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  • November 2017
  • Case

Passion and Strategy: Novozymes' Embrace of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

By: Andy Zelleke and Emilie Billaud
This case explores the sustainability efforts at Novozymes, the world's largest and oldest producer of industrial enzymes. In 2015, the Danish company became the world’s first company known to have crafted a new corporate strategy based on the United Nations... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Transformation; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Strategy; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Biotechnology Industry; Europe; Denmark
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  • May 1997 (Revised July 1997)
  • Case

Vermeer Technologies (E): New Beginning

By: Ashish Nanda
The Vermeer team is pleasantly surprised by the benefits and hospitality that their new surroundings offer. Their happiness is tempered, however, by discomfort with some elements of the "Microsoft Way." As the Vermeer engineers embark on a punishing schedule for the... View Details
Keywords: Performance Expectations; Horizontal Integration; Organizational Design; Organizational Culture; Product Development; Information Technology Industry
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  • 09 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

New BEI Director: Lynn Schenk

Harvard Business School (HBS) has named Lynn Schenk as the new director of its Business & Environment Initiative (BEI), succeeding Jennifer Nash, who will retire at the end of March after 5 years as director. Lynn steps into this role... View Details
  • 04 Aug 2020
  • Blog Post

HBS Career & Professional Development Responds to COVID-19

Kristen Fitzpatrick (HBS '03) is the Managing Director of HBS Career and Professional Development (CPD). In this role, she also coaches alumni and MBA students. Through her interactions with recruiters over the past decade, Kristen is... View Details
  • 28 Jan 2022
  • News

New Resources for Board Membership

  • May 2002 (Revised September 2002)
  • Teaching Note

Creating New Services, Module Overview Note TN

By: Frances X. Frei
Taught in Managing Service Operations, an elective course in the Harvard Business School MBA program. Appropriate for any service course or service module within an operations or new product development course that targets MBA or executive education students.... View Details
Keywords: Service Operations; Product Development; Business Education; Product Positioning
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  • April 2013
  • Article

In Search of a Second Act: Riding the Popularity of a Great First Product Is Easy; Finding the Next One Is Hard

By: Elie Ofek and Jill Avery
The article presents a fictional case study on new product development and improvement after the successful launch of a first breakthrough product. Topics include business planning for brand name products, finance and investment for the development of educational toys,... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Growth Strategy; Consumer Marketing; Marketing; Brand Management; Market Research; New Product Development; Marketing Management; Technology Commercialization; Technology; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; Technology Industry; North and Central America; United States
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  • 25 Jan 2018
  • News

A Whole New Game

After leading a group of investors to purchase the Sacramento Kings in 2013, Vivek Ranadivé (MBA 1983) partnered with local government in California’s capital to open a new arena and 1-million-square-foot mixed-use View Details
  • 11 Jul 2013
  • News

Program Aims to Develop a Generation of Global Citizens

Falik's Global Citizen Year continues to grow. Courtesy Abby Falik Related Links Nonprofit founder recognized Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship: Call for entries Upcoming webinars for entrepreneurs HBS New Ventures group on LinkedIn... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • April 2021 (Revised August 2021)
  • Exercise

Workshop Exercise: Branding New Ventures

By: Christina Wallace
This workshop allows students follow a modified version of Google Venture's Brand Sprint to build a startup brand from scratch. Details on the elements of a brand are discussed, including defining the values and personality of the venture, as well as developing a clear... View Details
Keywords: Branding; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Brands and Branding
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  • 22 Jan 2008
  • Research & Ideas

New Challenges in Leading Professional Services

"bifurcated" model? A: The new model (Editor's note: see book excerpt below) was developed by getting under the skin of these organizations and observing, collecting, and then responding with what... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Consulting; Accounting; Legal Services
  • July 2015 (Revised March 2016)
  • Teaching Note

Uber and Stakeholders: Managing a New Way of Riding

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Daniel Fox
This case provides a vehicle to analyze stakeholder relations as a company grows, particularly in the context of new business models that challenge established industries. It introduces the dilemmas posed by rapid growth, new technologies, regulatory uncertainty, and... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business or Company Management; Entrepreneurship; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Innovation and Invention; Transportation Industry
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  • 18 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

from other firms, rather than developing new projects internally. Examining the channels behind this increase in R&D in-licensing, we explore heterogeneity in treatment effects and competitor spillovers.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • April 1989
  • Case

News and No Comment at Emery Air Freight

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
A reporter from a regional newspaper examines several major news stories that address significant recent developments at Emery Air Freight. His concerns invite discussion of the implications of Emery's apparent "no comment" policy and other factors that can lead to... View Details
Keywords: Reputation; Newspapers; Communication Strategy; Shipping Industry
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  • Mar 05 2023
  • Testimonial

Building New Governance Frameworks in Nigeria

  • 2013
  • Article

The Strategic Fitness Process: A Collaborative Action Research Method for Developing Organizational Prototypes and Dynamic Capabilities

By: Michael Beer
Organizations underperform and sometimes fail because their leaders are unable to learn the unvarnished truth from relevant stakeholders about how the design and behavior of the organization is misaligned with its goals and strategy. The Strategic Fitness Process (SFP)... View Details
Keywords: Organization Alignment; Dynamic Capabilities; Organization Design; Organizational Prototyping; Organizational Silence; Organizational Learning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Organizational Design
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  • 01 Jun 2004
  • News

New MBA Leadership Course

design-team member and course head Lynn S. Paine, one of ten HBS faculty members who taught LCA this year. Paine explains that after a lengthy review of the first-year offerings on managers’ responsibilities that began in 2001, the faculty voted to View Details
Keywords: HBS; LCA; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 02 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

Donald Trump, the new CEO of ExxonMobil faced many strategic questions. How should ExxonMobil invest going forward? What were the capabilities that ExxonMobil needed to develop in order to be successful in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

The New “In” Crowd

graduates develop new social ventures. The sum here is greater than the individual parts. Behind the numbers of conference attendees and fellowship recipients is a shift in attitude and understanding. Social... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 14 Jun 2023
  • Op-Ed

Every Company Should Have These Leaders—or Develop Them if They Don't

organization to accomplish goals or meet targets. Different roles require different development Companies can help promising managers and executives become BTLs and LTLs by broadening their experiences, but in different ways. Big-T View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson