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- 28 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Making an Impact on the Media Industry with my MBA
writing our own stories. I am learning from Professor Gino again this semester in the new RC class, Inclusive Leadership, which she is teaching with Professor Frances Frei. Gaining such a range of academic experiences is what has made HBS...
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- June 2022 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Larry Miller
Under the leadership of Larry Miller, chairman and former president of Nike’s Air Jordan brand, annual revenues for the Jordan brand soared from $150 million to over $4 billion. But for over 40 years, Miller guarded a secret. When he was younger, he spent nearly a...
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Keywords:
Race;
Ethnicity;
Fairness;
Values and Beliefs;
Job Offer;
Employment;
Social Issues;
Perspective;
Personal Development and Career;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
United States;
Pennsylvania;
Philadelphia;
Portland;
Oregon
Gino, Francesca, Frances X. Frei, Hise Gibson, and Alicia Dadlani. "Larry Miller." Harvard Business School Case 922-041, June 2022. (Revised November 2022.)
- December 2002 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (A): A Global Merger
By: Ashish Nanda
French IT consulting giant Cap Gemini is poised to purchase the consulting arm of Ernst & Young, a U.S.-based Big 5 accounting firm. In doing so, many differences need to be resolved, including negotiating with Ernst & Young entities all over the world as well as...
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Keywords:
Negotiation;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Information Technology Industry;
Consulting Industry;
France
Nanda, Ashish, Bertrand Moingeon, Lisa Haueisen Rohrer, and Guillaume Soenen. "Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (A): A Global Merger." Harvard Business School Case 903-056, December 2002. (Revised February 2005.)
- March 2020 (Revised January 2022)
- Case
Michelin: Building a Digital Service Platform
By: Sunil Gupta and Christian Godwin
Michelin, a tire company with over a century of experience, attempts to develop a digital service platform for its fleet and dealer customers. The case focuses on the challenges of bringing a large, well-established company into the digital age. Concerned about the...
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Keywords:
Change;
Transformation;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decision Making;
Leading Change;
Growth and Development;
Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Auto Industry;
Travel Industry;
Transportation Industry;
United States;
France
Gupta, Sunil, and Christian Godwin. "Michelin: Building a Digital Service Platform." Harvard Business School Case 520-061, March 2020. (Revised January 2022.)
- 15 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021
if employees have the psychological safety to reflect on these close calls, says research by Amy C. Edmondson, Olivia Jung, and colleagues. 5. How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves Aggressive downsizing at View Details
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by Danielle Kost
- July 2022
- Case
Bringing Ideas to Life: The Story of Paul English
By: Youngme Moon, Frances X. Frei and F. Katelynn Boland
Paul English is one of the most imaginative innovators of his generation. This case explores his process of creative idea generation. The case includes an exercise for students to generate value-creating ideas from scratch.
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- December 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Four Seasons Goes to Paris: '53 Properties, 24 Countries, 1 Philosophy'
By: Roger H. Hallowell, David Bowen and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Illustrates how Four Seasons manages hotels in countries with strong and distinct national cultures. Focuses on how the chain meets its exacting service standards in a variety of settings worldwide, with special attention on France.
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Keywords:
Service Delivery;
Organizational Culture;
Global Range;
Global Strategy;
Standards;
Accommodations Industry;
Paris
Hallowell, Roger H., David Bowen, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Four Seasons Goes to Paris: '53 Properties, 24 Countries, 1 Philosophy'." Harvard Business School Case 803-069, December 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- October 2019 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
La Roche-Posay: Growing L'Oreal's Active Cosmetics Brand
By: Jill Avery, Vincent Dessain and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej
As 2018 neared its end, Laetitia Toupet, international general manager of L’Oréal’s La Roche-Posay brand reflected on the brand’s achievements over the past year. At €1 billion in revenue, La Roche-Posay had recently become the number one dermocosmetics brand in the...
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Keywords:
Branding;
Brand Management;
Consumer Products;
Brand Positioning;
Target Market;
Global Brands;
Global Marketing;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Consumer Products Industry;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Health Industry;
France;
Europe;
Brazil;
China;
Asia;
South America;
United States;
North America
Avery, Jill, Vincent Dessain, and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej. "La Roche-Posay: Growing L'Oreal's Active Cosmetics Brand." Harvard Business School Case 520-035, October 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
- Web
Participating Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
University of El Salvador) (Santa Ana) Estonia Tallinn University of Technology (Tallinn) Finland JAMK University of Applied Sciences (Jyväskylä) France Burgundy School of Business (Dijon) Ecole des Ponts Business School (Paris) EMLyon...
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- April 2021
- Case
Zeynep Ton: The Good Jobs Strategy
By: Francesca Gino and Frances X. Frei
The link to this multimedia case should be provided to students in advance as preparation for classroom case discussion.
In Zeynop Ton’s 2014 book The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost... View Details
In Zeynop Ton’s 2014 book The Good Jobs Strategy: How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost... View Details
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Organizations;
Selection and Staffing;
Compensation and Benefits;
Operations;
Performance Effectiveness
Gino, Francesca, and Frances X. Frei. "Zeynep Ton: The Good Jobs Strategy." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 921-703, April 2021.
Malcolm S. Salter
Malcolm Salter has been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1967. His teaching and research focus on issues of corporate strategy, organization, and governance.
In addition to teaching at HBS, he has held faculty positions at the Harvard... View Details
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2021 Virtual Presentations - Alumni
Arthur Brooks Syllabus: Leadership & Happiness MBA course (pdf) The Fierce Urgency of Now Professor Frances Frei This session was not recorded, given the private and candid nature of the discussion. + More Info – Less Info When Dr. Martin...
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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity
Business Administration Sara Fleiss was the co-founder and co-portfolio manager of Emeth Partners, an emerging markets arbitrage hedge fund. Prior to founding Emeth, Sara was the lead analyst on the Emerging Markets Equities portfolio at Harvard Management Company...
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Research - Race, Gender & Equity
John Beshears Negotiation, Organizations & Markets 3 results Edward H. Chang Negotiation, Organizations & Markets 8 results Katherine B. Coffman Negotiation, Organizations & Markets 22 results Alexandra C. Feldberg Organizational Behavior 7 results Sara L. Fleiss...
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- June 2011 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
L'Oréal: Global Brand, Local Knowledge
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ryan Johnson
Worldwide, and in the U.S. marketplace in particular, the French cachet of L'Oréal was one of its most powerful marketing tools. However, with the opening up of emerging markets, L'Oréal had to cater to a diverse customer base: an aging population in the West, ethnic...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Communications;
Change Management;
Sales;
Emerging Markets;
Segmentation;
Innovation and Invention;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
France;
United States
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Ryan Johnson. "L'Oréal: Global Brand, Local Knowledge." Harvard Business School Case 311-118, June 2011. (Revised May 2012.)
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Engagement - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Learning at the Extremes Frances Frei Professor Frei discusses how pushing students to make decisions and defend their positions creates an engaging environment for learning. Transcript Using a Vote to Engage the Class David Garvin...
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- January 2005 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Zipcar: Influencing Customer Behavior
By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
At Zipcar, customers share the use of cars and, as a result, rely on each other for their service experience. Customers are required to keep the car clean and the gas tank full and to return the car on time. Told from the perspective of two customers: Sal Fishman, who...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Governance Controls;
Behavior;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Consumer Behavior;
Leasing;
Transportation Industry;
Service Industry;
United States
Frei, Frances X., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "Zipcar: Influencing Customer Behavior." Harvard Business School Case 605-054, January 2005. (Revised June 2005.)
- 08 Feb 2023
- Op-Ed
Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears
and consider the culture that your company has cultivated. In the book Unleashed, authors Frances Frei and Anne Morriss use an “inclusion dial” to gauge the temperature of an organization—the degree to which employees feel that they...
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by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Recipient of a 2013 Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Engineering Systems Teaching Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Frances X. Frei: Received multiple HBS Student Association Faculty Teaching Awards. Karim R. Lakhani:...
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