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Life Cycles in the Family Business
Tàpies, Josep; Gallo, Miguel ÁngelTechnical Note DGN-652-EStrategyDepending on a family business's stage of development, the types of conflicts that may arise, as well as the best ways of dealing with them, can vary greatly. Proper resolution of the issues associated with each stage should be undertaken far enough in advance. Many common problems can be anticipated and there are well-known methods for managing them. This technical note provides an analysis of the following four typical situations: 1) The tripl...Starting at €8.20
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Botero, S.A.: Problems of Succession in a Family Business
Gallo, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1364-EStrategyThis case describes the actions of a 63-year-old non-family manager, Yáñez, who owns 10% of the capital in a family firm with third generation members already involved. The rest of the capital is divided among two families, each with 45%. No one from these families works in the company except José Sáez (third generation). Nor do the families know the company, which has always paid them good dividends. José Sáez tells his mother (a second generat...Starting at €8.20
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The Secret to Job Growth: Think Small
Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, William R.Article HBS-F1007C-EStrategyWith job growth lagging, local communities will be tempted to use tax breaks to attract big employers, but new research by Harvard economist Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr of Harvard Business School indicates that's a misguided approach-growth is highly correlated with an abundance of small firms, not the presence of a few big ones.Starting at €8.20
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Ganging up on Cancer: Integrative Research Centers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (A)
Gardner, Heidi K.; Bedzra, Edo; Elnahal, Shereef M.Case HBS-412029-ELeadership and People ManagementDr. Barrett Rollins, Chief Scientific Officer of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, attempts to engender cross-scientist collaboration by applying project management principles to medical research. The resulting innovation, Integrative Research Centers, are novel in this field and present a substantial challenge to the Institute's culture, which had previously allowed faculty scientists complete autonomy over their research. Center leaders are req...Starting at €8.20
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Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Gardner, Heidi K.; McFee, ErinTeaching Note HBS-412077-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 411-038 and 411-099.Starting at €0.00
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Ganging up on Cancer: Integrative Research Centers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (B)
Gardner, Heidi K.; Bedzra, Edo; Elnahal, Shereef M.Case HBS-412098-ELeadership and People ManagementDr. Barrett Rollins, Chief Scientific Officer of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, attempts to engender cross-scientist collaboration by applying project management principles to medical research. The resulting innovation, Integrative Research Centers, are novel in this field and present a substantial challenge to the Institute's culture, which had previously allowed faculty scientists complete autonomy over their research. Center leaders are req...Starting at €5.74
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Crafting a Career Narrative for New Professionals
Gardner, Heidi K.; Zalisk, AdamCase HBS-413122-ELeadership and People ManagementThis note suggests an approach for developing an effective "career narrative" - a tool for packaging and sharing a professional's past achievements, long-term goals, and forward-looking needs through a compelling story. It focuses mostly on the ways junior professionals can leverage their career story, but also consider what role more senior mentors can - and should - play in cultivating and sharing juniors' career narratives.Starting at €8.20
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Professional Development at DLA Piper-Building the Strength of Global Legal Talent
Gardner, Heidi K.; Thornley, NicoCase HBS-414039-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Riverview Law: Applying Business Sense to the Legal Market
Gardner, Heidi K.; Hodges Silverstein, SilviaCase HBS-414079-ELeadership and People ManagementRiverview Law, run like a business rather than a traditional law firm, wants to expand its unconventional concept from the UK to the US. The firm's approach includes performing all legal work for annual fixed-price contracts, using data and analytics to advise clients on ways to reduce their legal problems (and spending), and evaluating lawyers' performance based on client satisfaction surveys rather than typical metrics like billed revenues. Wit...Starting at €8.20
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AT&T: Managing Technological Change and the Future of Telephone Operators in the 20th Century
Gross, Daniel P.; Kerr, William R.Case HBS-718486-EStrategyBy the 1930s, AT&T dominated the American phone industry, serving 10 million telephones and employing over 100,000 switchboard operators. But beginning in the mid-1910s, the company began changing from manually-operated switchboards to mechanical switching systems that were faster and more cost-effective and did not require human operators. By the 1930s, the changeover has been completed or is underway in most American cities with over 50,000 peo...Starting at €8.20