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- August 2013 (Revised November 2013)
- Case
Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (A)
By: Willy Shih
This case explores the very different paths taken by the Ford Motor Company and the General Motors Corporation in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Henry Ford's Model T was a car for the masses. After considerable experimentation, Ford Motor... View Details
Keywords:
Innovation;
Exploration;
Dominant Design;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business History;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Leading Change;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Vertical Integration;
Auto Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Michigan
Shih, Willy. "Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (A)." Harvard Business School Case 614-010, August 2013. (Revised November 2013.)
- 2011
- Working Paper
Top Executive Background and Financial Reporting Choice
By: Francois Brochet and Kyle Travis Welch
We study the role of executive functional background in explaining management discretion in financial reporting. Taking goodwill impairment as our reporting setting, we focus on top executives (CEOs and CFOs) whose employment history includes experience in investment...
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
Goodwill Accounting;
Experience and Expertise;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Managerial Roles;
Agency Theory
Brochet, Francois, and Kyle Travis Welch. "Top Executive Background and Financial Reporting Choice." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-088, February 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
- Web
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Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research
Accounting & Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students More Local Events Local Community Events Harvard Wyss institute- upcoming events Berkman Center for Internet and Society-...
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- October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance
By: Walter J. Salmon and Jaan Elias
Starting in 1988, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) began a controversial transformation in management and governance. For its first 112 years, the AMC's structure had resembled that of a country club--volunteer leaders directed the club's operations and its small,...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Transformation;
Corporate Governance;
Employee Relationship Management;
Recruitment;
Leading Change;
Organizational Culture;
Labor and Management Relations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Education Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Salmon, Walter J., and Jaan Elias. "Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance." Harvard Business School Case 598-066, October 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
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- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 15 Jan 2015
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
High Impact Women Entrepreneurs: Insights from Pioneers who are Changing the Game
During this webinar, Professor Lynda Applegate, faculty chair of the HBS Owner/President Management program, will discuss new research that is developing profiles and case studies on women entrepreneurs who founded new ventures that have become successful high-growth,...
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- 2002
- Book
Organizations, Policy and the Natural Environment: Institutional and Strategic Perspectives
By: Andrew J. Hoffman and Marc Ventresca
This book brings together emerging perspectives from organization theory and management, environmental sociology, international regime studies, and the social studies of science and technology to provide a starting point for discipline-based studies of environmental...
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Hoffman, Andrew J., and Marc Ventresca, eds. Organizations, Policy and the Natural Environment: Institutional and Strategic Perspectives. Stanford University Press, 2002.
- 08 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Harley Munsell
How long have you been at HBS? I have been working at HBS for almost 4 years, but I’ve been a Recruiting Relations Manager for a year and a half. Before joining Career & Professional Development (CPD), I worked for the HBS Social...
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Keywords:
Consulting
- May 2003
- Case
Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times (A) (Abridged)
By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse
Sun Hydraulics, 32-year-old global hydraulics engineering and manufacturing company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida; confronts tough choices due to the economic downturn in 2001. The company leadership debates how to maintain profitability and reduce labor costs...
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Keywords:
Organizational Culture;
Mission and Purpose;
Financial Crisis;
Crisis Management;
Manufacturing Industry;
Florida
Hill, Linda A., and Jennifer Suesse. "Sun Hydraulics: Leading in Tough Times (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 403-139, May 2003.
- Article
How to Shift from Selling Products to Selling Services
By: Doug J. Chung
Only a few years ago, most software companies sold seat licenses for their products, charging customers on the basis of head count. But today, software is typically provided using cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) models that charge customers fees for...
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Keywords:
SaaS Business Models;
Sales;
Management;
Business Model;
Salesforce Management;
Applications and Software;
Customer Relationship Management
Chung, Doug J. "How to Shift from Selling Products to Selling Services." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 2 (March–April 2021): 48–52.
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LGBTQ+ Community - MBA
platform to LGBTQ+ voices which often go unheard. Webinars Hear from current students and learn more about the MBA Program through interest-specific Admissions webinars. Access the full library of webinars for prospective students. Summer Venture in View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
at Kwinters, the hot-dog stand in my local mall, where I learned how to cook five varieties of hot dogs, managed cash, cleaned the oily fryers and greasy hot-dog containers, and earned minimum wage. It was a great initial lesson in how,...
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- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
victory from the Czech Republic. Železný somehow managed to turn the loss to his advantage and ended up a member of the European Parliament. For business managers and investors, the story of TV Nova and the...
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- November 2009
- Article
What Would Peter Say?
Heeding the wisdom of Peter Drucker might have helped us avoid - and will help us solve - numerous challenges, from restoring trust in business to tackling climate change. He issued early warnings about excessive executive pay, the auto industry's failure to adapt and...
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Keywords:
Judgments;
Employee Relationship Management;
Leadership;
Goals and Objectives;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Shareholder Relations
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "What Would Peter Say?" Harvard Business Review 87, no. 11 (November 2009).
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Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities - Recruiting
Hamilton (MBA 2008), clear expectations helped her navigate recruiting as a student with Bipolar Disorder and ADHD who understood that managing her hypomanic and depressive episodes would be critical. “When the company shared the schedule...
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- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
Management Review What to Do When Industry Disruption Threatens Your Career By: Groysberg, Boris, Eric Lin, and Whitney Johnson Abstract—This article discusses how to diagnose the risks that disruptive industry forces pose to individual...
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Keywords:
Dina Gerdeman
- January 2008 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
Restructuring at Nova Chemical Corporation
Management of a diversified chemicals company faces two financial decisions: whether to finance a major investment in new production facilities for its rapidly expanding Environmental Products Division, and whether to sell a more slowly growing non-specialty chemicals...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Chemicals;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Finance;
Chemical Industry
Mason, Scott. "Restructuring at Nova Chemical Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 208-107, January 2008. (Revised February 2008.)
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Research & Teaching - Creating Emerging Markets
in more developed markets? In this video, Professors Tarun Khanna and Geoffrey Jones discuss a thematic paper using CEM data, published in the Strategic Management Journal in 2017: Overcoming Institutional Voids Comparative Research...
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- 2006
- Article
Capital Budgeting: The Role of Cost Allocations
By: Ian D. Gow and Stefan Reichelstein
A common issue for firms is how to allocate capital resources to various investment alternatives. An extensive and long-standing literature in finance has examined various aspects of capital budgeting, including capital constraints, the determination of discount rates,...
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
Resource Allocation;
Performance Evaluation;
Cost Management;
Research;
Investment;
Cash Flow;
Risk Management;
Performance Capacity
Gow, Ian D., and Stefan Reichelstein. "Capital Budgeting: The Role of Cost Allocations." Operations Research Proceedings (2006): 115–122.