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What Will Management Look Like in the Next 100 Years?
Global Business Big IdeaIn recent years, the practice of management has often felt like an exercise in putting out fires. Facing one social, environmental, and economic crisis... -
A Case for Why Health Systems Should Partner with Pharmacies
Health and behavioral science Digital ArticleThe view from CVS Health. -
What We Don’t Know About Soviet Management
International business Magazine ArticleWestern managers nurse a number of untested assumptions about Soviet management. The most common are: 1. The Soviets know little about management. Their system has failed and failed widely. They are basically trying with very limited success to apply superior Western management methods. 2. Western and Soviet management systems are operationally incompatible. 3. The two […] -
Tests of a Prince
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhen a CEO takes office, stakeholders dissect his or her intellectual, physical, and emotional capacities as they try to gauge whether the new leader... -
The Global Logic of Strategic Alliances
International business Magazine ArticleCompanies are just beginning to learn what nations have always known: in a complex, uncertain world filled with dangerous opponents, it is best not to go it alone. Great powers operating across broad theaters of engagement have traditionally made common cause with others whose interests ran parallel with their own. No shame in that. Entente—the […] -
Collaborate with Your Competitors—and Win
Joint ventures Magazine ArticleCollaboration between competitors is in fashion. General Motors and Toyota assemble automobiles, Siemens and Philips develop semiconductors, Canon supplies photocopiers to Kodak, France’s Thomson and Japan’s JVC manufacture videocassette recorders. But the spread of what we call “competitive collaboration”—joint ventures, outsourcing agreements, product licensings, cooperative research—has triggered unease about the long-term consequences. A strategic alliance […] -
A Partnership Is Not a Purchase Order
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThis post is part of the HBR Insight Center Making Collaboration Work. Scott McNealy, ex-CEO of Sun Microsystems, tweeted this message last month: "Most... -
Micro Capitalism: Eastern Europe’s Computer Future
Global strategy Magazine ArticleThroughout Central Europe and the Soviet Union, computer entrepreneurs are emerging from the shells of state organizations to begin the exhilarating yet chaotic process of building a market economy. The customer base is eager and literate. The programmers are smart and inventive. Few people are complacent, and many are scared. No one can control this […] -
The Founders of Bitty & Beau’s Coffee on Building a Business Around Employees with Disabilities
Diversity and inclusion Magazine ArticleA thriving business demonstrates how dedicated and enthusiastic employees with disabilities can be. -
Is It Time to Leave the Family Business?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's a complicated decision. Here are six things to consider. -
Building Resilience into Your Family Business
Family businesses Digital ArticleLessons from companies that have thrived in volatile environments. -
How to Prepare the Next Generation to Run the Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStart by understanding why they might be reluctant to inherit it. -
The 5 Models of Family Business Ownership
Corporate governance Digital ArticleChoosing one is among your most important decisions. -
Managing Multiparty Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn an increasingly digital and connected environment, leaders of established companies frequently find themselves facing opportunities that they--or even... -
How Family Businesses Can Compete for Talent
Family businesses Digital ArticleThe global workforce is transforming. Family firms are uniquely positioned to beat out the competition. -
3 Hurdles that Trip Up Younger Generations in a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleGrowing up in your family's shadow can leave you with big shoes to fill. -
Keeping It Professional When You Work in a Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Best PracticeIt can be done. -
Is the Next Generation of Your Family Business Entrepreneurial Enough?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTraditions don't have to be constricting. -
The Chair of Illycaffe on Creating Virtuous Agricultural Ecosystems
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the 1990s most coffee beans were still commodity products, cheaply priced, undifferentiated by quality, often blended, and sold through an exchange.... -
Every Family Business Needs an Independent Director
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThey keep things fresh and fair.
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Amarnath Gupta and Sons: The Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Amarnath Gupta and Sons was a distributor of lubricants and owner of a petrol pump based in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. The business was originally set up... -
How To Use Virtue in Business: Part A
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details How important are virtue and character when the future of a company is on the line? How does the leader decide between two pressing options? Set in 1981,... -
Francisco de Narvaez at Tia: Selling the Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In January 1999, Francisco de Narvaez sold Tia, his family's retail business in Argentina. De Narvaez reflects on the decision to sell and the selling... -
Stoy Foods: Role Information for Milan Stoyanovic
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer,... -
Principles of Family Business System Change
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Identifies several practical principles to keep in mind when changing a family business system. -
Kohler Co. (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Steve Parker and the GFS-China Technologies Venture (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details GFS-China Technologies is a joint venture between Standard Industries (Standard) of the United States and Good Fortune Enterprises (Good Fortune) of China.... -
Zee Entertainment and Essel Group: A Quest for Legacy and Beyond (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case traces the entrepreneurial journey of Indian media baron Subhash Chandra. It starts with his entry into a struggling family business in 1967... -
Note on Valuing Control and Liquidity in Family and Closely Held Firms
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Most companies around the world are family-controlled and/or closely held. The need to value these companies routinely arises in practice for a variety... -
How To Use Virtue in Business: Part B
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details How important are virtue and character when the future of a company is on the line? How does the leader decide between two pressing options? Set in 1981,... -
Strategic Alliances That Work: Should You Build a Strategic Alliance?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This note is part of a series entitled Strategic Alliances That Work. It provides guidelines to determine whether an alliance is an appropriate vehicle... -
F&S Investments: Understanding Value at Risk
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Within the context of a fictitious hedge fund, a new analyst has been asked to use value at risk (VaR) to evaluate two potential additions to its portfolio... -
Scott Tucker (A): Race to the Top
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The case tells the story of the rise and fall of Scott Tucker, an entrepreneur, businessman, passionate race car driver, competitor, and owner of a professional... -
Dabur India: Growing Professional Management from Family Roots
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case opens in December of 2018, with Sunil Duggal, the CEO of Dabur India (a multinational consumer goods conglomerate with a focus in Ayurvedic products)... -
Shelby Division 2012
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The vice-president and general manager for Michigan Plastic Inc.'s Shelby Division (Shelby) is faced with various options. Shelby specializes in thermoforming... -
ELITE: AFFINITY FINANCING AND SMART LEASES
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The case documents the original mattress leasing program initiated by François Pugliese, the owner of premium mattress firm Elite in Etoy (Switzerland).... -
Alphexo Corp.: Confidential Negotiation Information, Spanish Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details A two-party, multiple-issue dollar-scoring negotiation exercise dealing with the formation and terms of an IT-industry joint venture. Subordinates have... -
Czech Mate: CME and Vladimir Zelezny (E)--CME Returns
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Family Business System Action Planning Worksheet
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Assist in thinking critically about facilitators and inhibitors to goals and preparing for change in a family business system. -
Fundamentals of Family Business System Governance, Chinese Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Reviews the purposes and ingredients in the governance (or steering) of a family business system. Explores at a high level the governance of the family...
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What Will Management Look Like in the Next 100 Years?
Global Business Big IdeaIn recent years, the practice of management has often felt like an exercise in putting out fires. Facing one social, environmental, and economic crisis... -
A Case for Why Health Systems Should Partner with Pharmacies
Health and behavioral science Digital ArticleThe view from CVS Health. -
Amarnath Gupta and Sons: The Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Amarnath Gupta and Sons was a distributor of lubricants and owner of a petrol pump based in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. The business was originally set up... -
How To Use Virtue in Business: Part A
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details How important are virtue and character when the future of a company is on the line? How does the leader decide between two pressing options? Set in 1981,... -
Francisco de Narvaez at Tia: Selling the Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In January 1999, Francisco de Narvaez sold Tia, his family's retail business in Argentina. De Narvaez reflects on the decision to sell and the selling... -
Stoy Foods: Role Information for Milan Stoyanovic
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In this simulation exercise, four family members must negotiate over the future of the family business. Should the business be sold to a strategic buyer,... -
Principles of Family Business System Change
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Identifies several practical principles to keep in mind when changing a family business system. -
Kohler Co. (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Steve Parker and the GFS-China Technologies Venture (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details GFS-China Technologies is a joint venture between Standard Industries (Standard) of the United States and Good Fortune Enterprises (Good Fortune) of China.... -
Zee Entertainment and Essel Group: A Quest for Legacy and Beyond (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case traces the entrepreneurial journey of Indian media baron Subhash Chandra. It starts with his entry into a struggling family business in 1967...