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Technology & OperationsMagazine ArticleArtificial intelligence poses a lot of ethical risks to businesses: It may promote bias, lead to invasions of privacy, and in the case of self-driving...Would Vegan Offerings Dilute Our Brand? (HBR Case Study)
Strategy & ExecutionMagazine ArticleThe founders of Protein Power Plates--a company with the slogan "Let's meat!"--contemplate adding plant-based burgers to their menu. This fictional case...To Drive Diversity Efforts, Don't Tiptoe Around Your Legal Risk
Organizational DevelopmentMagazine ArticleMany DEI initiatives are scuttled because DEI leaders and legal teams feel themselves to be at odds over questions of acceptable risk. DEI leaders see...Would Vegan Offerings Dilute Our Brand? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Strategy & ExecutionMagazine ArticleThe founders of Protein Power Plates--a company with the slogan "Let's meat!"--contemplate adding plant-based burgers to their menu. This fictional case...How to Overcome Your Fear of the Unknown
Leadership & Managing PeopleMagazine ArticleFor many of us, uncertainty can be nerve-racking. That reaction, however, obscures a crucial fact: Uncertainty and possibility are two sides of the same...Choosing Your Next CEO
Leadership & Managing PeopleDigital ArticleThe demands on company leaders have never been greater. CEOs are expected to be not just operations experts and good financial stewards but corporate...What You're Getting Wrong About Customer Journeys
Sales & MarketingMagazine ArticleCompanies often believe they should make their customers' experiences as effortless and predictable as possible. But the authors' research shows that...Would Vegan Offerings Dilute Our Brand? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Strategy & ExecutionMagazine ArticleThe founders of Protein Power Plates--a company with the slogan "Let's meat!"--contemplate adding plant-based burgers to their menu. This fictional case...When Hiring CEOs, Focus on Character
Leadership & Managing PeopleSpotlightThe author, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, has studied the ways in which the lifestyle behaviors of CEOs--in particular, materialism...Two Questions to Ask Before Setting Your Strategy
StrategyDigital ArticleFirst: Is there a problem to be solved?When — and How — to Build Hurdles into a Loyalty Program
Customer strategyDigital ArticlePoorly designed programs can frustrate customers. But the right constraints can actually help them get more value from their membership.Strategy in an Age of Uncertainty
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Strategy in an Age of Uncertainty
Strategy & ExecutionDigital ArticleThree factors that drive success.Startups, It's Time to Think Like Camels - Not Unicorns
Innovation & EntrepreneurshipDigital ArticleThree strategies for surviving in a tough environment.How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward
Organizational DevelopmentMagazine ArticleAccording to an analysis led by Ranjay Gulati, during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000, 17% of the 4,700 public companies studied fared very badly:...3 Simple Habits to Improve Your Critical Thinking
Decision making and problem solvingDigital ArticleBut simple doesn’t mean easy.How to Move from Strategy to Execution
Corporate strategyDigital ArticleThree steps to put your plan into action.What Is Web3?
BlockchainBig IdeaYour guide to (what could be) the future of the internet.What Is Web3?
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StrategyDigital ArticleFirst: Is there a problem to be solved?The Balanced Scorecard—Measures that Drive Performance
Balanced scorecardMagazine ArticleWhat you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […]When - and How - to Build Hurdles into a Loyalty Program
Strategy & ExecutionDigital ArticlePoorly designed programs can frustrate customers. But the right constraints can actually help them get more value from their membership.The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture
Organizational DevelopmentSpotlightExecutives are often confounded by culture, because much of it is anchored in unspoken behaviors, mindsets, and social patterns. But when properly managed,...The Questions Every Entrepreneur Must Answer
Decision making and problem solvingMagazine ArticleWhat are my goals? Do I have the right strategy? Can I execute the strategy?How to Overcome Your Fear of the Unknown
Leadership & Managing PeopleMagazine ArticleFor many of us, uncertainty can be nerve-racking. That reaction, however, obscures a crucial fact: Uncertainty and possibility are two sides of the same...The Five Stages of Small Business Growth
Entrepreneurial managementMagazine ArticleCategorizing the problems and growth patterns of small businesses in a systematic way that is useful to entrepreneurs seems at first glance a hopeless task. Small businesses vary widely in size and capacity for growth. They are characterized by independence of action, differing organizational structures, and varied management styles. Yet on closer scrutiny, it becomes […]The Ordinary Heroes of the Taj
Organizational DevelopmentMagazine ArticleWhen terrorists attacked the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, employees of the Taj Mumbai hotel displayed uncommon valor. They placed the safety of guests...Build a Strategy that Addresses Your Gnarliest Challenges
Strategy & ExecutionDigital ArticleEffective strategies are more than glorified to-do lists.What VUCA Really Means for You
Strategy & ExecutionMagazine ArticleTo meet the challenges of a complex world, strategic planners need to understand the differences between the four elements of VUCA--volatility, uncertainty,...4 Types of Business Transformation
Strategy & ExecutionDigital ArticleWhich is your organization facing?Know Your Customers' "Jobs to Be Done"
Sales & MarketingMagazine ArticleFirms have never known more about their customers, but their innovation processes remain hit-or-miss. Why? According to Christensen and his coauthors,...What Is Disruptive Innovation?
Strategy & ExecutionMagazine ArticleFor the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which...
Egghead to Egghead.com (A)
Sales & MarketingCase Study8.95View Details Over the course of 12 months in 1997 and 1998, Egghead senior management decided to shut down its 180 brick-and-mortar retail stores and move to an electronic...Doug Cook: Acquiring a Business (C)
Innovation & EntrepreneurshipCase Study5.00View Details Doug Cook, an MBA graduate, was wrestling with one of the most important career decisions of his life: Which one of three seemingly promising businesses...Note on Valuation of Venture Capital Deals
Innovation & EntrepreneurshipCase Study8.95View Details Discusses some of the fundamental issues of valuation in venture capital deals. Examines topics not necessarily limited to venture capital-backed companies,...Loblaw in Canada's Stagnant Grocery Market
Leadership & Managing PeopleCase Study8.95View Details In September 2016, Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw), Canada's largest grocery retailer, was facing disappointing financial results, with net income in...Board Process Simulation (A)
Strategy & ExecutionCase Study8.95View Details The case offers a role-play simulation in which a team of up to 13 participants acts as a board of directors of a privately-owned national energy company....Change in Chignahuapan: Reforming a Municipal Government in Mexico
Leadership & Managing PeopleCase Study8.95View Details For more than 70 years, beginning in 1929, one party-the Party of Institutional Revolution, known by its Spanish initials PRI-dominated political life...Slingshot Technology, Inc. (A)
Innovation & EntrepreneurshipCase Study8.95View Details Slingshot Technology Inc. (STI) is a privately held software start-up founded in 1995 focused on identifying emerging spaces in the IT services industry...HBR's 10 Must Reads for Sales and Marketing Collection (5 Books)
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Leadership & Managing PeopleCase Study8.95View Details Genius? That is not what they were calling Bill Belichick in Cleveland. Why? Four losing seasons in five years. Fans hurled trash and insults. The media...Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather
Finance & AccountingCase Study8.95View Details It is 2014 and Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) Partners, a U.K.-based venture capital firm, has an opportunity to invest in a privately-held U.K....Strategic Conversations at Suncorp Commercial Insurance (A)
Strategy & ExecutionCase Study8.95View Details The "Strategic Conversations at Suncorp Commercial Insurance" case series examines the actions taken by the senior executives of the Australian-based...Publicis Groupe (A): Leading Creative Acquisitions
Organizational DevelopmentCase Study8.95View Details The CEO of a French-based advertising agency network led a series of high-profile acquisitions that created the world's 4th largest global communications...CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap
Innovation & EntrepreneurshipCase Study8.95View Details In 2018, Ann Randazzo, executive director of the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) is assessing the organization's performance since its...Pilgrim Assurance Building, Spanish Version
Finance & AccountingCase Study8.95View Details A local real estate developer has to decide how much to bid for a Boston office building in 2005.Multifactor Models, Spanish Version
Finance & AccountingCase Study8.95View Details Students evaluate the performance of four mutual funds and compute the cost of capital for two companies using fixed benchmarks, the CAPM, and a multifactor...Strategy Reading: Setting Aspirations-Mission, Vision and Values, Spanish Version
40.00View Details "Setting Aspirations-Mission, Vision, and Values" introduces students to the concepts of organizational aspirations and the link to strategy. The Reading...CardSmith
Innovation & EntrepreneurshipCase Study8.95View Details This case follows a classic student venture from on-campus conception in 1994, to harvest during the late 90s Internet wave, to its rebirth as a virtual...InterSoft of Argentina (C), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing PeopleCase Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) and (B) cases. Designed to be handed out at the end of class.Board Process Simulation (B)
Strategy & ExecutionCase Study5.00View Details The case offers a role-play simulation in which a team of up to 13 participants acts as a board of directors of a privately-owned national energy company....Dow Corning Corp.: Business Conduct and Global Values (A), Supplement
Leadership & Managing PeopleCase Study5.00View Details Describes the 1988 amendments to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.
Strategy in an Age of Uncertainty
Strategy & ExecutionDigital ArticleThree factors that drive success.Startups, It's Time to Think Like Camels - Not Unicorns
Innovation & EntrepreneurshipDigital ArticleThree strategies for surviving in a tough environment.How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward
Organizational DevelopmentMagazine ArticleAccording to an analysis led by Ranjay Gulati, during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000, 17% of the 4,700 public companies studied fared very badly:...3 Simple Habits to Improve Your Critical Thinking
Decision making and problem solvingDigital ArticleBut simple doesn’t mean easy.How to Move from Strategy to Execution
Corporate strategyDigital ArticleThree steps to put your plan into action.What Is Web3?
BlockchainBig IdeaYour guide to (what could be) the future of the internet.What Is Web3?
Technology & OperationsBig IdeaYour guide to (what could be) the future of the internet.Two Questions to Ask Before Setting Your Strategy
StrategyDigital ArticleFirst: Is there a problem to be solved?The Balanced Scorecard—Measures that Drive Performance
Balanced scorecardMagazine ArticleWhat you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […]When - and How - to Build Hurdles into a Loyalty Program
Strategy & ExecutionDigital ArticlePoorly designed programs can frustrate customers. But the right constraints can actually help them get more value from their membership.