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was at a crossroads. Over its ten-year run, the company had expanded its services and areas of... March 2024 (Revised March 2024) Case Governing OpenAI By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan and Will Hurwitz In late November 2023, OpenAI’s View Details
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
puzzling and frustrating when I had the sense that our team failed to make the most of everyone's input. As a project manager I had made sure we held a kickoff meeting in the beginning of each View Details
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- December 1993 (Revised November 2009)
- Case
Manville Corporation Fiber Glass Group (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Sarah Gant
Manville Corp.'s senior managers must decide how to respond to a new scientific study suggesting that fiberglass, the source of 75% of the company's profits, may be another asbestos and must act under conditions of great uncertainty. In particular, when should a...
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Communication Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Ethics;
Health Disorders;
Risk Management;
Marketing Communications;
Product;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Safety;
Consumer Products Industry;
Industrial Products Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Sarah Gant. "Manville Corporation Fiber Glass Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-117, December 1993. (Revised November 2009.)
- 09 May 2017
- News
Why You Can’t Concentrate at Work
- Web
Welcome to HBS - MBA
a new type of leader, one who is prepared to tackle tough problems head on; to bring new energy and innovative ideas to age-old debates; to live lives and build View Details
- October 2010 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Drilling Safety at BP: The Deepwater Horizon Accident
By: Stephen P. Kaufman and Laura Winig
Following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico explosion and oil spill on the Deepwater Horizon, public attention focused on BP's safety record, practices, and management culture as the primary cause of the disaster. Drawing on public sources this case traces the circumstances...
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Non-Renewable Energy;
Management Practices and Processes;
Managerial Roles;
Business Processes;
Organizational Culture;
Practice;
Safety;
Energy Industry;
Mexico, Gulf of
Kaufman, Stephen P., and Laura Winig. "Drilling Safety at BP: The Deepwater Horizon Accident." Harvard Business School Case 611-017, October 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
form of new capabilities and team-member resilience. We then highlight the critical roles of leadership and of...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Alumni Job Board (within the new Alumni Career Hub) by the name of particular organizations or use these suggested keywords: arts/culture; government; community/economic...
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- December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
The Metropolitan Opera (A)
By: Anita Elberse and Crissy Perez
In April 2007, the New York City Metropolitan Opera's general manager Peter Gelb looks back on the first season of a daring experiment to broadcast performances live in high-definition to movie theaters across North America. While the "Live in HD" program has received...
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Arts;
Technological Innovation;
Marketing Strategy;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Competitive Advantage;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Elberse, Anita, and Crissy Perez. "The Metropolitan Opera (A)." Harvard Business School Case 509-033, December 2008. (Revised March 2009.)
- 14 Dec 2021
- News
Red Light, Green Light
- October 2020 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s
By: Tom Nicholas and Christian Godwin
During the early 1980s, young gay men in urban centers such as San Francisco and New York City began contracting a mysterious illness that would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. A diagnosis meant almost certain death, with a less than 1% survival rate. Conflicting...
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Ethics;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Health Pandemics;
History;
Rights;
Media;
Organizations;
Business and Community Relations;
Religion;
Social Psychology;
Identity;
Prejudice and Bias;
Social Issues;
Public Opinion;
Journalism and News Industry;
Journalism and News Industry;
Journalism and News Industry;
Journalism and News Industry;
Journalism and News Industry;
Journalism and News Industry;
United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Christian Godwin. "When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Case 821-002, October 2020. (Revised April 2022.)
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108012 GE's Imagination Breakthroughs: The Evo Project Harvard Business School Case 907-048 In September 2003, Jeff Immelt challenged the business leaders at GE to come up with "Imagination...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Why Career Switchers Make a Great Hire
Why hire a career switching MBA? They deliver results, and will excel on your team. Hiring a "Career Switcher" infuses new energy into the group. Many MBA students come to HBS to make such a switch, and to follow their passion....
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- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
years—developing a gut reaction that a particular candidate, while spectacular on paper, isn't a good fit for his portfolio company. At the end of the day, as Leonard and Swap argue in their new book, Deep...
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by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 02 Mar 2018
- News
A salute to the Mayo Clinic's retiring servant-leader
- 2014
- Working Paper
The Nobel Prize: A 'Heritage-based' Brand-oriented Network
By: Mats Urde and Stephen A. Greyser
Purpose — Understanding the Nobel Prize as a 'true' heritage brand in a networked situation and its management challenges, especially regarding identity and reputation.
Methodology — The Nobel Prize serves as an in-depth case study and is analysed within... View Details
Methodology — The Nobel Prize serves as an in-depth case study and is analysed within... View Details
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Nobel Prize;
Heritage Brand;
Brand Network;
Networked Brand;
Brand Within A Network;
Brand Orientation;
Brand Stewardship;
Corporate Brand Identity;
Reputation;
Networks;
Organizations;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Brands and Branding
Urde, Mats, and Stephen A. Greyser. "The Nobel Prize: A 'Heritage-based' Brand-oriented Network." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-010, August 2014.
- 23 Jun 2020
- News
Is It Time for Big Apple Circus to Fold the Tent?
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15241.html August 2013 Journal of Public Economics The Promise of Positive Optimal Taxation By: Weinzierl, Matthew Abstract—A prominent assumption in modern optimal tax...
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Carmen Nobel
- September 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Zurich Insurance: Diversity and Inclusion
By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly
Zurich Insurance was undergoing organizational change after implementing five new people practices focused on manager development, diversity and inclusion, job model and data analytics, recruitment, and talent pipeline. The case “Zurich Insurance: Fostering Key People...
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Keywords:
Managing Change;
Organizational Behavior;
Diversity Management;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leading Change;
Leadership;
Human Capital;
Human Resources;
Insurance;
Diversity;
Insurance Industry
Groysberg, Boris, and Katherine Connolly. "Zurich Insurance: Diversity and Inclusion." Harvard Business School Case 417-037, September 2016. (Revised May 2018.)