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- 01 Dec 2011
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- January 1992 (Revised August 1992)
- Case
Lexon Corp. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine
A general manager at Lexon Computer Corp. must decide whether interception and surveillance of employees' e-mail is acceptable company practice, and whether to follow the advice of his computer operations manager who wants to fire the person who complained that the...
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Keywords:
Information;
Rights;
Managerial Roles;
Interpersonal Communication;
Employee Relationship Management;
Ethics;
Computer Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Lexon Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 392-071, January 1992. (Revised August 1992.)
- June 2005 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Good Technology: Empowering Mobility Around the Globe (A)
By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Adam Minnick
Describes the global growth of Good Technology, a Silicon Valley start-up in wireless handheld computing software and service. Reviews the evaluation of wireless standards, the emergence of the world wireless market for voice and data, and the growth of the major firms...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Entrepreneurship;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Expansion;
Wireless Technology;
Communications Industry;
Communications Industry;
California
Jones, Geoffrey G., and Adam Minnick. "Good Technology: Empowering Mobility Around the Globe (A)." Harvard Business School Case 805-139, June 2005. (Revised January 2008.)
- 14 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021
pleased to present this annual showcase of student stories from the LGBTQ+ community and our wonderful allies here at Harvard Business School. Charles Ghati and Michi Ferreol (MBA 2021) Every evening, before heading to bed, I check the...
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- March 6, 2020
- Article
Networking Doesn't Have to Be Self-Serving
How can individual leaders help to tackle big social problems? It can seem like an overwhelming, impossible task. But successful change agents have shown that networking and communication skills are key. They show up, in person, to investigate the issues and build...
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Networking Doesn't Have to Be Self-Serving." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (March 6, 2020).
- June 2023
- Case
Investing in the Climate Transition at Neuberger Berman
By: George Serafeim and Benjamin Maletta
By mid-2023, Neuberger Berman (NB), an active asset manager, had grown its assets under management to about half a trillion dollars and took pride in its client centricity and innovative spirit. Responding to client demand for investment products that integrated...
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Keywords:
Carbon Emissions;
Sustainability;
Decarbonization;
Performance;
Risk Assessment;
Opportunities;
Environmental Sustainability;
Carbon Footprint;
Business Analysis;
Investing;
Regulation;
Asset Management;
Investment Strategy;
Climate Change;
Transition;
Analysis;
Product Positioning;
Strategy;
Investment Portfolio;
Financial Services Industry;
Energy Industry
- 2008
- Book
Managing Up
By: Linda A. Hill
Managing up is not political game playing. Rather, it's a conscious approach to working with your supervisor toward goals that are important to both of you. Through managing up, you build a productive working relationship with your boss and create a way to use the...
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Hill, Linda A. Managing Up. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press, 2008. (Mentor.)
- 06 Oct 2023
- Book
Yes, You Can Radically Change Your Organization in One Week
communication culprits. Often, people didn't honor the past. A new leader will come in and essentially say, ‘In the past, people were dumb and lazy, but now I'm here with my new ideas, and it's going to be good.’ People who were in the...
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by Kristen Senz
- 18 Apr 2022
- HBS Case
Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off
difficult decision. These lessons include getting top executives on board with a change, analyzing the financial impact, and developing a communications strategy aimed at explaining the firm’s actions to customers, employees, suppliers,...
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by Jay Fitzgerald
- Fall 2012
- Article
Innovation Strategy and Entry Deterrence
By: Ozge Turut and Elie Ofek
We model an incumbent's decision to pursue radical or incremental innovation when facing a rival entrant. The radical innovation may yield lucrative financial returns but entails significant technological and market-related uncertainties. It is also particularly...
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Turut, Ozge, and Elie Ofek. "Innovation Strategy and Entry Deterrence." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 12, no. 3 (Fall 2012).
- 20 Nov 2018
- News
Retraining road-trip: New skills for older workers
- August 1986 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Rohm and Haas (A): New Product Marketing Strategy
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Lesley Susan
Joan Macey, Rohm and Haas' market manager for Metalworking Fluid Biocides, found that sales of a new biocide, Kathon MWX, was utterly disappointing. This was all the more puzzling since sales of her other product--Kathon 886 MW, a liquid biocide used only in...
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Keywords:
Communication Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Launch;
Distribution;
Performance;
Sales
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Lesley Susan. "Rohm and Haas (A): New Product Marketing Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 587-055, August 1986. (Revised May 1993.)
- Program
Managing Health Care Delivery
who share their latest research and engage you in a dynamic exchange of ideas with a global community of peers. Each module is carefully designed to maximize the impact, enable immediate application, and accelerate leadership growth....
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- March 2013
- Article
For Mobile Devices, Think Apps, Not Ads
By: Sunil Gupta
Many companies envision mobile ads becoming an integral part of their communications strategies. But there's a growing consensus that ads don't work on mobile devices; consumers just don't like them. Instead of creating tiny banner ads, smart marketers will turn to...
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Keywords:
Applications and Software;
Advertising;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Innovation and Invention
Gupta, Sunil. "For Mobile Devices, Think Apps, Not Ads." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 3 (March 2013).
Gerald C. Chertavian
Gerald Chertavian is the Founder of Year Up, one of the nation’s largest and most effective youth workforce development programs. Chertavian was a successful technology entrepreneur and Wall Street banker, but it was through his many years as a Big Brother... View Details
- March 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Blogging at BzzAgent
BzzAgent is a word-of-mouth marketing firm. The founder, Dave Balter, sees blogs as an important way to communicate BzzAgent's unique positioning: transparency. He sees the firm's blog--the BeeLog--as a way for the firm to participate in conversations with clients,...
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Godes, David B. "Blogging at BzzAgent." Harvard Business School Case 508-102, March 2008. (Revised May 2008.)