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- 12 Sep 2018
- News
Celebrating A Landmark Book on Gender in the Workplace
- November 2005 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Strategic Planning at United Parcel Service
By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque
In March 2005, CEO Michael Eskew has asked the Corporate Strategy Group to recommend changes to the strategic process to ensure it allows United Parcel Service (UPS) to continue to transform itself over the next several years. Describes the evolution of UPS's strategic...
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Keywords:
Change;
Decisions;
Globalization;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Managerial Roles;
Strategic Planning;
Creativity;
Corporate Strategy
Garvin, David A., and Lynne Levesque. "Strategic Planning at United Parcel Service." Harvard Business School Case 306-002, November 2005. (Revised June 2006.)
- Web
The Diamond Model - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
understanding how they interact. By identifying and improving elements in the diamond that are barriers to productivity, locations can improve competitiveness. Key Concepts The CENTRAL ROLE of Business Businesses create jobs and wealth,...
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- 09 Jan 2024
- In Practice
Harnessing AI: What Businesses Need to Know in ChatGPT’s Second Year
As a new year begins, the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the future of work permeates nearly every workplace-related discussion, from diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and venture capital funding to strategic...
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Initiatives & Projects - Faculty & Research
IFVI’s research agenda is currently chaired by Serafeim. Institute for Business in Global Society The Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS) exists to help and harness business to address these issues – and to show that business can play an essential View Details
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Marketing and Advertising and Society
Stephen A. Greyser is continuing to write on and conduct research
into the role of marketing and advertising in society. He analyzed in
'Marketing and Public Policy' the evolution of legal and consumer-based
issues over recent decades and, for a Stanford University...
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- September 2018
- Case
The Reputation of the 'World's Most Prestigious Award': The Nobel Prize
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Mats Urde
Nobel Foundation leadership is addressing a range of issues related to its key role to safeguard the reputation of the Nobel Prizes. Included are outreach to global audiences, the variety of sources of communications about the Prizes, the advent of new high-value...
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Greyser, Stephen A., and Mats Urde. "The Reputation of the 'World's Most Prestigious Award': The Nobel Prize." Harvard Business School Case 919-401, September 2018.
- June 2003 (Revised June 2003)
- Background Note
M & A Legal Context: Basic Framework for Corporate Governance
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Constance E. Bagley and James Quinn
Students are introduced to the basic framework for corporate governance. Begins by describing the complex role of the modern corporation, then proceeds by discussing the fiduciary duties to which a board of trustees is bound (duty of care, duty of loyalty, etc.), and...
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Baldwin, Carliss Y., Constance E. Bagley, and James Quinn. "M & A Legal Context: Basic Framework for Corporate Governance." Harvard Business School Background Note 803-200, June 2003. (Revised June 2003.)
- September 2013
- Case
Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization (Abridged)
By: David A. Garvin
Abridged version of one of six cases that describe the roles and responsibilities of managers at each of the hierarchical levels of management within the U.S. Stores business unit of Staples, the world's largest office supply company. Together, the cases form a...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Managerial Roles;
Organizational Design;
Management Practices and Processes;
Job Design and Levels;
Business Processes;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Garvin, David A. "Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 314-004, September 2013.
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Global Business Course | HBS Online
Influences Labor Productivity Featured Exercises Current Accounts, Financial Accounts, and a Country’s Strategy Hedging Exchange Rates 6-8 hrs Module 3 Political Order and Disorder Understand the role of government in the modern economy...
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- 16 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults
daughters of stay-at-home moms, a finding that surprised McGinn because it shows that the influence of maternal employment may even outweigh well-documented sex differences when it comes to shaping people’s mindsets about appropriate View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
cooperation and coordination. Prior research has emphasized cooperation, and specifically the partners' commitment and alignment of interests, as the key determinant of collaborative success. Scholars have paid less attention to the critical View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- April 2019
- Article
Shooting the Messenger
By: Leslie John, Hayley Blunden and Heidi Liu
Eleven experiments provide evidence that people have a tendency to “shoot the messenger,” deeming innocent bearers of bad news unlikeable. In a preregistered lab experiment, participants rated messengers who delivered bad news from a random drawing as relatively...
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Keywords:
Judgment;
Communication;
Sense-making;
Attribution;
Disclosure;
Interpersonal Communication;
Perception;
Judgments;
Motivation and Incentives
John, Leslie, Hayley Blunden, and Heidi Liu. "Shooting the Messenger." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 148, no. 4 (April 2019): 644–666.
- November 2011 (Revised February 2012)
- Case
China Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research: Building a Sustainable, Globally Integrated Research Enterprise
By: Vicki Sato, Christoph Jaeker and Pooja Mehta Solanki
As the head of the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research in China, En Li was shepherding a $1 billion R&D investment in China. So far he had been able to attract a large number of Chinese-born but US-trained scientists to play a critical role in establishing the...
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Research;
Corporate Strategy;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Health Industry;
China
Sato, Vicki, Christoph Jaeker, and Pooja Mehta Solanki. "China Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research: Building a Sustainable, Globally Integrated Research Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 612-048, November 2011. (Revised February 2012.)
- July 1991 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Alliant Health System: A Vision of Total Quality
Alliant has been a leader in the health care industry in implementing total quality management. After five years, however, they do not have much to show for their efforts except a "foundation" of quality attitudes and processes. The case discusses their plans to "jump...
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Keywords:
Quality;
Management Practices and Processes;
Information Technology;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry
Linder, Jane C. "Alliant Health System: A Vision of Total Quality." Harvard Business School Case 192-003, July 1991. (Revised July 1993.)
- May 2004 (Revised October 2004)
- Case
Globe Telecom
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Ingrid Vargas
The Ayala Group, one of the oldest and largest Filipino business groups, partnered with Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) to launch a telecom venture following industry deregulation in the Philippines. The partners must decide whether to continue the venture in...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Development Economics;
Partners and Partnerships;
Emerging Markets;
Business Startups;
Telecommunications Industry;
Singapore;
Philippines
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Ingrid Vargas. "Globe Telecom." Harvard Business School Case 704-505, May 2004. (Revised October 2004.)
- 03 Sep 2012
- News