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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,... -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleRetreat isn't just inadvisable; it's dangerous. -
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? -
Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45
Entrepreneurs and founders ResearchThe most successful entrepreneurs aren’t 20-somethings. -
Who Has the D?: How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleYour organization can become more decisive—and can implement strategy more quickly—if you know where the bottlenecks are and who’s empowered to break through them. -
Off-Sites That Work
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleThe top team’s annual strategic off-site differs from all other meetings in its potential impact on the company. That’s why it should be designed and managed differently. -
5 Steps to Restore Trust in U.S. Health Care
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleThe pandemic exposed major weaknesses and undermined public faith in the system. -
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 […] -
What Amazon’s HQ2 Wish List Signals About the Future of Cities
Economics Digital ArticleThe attributes metros must have to thrive in the digital economy. -
ExxonMobil’s Shareholder Vote Is a Tipping Point for Climate Issues
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleInvestors won’t settle for the status quo. -
Manage Your Human Sigma
Performance indicators Magazine ArticleWhen the Gallup Organization applied Six Sigma principles to sales and service groups at several companies, it learned how much performance variation exists between seemingly similar work groups. Managing that variability can raise overall performance by orders of magnitude and can create organic growth. -
What Men Think They Know About Executive Women
Market research Magazine ArticleHow do people in business feel about women in executive roles? The short answer is, attitudes have improved, but not as much as men seem to think. In the July–August 1965 issue of HBR, Garda W. Bowman, N. Beatrice Worthy, and Stephen A. Greyser examined the views of 2,000 U.S. executives (half were men, half […] -
A Simple Graph Explains the Complex Logic of the Big Beer Merger
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleWhat the union of AB InBev and SABMiller means for their brands. -
Why U.S. Frontline Workers Are Quitting
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAnd what companies can do to stem the tide. -
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. -
A Brief Guide to U.S. Corporate Tax Reform
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleHow the current system works, and why it needs fixing. -
Virtuoso Teams
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleHigh-stakes projects need all-star teams. But all-stars often play by their own rules—and fight like cats and dogs. -
Taking the Measure of Mood
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleThe Inn at Little Washington, in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, is one of America’s most acclaimed restaurants, rated number one in North America by Travel + Leisure magazine and listed among the top ten in the world by the International Herald Tribune. Yet, as co-owner and chef Patrick O’Connell explains, exquisite food is the norm at […] -
Running a State Health Insurance Marketplace
Government Digital ArticleObservations from Rhode Island.
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Keller Fund's Option Investment Strategies
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A closed-end mutual fund's decision to study option trading provides an opportunity to study the profit profile and pricing of multiple option investment... -
Verily Life Sciences and Machine Learning
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Verily Life Sciences, an independent subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc., set out to harness machine learning in the health care field. The company sought partnerships... -
Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Marfrig, one of the world's leading meatpackers, strived to comply with its commitment to have a deforestation-free value chain in Brazil by 2030. The... -
Hard-Won Accord: British Columbia & EDS Canada Negotiate a Complex Revenue Management Contract
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details When a public sector agency decides to privatize a large government function (as opposed to a more discreet job), the process of negotiating the service... -
Wes Hall and the BlackNorth Initiative
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Wes Hall founded Kingsdale Advisors and built it into one of Canada's leading shareholder services and advisory firms. Influenced by the Black Lives Matter... -
Privatizing the Albany County Airport: Epilogue
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details An antiquated airport jeopardizes a region's economic health but the county of Albany, New York, operator of the airport, lacks funds to undertake much-needed... -
Liability Management at General Motors
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details An analyst at General Motors charged with managing the structure of the automaker's debt must decide whether and how to modify the interest rate exposure... -
AB InBev: Brewing Up Forecasts during COVID-19
Management Case Study8.95View Details In July 2021, the CEO of AB InBev's European operations and his team strategized to position the company for success post-pandemic. As the world's largest... -
Sierra Capital Partners
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Choosing the Right Esports Business Model
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Two esports entrepreneurs must choose on which business model to focus their time and money. After successfully launching an online esports coaching platform,... -
Shahana Patel
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Shahana had just received a job offer from a trendy global startup in India, but she was getting married in five months and wanted to negotiate for a... -
Rideau Artisanal Chandlery: Online, Offline or Bust?
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Rideau Artisanal Chandlery (RAC) manufactures and sells a large range of artisanal candles through a variety of specialty retailers in Canada and parts... -
Donna Wilde and the Weathermen (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The brief case 'Donna Wilde and the Weathermen' sets the stage for a discussion of how to lead teams in an environment undergoing exponential change.... -
The Future of Rey Holdings Corp. in Panama: Focusing or Diversifying?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Rey Holdings Corp. was one of the two leading supermarket chains in Panama, with an estimated 30% market share,39 stores and a five-year aggressive expansion... -
C12 Energy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details C12 aimed to build not only a company, but an entire industry around carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). "You change the world by building a market,... -
Third Point in 2020: Growth is Where the Value is?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In early May 2020, Daniel Loeb's team at Third Point was evaluating a potential growth opportunity in the Walt Disney Company and whether investor activism... -
Hubway (B): Note on the Critical Fractile
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case KS1180. In the summer of 2014, Alta Bicycle Share, Inc had just won its second contract to operate the Hubway bike sharing system in... -
Conducting a Kaizen
Technology & Operations Case Study15.05View Details Kaizen, meaning change for the better in Japanese, is a set of activities directed at improving standardized work, equipment, and procedures for carrying... -
Belden and Digital Transformation: From Product Sales to Solutions Sales
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case provides an overview of a sales transformation in the industrial automation division at Belden, a hardware manufacturer. While Belden historically...
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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,... -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleRetreat isn't just inadvisable; it's dangerous. -
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? -
Research: The Average Age of a Successful Startup Founder Is 45
Entrepreneurs and founders ResearchThe most successful entrepreneurs aren’t 20-somethings. -
Who Has the D?: How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleYour organization can become more decisive—and can implement strategy more quickly—if you know where the bottlenecks are and who’s empowered to break through them. -
Off-Sites That Work
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleThe top team’s annual strategic off-site differs from all other meetings in its potential impact on the company. That’s why it should be designed and managed differently. -
Keller Fund's Option Investment Strategies
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A closed-end mutual fund's decision to study option trading provides an opportunity to study the profit profile and pricing of multiple option investment... -
Verily Life Sciences and Machine Learning
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Verily Life Sciences, an independent subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc., set out to harness machine learning in the health care field. The company sought partnerships... -
Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Marfrig, one of the world's leading meatpackers, strived to comply with its commitment to have a deforestation-free value chain in Brazil by 2030. The...