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- 2015
- Book
MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead
Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads; shipping delays on clogged railways; and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent flyer,...
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United States;
Railroad History;
Airlines;
Airline Industry;
Air Transportation;
Passenger Transportation;
Cities;
Urban Planning;
Freighting;
Change;
Leadership;
Public Policy;
Change Leadership;
Public Finance;
Infrastructure;
Policy;
Technological Innovation;
Change Management;
Leading Change;
Urban Development;
Project Finance;
Entrepreneurship;
City;
Transportation;
Transportation Industry;
Shipping Industry;
Rail Industry;
Air Transportation Industry;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M. MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
This course is part of the Business in Society and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate...
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What to Know About Locating in a Cluster
By: Willy C. Shih and Sen Chai
As a study of two industry clusters in Denmark shows, factors that can make clusters attractive—easy people movement and knowledge spillovers—can also make it harder for individual companies to retain proprietary knowledge.
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Keywords:
Clusters;
Clustering;
Competitiveness;
Life Sciences;
Telecommunications;
Science-based;
Research And Development;
Industry Clusters;
Research;
Innovation Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Geographic Location;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Denmark
Shih, Willy C., and Sen Chai. "What to Know About Locating in a Cluster." Art. 57117. MIT Sloan Management Review 57, no. 1 (Fall 2015): 104–107.
- August 29, 2017
- Article
How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures
By: Tsedal Neeley
According to a recent McKinsey Global Institute report, the number of people in the global labor force will reach 3.5 billion by 2030. Among the enormous changes this will demand are new skills, attitudes, and behaviors. A five-year study of the global workforce at...
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Neeley, Tsedal. "How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures." Harvard Business Review (website) (August 29, 2017).
- December 2005 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Innovation and Collaboration at Merrill Lynch
By: Boris Groysberg and Ingrid Vargas
In the spring of 2005, Candace Browning, head of Global Securities Research and Economics at Merrill Lynch, led about 500 Merrill Lynch analysts worldwide in a collaborative effort to produce innovative research, most of them accustomed to working independently in...
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Leadership;
Groups and Teams;
Management Teams;
Decision Making;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Negotiation;
Mathematical Methods;
Strategy;
Human Resources;
Motivation and Incentives;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Groysberg, Boris, and Ingrid Vargas. "Innovation and Collaboration at Merrill Lynch." Harvard Business School Case 406-081, December 2005. (Revised March 2007.)
- July 2021
- Case
Performance Review: Joseph Park and Elena Ramírez
By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
Niya Jones, a Partner at a major management consulting firm, must review the work of two of her mentees––Joseph Park and Elena Ramírez––for their first end-of-year performance review as new Project Leaders. Both have produced strong results in their new roles, but...
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Personal Development and Career;
Management Style;
Goals and Objectives;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Leadership Style
Fubini, David G., and Patrick Sanguineti. "Performance Review: Joseph Park and Elena Ramírez." Harvard Business School Case 422-008, July 2021.
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
shape strategy. We excerpt a portion on advice for new CEOs, written with HBS faculty Jay W. Lorsch and Nitin Nohria. 3. Why Don't Managers Think Deeply? Professor Jim Heskett poses this provacative question...
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by Staff
- October 2000 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Individual and the Corporation, The: Kathy Levinson and E*TRADE (A)
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Susan Harmeling
Kathy Levinson, the president and COO of ETRADE and a lesbian mother of two children, must decide whether and how to participate in the "No on Knight" campaign. The campaign opposes California ballot proposition 22, which requires California to recognize only marriages...
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Keywords:
Conflict of Interests;
Leadership;
Managerial Roles;
Values and Beliefs;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Gender;
Diversity;
Financial Services Industry
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Susan Harmeling. "Individual and the Corporation, The: Kathy Levinson and E*TRADE (A)." Harvard Business School Case 301-057, October 2000. (Revised January 2002.)
- 08 Feb 2019
- News
Does it matter if Amy Klobuchar is a mean boss?
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
different ways, added Jeffrey Miller, president and CEO of content management firm Documentum, Inc. In the 1980s, Miller told the group, he'd been a marketing manager at Intel...
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by Martha Lagace
- 2018
- Book
The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
By: Amy C. Edmondson
The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation,...
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Keywords:
Psychological Safety;
Knowledge Economy;
Teaming;
Management;
Organizational Culture;
Innovation and Management;
Learning
Edmondson, Amy C. The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2018.
- June 2013 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Procter & Gamble
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante
On July 12, 2012, Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management announced publicly that it had purchased about $2 billion of Procter and Gamble (P&G) stock. Shares in the company closed up 3.75% the day the disclosure was made public. Ackman told the New York... View Details
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Ackman;
P&G;
Pershing Square Capital Managment;
Disruption;
Management Succession;
Crisis Management;
Acquisition;
Consumer Products Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Kathleen Durante. "Procter & Gamble." Harvard Business School Case 413-127, June 2013. (Revised September 2015.)
- October 2021 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
The Opioid Settlement and Controversy Over CEO Pay at AmerisourceBergen
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
In 2020, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a Fortune 50 company in the drug distribution industry, agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed nationwide against the company for its opioid distribution practices that critics alleged had contributed to the nationwide...
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Keywords:
Opioids;
Drug;
Investors;
Shareholder Activism;
Investment Activism;
Executive Compensation;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Compliance;
Governance Controls;
Risk Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Legal Liability;
Distribution Industry;
Health Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States;
West Virginia;
Tennessee;
Ohio;
Pennsylvania
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Li-Kuan Ni. "The Opioid Settlement and Controversy Over CEO Pay at AmerisourceBergen." Harvard Business School Case 122-014, October 2021. (Revised October 2022.)
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
schools. Top-caliber and forward-thinking management is also a must, she said. For example, are there women in leadership roles at this company? "We are really assessing...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Promises and Limitations of Big Data
financial robots, and passing along the savings to their customers. Luis Viceira explains the rise of "fintech" in a new case study. Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires? Danielle Li and...
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- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
suppliers that adopt legalization structures (operationalized as management system standards) and worker participation structures (unions) and find that the combination of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Diversity and Equity - Alumni
Harkavy, Managing Director of Development, at eharkavy@hbs.edu or 617.495.6883. The HBS Fund Investors Society recognizes leadership annual donors. Learn More Your Gift Matters $250$500$1,000$5,000Other Give...
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- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
middle managers and line employees attempt to execute the explicit strategy. Unfortunately, these strategies often diverge. They are not aligned. And so the potential of the...
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- December 1998 (Revised May 2000)
- Case
Lebenthal and Co., Inc.
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Susan Harmeling
Lebenthal and Co. has prospered in the bond business since 1924. Alexandra Lebenthal, granddaughter of the founders, has stepped up to lead the firm. She faces many challenges as the nature of the financial services business changes in dramatic ways. Can this firm...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Talent and Talent Management;
Bonds;
Leadership Development;
Service Operations;
Problems and Challenges;
Competition;
Financial Services Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., and Susan Harmeling. "Lebenthal and Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 899-121, December 1998. (Revised May 2000.)