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Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45
Innovation & Leadership ResearchThe most successful entrepreneurs aren't 20-somethings. -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleRetreat isn’t just inadvisable; it’s dangerous. -
The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
The Office of Strategy Management
Balanced scorecard Magazine ArticleStrategy at many companies is almost completely disconnected from execution. Establishing a dedicated unit to orchestrate both will help to bridge the divide. -
Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value
Corporate governance Magazine ArticleCompanies profess devotion to shareholder value but rarely follow the practices that maximize it. What will it take to make your company a level 10 value creator? -
Capitalizing on Capabilities
Corporate strategy Magazine ArticleAssets like leadership, talent, and speed are what produce superior market value. A capabilities audit can show you how you measure up—and how to build on your intangible strengths. -
A Case for Why Health Systems Should Partner with Pharmacies
Health and behavioral science Digital ArticleThe view from CVS Health. -
Change Management in Government
International business Magazine ArticleLeaders of government agencies operate under handicaps largely unknown within the private sector. But the best of them have improved performance by adopting and adapting some goals and methods that have been proven in business. -
Innovate at Your Own Risk: Deborah Wince-Smith on Competitiveness
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleThe U.S. may be the world’s leading innovator, but it won’t be for long if investors, regulators, and the legal establishment continue to penalize companies for risk taking, says Deborah Wince-Smith, president of the Council on Competitiveness. Recently, the council’s National Innovation Initiative, a leadership network of CEOs and university presidents, released a report in […] -
Just Trying to Help
Business communication Magazine ArticleA manager hears enough about another team’s project to know that it is seriously flawed—and probably destined to fail. Should he butt in or butt out? -
Bringing Silicon Valley Inside
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleIn Silicon Valley, exciting new business ideas rapidly attract capital and talent away from less worthy ventures. But in big companies, ideas, capital, and talent are stagnant—prisoners of traditional bureaucratic ways of allocating resources. To capture the Valley’s entrepreneurial magic, your company needs to move from resource allocation to resource attraction. -
The New Tools of Trade
Labor Magazine ArticleToday, most multinationals have a conspicuous social conscience. They publicize their internal codes of conduct, monitor labor conditions in their global supply chains, and require suppliers to meet basic labor practice standards. But despite efforts to be better global citizens, companies by themselves are unable to eliminate abuses in their supply chains. In fact, so […] -
Is There a Patient in the House?
Technology and analytics Magazine ArticleThe U.S. health care crisis is about manpower as well as money. Within the next 15 years, experts predict a shortfall of 800,000 nurses and 200,000 doctors, and the American education system is inadequate to take up the slack. As caregiver supply declines, demand for it will rise. For one thing, there are 80 million […] -
Growth as a Process
Globalization Magazine ArticleGeneral Electric is bending every waking effort to an audacious aim—to grow organically two to three times faster than world GDP. Pursuing that goal, the company has invented a whole new set of management methods. -
Health Care Providers Should Publish Physician Ratings
Employee performance management Digital ArticleIt benefits them and their patients. -
Why Trump Doesn't Tweet About Automation
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThere are no dramatic plant closings, and no easy solutions. -
Telemedicine Is Vital to Reforming Health Care Delivery
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIt can help lower costs and reach more people. -
The Greening of the Balance Sheet
Budgets and budgeting Magazine ArticleGreen initiatives can, by reducing costs, enhance a company’s bottom line. Actions that harm the environment can have the opposite effect. Now, thanks to a burgeoning market in greenhouse gas emission credits put into effect by the Kyoto Protocol, environmental considerations will increasingly affect not only companies’ income statements but also their balance sheets. A […] -
Why Wages Aren't Growing in America
Global Business Digital ArticleA short explainer of a complicated problem. -
Tulsa’s Big Bet on Remote Workers
Remote work Digital ArticleA program paid workers $10,000 to relocate to Tulsa. And two recent studies suggest the investment was worth it.
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Fiat-Chrysler Alliance: Launching the Cinquecento in North America
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Fiat ended its 27-year absence in the North American automobile market when the first Cinquecento (500)-a very small, iconic Italian car that had strong... -
Northern Telecom (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Documents two problems in the product development process of Northern Telecom's new Greenwich key systems product line. These problems are due to the... -
Net Zero to Net Hero - Can We Gross It? Part 2
Management Case Study5.00View Details NET ZERO TO NET HERO - CAN WE GROSS IT? is a two-part case that highlights the pressing need for businesses to move towards sustainable practices. This... -
A123 Systems: Power. Safety. Life.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details A123 Systems, the largest manufacturer of lithium ion batteries in North America, is producing and selling batteries for electric vehicles in China and... -
Aspect Ventures
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Mercado
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Corey Leibow eased his car back onto Sand Hill Road in Palo Alto, California. As president and CEO of Mercado, a company that provided the search and... -
The Battle of the Alamodome: Henry Cisneros and the San Antonio Stadium (Economic Analysis Version)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Economic Analysis Version of case HKS257 (896.0). Major government-funded public works projects are often touted both for the needs they will fulfill... -
Northern Telecom (C): Norstar Is Born
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Documents the successful launch of Northern Telecom's Norstar Key Systems product line. A rewritten version of an earlier case. -
Nashton Partners II
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case follows the story of Jay Davis and Jason Pananos, classmates from Harvard Business School who started a search fund, Nashton Partners. The case... -
Asocomun-Peacebuilders: Negotiating Resources for Social Projects. Confidential instructions for Peacebuilders International
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Asocomún and Peacebuilders are two organizations that have made an oral and informal agreement to present a joint proposal to the European Union (henceforth... -
Successes and Failures of Amazon's Growth Strategies: Causes and Consequences
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details On 30 May 2017, Amazon shares traded at a record high - above $1,000 - surpassing the share price of Google parent Alphabet. Started as an online bookstore... -
Private Equity Achieves Returns through Operating Improvements: CD&R's Acquisition and Turnaround of Hertz
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is preparing a bid for leading US car rental agency Hertz. By replacing Hertz's top managers, improving... -
Elgourmet.com
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Growing was critical to ensure the survival of PRAMER, a cable TV producer and distributor of regional content in Latin America (except Brazil). Growth... -
Designing a Compliance Program at AB InBev, Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study15.05View Details Compliance programs help companies align the interests and behavior of employees with external expectations and regulation. The case discusses how ABInBev,... -
American Barrick Resources Corp.: Managing Gold Price Risk
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Managing the risk of changing prices of gold is central to the business strategy of American Barrick Resources Corp., one of North America's largest and... -
Netscape's Initial Public Offering, Chinese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In August 1995, Netscape's board of directors was confronted with a decision about what price to offer the company's shares in its initial public offering... -
Value-Based Insurance Design at Onex
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The operating executives of Health and Benefits for Onex Partners, Megan Jackson Frye and Sam Camens, faced a challenge: Healthcare costs for employees... -
Infosys Consulting 2011-2022 - The Evolution Continues
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Infosys Consulting was known for delivering innovative consulting services to some of the world's most complex companies. Launched in 2004 as a separate... -
Financial Reporting at Mattel
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In September 2020, Diana Ferguson was nearing her first Audit Committee meeting as the newly appointed Audit Committee chair of Mattel, Inc. Mattel was... -
Mastercard: Creating a World Beyond Cash
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In late 2021, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach and Chairman and former CEO Ajaypal "Ajay" Banga considered how Mastercard could best position itself for...
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Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45
Innovation & Leadership ResearchThe most successful entrepreneurs aren't 20-somethings. -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleRetreat isn’t just inadvisable; it’s dangerous. -
The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
The Office of Strategy Management
Balanced scorecard Magazine ArticleStrategy at many companies is almost completely disconnected from execution. Establishing a dedicated unit to orchestrate both will help to bridge the divide. -
Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value
Corporate governance Magazine ArticleCompanies profess devotion to shareholder value but rarely follow the practices that maximize it. What will it take to make your company a level 10 value creator? -
Capitalizing on Capabilities
Corporate strategy Magazine ArticleAssets like leadership, talent, and speed are what produce superior market value. A capabilities audit can show you how you measure up—and how to build on your intangible strengths. -
A Case for Why Health Systems Should Partner with Pharmacies
Health and behavioral science Digital ArticleThe view from CVS Health. -
Change Management in Government
International business Magazine ArticleLeaders of government agencies operate under handicaps largely unknown within the private sector. But the best of them have improved performance by adopting and adapting some goals and methods that have been proven in business. -
Innovate at Your Own Risk: Deborah Wince-Smith on Competitiveness
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleThe U.S. may be the world’s leading innovator, but it won’t be for long if investors, regulators, and the legal establishment continue to penalize companies for risk taking, says Deborah Wince-Smith, president of the Council on Competitiveness. Recently, the council’s National Innovation Initiative, a leadership network of CEOs and university presidents, released a report in […] -
Just Trying to Help
Business communication Magazine ArticleA manager hears enough about another team’s project to know that it is seriously flawed—and probably destined to fail. Should he butt in or butt out?