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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan
providing new opportunities for Japanese investors and wider access to equity capital for emerging Japanese companies. In short, Saeki is challenging the old-boy network and forcing Japan’s button-down business culture to change. “My real...
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- 04 May 2017
- News
How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook
she would publish it, but when she woke up, she changed her mind and put it on Facebook. In Lean In, Sandberg had admitted to crying at work (another confession the media jumped on), but this was the first time she’d shared anything so...
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IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
openness to trade, quality, as well as internationalization, and strategic flexibility. Italy’s family capitalism has shown it can evolve and adjust to a changing world. Students will analyze how it has done so even against longstanding...
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- November 2008 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Rebranding at Oliver Wyman Group
By: Robert G. Eccles and Kaitlyn Simpson
Keywords:
History;
Integration;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Marketing Strategy;
Service Operations;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Culture;
Brands and Branding;
Consulting Industry
Eccles, Robert G., and Kaitlyn Simpson. "Rebranding at Oliver Wyman Group." Harvard Business School Case 409-055, November 2008. (Revised February 2010.)
- 25 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups
let's-try-some-things-and-see-what-sticks culture of a start-up. Product teams may be disheartened when their preconceived notions turn from promising hypotheses into failed experiments. Cook stressed, though, that failure can yield the...
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- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
giving enough power to the three groups but no one person was dominant over the others. Q: As you said, changing an entrenched culture is difficult. One of the first things he did was to lay people off, to...
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- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
definitely shape how they are structured. I think there is a lot of value for MBAs to understand how taxes or tax changes affect the design of optimal transactions.”
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by Roberta Holland
- 10 May 2019
- News
Shining a Light on Black Brilliance
Steven Rogers (MBA 1985) is the MBA Class of 1957 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. He teaches Entrepreneurial Finance and a new course titled Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship. In this interview, Rogers talks about how his course is helping lead...
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- 26 Mar 2021
- News
Planning for a Hybrid Workforce
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
microscope by thousands of HBS students, tell it like it was and relate what they’ve learned and what they believe about being a leader. Toby Johnson Putting Her People First Whether leading in military or civilian life (bottom, at Frito-Lay), Johnson says, “If you do...
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Keywords:
Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson;
Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries;
Arts, Entertainment;
National Security and International Affairs;
Government;
Health, Social Assistance;
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services;
Information;
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing;
Manufacturing;
Food Manufacturing;
Manufacturing;
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing;
Manufacturing;
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services;
Professional Services
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jan Swartz (MBA 1996)
Swartz, MBA 1996] jokes that my hotel requirements have changed significantly since I sold him on stories like this." Where she'd like to visit next: The Galápagos Islands; Machu Picchu. Travel tips: Global Entry, a program that allows...
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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
New Fellowship Program Encourages Young MBAs to Work for Nonprofits
cochair of ISE and an expert on nonprofit organizations, “The carryover effects of a program like this are fantastic. The fellows will bring a culture of change to nonprofit organizations that can be...
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- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
without informing other departments, leading to waste and duplication. Respect among peers declined. Employees regularly went to the press to air grievances, reinforcing the BBC's culture of blame.— Rosabeth Moss Kanter BBC: In 1999, the...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair
work seriously. Still, we need more researchers, more doctoral students, doing case and survey research on many topics. In particular, not enough has been done to compare the issues and performance of family versus non-family companies. Q: Does View Details
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by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The Potential of Business to Improve Lives
capacity of this pair to lead culture change in their organization,” Ely says. At HBS, a growing number of faculty members were focused on questions of inclusivity even before BiGS launched in the fall of...
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April White
- March 1999
- Case
Hans Fritz at Novartis Thailand (A): The First Month
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Dr. Hans Fritz is 37 years old when he arrives in Bangkok on March 1, 1998 to assume his position as general manager of Novartis Thailand. Novartis is the world's largest pharmaceutical company. He had lobbied to transition from a staff position to this line management...
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Keywords:
Management Teams;
Organizational Structure;
Transition;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Working Conditions;
Organizational Culture;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Crisis Management;
Decision Making;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Thailand
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Hans Fritz at Novartis Thailand (A): The First Month." Harvard Business School Case 399-123, March 1999.
- November 1996 (Revised December 1996)
- Case
SAP America
By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March
SAP America has grown at an explosive rate. This case describes the company's strategy, organization, and culture, with special attention to its approach to partnering and its sales and consulting process, which have been instrumental in allowing growth to proceed. Now...
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Keywords:
Business Growth and Maturation;
Change Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth Management;
Demand and Consumers;
Organizational Culture;
Alliances;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
United States
Garvin, David A., and Artemis March. "SAP America." Harvard Business School Case 397-057, November 1996. (Revised December 1996.)
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
once-classified national security documents, and other sources to show how far we have traveled from the time of our founders, who tried to constrain presidential power, to the present day, when a single leader has the potential to launch nuclear weapons and destroy...
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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.
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
more analytics won't change their skill set. You have to be a player first." Pete DeLisi added, "We also need to counterbalance analytics with the ability to see the big picture analytics can't be divorced from an understanding...
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by James Heskett