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- 22 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
CEO Succession: The Case at Ford
someone who doesn't know a lot about the business. Is that another problem? A: Well, there are two different approaches. What's interesting is sometimes people go for great CEOs who come from what are called CEO factories, like GE or...
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- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
short-term and long-term thinking, and craft emotionally engaging visions while staying focused on execution. In this article, we analyze how one organization, GE Money Bank in Switzerland, successfully created a new growth business...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It
even generate sufficient high quality capital-budget projects to use the available resources—and therefore go on merger-and-acquisition expeditions. The stock market is telling managers what the scarce strategic resource is. When it values a mature, capital-intensive...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
challenges, should business stay in its comfort zone and focus on increasing shareholder value, as many would argue? Fortunately, some businesses can do good simply by doing well, as General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt (MBA ’82) pointed out about his own company. View Details
- 14 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team
presented in the Harvard Business Review article "Are Leaders Portable?" co-written with Andrew N. McLean and Nitin Nohria. The records of former GE general managers demonstrate that even skills widely perceived as generalizable...
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by Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
tenure, the 9/11 terrorist attacks shook the nation, and the company, to its core. GE was connected to nearly every part of the tragedy—GE-financed planes powered by GE-manufactured engines had just destroyed real estate that was insured...
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- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
performance is Jack Welch. But that would mean the future of American corporations is in cloning. Rather, people should ask: What are the systems by which a company like GE has, for more than a century, produced good managers? Systems...
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by Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2016
- News
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
achievement-oriented and purposeful to a fault, although we’re good friends today.” “I worked at GE and 3M before coming to Boeing in 2005. When I arrived, the company had experienced some ethical challenges. Everyone likes to believe...
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- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
billion in sales, many believed that a more disciplined approach to operations would be important for future growth. As a result, the company hired Bob Nardelli, a former GE executive, to lead the change. When Bob Nardelli became the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
decide which segments to focus on. In fact, the customer is too important to follow the practice of calling everyone a customer. As managers at GE have stated, "Customers are seen for what they are—the lifeblood of a company....
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by Robert Simons
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
for the launch by an unknown start-up, considering the wisdom of taking a B2C rather than B2B approach with a novel technology, and using analogous products to forecast demand and sales for a new technology. Purchase this case:...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2023
- News
Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year
Clubs News Clubs News HBS Association of Boston Commemorates Centennial In 2023, the HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB) is commemorating its Centennial Year with activities and events aimed at celebrating a century of alumni accomplishments, exploring the trends shaping...
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Margie Kelley
- 13 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis
tackled the identity issue when he helped General Electric revamp its marketing department, a process described in the October 2010 Harvard Business Review article Unleashing the Power of Marketing, in which Gulati and two GE marketing...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
less than 1 percent of U.S. GDP. Some U.S. multinationals might be exposed to a fall in their overseas earnings. GE stock was down 20 percent for a time on Black Monday, though Apple, for example, recently said that business in China...
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- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
efficient and higher quality. After I left McKinsey, I went to GE, where those two ideas came together. I saw the way that GE was doing high stakes face-to-face negotiations for materials, things like metal components, plastic components,...
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- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
merely a replay of the past, specifically for companies like Kodak, Xerox, and GM that have failed before at transforming themselves. These companies are in a precarious position. They must find ways, as only GE has successfully done, to...
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- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
enough to get better; you have to "get different" — for example, in the way that GE went from manufacturing to services or Charles Schwab went from bricks and mortar to online services. But what happens when we ask senior...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
General Electric and its CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA ’82). GE has announced its intention to reach $10 billion in water-business sales over the next decade. Worldwide, as water becomes increasingly precious, it is often predicted that more...
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- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
top biotech managers, companies leave an imprint of their worldview on young executives through such things as the firm's structure, strategy, and culture. There is a GE imprint, an IBM imprint, a Bain imprint—all of which influence...
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by Mallory Stark
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
Immelt: The Voyage from MBA to CEO Harvard Business School Case 307-056 GE believes its ability to develop management talent is a core competency that represents a source of sustainable competitive advantage. Traces the development of a...
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Martha Lagace