Publications

1996
Working Paper

How Strategic Networks Get Built: The Dynamics of Alliance Formation in the Global Automobile Industry

By: Nitin Nohria and Carlos Garcia-Pont

23 Jan 2024
News

Mitt Romney on What Really Matters

06 Sep 2016
News

Appreciating the Big Role of Small Businesses

01 Mar 2011
News

HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovations

is the right time to act to take the Harvard Business School MBA Program to the next level,” Dean Nitin Nohria said of the curriculum changes. “HBS has always been a pioneer in the field of management... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2017
News

What Fellowships Make Possible

to change the arc of not just one person’s life but their family’s,” says Dean Nitin Nohria, himself a beneficiary of a fellowship for his graduate education. By every measure, those who support the HBS... View Details

Keywords: budget; need-blind; Admissions; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

17 Sep 2020
News

HBS Goes Back To School

safety concerns. “In many cases, we're not just meeting the new requirements—if the equipment allows us to do so, we're striving to exceed them,” says Stewart. AUGUST 28 In a virtual welcome to the MBA Class of 2022, Dean Nitin Nohria,... View Details

30 Nov 2017
News

SEAS Complex Reaches for a New Frontier

Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria, a wide cross-section of faculty, alumni, students, and friends from across the University were joined by the Turner Construction team, Allston residents, and Boston... View Details

2003
Other Unpublished Work

Organizing Multinational Companies: Building a Collaborative Advantage

By: Morten T. Hansen and Nitin Nohria

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Structure

October 1995
Case

DISK (A)

By: Nitin Nohria and Scott A. Snook

October 1995
Case

DISC (A) (Abridged)

By: Nitin Nohria and Scott A. Snook

Follows the development and implementation of fundamental organizational change in a large government bureaucracy. The case is set in the Defense Industrial Supply Center (DISC) and follows two senior leaders as they grapple with issues of fundamental change in a... View Details

Keywords: Government Administration; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; National Security; Leadership Style

October 1993 (Revised June 1995)
Case

Cordoba Corp. (A)

By: Jeffrey L. Bradach and Nitin Nohria

1994
Working Paper

The Sidekick Effect: Mentoring Relationships and the Development of Social Capital

By: Monica C. Higgins and Nitin Nohria

1996
Working Paper

Focus and Diversification: The Effects of Changes in the Scope of Large Industrial Corporations

By: Nitin Nohria and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

01 Oct 2021
News

Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges

prosperity, environmental stewardship, social justice, and democracy are not at odds. Henderson and former HBS Dean Nitin Nohria talked about the book in an alumni webinar. Inspiring Public Entrepreneurship... View Details

2000
Chapter

Resolving the Tension Between Theories E and O of Change

By: Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria

September 2007 (Revised December 2008)
Case

Michael Fernandes at Nicholas Piramal

By: Michel Anteby and Nitin Nohria

Michael Fernandes, the Director of Custom Manufacturing Operations at the pharmaceutical company Nicholas Piramal India Limited (NPIL), schedules a meeting with three of his reports, whose interpersonal conflicts with one another are causing his business development... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Management Skills; Groups and Teams; Conflict Management; Cooperation; Pharmaceutical Industry; India; United Kingdom; Canada

Educators

January 2004 (Revised June 2004)
Supplement

Malden Mills (B)

By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

August 1993
Background Note

Executing Change: Three Generic Strategies

By: Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana

Describes the strengths and weaknesses of three generic strategies for implementing change--programmatic change, discontinuous change, and emergent change. View Details

Keywords: Change; Strategy

Educators

August 1993
Case

General Motors: Smith's Dilemma

By: Nitin Nohria and Sandy Green

Discusses Roger Smith's tenure as CEO of General Motors. Describes his vision for changing General Motors, and how he went about implementing that vision. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Teams; Leadership Style; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry

Educators