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- 11 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Reimagining Fashion For The Good Of All
Business School (HBS) MBA program, I will spend my summer as an intern in the company’s Strategy Department. It reports directly to the Management Board and works on projects that will steer the future of the company. At HBS, we are...
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Consumer Products / Retail
- March 2008 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc.
By: Robert G. Eccles and David Lane
This brief document presents the schedule of events for Russell Reynolds Associates 2007 New Associates Program, an opportunity for recent hires to spend time with each other and the firm's senior leadership while learning subtleties of the search process amid bonding...
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Keywords:
Talent and Talent Management;
Learning;
Recruitment;
Leadership;
Organizational Culture;
Programs;
Consulting Industry;
Service Industry
Eccles, Robert G., and David Lane. "Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 408-067, March 2008. (Revised February 2009.)
- 09 Oct 2013
- News
Money Can Buy Happiness, Speaker Says
- 24 Jan 2018
- News
Could the crisis of leadership spark a new political party?
- 04 May 2015
- News
Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating
- 30 Aug 2012
- News
Marriages fail, but there'll always be wedding dresses
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Rahul Bajaj
Rahul Bajaj, who was Chair of the diversified Bajaj Group, criticizes the Indian government's Companies Act in 2013 which mandated that large companies had to spend 2 per cent of their pre-tax profits on...
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Failure Shouldn't Come as a Surprise
I’ve worked at startup companies and I’ve run development teams inside large public companies. In both environments, executives spend far more time forecasting how successful they’ll be than planning what they will do if something breaks down.
View Details- September 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
A-Rod: Signing the Best Player in Baseball
This case analyzes a large investment decision considered by the Texas Rangers in 2000: whether to spend $252 million for the services of shortstop Alex Rodriguez. The signing was probably the most controversial sports contract of the past decade.
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Cohen, Randolph B., and Jason Wallace. "A-Rod: Signing the Best Player in Baseball." Harvard Business School Case 203-047, September 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- 05 Aug 2021
- News
The chip shortage is getting worse
- July 2013 (Revised January 2014)
- Supplement
Value Retail (B) China: Opportunities for Expansion
By: Arthur I Segel and John H. Vogel, Jr.
After spending two years evaluating China as a potential market for expansion, in 2012, Scott Malkin, Chief Executive of Value Retail, identifies a highly desireable site in Suzhou. Now Malkin must decide if it is the right opportunity to open a village in China.
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Segel, Arthur I., and John H. Vogel, Jr. "Value Retail (B) China: Opportunities for Expansion." Harvard Business School Supplement 814-013, July 2013. (Revised January 2014.)
- November 2005 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
HP Nanotech: Partnership with CNSI
Stan Williams, leading nanotech researcher at Hewlett Packard Laboratories, must decide whether to renew the firm's sponsorship of California NanoSystems Institute, spend the funds on internal R&D, or fund foreign universities. Illustrates the challenge of managing...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Partners and Partnerships;
Investment;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Business and Community Relations;
Financial Strategy;
Technology Industry;
California
Fleming, Lee, Marie Thursby, and James Quinn. "HP Nanotech: Partnership with CNSI." Harvard Business School Case 606-045, November 2005. (Revised May 2007.)
- 12 Jun 2012
- News
Devils take in more than $30M during Stanley Cup run
The Future of Leadership Development
The need for leadership development has never been more urgent. Companies of all sorts realize that to survive in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment, they need different leadership skills and organizational capabilities from those that... View Details
- 05 Apr 2011
- News
Why Does Criticism Seem More Effective than Praise?
- 13 Feb 2013
- News
Valentine’s Day a Show of Wealth for Single Men?
- 03 May 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
Can a Social Entrepreneur End Homelessness in the US?
Keywords:
Re: Brian L. Trelstad
- August 2015 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
Planters Nuts
By: Robert J. Dolan and Donald K. Ngwe
In 2012 Planters had about $1 billion in U.S. annual revenues, but had experienced declining unit sales and household penetration over the past six years. The snack nuts category was growing overall, but household spending was shifting away from peanuts, cashews, and...
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Dolan, Robert J., and Donald K. Ngwe. "Planters Nuts." Harvard Business School Case 516-004, August 2015. (Revised March 2017.)
- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
consumer spending habits, and effective store layout. Sarah Jane Gilbert: What is the difference between the "want-self" and the "should-self"? How does psychology play a role in the internal conflict between the 2?...
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- November 1995
- Technical Note
Analyzing Standard Costs: Technical Note
By: V.G. Narayanan
Explains variance analysis. Concepts of price variance and quantity variance are introduced to analyze prime cost variances. Spending variance and capacity variance are used to analyze overhead variance. Consistent with conducting variance analysis in an activity-based...
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Narayanan, V.G. "Analyzing Standard Costs: Technical Note." Harvard Business School Technical Note 196-109, November 1995.