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- 13 Mar 2023
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Should Leave
Even the most loyal, long-serving employee may consider resigning from a job once or twice in a career in order to reboot or get ahead. Large organizations can offer more lateral opportunities to further your development, but the higher up the executive pyramid you...
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by John Quelch
- November 2017
- Case
Loss Prevention at Mac's Convenience Stores (A)
By: Francesca Gino, Katherine DeCelles and Olivia Hull
Faced with a persistent robbery problem at his convenience store company, Sean Sportun, security and loss prevention manager at Mac’s of Central Canada, looked to standardize safety measures and devise a new way of preventing employee injury. But as a 32-year old with...
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Public Relations;
Community Relations;
Change Management;
Working Conditions;
Leading Change;
Training;
Knowledge Dissemination;
Crime and Corruption;
Law Enforcement;
Legal Liability;
Business and Community Relations;
Retail Industry;
Canada
Gino, Francesca, Katherine DeCelles, and Olivia Hull. "Loss Prevention at Mac's Convenience Stores (A)." Harvard Business School Case 918-001, November 2017.
- October 2017 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
Eastern Bank: Innovating Through Eastern Labs
By: Karen Mills, Dennis Campbell and Aaron Mukerjee
Eastern Bank is a 200-year-old New England mutual bank with a community focus. Eastern specializes in small business lending, having made strategic investments to become the top SBA lender in New England in the midst of the Great Recession, when other banks were...
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Mills, Karen, Dennis Campbell, and Aaron Mukerjee. "Eastern Bank: Innovating Through Eastern Labs." Harvard Business School Case 318-068, October 2017. (Revised April 2019.)
- August 2018
- Case
BlackBuck (A)
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
The case presents the challenges of scaling an asset-heavy company (that relies on its operations). It highlights how decisions on the early team impact a company’s ability to scale, linkage between growth and cash flows, as well the organizational impact of high...
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MBA Experience - Leadership
and seniors over whom the manager has no formal authority. The intermediate modules look at successful leaders in action to see how they: Develop a vision of the future. Align the organization behind that vision. Motivate people to achieve the vision. Design effective...
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- May 2009 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Natalie Kindred
How will Newton-Wellesley Hospital (NWH) preserve its private practice tradition while remaining effective and competitive in a healthcare industry demanding increasing integration between physicians and hospitals? This is the decision facing Newton-Wellesley Hospital...
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Business Model;
Profit;
Health Care and Treatment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Competitive Strategy;
Integration;
Health Industry;
Massachusetts
Bohmer, Richard M.J., and Natalie Kindred. "Newton-Wellesley Hospital." Harvard Business School Case 609-088, May 2009. (Revised October 2009.)
- 28 Jul 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Technology Reemergence: Creating New Value for Old Technologies in Swiss Mechanical Watchmaking, 1970–2008
- February 2021
- Tutorial
What are Agile Teams?
By: Tsedal Neeley
This video explores the elements that constitute agile teams. From its history in the "Agile Manifesto," this philosophy for organizational behavior prioritizes working software over comprehensive documentation, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, and...
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- September 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Supplement
The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (D)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Saloni Chaturvedi
This supplements the (A) case by summarizing key developments in the Bangladesh ready-made garment industry after the fire at Tazreen Fashions factory, including formation of the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Accord (“Accord”) and the Alliance for Bangladesh...
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Apparel;
Bangladesh;
Corporate Responsibility;
Human Rights;
Supply Chains;
Labor;
Working Conditions;
Supply Chain;
Safety;
Rights;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Bangladesh
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Saloni Chaturvedi. "The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-028, September 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
- 2009
- Case
Blaine Kitchenware, Inc.: Capital Structure: Brief Case No. 4040.
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Joel L. Heilprin
A diversified mid-sized manufacturer of kitchen tools contemplates a stock repurchase in response to an unsolicited takeover. The company must analyze its debt capacity and optimal capital structure,while considering associated changes in firm value and stock price....
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- 06 Feb 2015
- News
U.S. corporate tax reform: why Obama’s good ideas don’t add up
- 07 Nov 2012
- News
Successful U.S. Presidents Showed Top Qualities
- 22 Jun 2015
- News
How To Stop Working All The Time And Get More Done
- Video
Happy Earth Day from HBS
8 Questions About Using AI Responsibly, Answered
Generative AI tools are poised to change the way every business operates. As your own organization begins strategizing which to use, and how, operational and ethical considerations are inevitable. This article delves into eight of them, including how your...
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- Career Coach
Katherine Manweiler
Katherine is eager to support students in a variety of ways including: consulting, VCPE, and hedge fund case interview prep; behavioral interview prep; crafting a cohesive and compelling personal narrative; deciding between different offers; evaluating commitment to...
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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Faculty - Faculty & Research
Edward H. Chang Assistant Professor of Business Administration Katherine B. Coffman Piramal Associate Professor of Business Administration Francesca Gino Professor of Business Administration (Administrative Leave) Amit Goldenberg...
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- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
How to Demotivate Your Best Employees
them to do in a habitual way," Larkin says. "But we can say it's the exact opposite. There was only a change in behavior while people were eligible for the award." Second, and perhaps more significantly, stellar employees who previously...
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