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- 17 Nov 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?
"reality testers," not necessarily authority figures, advises University of Pennsylvania professor Martin Seligman, the father of positive psychology. For decades, scientists regarded optimism and pessimism as fixed traits we...
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- 18 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity
The most damaging portion of former FBI Director Louis Freeh's comprehensive report on the Pennsylvania State pedophilia scandal is his conclusion that four senior university officials concealed football coach Jerry Sandusky's child abuse...
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- January 1989 (Revised March 2009)
- Supplement
General Electric: Valley Forge (F)
By: Robert L. Simons
Simons, Robert L. "General Electric: Valley Forge (F)." Harvard Business School Supplement 189-014, January 1989. (Revised March 2009.)
- October 1989 (Revised June 1991)
- Teaching Note
General Electric: Valley Forge (A)--(H), Teaching Note
By: Robert L. Simons
Teaching Note for (1-189-009--013), (1-189-015), and (1-189-016).
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- June 2004
- Teaching Note
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (TN)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note to (9-104-042).
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- January 1989 (Revised February 1991)
- Supplement
General Electric: Valley Forge (G)
By: Robert L. Simons
Supplements General Electric: Valley Forge (A).
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Simons, Robert L. "General Electric: Valley Forge (G)." Harvard Business School Supplement 189-015, January 1989. (Revised February 1991.)
- January 1989 (Revised February 1991)
- Supplement
General Electric: Valley Forge (E)
By: Robert L. Simons
Supplements General Electric: Valley Forge (A).
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Simons, Robert L. "General Electric: Valley Forge (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 189-013, January 1989. (Revised February 1991.)
- 11 Mar 2014
- Interview
The Looming Challenges of US Competitiveness: Implications for Philadelphia
The third installment of the Fox School's Innovation Leadership Speaker Series featured Professor Michael E. Porter, William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School. Dr. Porter addressed the factors driving innovation and competitiveness in a given...
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Porter, Michael E. "The Looming Challenges of US Competitiveness: Implications for Philadelphia." Innovation Leadership Speaker Series, Temple University, Fox School of Business, Philadelphia, PA, United States, March 11, 2014.
- 2002
- Other Unpublished Work
Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Pittsburgh
This regional report examines the composition and performance of the Pittsburgh regional economy, how industry clusters developed and innovation arose, how clusters affected the region's economic future, and how the region can establish a strategy and action program to...
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Porter, Michael E. "Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Pittsburgh." Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC, April 2002. (Report.)
- December 2017 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy 2016
By: Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley and Toyin J. Okanlawon
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) began as a stand-alone hospital in the heart of downtown Philadelphia in 1855. By 2016 the CHOP Care Network stretched across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the New York metropolitan area, providing a wide range of services...
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Keywords:
Communication;
Health Care and Treatment;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Structure;
Networks;
Integration;
Strategy;
Health Industry;
Philadelphia
Porter, Michael E., Thomas W. Feeley, and Toyin J. Okanlawon. "The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy 2016." Harvard Business School Case 718-420, December 2017. (Revised April 2018.)
- December 2011
- Supplement
Altoona State Investment Board: December 2008: Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Josh Lerner
- November 2011
- Teaching Note
Altoona State Investment Board: December 2008 (TN)
By: Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
- February 1993 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Bidwell Training Center, Inc. and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: Preparation in Pittsburgh
By: James L. Heskett and Roger H. Hallowell
Bill Strickland, executive director of both Bidwell Training Center and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, has built a highly successful training organization to enable underprivileged minorities in Pittsburgh to escape the cycle of poverty. His success has led to questions...
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Keywords:
Training;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Leadership;
Society;
Competency and Skills;
Pittsburgh
Heskett, James L., and Roger H. Hallowell. "Bidwell Training Center, Inc. and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: Preparation in Pittsburgh." Harvard Business School Case 693-087, February 1993. (Revised June 1993.)
- January 2016 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
Ivy Academy: Blended Learning in Downingtown Area School District
By: John J-H Kim and Daniel Goldberg
In 2015, Downingtown Area School District (DASD), a suburban school district near Philadelphia, entered its second year implementing Ivy Academy, a blended learning program, in its two traditional high schools. Superintendent Larry Mussoline, having for several years...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Technology;
Curriculum and Courses;
Learning;
Philadelphia
Kim, John J-H, and Daniel Goldberg. "Ivy Academy: Blended Learning in Downingtown Area School District." Harvard Business School Case 316-144, January 2016. (Revised November 2018.)
- 2015
- Working Paper
Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines
By: Edward L. Glaeser, Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
We study entrepreneurship and growth through the lens of U.S. cities. Initial entrepreneurship correlates strongly with urban employment growth, but endogeneity bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near cities led to specialization in...
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Keywords:
Industrial Organization;
Chinitz;
Agglomeration;
Clusters;
Cities;
Mines;
Industry Clusters;
Entrepreneurship;
City;
Mining;
Mining Industry;
Pittsburgh
Glaeser, Edward L., Sari Pekkala Kerr, and William R. Kerr. "Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-015, August 2012. (Revised May 2015.)
- January 2010 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy
By: Michael E. Porter, Carolyn Daly and Andrew Peter Dervan
In 2009 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) had been recognized as the best children's hospital in the country for six years in a row; but leadership saw CHOP as more than the large main campus in western Philadelphia. Beginning in the 1990s, CHOP had created a...
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Keywords:
Communication;
Health Care and Treatment;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Structure;
Networks;
Integration;
Health Industry;
Philadelphia
Porter, Michael E., Carolyn Daly, and Andrew Peter Dervan. "The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 710-463, January 2010. (Revised March 2011.)
- February 2008 (Revised October 2010)
- Case
Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Ryan Taliaferro
Bob Kelly, the new CEO of Mellon Financial, is considering the terms of a proposed "merger of equals" with The Bank of New York, just before the final Board meeting to approve the deal. The combination offers a great strategic fit, and the expected synergies are large....
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Equity;
Banks and Banking;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Valuation;
Banking Industry;
Pittsburgh
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Ryan Taliaferro. "Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York." Harvard Business School Case 208-129, February 2008. (Revised October 2010.)
- December 2005 (Revised December 2008)
- Case
SchoolNet: Pursuing Opportunity beyond Federal Mandates
Settling into his seat on the train bound for New York, CEO Jonathan Harber reflected on the evolution of SchoolNet's position in the educational technology market and its important relationship with Philadelphia. Specifically, how could it transition from a project to...
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Keywords:
Customers;
Education;
Performance Improvement;
Partners and Partnerships;
Expansion;
Technology Adoption;
Philadelphia
Childress, Stacey M., and Kristin Campbell. "SchoolNet: Pursuing Opportunity beyond Federal Mandates." Harvard Business School Case 806-050, December 2005. (Revised December 2008.)
- January 2003 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Finding a CEO for the School District of Philadelphia: Searching for a Savior?
Following the largest state takeover of a local public school district in U.S. history, a new governing body must find a CEO to effect a large-scale turnaround in the Philadelphia school district. This case examines the context of large urban public schools and...
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Keywords:
Leading Change;
Restructuring;
Education;
Crisis Management;
Education Industry;
Philadelphia
Childress, Stacey M., Stig Leschly, and Purnima Kochikar. "Finding a CEO for the School District of Philadelphia: Searching for a Savior?" Harvard Business School Case 803-072, January 2003. (Revised July 2005.)
- October 1997 (Revised November 2000)
- Case
Transitional Infant Care Specialty Hospital
Transitional Infant Care Specialty Hospital (TIC) addresses the question of whether and how to maintain strategic focus in an industry that is calling increasingly for integrated service delivery. Despite providing high-quality, cost-effective care relative to...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Marketing Strategy;
Service Delivery;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry;
Pittsburgh
Gittell, Jody H., and Michelle Toth. "Transitional Infant Care Specialty Hospital." Harvard Business School Case 898-070, October 1997. (Revised November 2000.)