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How to Capitalize on Generative AI
Technology & Operations SpotlightBusiness leaders are struggling to understand how seriously they should take generative AI. It has already displayed breathtaking powers to create new... -
The Power of “Risktakes”
Leadership Digital ArticleYour animated interaction in response to my post The Miracle of Making Mistakes delved deep into the subject, broadened the interpretation of a mistake, and even coined a delightful new term: Risktakes. Thank you Notmd, Dawna, Brett, and all the others, who provided terrific insights over the past four weeks. A mistake is as an […] -
The Big Lie of Strategic Planning
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleA detailed plan may be comforting, but it’s not a strategy. -
Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleManagers should make environmental investments for the same reason they make other investments: because they expect them to deliver positive returns or to reduce risks. -
The U.S. Economic Recovery Is Slowing Down. Don't Be Alarmed.
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleFive reasons why consumers are ready to pick up where the stimulus left off. -
The AI Transparency Paradox
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTransparency helps fight algorithmic bias. But it also leaves organizations vulnerable to cyber attacks. -
From Superstorms to Factory Fires: Managing Unpredictable Supply-Chain Disruptions
Risk management Magazine ArticleTraditional methods for managing supply chain risk rely on knowing the likelihood of occurrence and the magnitude of impact for every potential event that could materially disrupt a firm’s operations. For common supply-chain disruptions—poor supplier performance, forecast errors, transportation breakdowns, and so on—those methods work very well, using historical data to quantify the level of […] -
Why Boring Political Conventions Are Better
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleChoosing a "surprise" candidate is a very risky way to pick a leader. -
What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe
Global Business Digital ArticleThe country's future may hinge on much-needed reforms. -
Living in a Radical State of Uncertainty
Risk management Digital ArticleNatural disasters, nuclear meltdowns, financial chaos, terrorist attacks, Gen Y liberal uprisings, counter-revolutionary clampdowns, sudden commodity scarcity, social media disruptions, emergent nation corporate competition, deep-sea-oil-well blow-ups, rising nations, falling nations — by now we know that early 21st century is different from late 20th century. But how? The answer is the sharp and unexpected rise […] -
Facing Ambiguous Threats
Risk management Magazine ArticleFirms often ignore small signs that may—or may not—portend danger to their markets or reputations. Here is a systematic way to analyze and respond to weak signals. -
Leaning Your Way to Disaster
Decision making and problem solving Digital ArticleWhat do Toyota’s sudden-acceleration woes and the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have in common? Both are examples of a type of organizational breakdown that is destined, absent some fundamental rethinking of what “leadership” means, to become ever more common and damaging: complex systems failures triggered by seeming rational patterns of cost-reduction […] -
When Crowds Aren’t Wise
Motivating people Magazine ArticleSuppose that an executive wants to make a prediction that bears on his company. Will a particular product sell? How will a particular job applicant perform? When will a new office be ready to open? Under certain conditions, the best way to answer such questions is to ask a large number of people and go […] -
Great Transition
Global Business Magazine ArticleAs China's economy grows and opens further, the opportunity it presents to multinationals is changing. Foreign companies are moving to country development... -
How to Calculate Risk Based on Where Your Profits Come From
Risk management Digital ArticleRisk heat maps can miss critical weaknesses. -
How Pharma Can Fix Its Reputation and Its Business at the Same Time
Competitive strategy Digital ArticleExpand access to medicine, and the rest will follow. -
Leading in a World Without Secrets
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleChief Security Officers have some tough choices to make. -
Better Way to Manage Risk
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleThrough an innovative new policy forged with a single insurer, Honeywell is consolidating risks as diverse as fire protection and currency fluctuations--and... -
Your Company Is Too Risk-Averse
Risk management Magazine ArticleHere’s why and what to do about it. -
Why the Yale Model of Investing Doesn’t Work for Everybody
Finance and investing Digital ArticleBig investors around the world have soured, FT columnist Gillian Tett reports, on what she calls the “Harvard or Yale investment model.” It’s really the Yale model, since it was Yale and its longtime endowment chief, David Swensen, who led the way. But I guess the Harvard name has more global cachet, so Tett included […]
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Teaching Old Companies New Tricks: The Challenge of Managing New Streams Within the Mainstream
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes the challenge of starting new ventures or new activities in established companies, especially if they diverge from the mainstream of ongoing... -
Netscape: Simulation Techniques for Company Valuation
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case illustrates an approach to company valuation that is widely used throughout the finance industry. The focus, however, is not on valuation itself,... -
23andMe: Genetic Testing for Consumers (C)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 514086. -
PureCircle
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In December 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA determined that high-purity Rebaudioside A (Reb A), a natural and calorie-free product that... -
New Leaders of Financial Giants: The Cases of Vikram Pandit (Citi) and John Thain (Merrill Lynch)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In January 2008, Citi and Merrill Lynch are trying to steer their ships back to calm waters. The new CEOs, Vikram Pandit (Citi) and John Thain (Merrill),... -
Teva Pharmaceuticals: Pricing the 2016 Bond Offering
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case examines the July 2016 decision by Israeli pharmaceutical Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited (Teva) to raise USD19.5 billion in cash through... -
Canyon Johnson Urban Fund
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson and K. Robert Turner, managing partner of Canyon Johnson Urban Fund (CJUF), raised $271.7 million for investments... -
Business Process Reengineering of Accounts Payable at ABC, Inc. (3): Role of Purchasing Manager
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case uses a role-play approach to teach the concept of business process reengineering (BPR) and process mapping. Students assume different functional... -
1994-95 Mexican Peso Crisis
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Explores the peso crisis of 1994-95 and why it occurred. Students must examine Mexico's policies, the capital market's reactions, and the implications... -
Mid Ocean Ltd.: Trading Catastrophe Index Options
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details An insurance industry executive must evaluate the potential of a set of newly-offered catastrophe insurance derivatives. The background addresses the... -
Obstetrics in Rural, Critical Access Hospitals: Is it Feasible?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Bayou Side Hospital (BSH) is a critical access hospital in rural Louisiana that has offered labor and delivery services to its community since its beginning.... -
Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Describes the history and evolution of the log home manufacturing industry, a rapidly growing embryonic industry capitalizing on the back-to-basics lifestyle... -
Lenta of St. Petersburg, Russia
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Lenta is a cash and carry retail business located in St. Petersburg, Russia. At the time of the case, it was operating nine stores and generating over... -
Shellye Archambeau: Becoming a CEO (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details With the economy in a freefall, MetricStream is losing customers, hemorrhaging cash and struggling to make payroll. Several board members are threatening... -
The Crisis at Tyco-A Director's Perspective
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In 2002, Wendy Lane had been a member of the board of directors at Tyco International a little more than a year when the company's CEO, Dennis Kozlowski,... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Boards (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details Keep shareholders happy and manage for the long term. Earning a board seat is a rite of passage. But directors must juggle many responsibilities, from... -
Note on Rules
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details A central document for the Managing International Trade and Investment (MITI) course and its cases. Provides a conceptual framework for the course and... -
Managing Risk to Ensure Business Continuity at Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The case study focuses on risk management practices at Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative, in particular the organization's crisis preparedness... -
HBR Guide to Making Better Decisions
21.95View Details Rethink how you approach tough decisions. You make decisions every day--from prioritizing your to-do list to choosing which long-term innovation projects... -
Nick Fiore: Healer or Hitman? (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Many general managers face this predicament at one time or another: if I don't deliver the numbers, senior management won't invest in our growth. But...
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Teaching Old Companies New Tricks: The Challenge of Managing New Streams Within the Mainstream
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes the challenge of starting new ventures or new activities in established companies, especially if they diverge from the mainstream of ongoing... -
How to Capitalize on Generative AI
Technology & Operations SpotlightBusiness leaders are struggling to understand how seriously they should take generative AI. It has already displayed breathtaking powers to create new... -
The Power of “Risktakes”
Leadership Digital ArticleYour animated interaction in response to my post The Miracle of Making Mistakes delved deep into the subject, broadened the interpretation of a mistake, and even coined a delightful new term: Risktakes. Thank you Notmd, Dawna, Brett, and all the others, who provided terrific insights over the past four weeks. A mistake is as an […] -
The Big Lie of Strategic Planning
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleA detailed plan may be comforting, but it’s not a strategy. -
Netscape: Simulation Techniques for Company Valuation
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case illustrates an approach to company valuation that is widely used throughout the finance industry. The focus, however, is not on valuation itself,... -
23andMe: Genetic Testing for Consumers (C)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 514086. -
PureCircle
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In December 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA determined that high-purity Rebaudioside A (Reb A), a natural and calorie-free product that... -
New Leaders of Financial Giants: The Cases of Vikram Pandit (Citi) and John Thain (Merrill Lynch)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details In January 2008, Citi and Merrill Lynch are trying to steer their ships back to calm waters. The new CEOs, Vikram Pandit (Citi) and John Thain (Merrill),... -
Teva Pharmaceuticals: Pricing the 2016 Bond Offering
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case examines the July 2016 decision by Israeli pharmaceutical Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited (Teva) to raise USD19.5 billion in cash through... -
Canyon Johnson Urban Fund
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson and K. Robert Turner, managing partner of Canyon Johnson Urban Fund (CJUF), raised $271.7 million for investments...