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China + India: The Power of Two
Global Business Magazine ArticleChina and India are burying the hatchet after four-plus decades of hostility. A few companies from both nations have been quick to gain competitive advantages... -
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Too Old to Learn?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleC.J. Albert, the head of family-owned Armor Coat Insurance, receives an unsettling phone call from his star salesman. Fifty-two-year-old Ed McGlynn has... -
The Art of Commerce
Business history Magazine ArticleThe story of a royal trading company comes to life on an 18th-century stock certificate. -
Lessons in Longevity from an 88-Year-Old Zipper Company
Business and society Digital ArticleHow the Japanese manufacturer YKK has stayed at the top of its industry. -
Seven Ages of the Leader
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleLeaders go through many transitions in their careers. Each brings new crises and challenges that are predictable. Knowing what to expect can help you... -
BP: Victim of Its Own Good Marketing
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleA few years ago I met Jose Gabrielli, the CEO of the Brazilian energy giant Petrobras, to talk about an article we were developing for HBR. Dressed in... -
How to Make Better Predictions When You Don't Have Enough Data
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleA different way to teach algorithms. -
The Whys and Wherefores of Executive Pay
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleA look at the components of executive compensation--salary, bonuses, stock options, restricted stock, and others--and the forces that have caused some... -
When Did the U.S. Stop Seeing Teachers as Professionals?
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How Madam C.J. Walker Built Racial Equity into Her Business
Global Business Digital ArticleShe didn't just enrich herself - she created opportunities for other Black Americans to do the same. -
The Story of the First Charts, in Three Charts
Business history Magazine ArticleOnce upon a time, there were no line graphs or bar charts. -
Life's Work: Norman Lear
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleNorman Lear, perhaps most famous for the creation of "All in the Family," has spent his entire career behind the scenes. He talks about negotiating with... -
How To Punish Leadership Negligence
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIn any sensible system of institutional governance, negligence would be sanctioned. So why is it that leaders of major corporations often seem to escape... -
Making Matrix Organizations Actually Work
Organizational Development Digital ArticleNo org structure is without flaws, but matrices don't deserve their bad reputation. -
The Eureka Myth
Business history Magazine ArticleInnovation, cast as the triumph of human imagination, may be the most romantic discipline in business. And the eureka moment, that epiphany of total clarity in which a breakthrough invention or discovery occurs, is the most romantic aspect of innovation. In fact, the eureka moment still looms so large in the folklore of business that […] -
The Supreme Court Has a Longevity Problem, but Term Limits on Justices Won't Solve It
Global Business Digital ArticleAfter Justice Kennedy's seat is filled, there's likely to be only 23 more appointees through 2117. -
Research: The Industrial Revolution Left Psychological Scars That Can Still Be Seen Today
Business history ResearchEconomic change can influence personality trends of an entire region. -
Lead Your Business Through the Coronavirus Crisis
Business history Digital ArticleTwelve lessons on analyzing data, communicating information, and protecting your employees. -
Life's Work: An Interview with Julia Gillard
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAustralia's former prime minister talks about discipline, resilience, and misogyny.
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Microsoft Office 2007 (Abridged)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details A discussion of the history and processes behind the development of Microsoft's Office 12 software. -
Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details With an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly different political and economic... -
Origins of National Income Accounting
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Set in the Great Depression, this case explores the origins of national income accounting in the United States. Highlights Senator La Follette's 1932... -
Business Model Challenges: The Electric Vehicle Company
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Electric vehicles have been "the next big trend" for more than 100 years. The first commercially viable electric car was available in the 1890s but failed... -
Changing Face of the Indian Television Industry: 2006
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Television in India has been around for just over four decades. For the first 17 years, transmission was restricted to black and white, and sales figures... -
Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Considers the creation of one of the world's largest beauty and fragrance companies by Bernd Beetz, appointed chief executive of Coty Inc. in 2001. The... -
The Origin of Wealth: The Radical Remaking of Economics and What It Means for Business and Society
Global Business Book28.00View Details Over 6.4 billion people participate in a $36.5 trillion global economy, designed and overseen by no one. How did this marvel of self-organized complexity... -
Vehbi Koç and the Making of Turkey's Largest Business Group (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case builds on the earlier A case which described the origins of the Turkish business group established by Vehbi Koç before 1988. This case takes... -
Road to Hell (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Royal DSM: From Continuous Transformation to Organic Growth
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Royal DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma was pondering the challenges of shifting DSM's global organization from the constant transformations of the past 100 years... -
Asian Paints Limited: Painting History
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case traces the growth of Asian Paints Limited ("APL") from being a small paint manufacturer in 1942 into the undisputed leader of the Indian paints... -
Forging the New Salomon, Supplement
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Provides a management retrospective. -
Samuel Slater, Francis Cabot Lowell, and the Beginnings of the Factory System in the United States
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Deals with the coming of the mechanized textile industry to the United States, and with it, the nation's first factories. Considers the introduction of... -
Coffee Wars in India: Starbucks 2012, Chinese Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Starbucks entered India in late 2012. This case explores Starbucks' globalization strategy, its success in China, and its vision for India. The case asks... -
Tencent, Portuguese Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider... -
Multinational Corporations in Apartheid-era South Africa: The Issue of Reparations
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Considers the lawsuits filed on behalf of victims of apartheid against multinationals who operated in South Africa prior to 1994. Reviews the debates... -
The Financial Crisis of 2008
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case presents excerpts from the speeches of observers to the 2008 financial crisis, including former and current central bankers, a private banker,... -
Yunnan Baiyao: Transforming a Chinese State-Owned Enterprise
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case tells the story of how Wang Minghui, Chairman of Yunnan Baiyao Group since 1999, transformed a single-product traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)... -
James Burke: A Career in American Business (A), Japanese Version
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Presents an historical overview of the professional career of James E. Burke, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson. Examines the corporation's handling... -
Free Trade vs. Protectionism: The Great Corn-Laws Debate, Spanish Version
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Examines the extended conflict between free traders and protectionists in nineteenth-century Britain. It culminates with Prime Minister Robert Peel's...
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China + India: The Power of Two
Global Business Magazine ArticleChina and India are burying the hatchet after four-plus decades of hostility. A few companies from both nations have been quick to gain competitive advantages... -
You’re Not Paid Based on Your Performance
Compensation and benefits Digital ArticleWhat actually determines compensation on a systemic level? And what should? -
Too Old to Learn?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleC.J. Albert, the head of family-owned Armor Coat Insurance, receives an unsettling phone call from his star salesman. Fifty-two-year-old Ed McGlynn has... -
The Art of Commerce
Business history Magazine ArticleThe story of a royal trading company comes to life on an 18th-century stock certificate. -
Microsoft Office 2007 (Abridged)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details A discussion of the history and processes behind the development of Microsoft's Office 12 software. -
Lessons in Longevity from an 88-Year-Old Zipper Company
Business and society Digital ArticleHow the Japanese manufacturer YKK has stayed at the top of its industry. -
Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details With an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly different political and economic... -
Co-Leadership: Lessons from Republican Rome
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThe Roman Republic embraced a system of co-leadership that thrived for over four centuries before dissolving into the dictatorship of the Empire. Many... -
Seven Ages of the Leader
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleLeaders go through many transitions in their careers. Each brings new crises and challenges that are predictable. Knowing what to expect can help you... -
Origins of National Income Accounting
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Set in the Great Depression, this case explores the origins of national income accounting in the United States. Highlights Senator La Follette's 1932...