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- July 1998 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Jan Eriksson at Novartis Indonesia: Turmoil in the Indonesian Pharmaceutical Industry
By: Carin-Isabel Knoop and Anthony St. George
Jan Eriksson is the country manager of the Indonesian joint venture of Basel-based Novartis (Novartis Indonesia), the world's largest pharmaceutical company, formed by the 1996 merger between Sandoz and Ciba-Geigy. The case describes the actions he has taken since...
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Crisis Management;
Management Teams;
Financial Crisis;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Indonesia
Knoop, Carin-Isabel, and Anthony St. George. "Jan Eriksson at Novartis Indonesia: Turmoil in the Indonesian Pharmaceutical Industry." Harvard Business School Case 899-040, July 1998. (Revised October 1998.)
- June 2008
- Case
Treadway Tire Company: Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant
By: C. Wickham Skinner and Heather Beckham
Treadway Tire's plant in Lima, Ohio must confront strong job dissatisfaction and high turnover among its line foremen. The foremen are caught in the middle of an adversarial relationship between the union and management, and they must cope with the needs and interests...
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Keywords:
Superior & Subordinate;
Labor Relations;
Work Force Management;
Human Resource Management;
Hiring;
Job Satisfaction;
Management;
Leadership;
Retention;
Rank and Position;
Organizational Culture;
Change Management;
Selection and Staffing;
Satisfaction;
Personal Development and Career;
Labor and Management Relations;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Ohio
Skinner, C. Wickham, and Heather Beckham. "Treadway Tire Company: Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant." Harvard Business School Brief Case 082-189, June 2008.
- 02 Feb 2022
- News
2021 RISE Fellow: Nashae Roundtree (MBA 2023)
- 27 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Taking the LEAP into the Case Method
cross-registered the course of Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) for MBA students at Harvard Business School out of curiosity because he has great interest in the Harvard case method and its...
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- 04 Feb 2022
- News
RISE Fellow: Adan Acevedo (MBA 2023)
- November 1996 (Revised August 1997)
- Case
Project "Dial-Tone"
By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
Bob Hellman, a partner in a West Coast middle-market buyout firm, is attempting to simultaneously acquire and merge three disparate firms in the rapidly consolidating telemarketing services industry. Hellman must value the individual companies as well as the combined...
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Keywords:
Complexity;
Private Equity;
Integration;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Negotiation Deal;
Strategic Planning;
Investment;
Opportunities;
Valuation;
Service Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Andrew S. Janower. Project "Dial-Tone". Harvard Business School Case 897-003, November 1996. (Revised August 1997.)
- 04 Feb 2022
- News
RISE Fellow: Xonana Scrubb (MBA 2022)
- 04 Feb 2022
- News
RISE Fellow: Lanita Patton (MBA 2023)
- 04 Feb 2022
- News
RISE Fellow: Diego Salas (MBA 2022)
- 02 Feb 2022
- News
2021 RISE Fellow: Aaron Hancock (MBA 2022)
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?
for misleading consumers on how they planned to use their personal information. On Friday Twitter executives who served on a governance board the FTC had ordered into existence left the company, prompting Senate Democrats to urge the FTC...
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- 24 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: What Mark Zuckerberg Can Learn About Crisis Leadership from Starbucks
jumped into the spotlight the next day by apologizing for his employees’ handling of the incident and announcing plans for a companywide “lessons learned” meeting and training programs. He affirmed Starbucks’ True North, stating, “The...
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- February 2015
- Background Note
A Note on the Affordable Care Act and the U.S. Health Care System
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
This note provides an overview of the U.S. health care system as it stood in 2014, including an overview of hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, and other health care providers. It also discusses the major political actions on health care in the 20th century,...
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Keywords:
Health Care;
Health Care Policy;
Political Process;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry;
United States
Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Norris. "A Note on the Affordable Care Act and the U.S. Health Care System." Harvard Business School Background Note 315-031, January 2015.
- 04 Feb 2022
- News
2021 RISE Fellow: Siham Adous (MBA 2022)
- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
afraid that is they rushed into actions their decisions might accidentally create harm. So they held back just at a time when the CEO most needed their help to get the organization moving swiftly into a better future. [ ] Without needed...
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by John P. Kotter
- March – April 2010
- Article
The Need for Ideological Consciousness
By: George C. Lodge
Every so often in American history a crisis comes along that requires Americans to inspect cherished assumptions and to act in a way that many find ideologically repulsive. Although our leaders insist that such actions are pragmatic-the only sensible way to deal with...
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Keywords:
History;
Leadership;
Competition;
Framework;
Consumer Behavior;
Business and Community Relations;
Government and Politics;
Financial Crisis;
Planning;
United States
Lodge, George C. "The Need for Ideological Consciousness." Challenge 53, no. 2 (March–April 2010): 76–89.
- 04 Feb 2022
- News
RISE Fellow: Jerome Fulton Jr. (MBA 2023)
- 24 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Bernie Madoff Explains Himself
recent events in the news. But that evening Soltes led the conversation with a specific question: How would you explain your actions and misconduct to a group of students? Audio File Interviewed in prison, Bernie Madoff reflects on his...
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- 16 Jan 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
How SolarWinds Responded to the 2020 SUNBURST Cyberattack
- June 2003
- Case
Peabody Elementary School (A)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Kevin Morris
A new principal, Marty Pettigrew, has just joined this inner-city optional school--which offers special programs in international studies to attract children from all over the city. Entering mid-way through the school year, he observes a number of areas of concern,...
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