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- January 1998 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Sideco Americana S.A. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
This case focuses on a decision the Sideco management team faces when customers of its newly acquired and privatized water and sewer company neglect to pay its bills. Describes the effort to transform an old-style Argentine construction and engineering company into a...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Transformation;
Business or Company Management;
Values and Beliefs;
Argentina
Paine, Lynn S., and Harold F. Hogan Jr. "Sideco Americana S.A. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-081, January 1998. (Revised February 1998.)
- 27 Oct 2014
- News
The power of peers
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The trouble with grade inflation: It works
- 10 Dec 2012
- News
In Beyoncé Deal, Pepsi Focuses on Collaboration
- 09 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”
the coach before the tournament finals and explained my situation. He was incredulous. "I don't know what you believe," he said to me, "but I believe that God will understand." Every one of the guys on the team came to...
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- 14 Jun 2023
- Op-Ed
Every Company Should Have These Leaders—or Develop Them if They Don't
and possess the ability to guide a team through efficient time management. Leaders at the vice president level may be LTLs if they have deep experience or specialized skills or are leading a specific function. The key for LTLs is that...
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by Hise Gibson
- Program
Leading Global Businesses
Adapt strategies and operations to the rapidly changing global business context Integrate global and local strengths while improving collaboration across cultures Create competitive advantage by integrating the best of your organization's global capabilities Be an...
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- July 16, 2015
- Article
How Small Businesses Can Fend Off Hackers
By: Lou Shipley
If you wanted to hack a business, which one would you pick: A Fortune 500 company with a large digital-security budget and a team dedicated to protecting its cyberassets? Or a small enterprise that doesn’t employ a single IT security specialist? Security breaches at...
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Keywords:
Hack;
Data Security;
Small Business;
Analytics and Data Science;
Safety;
Information Technology;
Cybersecurity
Shipley, Lou. "How Small Businesses Can Fend Off Hackers." Wall Street Journal (July 16, 2015).
- June 2018
- Teaching Note
The Transformation of Microsoft
By: C. Fritz Foley and F. Katelynn Boland
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-048. In early 2015, Amy Hood, CFO of Microsoft, and the rest of the senior leadership team faced a set of fundamental choices. The firm had opportunities to serve customers in ways that would be associated with higher growth but lower...
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- November 2010 (Revised July 2011)
- Case
FreshTec: Revolutionizing Fresh Produce
By: Jose B. Alvarez and Ryan Johnson
Entrepreneurial produce packaging firm, which has developed a disruptive technology that keeps fresh produce and flowers fresh for significantly longer, faces strategic growth decisions. CEO Bob Wright must decide how best to bring his company's unique packaging...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Disruptive Innovation;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Product Launch;
Supply Chain;
Value Creation;
Service Industry
Alvarez, Jose B., and Ryan Johnson. "FreshTec: Revolutionizing Fresh Produce." Harvard Business School Case 511-059, November 2010. (Revised July 2011.)
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
How to Turn Around Nearly Anything
- 25 Sep 2018
- Video
Out of the Comfort Zone: FIELD Global Immersion
- 17 Sep 2014
- Video
Student Impressions of FIELD
- 17 May 2018
- Blog Post
HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans
in urban communities and to do so with a great team of people. I saw that The Mission Continues was hiring, and because they do that type of work with veterans, the job seemed like a perfect fit. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity, so I...
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- 12 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program
their attempt to enter or thrive in African markets tended to set unrealistic time expectations for their operating teams and/or made unrealistic promises to their investors. Against this backdrop of unrealistic expectations and limited...
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- Web
Online Business Courses for Organizations | HBS Online
a global community of business professionals. Ask questions, collaborate, and share experiences and expertise across industries. Find the Right Program for Your Organization Corporate Solutions Invest in your team with world-class...
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- August 2005 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots (A)
By: John R. Wells and Travis Haglock
What happens when an MBA buys a football team and hires a bunch of MBAs and a coach with an economics degree to run it? In this case, a historic three Super Bowls in five years. The end run Bob Kraft (HBS '65) used to acquire the New England Patriots. Why Kraft ignored...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Management Style;
Motivation and Incentives;
Leading Change;
Management Practices and Processes;
Leadership Style;
Sports;
Management Teams;
Sports Industry;
United States
Wells, John R., and Travis Haglock. "Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-413, August 2005. (Revised October 2005.)
- Web
Custom Programs
A learning experience built around your business goals. HBS helps you design customized learning experiences that transform individual leaders, teams, and organizations. Our expert team will partner with you to codesign learning...
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- November 2005 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Bally Total Fitness (A): The Rise, 1962–2004
By: John R. Wells, Elizabeth A. Raabe and Gabriel Ellsworth
From a single, modest club in 1962, Bally Total Fitness had grown to become—in management’s words—the “largest and only nationwide commercial operator of fitness centers” in the United States in 2004. Bally had faced its share of challenges, but the last couple of...
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Keywords:
Bally Total Fitness;
Fitness;
Gyms;
Health Clubs;
Chain;
Securities And Exchange Commission;
Paul Toback;
Weight Loss;
Exercise;
Contracts;
Personal Training;
Retention;
Accounting;
Accounting Audits;
Accrual Accounting;
Finance;
Advertising;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
For-Profit Firms;
Customers;
Customer Satisfaction;
Public Equity;
Financing and Loans;
Revenue;
Revenue Recognition;
Geographic Scope;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Health;
Nutrition;
Business History;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Management;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing;
Operations;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Public Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Segmentation;
Trends;
Cost Management;
Profit;
Growth and Development;
Leadership Style;
Five Forces Framework;
Private Ownership;
Opportunities;
Motivation and Incentives;
Competitive Strategy;
Health Industry;
United States;
Illinois;
Chicago
Wells, John R., Elizabeth A. Raabe, and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Bally Total Fitness (A): The Rise, 1962–2004." Harvard Business School Case 706-450, November 2005. (Revised December 2016.)
- October 2018
- Case
African Bank Investments Limited (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Less than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company’s CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Personal Finance;
Corporate Accountability;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Corporate Governance;
Crisis Management;
Insurance;
Leadership;
Management;
Risk Management;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Insurance Industry;
Africa;
South Africa
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "African Bank Investments Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 319-052, October 2018.