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Cluster Studies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Development in Inner Cities Economic Development in Rural Areas Cluster Studies International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles Cluster Studies Cluster Studies Clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, View Details
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
March 27, 2017 Harvard Business Review How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data By: Cespedes, Frank V., and Amir Peleg Abstract—Most current talk about “big data” seems to assume the disintermediation or replacement of physical...
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by Sean Silverthorne
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Identify a list of comparable companies | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
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Capital Changes | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
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- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
recrafting the cases from multiple industries to include one industry; (3) integrating the key characters of monomyth hero's journey; and (4) writing the case dialogue for the protagonist, Jim Barton, hero's journey. The result was our...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
and in our success as a family," notes L.E. Simmons (MBA '72), founder of L.E. Simmons & Associates in Houston, which manages a private equity fund that invests in the oil service industry. "We all believe in and support what Kim Clark is...
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Strong Leadership and Teamwork Drive Culture and Performance Change: Ohio State University Medical Center 2000–2006
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Fred Sanfilippo, Neeli Bendapudi and Anthony Rucci
Several characteristics of academic health centers have the potential to create high levels of internal conflict and misalignment that can pose significant leadership challenges.
In September 2000, the positions of Ohio State University (OSU) senior vice... View Details
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Employee Relationship Management;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Organizational Structure;
Performance Improvement;
Customer Satisfaction;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leading Change;
Service Delivery;
Satisfaction;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry;
Ohio
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Fred Sanfilippo, Neeli Bendapudi, and Anthony Rucci. "Strong Leadership and Teamwork Drive Culture and Performance Change: Ohio State University Medical Center 2000–2006." Academic Medicine 83, no. 9 (September 2008).
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
current and future teachers, calls for values-motivated screening or divestment always posed an inherently complex challenge. Having spearheaded the development of Principles for a Responsible Civilian Firearm Industry released on...
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- October 2009 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture
By: Frances X. Frei, Robin J. Ely and Laura Winig
On July 17, 2009, Zappos.com, a privately held online retailer of shoes, clothing, and other soft line retail categories, learned that Amazon.com, a $19 billion multinational online retailer, had won its board of directors' approval to offer to merge the two companies....
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Culture;
Internet and the Web;
Valuation;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Frei, Frances X., Robin J. Ely, and Laura Winig. "Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture." Harvard Business School Case 610-015, October 2009. (Revised June 2011.)
- 15 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Promises and Limitations of Big Data
services firms are using digital information about their customers to offer them a whole new range of customized products under the category of fintech. Cities are using data from Google Street View to guide economic development. And...
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- 2023
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Deeply Responsible Business.: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership
By: Geoffrey Jones
Corporate social responsibility has entered the mainstream, but what does it take to run a successful purpose-driven business? This book examines leaders who put values alongside profits to showcase the challenges and upside of deeply responsible business. Should...
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Corporate Responsibility;
Business Ecuation;
Socially Responsible Investing;
Business Education;
Ethics;
Leadership;
Business History;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Religion;
Social Enterprise;
Social Issues;
Wealth and Poverty;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Banking Industry;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Computer Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Education Industry;
Fashion Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United Kingdom;
Germany;
United States;
Japan;
India;
Latin America
Jones, Geoffrey. Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2023.
- November 2006
- Case
The Pine Street Initiative at Goldman Sachs
By: Boris Groysberg, Scott A. Snook and David Lane
Almost five years had passed since Goldman Sachs launched its innovative leadership development initiative called Pine Street. Focused primarily on developing Goldman's most senior managers, Pine Street had evolved significantly since its inception in November of 1999....
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Executive Education;
Personal Development and Career;
Leadership Development;
Business Education;
Financial Services Industry
Groysberg, Boris, Scott A. Snook, and David Lane. "The Pine Street Initiative at Goldman Sachs." Harvard Business School Case 407-053, November 2006.
- June 2008 (Revised July 2008)
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Kit Hinrichs at Pentagram (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
This case focuses on Kit Hinrichs, a 65-year-old partner at Pentagram, a privately owned multidisciplinary design firm. One of the world's most prestigious design firms, Pentagram was founded by five designers from different disciplines in London in the 1970s. By 2008,...
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Arts;
Business Offices;
Customer Relationship Management;
Design;
Leadership;
Personal Development and Career;
Groups and Teams;
Creativity;
Service Industry;
San Francisco
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Stecker. "Kit Hinrichs at Pentagram (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-127, June 2008. (Revised July 2008.)
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Anthony Gerace In the late 1970s, a dozen or so gay men found one another at HBS and decided to band together, calling themselves the Alternative Executive Lifestyles group. They posted notices around campus, discreetly...
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- February 2023
- Case
Grupo Sancor Seguros: Facing the Digital Transformation of Insurance in Argentina (A)
By: Jorge Tamayo and Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago
In 2020, Alejandro Simón, CEO of Sancor Seguros Group, a nearly 75-year-old cooperative that had become Argentina’s insurance leader, had to decide about the Group’s digital transformation strategy. The Group’s values and history needed to be considered during the...
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Digital Transformation;
Organizational Culture;
Cooperative Ownership;
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Adaptation;
Technology Adoption;
Insurance Industry;
Latin America;
South America;
Argentina
Tamayo, Jorge, and Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago. "Grupo Sancor Seguros: Facing the Digital Transformation of Insurance in Argentina (A)." Harvard Business School Case 723-422, February 2023.
- January 2020
- Case
Sunset Limited or Full Speed Ahead? Amtrak Talks to Congress
By: John D. Macomber
Richard Anderson took the helm of Amtrak in 2017 after leading a successful turnaround at Delta Airlines. Amtrak is a US state owned enterprise with about $3.5 bn in annual revenue (and a large operating loss) that is responsible for substantial segments of passenger...
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- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
not the end goal. In fact, cost cutting and restructuring are simply the first steps in repositioning and leading a company and industry through the crisis and in defining how business will be conducted in the future. This paper describes...
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Martha Lagace
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Strategy & IT - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
industry boundaries, disrupting value chains, altering industry structure, and raising a new set of strategic choices for competitors. This transformation will unleash a new and even greater wave of...
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- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
with a diverse set of companies. "In this way, we could pool all this knowledge and distill it down to the essential principles that CIOs can generally apply, regardless of industry or size of firm, while describing 'realistic' and...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
L.E. Simmons
Simmons & Company, an investment banking firm specializing in the oil field service industry. "It's a fascinating industry that encompasses all the businesses that manufacture a product or provide a View Details
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Deborah E. Blagg