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A Whole New Way of Looking at the World
Nohria, NitinArticle HBS-R1211F-EThe dean of Harvard Business School recalls the powerful effect that reading Harvard Business Review had on him as an undergraduate studying engineering in India. It was his first exposure to management thinking, and he witnessed HBR's impact firsthand when the company where he was interning one summer reorganized its largest plant according to the ideas in one HBR article--dramatically improving its productivity. Today the magazine, its website,...Starting at €8.20
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The Expat Dilemma (HBR Case Study)
Groysberg, Boris; Nohria, Nitin; Herman, KerryArticle HBS-R1111X-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen Ana Lobato was transferred from Streuvels Chemicals' Brazilian operations to the company's Brussels headquarters, she was eager to apply her considerable expertise in this foreign assignment and to expose her children to another culture. Her husband, Oswald, a doctor, seemed up for the adventure. But just over a year after their arrival in Brussels, Oswald is increasingly unhappy. He is not able to practice medicine in Belgium, and the resea...Starting at €8.20
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HBS Class of 2009: All Talk As They Prepare to Walk
Khurana, Rakesh; Nohria, Nitin; Rahman, DaliaCase HBS-411024-ELeadership and People ManagementMax Anderson, HBS Class of 2009, founded the MBA Oath Initiative. The oath was a voluntary pledge "to create value responsibly and ethically." Anderson and a team of students and faculty worked to launch the first MBA Oath Ceremony conducted on campus during Harvard graduation week.Starting at €8.20
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Barbara Norris: Leading Change in the General Surgery Unit, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Nohria, Nitin; Bell, DeborahTeaching Note HBS-413028-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 409090.Starting at €0.00
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Sheikh Mohammed and the Making of 'Dubai, Inc.'
Mayo, Anthony J.; Nohria, Nitin; Mendhro, Umaimah; Cromwell, JohnathanCase HBS-410063-ELeadership and People ManagementSheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has converted Dubai from a sleepy little coastal village into a world-class city, famous for its ambition, drive, and economic promise. He is the founder, part-owner, and visionary behind companies such as Emirates Airlines, a UAE-based airline serving over 100 destinations; Nakheel, the property developer that built a trilogy of man-made islands; and DP World, a leader in international marine terminal operat...Starting at €8.20
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When Does Leadership Matter: A Contingent Opportunities View of CEO Leadership
Wasserman, Noam; Anand, Bharat N.; Nohria, NitinBook Chapter HBS-6122BC-ELeadership and People ManagementTo what extent does leadership influence organizational performance? In this chapter, Noam Wasserman, Bharat Anand, and Nitin Nohria try to provide a balanced answer to this question. Replicating the variance partitioning method used by Stanley Lieberson and James O'Connor in their 1972 study on leadership and organizational performance, they analyze the performance of more than 500 publicly held U.S. companies (across 42 industries) over a 20-ye...Starting at €8.20
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It's Time to Make Management a True Profession
Khurana, Rakesh; Nohria, NitinArticle HBS-R0810D-EIn the face of the recent institutional breakdown of trust in business, managers are losing legitimacy. To regain public trust, management needs to become a true profession in much the way medicine and law have, argue Khurana and Nohria of Harvard Business School. True professions have codes, and the meaning and consequences of those codes are taught as part of the formal education required of their members. Through these codes, professional inst...Starting at €8.20
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From Regional Star to Global Leader (HBR Case Study)
Nohria, NitinArticle HBS-R0901X-ELeadership and People ManagementYang Jianguo was recently promoted from country manager for China to global head of product development at a staid French perfume maker. He was chosen for his technical smarts and his knowledge of emerging markets - a critical avenue for growth, given that sales in the company's core markets have stalled. Eager to succeed in his new role in Paris, Jianguo has lots of fresh ideas, but they seem to be falling on deaf ears. Members of the executive ...Starting at €8.20
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1995 Release of the Institutional Investor Research Report: The Impact of New Information
Groysberg, Boris; Nohria, Nitin; Haas, DerekCase HBS-408061-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 1995, Institutional Investor magazine began selling a complete ranking of the best equity research analysts. This report allowed research firms to assess the relative quality of each analyst across the industry, and this enabled firms to know nearly as much about the quality of analysts at other firms as they knew about the quality of their own analysts. Ponders the impact that increased transparency of performance will have on the labor marke...Starting at €8.20
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Who Is the Fairest of Them All Choosing a Leader at Deronde International
Nohria, Nitin; Spaulding, Martha LeeCase HBS-409113-ELeadership and People ManagementAlain Deronde, the CEO of a French personal care company, has to choose a successor to head global product development from a diverse set of candidates with different backgrounds, strengths, and weaknesses. The candidates include Elise Bernier, Vice President of Marketing for Skin Care Products, Antoine Lambert, General Manager of Coeur Tendre (an ex-entrepreneur whose company Deronde had bought), Yang Jianguo, Country Manager of Deronde Internat...Starting at €8.20