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- 01 Feb 2017
- News
New Regional Offices Broaden HBS’s Intellectual Reach
Development. These regional offices—including the one previously established in Mexico City—are staffed by a local researcher and are aligned with one of HBS’s global research centers, which range in size...
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- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
Enterprise, and Student Business tracks — took the stage at Shad Hall to describe their business concepts in just 90 seconds. The Alumni winner, DynamiCare Health (New England region), rose to the top of a field of 164 original teams from...
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Margie Kelley
- August 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization
By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque
One of six cases that describe the roles and responsibilities of managers at each of the hierarchical levels of management within the U.S. Stores business unit of Staples, the world's largest office supply company. Together, the cases form a complete integrated...
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Leadership;
Management Practices and Processes;
Managerial Roles;
Operations;
Performance Effectiveness;
Strategic Planning;
Perspective;
Retail Industry
Garvin, David A., and Lynne Levesque. "Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization." Harvard Business School Case 307-037, August 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- September 2013
- Case
Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization (Abridged)
By: David A. Garvin
Abridged version of one of six cases that describe the roles and responsibilities of managers at each of the hierarchical levels of management within the U.S. Stores business unit of Staples, the world's largest office supply company. Together, the cases form a...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Managerial Roles;
Organizational Design;
Management Practices and Processes;
Job Design and Levels;
Business Processes;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Garvin, David A. "Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 314-004, September 2013.
- August 2001 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
Guinness PLC: Managing Negotiations
Describes an initiative by Guinness, LLP to revise the process by which it centrally authorizes, supports, and reviews negotiations that are undertaken worldwide on its behalf. Senior managers wished to give regional officers enough discretion to respond to local...
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Wheeler, Michael A. "Guinness PLC: Managing Negotiations." Harvard Business School Case 902-009, August 2001. (Revised August 2005.)
- 08 Nov 2021
- News
New Director Named for Mid-US Research Office
Alicia Dadlani (MBA 2003) has been announced as director of the School’s new Mid-US Research Office. The Mid-US Research Office joins 10 HBS research centers and five regional...
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- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
made a series of upward and lateral moves that entailed a number of tough assignments across many functional areas. Beginning as the director of regional operations in New England, this View Details
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by Linda Hill
- November 1994 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
Dennis Hightower: Walt Disney's Transnational Manager
By: Ashish Nanda
Describes the actions taken by Dennis Hightower as president of Disney Consumer Products in Europe and the Middle East from 1988 to 1994. Focuses on how he has established a regional office and knit local operations closer together, the benefits that the process has...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership;
Change Management;
Corporate Strategy;
Personal Development and Career;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Europe
Nanda, Ashish. "Dennis Hightower: Walt Disney's Transnational Manager." Harvard Business School Case 395-056, November 1994. (Revised June 1996.)
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
include whether high-performance Asian companies can provide a business model for success in the region, the role of accounting infrastructure in transitional economies, restructuring diversified businesses in emerging markets, and...
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- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
corporate synergies should be defined at the top and realized in the business units. Just as the CFO coordinates the budgeting process, a senior executive should coordinate the alignment process—a responsibility for the View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
skills, as HBS faculty and recent alumni explain in the following course profiles. Entrepreneurial Management Associate Professor Amar Bhide keeps a slide rule tacked above his View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
required three kinds of specialists: business managers, country managers, and functional managers, with a group of senior executives to coordinate the efforts of the specialists. In 2003, as globalization has become a much more pressing...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 29 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?
term whims of the POTUS who will be out of office at some point.” Richard Eckel commented, “Screw the politics; run your business and innovate a strong brand into new markets Start with engaging the markets...
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- August 2007 (Revised September 2008)
- Case
Baker & McKenzie (A): A New Framework for Talent Management
By: Boris Groysberg and Eliot Sherman
Describes the process by which the largest law firm in the world developed a unique framework for personnel management. In 2004, John Conroy is about to take the reigns as the leader of Baker and McKenzie, the largest law firm in the world by employees, with offices in...
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Keywords:
Talent and Talent Management;
Framework;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Retention;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Adoption;
Legal Services Industry
Groysberg, Boris, and Eliot Sherman. "Baker & McKenzie (A): A New Framework for Talent Management." Harvard Business School Case 408-008, August 2007. (Revised September 2008.)
- 11 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard
management system, downstream from the Stage 2 processes of translating and planning the strategy. You can't focus on the critical processes for improvement until they have been identified in the strategic...
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by Martha Lagace
- Web
Research - Managing the Future of Work
Entrepreneurship is a key to unlocking innovation and fostering regional and national economic productivity. Extensive studies demonstrate that small View Details
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Podcast Podcast Harvard Business School Professors Bill Kerr and Joe Fuller talk to leaders grappling with the forces reshaping the nature of work. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon More Ways to Listen iHeartRadioPlayer.fmAudacyCastboxPocket...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Podcast Podcast Harvard Business School Professors Bill Kerr and Joe Fuller talk to leaders grappling with the forces reshaping the nature of work. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon More Ways to Listen iHeartRadioPlayer.fmAudacyCastboxPocket...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
higher education, professional development, and skills training?Welcome to the Managing the Future of Work podcast from Harvard Business School. I’m your host, Bill Kerr. My guest today is Leah Belsky, chief...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
people out in the field with the goal of protecting workers’ rights to make sure that they’re safe and dignified—15,000 FTEs, a $15 billion discretionary budget, hundreds of regional View Details