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- 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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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.)
- January 2000 (Revised March 2001)
- Teaching Note
Competition & Strategy: Course Structure TN
By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin
Provides an overview of the Competition & Strategy course, a first course on business strategy, as taught at Harvard Business School during the summer of 1999. Describes the role of the course in the overall MBA curriculum, the superstructure of the course, and the...
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- November 1986 (Revised June 1987)
- Case
Fieldcrest Division of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.: Compensation System for Field Sales Representatives
Focuses on the compensation plan for Fieldcrest sales representatives. Management is reviewing the structure of the plan and must decide how to establish compensation goals and guidelines for the following year so that sales efforts are allocated among products and/or...
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Cespedes, Frank V. "Fieldcrest Division of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.: Compensation System for Field Sales Representatives." Harvard Business School Case 587-097, November 1986. (Revised June 1987.)
- June 1991 (Revised April 1995)
- Background Note
Corporate Strategy: A Conceptual Framework
By: David J. Collis
Provides a conceptual framework for the study of corporate strategy. First describes previous perspectives on corporate strategy and then develops a framework of four elements: resources, tasks, structure, and industries. This framework can be used to explain the value...
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Resource Allocation;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Corporate Strategy;
Value
Collis, David J. "Corporate Strategy: A Conceptual Framework." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-284, June 1991. (Revised April 1995.)
- 09 Feb 2009
- News
Clayton Christensen Writes a Prescription for Health Care Reform
- 19 Apr 2010
- News
The Annual Report as Sustainability's Secret Weapon
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
does one lead at your company? How do you give feedback? How do you establish an inclusive culture, develop employees, and create a great place to work? Your job is to answer these questions and provide managers the support and tools...
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by Julia Austin
- 31 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?
employee engagement. Other studies have provided evidence that fear inhibits learning and cooperation. It fosters an “epidemic of silence.” It is not a motivator, especially in the long run. Psychological safety builds a better...
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by James Heskett
- Web
Curriculum - Business & Environment
context of a company that provides a vital public service that has important environmental implications. The Role of ESG in Investment Strategy Marketing Aleph Farms: A New Culture of Meat Aleph Farms, an Israeli food-tech start-up, was...
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Satisfactory Academic Progress - MBA
recommend that the student seek assistance from one or more MBA Program resources. The APC and the MBA Program administration are committed to providing reasonable support to any MBA student who encounters academic difficulty at HBS. We...
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- 07 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss
did not provide any information about why they were distressed. For the second experiment, students at the Harvard Decision Science Lab were paired as storyteller and listener. Storytellers were asked to recount a recent time when they...
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by Roberta Holland
- Web
Winners & Success Stories - New Venture Competition
Riesenfeld, MBA ’08 EyeView is transforming online conversion through the use of online video. EyeView’s solutions create an effective video experience on websites, keeping visitors engaged and providing a proven and significant increase...
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- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
the selling company's profitability. It emphasizes the collaborative aspects of buyer-seller relations over the split-the-pie aspects. The idea is to create more space between the value provided to customers and your cost. You can then...
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- 16 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta
Business School, who wrote a series of three case studies about the company’s focus on DE&I. For Bastian, the strategy is about providing more equitable opportunity for all Delta employees, including Black employees, to move “from the...
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- 15 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care
not asking those executives to provide objective information about their own organizations or specific numbers; rather, we simply wanted to capture where the industry feels most optimistic and pessimistic about delivering value,"...
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- 22 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted
OSS provides an opening to talk to bosses about resources, Nagle says. “It gives IT managers a way to have conversations with their higher ups, to say, ‘look, we use all this stuff for free. And if it didn't exist, we'd be paying a whole...
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- 24 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Tech Platforms Identify Black-Owned Businesses, White Customers Buy
backfiring,” Luca notes. Customers seek out Black-owned restaurants For the study, Yelp and Wayfair provided data on their platforms and programs. On Yelp, this included information about platform page views, phone calls, reservations,...
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