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- December 2006 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Lion Capital and the Blackstone Group: The Orangina Deal
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
The managing partners of two private equity firms are hoping to forestall a third bidding round for a target company, the European beverage division of Cadbury Schweppes. As they wait to meet with the CEO, they revisit their assumptions on the deal and review the...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Private Equity;
Negotiation Deal;
Negotiation Process;
Partners and Partnerships;
Valuation;
Europe
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Lion Capital and the Blackstone Group: The Orangina Deal." Harvard Business School Case 807-005, December 2006. (Revised May 2008.)
- 2009
- Book
Supercorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Opportunity, Profits, Growth, and Social Good
Supercorp is based on a 3-year study involving more than 350 interviews in 20 countries to identify the leadership practices and operating methods of major companies seeking profitable growth through innovation that benefits society. For example, when the tsunami and...
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Kanter, Rosabeth M. Supercorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Opportunity, Profits, Growth, and Social Good. New York: Crown Business, 2009.
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
schools. Top-caliber and forward-thinking management is also a must, she said. For example, are there women in leadership roles at this company? "We are really assessing the quality of management: Are...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization
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by Maria Guadalupe & Julie M. Wulf
- 2022
- Working Paper
Developing a Sustainable High Commitment, High Performance System of Organizing, Managing, and Leading: An Actionable Systems Theory of Change and Development
By: Michael Beer
This paper presents a theory for developing an adaptive high commitment, high performance system of organizing, managing, and leading. It is a synthesis of my 50 years of action and field research presented in my books and articles. It operationalized and makes...
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Keywords:
Organizational Learning;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership;
Management Practices and Processes
Beer, Michael. "Developing a Sustainable High Commitment, High Performance System of Organizing, Managing, and Leading: An Actionable Systems Theory of Change and Development." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-016, September 2022.
- 28 Feb 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Display Ads Influence Search? Attribution and Dynamics in Online Advertising
- 07 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet
Heinz Professor of Management Practice in Environmental Management, Retired, and Srikant Datar, the George F. Baker Professor of Administration View Details
- 2012
- Book
Enterprise Analytics: Optimize Performance, Process, and Decisions Through Big Data
By: Thomas H. Davenport
This book, an edited collection of research papers from the International Institute of Analytics, addresses a wide variety of key topics in managing business analytics and big data at the enterprise level. It includes key applications of analytics, human and...
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Keywords:
Business Analytics;
Big Data;
Business or Company Management;
Analytics and Data Science;
Management Practices and Processes;
Mathematical Methods;
Information Management
Davenport, Thomas H., ed. Enterprise Analytics: Optimize Performance, Process, and Decisions Through Big Data. FT Press, 2012.
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Nimble, Quick, and Adaptable
active gateway to entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world; and to evangelize about entrepreneurial management and thinking. Those priorities are evident in events such as...
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Julia Hanna
- 2003
- Article
Closing the Loop: Product Take-back Requirements and their Strategic Implications
In Asia, Europe, and North America, regulators are seeking to reduce waste disposal and develop recycling markets by requiring manufacturers to manage the end-of-life disposition of products they produce. Such policies attempt to "close the loop" for products ranging...
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Keywords:
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Energy Conservation;
Product Development;
Strategy;
Policy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Manufacturing Industry;
Asia;
Europe;
North and Central America
Toffel, Michael W. "Closing the Loop: Product Take-back Requirements and their Strategic Implications." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 9 (2003).
- October 2020
- Article
Task Selection and Workload: A Focus on Completing Easy Tasks Hurts Long-Term Performance
By: Diwas S. KC, Bradley R. Staats, Maryam Kouchaki and Francesca Gino
How individuals manage, organize, and complete their tasks is central to operations management. Recent research in operations focuses on how under conditions of increasing workload individuals can decrease their service time, up to a point, in order to complete work...
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Healthcare;
Knowledge Work;
Discretion;
Workload;
Employees;
Health Care and Treatment;
Decision Making;
Performance Effectiveness;
Performance Productivity
KC, Diwas S., Bradley R. Staats, Maryam Kouchaki, and Francesca Gino. "Task Selection and Workload: A Focus on Completing Easy Tasks Hurts Long-Term Performance." Management Science 66, no. 10 (October 2020).
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Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks: Cross Registration 2024 Spring
By: John D. Macomber
HARVARD | BUSINESS | SCHOOL
CITIES, STRUCTURES, AND CLIMATE SHOCKS
Senior Lecturer John D. Macomber
HBS 1487
Spring, 2024
Cross... View Details
- 22 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. Prior to HBS, I worked as a process engineer for Procter & Gamble and then in engineering and business roles...
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- March 1974 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
First National City Bank Operating Group (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Growth in the banking field has produced new demands on the "back office." Traditional management practices in check processing and paper handling operations have resulted in ten years of cost increases and quality loss. New manager of the operating group faces an...
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Change Management;
Transition;
Banks and Banking;
Management Practices and Processes;
Managerial Roles;
Production;
Banking Industry
Lorsch, Jay W. "First National City Bank Operating Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 474-165, March 1974. (Revised June 1996.)
- 2016
- Working Paper
Alternative Paths of Green Entrepreneurship: The Environmental Legacies of The North Face's Doug Tompkins and Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard
By: Geoffrey Jones and Ben Gettinger
This working paper examines the impact of two entrepreneurs who offered alternative paths to reach their shared goal of a more sustainable world. Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins were respective founders of the prominent outdoor apparel brands Patagonia and The North...
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Entrepreneurship;
Environmental Sustainability;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Jones, Geoffrey, and Ben Gettinger. "Alternative Paths of Green Entrepreneurship: The Environmental Legacies of The North Face's Doug Tompkins and Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-034, October 2016.
- Article
Democratizing Work: Redistributing Power in Organizations for a Democratic and Sustainable Future
By: Julie Battilana, Julie Yen, Isabelle Ferreras and Lakshmi Ramarajan
Environmental destruction and social inequalities are increasingly urgent challenges. How can corporations, which have played a key role in creating and reproducing these problems, be part of the solution? In this paper, we advance that a shift to more democratic forms...
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Keywords:
Corporate Citizenship;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
CSP;
CSR;
Domination;
Industrial Relations;
Power;
Resistance;
Work;
Corporate Governance;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Governance;
Power and Influence;
Environmental Management;
Social Issues
Battilana, Julie, Julie Yen, Isabelle Ferreras, and Lakshmi Ramarajan. "Democratizing Work: Redistributing Power in Organizations for a Democratic and Sustainable Future." Organization Theory 3, no. 1 (January–March 2022).
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
than the others? Does there always have to be a corporate justification? Will we see any trends? A: As I describe in the book, the paths to values are many and varied. Some managers arrive by way of a crisis...
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by Carla Tishler