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The Moral Leader: Challenges, Tools, and Insights
By: Sandra J. Sucher
Successful leaders—at any level and in any arena—are inevitably presented with moral and ethical choices. This unique and innovative textbook is designed to encourage students and managers to confront those fundamental moral challenges, to develop skills in moral... View Details
Keywords:
Competency and Skills;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Judgments;
Moral Sensibility;
Leadership
Sucher, Sandra J. The Moral Leader: Challenges, Tools, and Insights. Routledge, 2007.
- June 2007 (Revised June 2008)
- Case
GE's Imagination Breakthroughs: The Evo Project
By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Brian J. Hall and Nicole Bennett
In September 2003, Jeff Immelt challenged the business leaders at GE to come up with "Imagination Breakthroughs," innovative new projects that would serve as the centerpiece of GE's organic growth initiative. Follows the company as these changes are driven through the...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Management;
Leading Change;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Processes;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A., Brian J. Hall, and Nicole Bennett. "GE's Imagination Breakthroughs: The Evo Project." Harvard Business School Case 907-048, June 2007. (Revised June 2008.)
- 2007
- Chapter
Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Survey
By: Malcolm Baker, Richard Ruback and Jeffrey Wurgler
Research in behavioral corporate finance takes two distinct approaches. The first emphasizes that investors are less than fully rational. It views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational responses to securities market mispricing. The second approach...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Prejudice and Bias;
Debt Securities;
Financial Management;
Price;
Theory;
Investment;
Problems and Challenges;
Behavioral Finance;
Corporate Finance
Baker, Malcolm, Richard Ruback, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Survey." In The Handbook of Corporate Finance, Volume 1: Empirical Corporate Finance, edited by Espen Eckbo. New York: Elsevier/North-Holland, 2007.
- February 2007 (Revised April 2010)
- Case
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals: Spurring Scientific Creativity with Metrics
By: Robert S. Huckman, Gary P. Pisano and Mark Rennella
Describes the reorganization of the drug discovery organization at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and focuses on the decisions to: (1) centralize decision-making within drug discovery and (2) institute numerical metrics--jointly affecting all R&D scientists--for the progression...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Measurement and Metrics;
Business Processes;
Organizational Structure;
Research and Development;
Science-Based Business;
Creativity;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Huckman, Robert S., Gary P. Pisano, and Mark Rennella. "Wyeth Pharmaceuticals: Spurring Scientific Creativity with Metrics." Harvard Business School Case 607-008, February 2007. (Revised April 2010.)
- June 2006 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: 'Vulture' Tactics or Market Backbone
By: Laura Alfaro and Ingrid Vogel
The role of distressed debt funds, also known as "vulture funds," in sovereign debt restructuring was a hotly debated topic, especially after the success of Elliot Associates in converting an $11 million investment in Peruvian bonds worth $21 million into a $58 million...
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Keywords:
Vulture Funds;
Borrowing and Debt;
Bonds;
Investment Activism;
Investment Funds;
Sovereign Finance;
Government and Politics;
Contracts;
Business and Government Relations;
Peru
Alfaro, Laura, and Ingrid Vogel. "Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: 'Vulture' Tactics or Market Backbone." Harvard Business School Case 706-057, June 2006. (Revised April 2018.)
- May 2006 (Revised October 2007)
- Case
EU Verdict Against Microsoft
By: David B. Yoffie and Michael Slind
In 2004, following an investigation that began in 1998, the European Commission (EC) issued an antitrust judgment against Microsoft Corp., levying a record fine of 497 million euros ($613 million) and mandating changes of commercial behavior and bundling of Windows...
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Keywords:
Judgments;
Governance Compliance;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Monopoly;
Business and Government Relations;
Competitive Strategy;
Software;
European Union;
United States
Yoffie, David B., and Michael Slind. "EU Verdict Against Microsoft." Harvard Business School Case 706-503, May 2006. (Revised October 2007.)
- April 2006
- Background Note
Informing Service Management with Customer Data
By: Frances X. Frei and Dennis Campbell
Taught as the third module in a Harvard Business School course on Managing Service Operations. Explores the role of data analysis in ongoing service management. Describes how to realize the maximum amount of value from analyses and use this information in...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Design;
Analytics and Data Science;
Service Operations;
Mathematical Methods;
Value
Frei, Frances X., and Dennis Campbell. "Informing Service Management with Customer Data." Harvard Business School Background Note 606-097, April 2006.
- February 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
GE's Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative
Follows the actions of GE CEO, Jeff Immelt, as he implements a growth strategy for the $150 billion company in a tough business environment. In four years, he reinvigorates GE's technology, expands its services, develops a commercial focus, pushes developing countries,...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Judgments;
Global Strategy;
Leadership Style;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Structure
Bartlett, Christopher A. "GE's Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 306-087, February 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
- 2005
- Chapter
Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States
By: David Vogel, Michael W. Toffel and Diahanna Post
The United States (US) and the European Union (EU) are federal systems in which the responsibility for environmental policy-making is divided or shared between the central government and the (member) states. The attribution of decision-making power has important policy...
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Government Legislation;
Natural Environment;
Pollutants;
Climate Change;
European Union;
United States
Vogel, David, Michael W. Toffel, and Diahanna Post. "Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States." Chap. 9 in A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy: National Government Interventions in a Global Arena, edited by F. Wijen, K. Zoeteman, and J. Pieters, 247–276. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005.
- February 2005
- Article
European Integration and Corporate Restructuring: The Strategy of Unilever c1957-c1990
By: Geoffrey Jones and Peter Miskell
This article examines the role of the large Anglo-Dutch consumer products company in promoting European integration. It shows that Unilever contributed financially to campaigns to support the creation of the European Union, and its subsequent expansion, despite a...
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Keywords:
Horizontal Integration;
Organizations;
Policy;
Expansion;
Market Transactions;
Geographic Location;
Restructuring;
Competition;
Brands and Branding;
Production;
Capital Structure;
Value;
Consumer Products Industry;
European Union;
United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Peter Miskell. "European Integration and Corporate Restructuring: The Strategy of Unilever c1957-c1990." Economic History Review 58, no. 1 (February 2005): 113–139.
- November 2004 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
10 Uncommon Values®: Optimizing the Stock-Selection Process
By: Paul M. Healy and Boris Groysberg
In 2003, Steve Hash, research director at Lehman Brothers, prepared to initiate the firm's "Ten Uncommon Values" stock-picking process for the year. An investment committee had to pick the 10 best stocks from about 100 stock ideas presented by the firm's analysts. The...
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Keywords:
Stocks;
Investment;
Financial Strategy;
Decision Making;
Groups and Teams;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Healy, Paul M., and Boris Groysberg. "10 Uncommon Values®: Optimizing the Stock-Selection Process." Harvard Business School Case 405-022, November 2004. (Revised March 2007.)
- May 2004 (Revised October 2007)
- Background Note
Best Practices: Decision Making Among Venture Capital Firms
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Describes investment decision-making processes, based on interviews with 56% of the top 38 venture capital firms in the country. Discusses some implications for the future growth of the industry.
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Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Best Practices: Decision Making Among Venture Capital Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-176, May 2004. (Revised October 2007.)
- November 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Internal Governance and Control at Goldman Sachs: Block Trading
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Ratna Sarkar
Although the explicit problem presented in the case concerns pricing a block trade, the real issue involves the decision-making and oversight processes used to arrive at a price that is appropriate for both the client and Goldman Sachs. Asks students in assignment...
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Keywords:
Price;
Governance Controls;
Trust;
Organizational Culture;
Decision Making;
Financial Services Industry
Salter, Malcolm S., and Ratna Sarkar. "Internal Governance and Control at Goldman Sachs: Block Trading." Harvard Business School Case 904-026, November 2003. (Revised April 2004.)
- October 2003 (Revised January 2016)
- Exercise
The BCPC Internet Strategy Team: An Exercise
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman
This short fictional case forms the basis of a team decision-making exercise. The case, inspired by a real decision facing a major telecommunications company, describes a cross-functional management team convened by the CEO for the purpose of developing a...
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Keywords:
Groups and Teams;
Decision Making;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Information Management;
Perspective;
Product Launch;
Internet and the Web;
Knowledge Sharing;
Telecommunications Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., and Laura Feldman. "The BCPC Internet Strategy Team: An Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 604-035, October 2003. (Revised January 2016.) (Six supplements available for Chris Berkowitz, Dana Jones, Jan Trow, Kim Wilson, Leslie Rhee, and Terry Maneri.)
- May 2003 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Carol Fishman Cohen: Professional Career Reentry (A)
By: Myra M. Hart, Robin J. Ely and Susan Wojewoda
Explores the career challenges facing highly successful women who leave the full-time workforce for several years to manage family commitments. Carol Cohen is a 1985 Harvard MBA who has professional line experience in a manufacturing environment, followed by a...
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Hart, Myra M., Robin J. Ely, and Susan Wojewoda. "Carol Fishman Cohen: Professional Career Reentry (A)." Harvard Business School Case 803-185, May 2003. (Revised March 2006.)
- March 2003 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Trend Micro (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Kim Bettcher
The founder and CEO of Trend Micro is seeking to develop an effective decision-making process for the company's multicultural executive team as part of his effort to develop a more cohesive and focused global organization. This case describes the company's growth and...
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Paine, Lynn S., and Kim Bettcher. "Trend Micro (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-065, March 2003. (Revised November 2005.)
- February 2003 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Flextronics: Deciding on a Shop Floor System for Producing the Microsoft Xbox
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Jim McCusker must guide a group decision-making process aimed at getting input and buy-in from key people in California, Mexico, and Austria to choose a shop floor IT system for Flextronics. McCusker is Flextronics' account manager for the Microsoft Xbox project....
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Keywords:
Groups and Teams;
Decision Making;
Power and Influence;
Geographic Location;
Problems and Challenges;
Leadership;
California;
Mexico;
Austria
Polzer, Jeffrey T., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Flextronics: Deciding on a Shop Floor System for Producing the Microsoft Xbox." Harvard Business School Case 403-090, February 2003. (Revised August 2004.)
- December 2002
- Guest Column
Bringing Research on Judgement and Decision Making to Public Policy
By: M. H. Bazerman
Bazerman, M. H. "Bringing Research on Judgement and Decision Making to Public Policy." APS Observer (December 2002). (short piece.)
- June 2002
- Background Note
Note on the Value of Life
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Carlos Gonzalez
This case summarizes how American courts measure damages in wrongful death suits. Various standards are compared, as are their implications for business management.
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Keywords:
Judgments;
Courts and Trials;
Business or Company Management;
Standards;
Negotiation;
United States
Wheeler, Michael A., and Carlos Gonzalez. "Note on the Value of Life." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-152, June 2002.
- 2001
- Book
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices
By: Paul R. Lawrence and Nitin Nohria
Keywords:
Judgments
Lawrence, Paul R., and Nitin Nohria. Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.