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- November 1974
- Case
Job Corps
Describes the efforts of the director of Job Corps to stave off the destruction of his agency by the Nixon administration. In this process, the director built extensive power bases which he mobilized in support of Job Corps. The end result was that Job Corps was not...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Power and Influence;
Business and Government Relations
Fenn, Dan H., Jr. "Job Corps." Harvard Business School Case 375-152, November 1974.
- 03 Nov 2012
- News
Elections. Government's Role in Innovation.
- 30 Jun 2010
- News
Powerlessness Corrupts
- February 2001 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Estee Lauder and the Market for Prestige Cosmetics
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Opens with a brief history of the U.S. cosmetics market and its rapid development in the 1920s. Also recounts Lauder's initial involvement in the sector, making skin care products and selling them in Manhattan beauty parlors during the Great Depression. Pays particular...
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Keywords:
Fluctuation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Entrepreneurship;
Luxury;
Business Strategy;
Society;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
United States
Koehn, Nancy F. "Estee Lauder and the Market for Prestige Cosmetics." Harvard Business School Case 801-362, February 2001. (Revised February 2002.)
- 2014
- Book
Great Power, Peace, and American Primacy: The Origins of a New International Order
By: Josh Baron
This book explains the period of great power peace in the last fifty years and outlines the path to perpetuating it. Drawing on the Realist tradition and challenging conventional wisdom about the causes of American primacy, Baron explores contributions to peace made by...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
International Relations;
Power and Influence;
Conflict and Resolution;
United States
Baron, Josh. Great Power, Peace, and American Primacy: The Origins of a New International Order. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- October 2003
- Article
The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering
By: Malcolm Baker and Paul Gompers
This paper describes board size and composition and investigates the role of venture capital in a sample of 1,116 firms' initial public offerings. First, firms backed by venture capital have fewer insider and instrumental directors and more independent...
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Keywords:
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Venture Capital;
Initial Public Offering;
Managerial Roles;
Power and Influence
Baker, Malcolm, and Paul Gompers. "The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering." Journal of Law & Economics 46, no. 2 (October 2003): 569–598.
- September 2006 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
Ricardo Software
Engineer John Harrison must determine why motorcycle racer Marco Presto does not feel that his motorcycle is providing enough power as it comes out of corners. Harrison uses engine simulation software to help him in his work.
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McAfee, Andrew P. "Ricardo Software." Harvard Business School Case 607-019, September 2006. (Revised August 2007.)
- 03 Jan 2013
- News
Embrace Change, But Still Stand for Something
- 11 Feb 2015
- Video
Blinded by the Light: Avoiding the Blind Spots of Leadership
- Program
Advanced Management Program
your company to capitalize on digital transformation and strategically implement artificial intelligence Keep growing as a leader by building on powerful insights gained through introspection, assessments, professional coaching, and...
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- 22 Oct 2012
- News
Not Your Father's State-Run Capitalism
- March 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project
Traces changes in P&G's international strategy and structure, culminating in Organization 2005, a reorganization that places strategic emphasis on product innovation rather than geographic expansion and shifts power from local subsidiary to global business management....
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Trade;
Globalization;
Global Strategy;
Innovation Strategy;
Business or Company Management;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Hong Kong;
Japan;
Taiwan;
Europe
Bartlett, Christopher A. "P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project." Harvard Business School Case 303-003, March 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 01 Nov 2014
- News
Smart Connected Products: Killing Industries, Boosting Innovation
- 23 Oct 2014
- News
Transparency in support of innovation
- 24 Jun 2014
- News
Amy Cuddy - Social Psychologist, Dancer
- 19 Mar 2012
- News