between the Time to Read national program and media and entertainment giant Time Warner, Inc. Time to Read helps local nonprofits such as Chicago's Off the Street Club recruit children, youths, and even adults from... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
  • 23 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

StarNight Hotel Construction Bid: Real Time Competition on Schedule, Scope, and Cost Harvard Business School Case 209-067 The case is intended for use with the HBS Educational Technology Group "Construction Bidding Simulation."... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Feb 2024
  • HBS Case

Beyond Goals: David Beckham's Playbook for Mobilizing Star Talent

biggest sports stage to cementing a legacy as a businessman, entrepreneur, and club owner. What’s the best way to build a team around a top performer? How do you value the asset of a star to the broader organization? And, how can an... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
  • 02 Aug 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Investor Protection: The Czech Experience

not just in (what is now) the Czech Republic, but also in any country that lacks strong institutions and investor protections. As HBS professor Mihir A. Desai and the Monitor Group's Alberto Moel explain in the Review of Finance, in their... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Media & Broadcasting; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

additional demand for its products and services. How, then, should The Home Depot organize itself in advance of disaster events? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309055 Neck & Neck: Leveraging the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

emerge. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308013 Club Atlético Boca Juniors Harvard Business School Case 508-056 Club Atlético Boca Juniors is the most... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

School, defines these multi-sided markets as platforms that serve two or more distinct groups of customers who value each other's participation. Examples: EBay provides markets for both buyers and sellers, dating club clients are both men... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
  • 07 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?

To err is human, but most research on supply chain management doesn't take psychological, functional, incentive-related, and other biases into account. HBS professors Rogelio Oliva and Noel Watson have devised their latest research to... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

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