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- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
an unstoppable force.” Dan: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Jacqui Adams (MBA 1978) is CEO of a communication strategy firm that she launched after more than two decades as an Emmy award-winning...
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- 29 Mar 2022
- Book
5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries
How do companies survive not just for years, but for decades? For centuries even? During a global pandemic, researchers are studying anew what makes companies resilient, agile,...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Utilizing Display, Feature and Price Promotions: Getting the Biggest Bang for the Buck
Firms are continuously looking for more efficient ways to influence consumers to purchase their brand. Professor Lemon is conducting research to understand what motivates consumers' purchases of products and services. Her research suggests new strategies for category...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
’91), an expert in project finance, studies how firms structure, value, and finance very large capital investments such as oil fields, mines, and power plants. His research covers both developed and developing countries, including...
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- 2007
- Book
When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance
By: Thomas J. DeLong, John J. Gabarro and Robert Lees
For too long, professional services firms (PSFs) have relied on the "producer-manager" model, which works well in uncomplicated business environments. However, today's managing directors must balance conflicting roles, more demanding clients, tougher competitors, and...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Management Practices and Processes;
Service Operations;
Performance Effectiveness;
Strategy
DeLong, Thomas J., John J. Gabarro, and Robert Lees. When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance. Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
Support for the Global Century
Robert F. Greenhill (MBA 1962), the founder and chairman of an investment banking firm with 13 offices across five continents, is acutely aware of the global nature of business in the 21st century. “As is the case in most companies today,...
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- Fast Answer
Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis
firms Key members of the management team Investment bank league tables Bloomberg
Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and... View Details
Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and... View Details
- 16 May 2023
- In Practice
After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?
investments and triggered a run on deposits, gave pause to startup investors and also holds lessons for founders going forward. Harvard Business School faculty suggest some key takeaways for the startup...
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- April 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
BlackRock (D): Organizing for the Future (with video links)
By: Ranjay Gulati, Jan W. Rivkin and Aldo Sesia
By the end of 2015, BlackRock had succeeded beyond any of the early dreams of its founders. The firm remained the world’s largest asset manager, with more than $4.6 trillion under management, and other financial services companies used BlackRock’s Aladdin platform to...
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Strategy;
Competition;
Information Technology;
Asset Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Gulati, Ranjay, Jan W. Rivkin, and Aldo Sesia. "BlackRock (D): Organizing for the Future (with video links)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 717-487, April 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
company’s culture on three cornerstones: quality, performance, and valuing the individual employee. As for strategy and the bottom line, the commercial areas he focused on were the medical-services business...
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Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson;
Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries;
Arts, Entertainment;
National Security and International Affairs;
Government;
Health, Social Assistance;
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services;
Information;
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing;
Manufacturing;
Food Manufacturing;
Manufacturing;
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing;
Manufacturing;
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services;
Professional Services
- 2016
- Working Paper
Historical Change and the Competitive Advantage of Firms: Explicating the 'Dynamics' in the Dynamic Capabilities Framework
By: Geoffrey Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani
This working paper aims to deepen the scholarly dialogue between strategy and history. It does so by examining how historical models of change can contribute to theory and research on the competitive advantage of firms during periods of rapid innovation. Focusing on...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Dynamic Capabilities;
Innovation;
Temporality;
Context;
Microfoundations;
Business History;
Competitive Advantage;
Change;
Innovation and Invention
Jones, Geoffrey, and R. Daniel Wadhwani. "Historical Change and the Competitive Advantage of Firms: Explicating the 'Dynamics' in the Dynamic Capabilities Framework." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-052, December 2016.
- December 1992
- Case
BASF: Corporate Advertising for 1992
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Describes BASF's corporate advertising program in the United States. In 1992, BASF's U.S. companies extended an existing corporate advertising campaign to continue to build awareness of the German-based multinational's corporate identity. The core theme of the campaign...
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Advertising Campaigns;
Marketing Communications;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Corporate Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States;
Germany
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "BASF: Corporate Advertising for 1992." Harvard Business School Case 593-021, December 1992.
- July 2015 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Ron Johnson: A Career in Retail
In April 2013, Ron Johnson (HBS '84) stepped down after just 18 months as CEO of J.C. Penney. In his brief tenure, Johnson, an acclaimed retailer respected for his innovation and success in shaping the retail image at Target and Apple, introduced dramatic departures...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Legal Industry;
Procurement;
Professional Service Firms;
Pricing;
Organizational Behavior Modification;
Change Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Situation or Environment;
Failure;
Management Teams;
Brands and Branding;
Competition;
Retail Industry;
United States
Narayandas, Das, Joshua D. Margolis, and Ryan Raffaelli. "Ron Johnson: A Career in Retail." Harvard Business School Case 516-016, July 2015. (Revised September 2017.)
- October 2006 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
Calloway Laboratory: Pee for Profit
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Kiron
Describes the formation and rapid growth of a drug-testing company. The company needs to decide whether to enter the painkiller testing market, in addition to growing its drug treatment center business.
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For-Profit Firms;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Testing and Trials;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Health Industry
Hamermesh, Richard G., and David Kiron. "Calloway Laboratory: Pee for Profit." Harvard Business School Case 807-040, October 2006. (Revised August 2007.)
- August 2007 (Revised September 2008)
- Case
Baker & McKenzie (A): A New Framework for Talent Management
By: Boris Groysberg and Eliot Sherman
Describes the process by which the largest law firm in the world developed a unique framework for personnel management. In 2004, John Conroy is about to take the reigns as the leader of Baker and McKenzie, the largest law firm in the world by employees, with offices in...
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Talent and Talent Management;
Framework;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Retention;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Adoption;
Legal Services Industry
Groysberg, Boris, and Eliot Sherman. "Baker & McKenzie (A): A New Framework for Talent Management." Harvard Business School Case 408-008, August 2007. (Revised September 2008.)
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
business from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Grenoble in 1992. Following military service, he took a consulting position with Bossard Consultants, a Zurich, Switzerland-based firm that had him working with technology clients...
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- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
Rangan brought together veterans of the retail world to share strategies for cashing in on what could be a new wave of organized retail in India. The discussion took place April 4 at the India Business...
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- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
to capital, which was a primary focus of hers at the SBA. Spreading The Wealth Having spent over 25 years in private equity and venture capital firms before becoming SBA Administrator, Mills has perspective on challenges and opportunities...
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- March 2011 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
Office of Technology Transfer - Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
By: Willy Shih, Sen Chai, Kamen Bliznashki and Courtney Hyland
Gordon Zong is trying to teach Chinese universities and research institutes how to do effective technology transfer and IP licensing, but he is trying to do it in an environment with weak property rights and an underdeveloped support infrastructure. As the managing...
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Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management;
Patents;
Knowledge Management;
Law Enforcement;
Business and Government Relations;
Research and Development;
Biotechnology Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
China
Shih, Willy, Sen Chai, Kamen Bliznashki, and Courtney Hyland. "Office of Technology Transfer - Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences." Harvard Business School Case 611-057, March 2011. (Revised June 2012.)
- December 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
CUC and HFS: Corporate Identity for a "Merger of Equals"
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Robert J. Crawford
In the wake of a major $20 billion market capitalization "merger of equals," two large consumer service firms must determine a new name for the new entity. Neither CUC nor HFS is well known among consumers. The CUC Services (e.g., shopping, travel, credit card...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Capital;
Brands and Branding;
Identity;
Customization and Personalization;
Value;
Service Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., and Robert J. Crawford. CUC and HFS: Corporate Identity for a "Merger of Equals". Harvard Business School Case 598-028, December 1997. (Revised May 1998.)