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Leading the High Capability Organization: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and James Heskett
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and James Heskett. "Leading the High Capability Organization: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century." Human Resource Management 36, no. 1 (Spring 1997): 105–113.
- October 1996 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Boston Beer Company: Samuel Adams, Brewmaster Leading a Revolution
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Mollie H. Carter
Boston Beer Co. revolutionized the beer industry by identifying and responding to a new consumer segment. Using the excess capacity in the brewing industry to establish contract brewing arrangements and an extremely capable sales force, the company opened the... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Leadership; Product Marketing; Product Development; Production; Quality; Salesforce Management; Segmentation; Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Mollie H. Carter. "Boston Beer Company: Samuel Adams, Brewmaster Leading a Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 597-040, October 1996. (Revised November 1996.)
- October 1996
- Article
Moral Thinking in Management: An Essential Capability
By: L. S. Paine
Paine, L. S. "Moral Thinking in Management: An Essential Capability." Business Ethics Quarterly 6, no. 4 (October 1996): 477–492. (Reprinted in Ethics in Practice, edited by Deborah Rhode. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.)
- July 1996
- Background Note
The GM's Organizational Challenge: Embedding and Leveraging Capability
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
Describes how general managers can build organizational capability in their firms. View Details
Keywords: Management Skills; Managerial Roles; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth and Development Strategy
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "The GM's Organizational Challenge: Embedding and Leveraging Capability." Harvard Business School Background Note 397-011, July 1996.
- 1996
- Chapter
Developing an Organization Capable of Strategy Implementationand Reformulation: A Preliminary Test
By: Russell Eisenstat and M. Beer
Eisenstat, Russell, and M. Beer. "Developing an Organization Capable of Strategy Implementationand Reformulation: A Preliminary Test." In Organizational Learning and Competitive Advantage, by B. Moingeon and A. Edmondson. London: Sage Publications, 1996.
- May 1996 (Revised March 2005)
- Case
Bombardier TEG (A)
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Takia Mahmood
Bombardier, a Canadian manufacturer of passenger railcars and market leader in the United States, faces aggressive competition from a new entrant, U.S.-owned Morrison Knudsen, that has come into the industry with closely related capabilities in engineering and... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Goals and Objectives; Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Rail Transportation; Manufacturing Industry; Rail Industry; Canada; United States
Bradley, Stephen P., and Takia Mahmood. "Bombardier TEG (A)." Harvard Business School Case 796-002, May 1996. (Revised March 2005.)
- 1996
- Chapter
American Medical Technologies Inc.: Learning the Capabilities Needed to Implement Strategic Change
By: Michael Beer and Russell Eisenstat
Beer, Michael, and Russell Eisenstat. "American Medical Technologies Inc.: Learning the Capabilities Needed to Implement Strategic Change." In Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management, edited by John Storey. Blackwell Publishers, 1996.
- March 1996 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
State Street Bank and Trust Company: New Product Development
By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi
Portrays the dilemma faced by Marsh Carter, CEO and chairman of the board of State Street Bank, in May 1995. For the past decade, the bank earned continually expanding earnings through its rapidly growing custody business. Now, as that business matures and custodial... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Finance; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Strategy; Banking Industry
Pisano, Gary P., and Maryam Golnaraghi. "State Street Bank and Trust Company: New Product Development." Harvard Business School Case 696-087, March 1996. (Revised April 1996.)
- 1996
- Manual
Instructor's Manual, Strategic Operations: Competing through Capabilities
By: R. H. Hayes, G. P. Pisano and D. M. Upton
Keywords: Competitive Strategy
- 1996
- Book
Strategic Operations: Competing through Capabilities
By: R. H. Hayes, G. P. Pisano and D. M. Upton
Hayes, R. H., G. P. Pisano, and D. M. Upton. Strategic Operations: Competing through Capabilities. New York: Free Press, 1996.
- 1996
- Article
Developing an Organization Capable of Implementing Strategy and Learning
By: Michael Beer and Russell Eisenstat
Beer, Michael, and Russell Eisenstat. "Developing an Organization Capable of Implementing Strategy and Learning." Human Relations 49, no. 5 (1996).
- June 1995
- Teaching Note
Intel Corporation - Leveraging Capabilities for Strategic Renewal TN
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
Teaching Note for (9-394-141). View Details
Keywords: Information Technology Industry
- April 1995 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (A)
By: Marco Iansiti and Ellen Stein
Based on a Silicon Valley company that has developed the capability to compete in a rapidly growing, highly turbulent environment. This capability hinges on its flexible and rapid development process, which the case characterizes in detail. Focuses on the development... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Information Infrastructure; Product Launch; Managerial Roles; Expansion; Design; Applications and Software; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; California
Iansiti, Marco, and Ellen Stein. "Silicon Graphics, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 695-061, April 1995. (Revised December 1997.)
- 1995
- Working Paper
Developing an Organization Capable of Implementing Strategy and Learning
By: Michael Beer
- 1995
- Working Paper
Developing Organizational Capability to Compete
By: Michael Beer and R. A. Eisenstat
- 1994
- Article
Dynamic Capabilities of Firms: An Introduction
By: Gary P. Pisano and David Teece
Keywords: Business Ventures
Pisano, Gary P., and David Teece. "Dynamic Capabilities of Firms: An Introduction." Industrial and Corporate Change 3, no. 3 (1994): 537–556.
- 1995
- Article
Technological Evolution, System Architecture, and the Obsolescence of Firm Capabilities
By: Marco Iansiti and T. Khanna
Iansiti, Marco, and T. Khanna. "Technological Evolution, System Architecture, and the Obsolescence of Firm Capabilities." Industrial and Corporate Change 4, no. 2 (1995): 333–61.
- September 1994
- Case
Marks & Spencer: Sir Richard Greenbury's Quiet Revolution
By: Joseph L. Bower and John B. Matthews Jr.
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is one of the world's greatest companies. In 1994, its management was chosen the most admired in Europe by 637 peers. The case explores how Sir Richard Greenbury, appointed the new chairman of the company in 1991, transformed his inheritance into... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Business or Company Management; Business Strategy; Management Teams; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Europe; United States
Bower, Joseph L., and John B. Matthews Jr. "Marks & Spencer: Sir Richard Greenbury's Quiet Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 395-054, September 1994.
- 1994
- Chapter
Core Capabilities and Core Rigidities
Leonard-Barton, D. A. "Core Capabilities and Core Rigidities." In The Perpetual Enterprise Machine: Seven Keys to Corporate Renewal through Successful Product and Process Development, edited by H. K. Bowen, K. B. Clark, C. H. Holloway, and S. C. Wheelwright. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.