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Kraft Accelerator
The Harvard Business School Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator convenes best-in-class
leaders from the business, medical, scientific, and technological communities to identify
and solve challenges slowing the advancement of precision medicine,... View Details
- 2012
- Chapter
Boardroom Challenges
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Lorsch, Jay W. "Boardroom Challenges." Chap. 1 in The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century, edited by Jay W. Lorsch, 7–36. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2012.
- February 1993 (Revised November 2001)
- Background Note
Challenge of Growth, The
Presents a conceptual framework for understanding the general management task, and given this framework, explores the challenges growth presents. View Details
Keywords: Framework; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges
Roberts, Michael J. "Challenge of Growth, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 393-106, February 1993. (Revised November 2001.)
- Teaching Interest
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs
By: Tarun Khanna
Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (GCE) is designed for students who are interested in entrepreneurial approaches to the biggest challenges of our time. Grand Challenges are near-intractable, global problems that offer the tantalizing... View Details
- Research Summary
Marketing Challenges in India
By: Das Narayandas
Das is writing a series of field cases that explore the challenges faced by firms in the rapidly evolving and growing Indian economy. View Details
- Article
Six Strategic Challenges
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "Six Strategic Challenges." World Link 11, no. 1 (January–February 1998): 28–34.
- 2012
- Chapter
Board Challenges 2009
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Lorsch, Jay W. "Board Challenges 2009." Chap. 9 in Corporate Governance and the Global Financial Crisis: International Perspectives, edited by William Sun, Jim Stewart, and David Pollard, 165–187. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- October 2014 (Revised December 2015)
- Background Note
China's Environmental Challenge
By: William C. Kirby, Nora Bynum, Erica M. Zendell and Brittany Crow
China faces enormous environmental challenges. This background note looks at the historical, economic and political origins of the environmental crisis that faces the world's fastest-growing economy. View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Globalized Economies and Regions; History; Crisis Management; Environmental Sustainability; China
Kirby, William C., Nora Bynum, Erica M. Zendell, and Brittany Crow. "China's Environmental Challenge." Harvard Business School Background Note 315-026, October 2014. (Revised December 2015.)
- August 2021 (Revised November 2023)
- Supplement
Coats: Supply Chain Challenges
By: Willy C. Shih
Coats, the largest thread maker in the world, transformed its business to digital colour measurement so that it could respond better to customer demand in the garment industry for rapid product cycles and more fragmented colour choices. Its embrace of digital colour... View Details
- January 1993 (Revised June 1993)
- Background Note
Challenge of Commitment,The
By: Michael Beer and Michael J. Gibbs
Defines commitment, describes the psychological and organizational factors that underly it, and provides a comprehensive discussion of the policies and practices managers can employ to enhance commitment. Identifies control and commitment as two critical strategies... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Governance Controls; Policy; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Strategy
Beer, Michael, and Michael J. Gibbs. "Challenge of Commitment,The." Harvard Business School Background Note 493-046, January 1993. (Revised June 1993.)
- December 1992 (Revised June 1993)
- Background Note
Challenge of Coordination
Bradach, Jeffrey L. "Challenge of Coordination." Harvard Business School Background Note 493-037, December 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
- April 2020 (Revised August 2021)
- Case
Singapore: 'Facing Challenges Together'
Since its expulsion from Malaysia in 1965, Singapore had transformed itself from a third world island nation into a vibrant city-state with one of the highest levels of GDP per capita in the world. However, sluggish demand among Singapore's major trade partners began... View Details
Keywords: Savings; Productivity Growth; Productivity; Economic Institutions; Economic Development; Government And Business; Government Policy; Economic Policy; Country Analysis; Investment And Savings; Institutions; Economic Growth; Macroeconomics; Development Economics; Investment; Government and Politics; Trade; Policy; Research and Development; Analysis; Economics; Business and Government Relations; Asia; Singapore; Southeast Asia
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Singapore: 'Facing Challenges Together'." Harvard Business School Case 720-036, April 2020. (Revised August 2021.)
- May 2021 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
Coats: Supply Chain Challenges
By: Willy C. Shih and Adina Wong
Coats, the largest thread maker in the world, transformed its business to digital colour measurement so that it could respond better to customer demand in the garment industry for rapid product cycles and more fragmented colour choices. Its embrace of digital colour... View Details
Keywords: Inventory Management; Supply Chains; Digital; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Asia
Shih, Willy C., and Adina Wong. "Coats: Supply Chain Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 621-115, May 2021. (Revised July 2021.)
- October 2011
- Case
Levendary Cafe: The China Challenge
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Arar Han
Just weeks into her new job, Mia Foster, a first time CEO with no international management experience, is faced with a major challenge at Levendary Cafe, a $10 billion US-based fast food chain. Strategically, many of her corporate staff have become concerned that the... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; International Management; Foreign Subsidiaries; General Managers; Strategy; Management Style; Strategic Planning; Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Adaptation; Entrepreneurship; Relationships; Standards; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; China; United States
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Arar Han. "Levendary Cafe: The China Challenge." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-357, October 2011.
- Research Summary
Global Strategic and Management Challenges
Michael Y. Yoshino is conducting an exploratory study designed to identify, and develop an understanding of, the strategic and management challenges facing major corporations located in the ASEAN countries as they achieve rapid growth and global expansion. He is also... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- Cold Call Podcast
The Challenges of Commercializing Fertility
Keywords: Re: Debora L. Spar
- June 1999 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Eli Lilly, 1998 (A): Strategic Challenges
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Thomas W. Malnight
Deals with key strategic challenges facing Eli Lilly, a highly successful U.S.-based drug company. View Details
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Thomas W. Malnight. "Eli Lilly, 1998 (A): Strategic Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 399-173, June 1999. (Revised October 1999.)
- September 1989 (Revised June 1990)
- Background Note
Challenge of Change, The: Note
Describes the major challenges associated with managing change. Highlights the focus for change, the different degrees and types of change, when change is to be introduced, what factors enable that introduction, and what reactions change evokes. Underscores the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management
Jick, Todd D. "Challenge of Change, The: Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 490-016, September 1989. (Revised June 1990.)