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- 30 May 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride
new vigor in the development of deep intellectual roots. The entrepreneurial research community now has its own division in the Academy of Management, most schools have courses in entrepreneurship, and there are over 150 endowed...
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by William Mahoney
- February 2003 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (A)
By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Michael Y. Yoshino and Perry Fagan
A young Italian MBA working for a Swiss multinational is sent to India to establish a subsidiary and implement the strategy he prepared at headquarters as a strategic planner. This case focuses on three core strategic decisions he must make as his plan is challenged by...
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Business Subsidiaries;
Decisions;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Employees;
Management Teams;
Strategic Planning;
India;
Switzerland
Bartlett, Christopher A., Michael Y. Yoshino, and Perry Fagan. "Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-086, February 2003. (Revised November 2006.)
- September 1990 (Revised November 1991)
- Supplement
Procter & Gamble Japan (C)
Updates the (A) case. The issues facing P&G were two-fold. 1) General manager, Japan--how to keep both the business and organization growing; 2) President, international--what role should the Japanese operation play in the P&G worldwide business?
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Business Offices;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Globalization;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizations;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Japan
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Procter & Gamble Japan (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-005, September 1990. (Revised November 1991.)
- 13 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 13, 2016
forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Bounded Awareness: Implications for Ethical Decision Making By: Bazerman, Max, and Ovul Sezer Abstract—In many of the business scandals of the new millennium, the...
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
George Serafeim: Winner of the 2022 Graham and Dodd Scroll Award from the Financial Analysts Journal for “Which Corporate ESG News Does the Market React To?” (2022) with Aaron Yoon. George Serafeim: Winner of the 2022 Journal of International View Details
- 23 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Strategy-Focused Organization
illustrate how major organizations have used the Scorecard to create an entirely new performance management framework that puts strategy at the center of a company's key management processes and systems. Mobil North America Marketing and Refining (NAM&R), a...
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by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- September 26, 2022
- Article
Is Your Family Office Built for the Future?
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Family offices can provide a number of benefits, including privacy, customization, and having your own team to handle a wide range of services, such as guiding family philanthropy, managing shared properties, or even managing household help. Successful principals in...
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Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Is Your Family Office Built for the Future?" Harvard Business Review (website) (September 26, 2022).
- June 2022 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Individual FoodService, Kelso, and Ken Sweder
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
When and how much risk to take? In October 2020, Ken Sweder, CEO of Individual FoodService (“IFS”), contemplated this question as he evaluated a proposal to acquire Brady Industries, a distributor of janitorial and sanitation products. Sweder and his private equity...
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COVID-19 Pandemic;
Risk Management;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Value Creation;
Business Divisions
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Individual FoodService, Kelso, and Ken Sweder." Harvard Business School Case 822-144, June 2022. (Revised November 2023.)
- October 1996 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Mobil USM&R (D): Gasoline Marketing
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Mobil US Marketing & Refining has shifted from a centralized staff-driven organization to decentralized business-units. Staff functions now must negotiate service agreements with a buyer's committee consisting of representatives from the profit-center business units....
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Management Teams;
Human Resources;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Customers;
Situation or Environment;
Business Units;
Energy Industry;
Mining Industry;
United States
Kaplan, Robert S. "Mobil USM&R (D): Gasoline Marketing." Harvard Business School Case 197-028, October 1996. (Revised April 1998.)
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
Hroe Large American companies are less racially integrated today than a generation ago—in fact, businesses have returned to the bleaker segregation levels of the 1970s, new research shows. This racial View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- September 2007
- Case
Kohl Industries
By: John A. Davis
Describes a compensation dilemma with a father and his three children, who work in different businesses under the family holding companies. The father, James Cole, must set compensation that meets the needs of the family and the business.
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Business Subsidiaries;
Family Business;
Compensation and Benefits;
Family and Family Relationships
Davis, John A. "Kohl Industries." Harvard Business School Case 808-078, September 2007.
- November 1993 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Erik Peterson (A)
By: John J. Gabarro
Describes the problems facing a recent MBA graduate in his job as general manager of a mobile cellular company owned by a parent corporation. Raises issues of corporate divisional relationships and the difficulties facing an inexperienced manager who seems to be...
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Business Subsidiaries;
Managerial Roles;
Organizational Design;
Problems and Challenges;
Relationships;
Mobile Technology
Gabarro, John J. "Erik Peterson (A)." Harvard Business School Case 494-005, November 1993. (Revised October 1995.)
- 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...
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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.
- September 2016 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Zalora Philippines: From Growth to Profitability
By: Donald Ngwe and Thales Teixeira
In May 2015 Paulo Campos, co-founder and CEO of Zalora Philippines, found himself at a crucial turning point in his young company’s development. In just three years, Zalora had come from entering the Philippine fashion retail industry as an unknown quantity to becoming...
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Internet and the Web;
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Fashion Industry;
Retail Industry;
Sweden;
Southeast Asia;
Philippines
Ngwe, Donald, and Thales Teixeira. "Zalora Philippines: From Growth to Profitability." Harvard Business School Case 517-009, September 2016. (Revised September 2017.)
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1.21 Use of Course Work & Materials - MBA
Learning/Independent Projects 1.18 Field Global Immersion (FGI) 1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) 1.20 Joint Degree Programs 1.21 Use of Course Work & Materials 1.22 Disability Access 1.23 Pregnancy, Childbirth & Adoption during Business...
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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
accolade, the Distinguished Service Award, in 1993. He held honorary degrees from Babson College and the University of Montreal. The Academy of Management’s Business Policy and Planning Division bestowed on...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments...
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- October 2022
- Case
Cost Plus Drugs
By: Alexander MacKay and James Barnett
In September 2022, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Company CEO Alex Oshmyansky considered the future of the company. Cost Plus Drugs was a retailer for more than 340 generic oral medications, selling their drugs at significantly lower prices than typical pharmacies....
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Business Ventures;
Decision Making;
Entrepreneurship;
Ethics;
Health;
Markets;
Social Enterprise;
Society;
Strategy;
Health Care and Treatment;
Business Divisions;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Health Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States;
Texas
MacKay, Alexander, and James Barnett. "Cost Plus Drugs." Harvard Business School Case 723-362, October 2022.
- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
Too often, there's a huge gap between a company's overall business strategy and the way its salesforce operates in the field. In fact, says Frank V. Cespedes, articles and books about strategy rarely take sales into consideration at all....
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by Carmen Nobel
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
of Business Administration; Faculty Co-Chair of the Harvard MS/MBA Program. Alan MacCormack is the MBA Class of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard View Details