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- 15 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk
Regulatory authorities face 2 challenges that need to be addressed forcefully if they are to contain a new source of systemic risk in international finance. First, the increasing migration of complex market activities to supervisory...
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- March 1994 (Revised August 1997)
- Case
Raychem Corp.: Interconnection Systems Division
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Describes the highly successful efforts of a management team to turn around the performance of a $30 million Raychem division that manufactures electronic connectors. The original manufacturing system was a batch operation, with a broad product line, high inventories,...
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Keywords:
Cost Management;
Time Management;
Production;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Success;
Performance;
Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Electronics Industry
Christensen, Clayton M. "Raychem Corp.: Interconnection Systems Division." Harvard Business School Case 694-063, March 1994. (Revised August 1997.)
- 30 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
HBS Grad Drives Lori Systems to Success
"how can we change the system to prevent refugee crises in the first place?" That insight pushed Josh to "look for a systems-wide, macro-level shift I could be a part of." Eschewing the...
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- January 2002 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
General Electric Medical Systems 2002
By: Tarun Khanna and James Weber
Discusses one of General Electric's flagship divisions--the world's leading provider of medical diagnostic imaging equipment. Provides an opportunity to examine a multinational confronting massive technological and demographic changes around the world. Genomics has...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Business Model;
Change Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Genetics;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Age;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
China;
United States
Khanna, Tarun, and James Weber. "General Electric Medical Systems 2002." Harvard Business School Case 702-428, January 2002. (Revised October 2005.)
- September 2011 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Telemonitoring at Visiting Nurse Health System
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil and Mala Kaul
The Telemonitoring at Visiting Nurse Health System case presents one home healthcare organization's efforts to use telemonitoring to improve the quality of care provided to at-risk patients who were discharged from hospitals and needed home care. After two years of...
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
Cost vs Benefits;
Risk Management;
Technology Adoption;
Technological Innovation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Competitive Strategy;
Health Industry;
Technology Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, Mark Keil, and Mala Kaul. "Telemonitoring at Visiting Nurse Health System." Harvard Business School Case 112-030, September 2011. (Revised January 2012.)
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
very sophisticated economy with some of the most educated and most successful business people in the world," Kirby continues. "But they will only be leaders if the Chinese government steps back." He is the T. M. Chang Professor of China...
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by Michael Blanding
- July 1985 (Revised January 1988)
- Case
American Hospital Supply Corp.: The ASAP System (A)
American Hospital Supply, the largest firm in the U.S. hospital supply industry, has achieved success in part through the use of information systems. Changes in the hospital marketplace suggest a shift in strategy would be appropriate. What role should information...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Distribution Industry;
Health Industry;
United States
Vitale, Michael R. "American Hospital Supply Corp.: The ASAP System (A)." Harvard Business School Case 186-005, July 1985. (Revised January 1988.)
- July 2005 (Revised February 2007)
- Exercise
Family Business System Action Planning Worksheet
By: John A. Davis
Assist in thinking critically about facilitators and inhibitors to goals and preparing for change in a family business system.
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Change Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Davis, John A. "Family Business System Action Planning Worksheet." Harvard Business School Exercise 806-012, July 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Shaking Up the System
STERNBERG: A career putting leadership to work where others fear to tread. In a lengthy article examining New York City’s education reforms, the Weekend Australian magazine (March 7, 2009) zeroed in on the Bronx Lab School (BLS), often pointed to by the city’s...
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- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Advancing Change
haven’t they been solved? My answer, in part, is that we need new approaches and new solutions. We need advanced leaders who are focused on the entire ecosystem, not one organization. We need people who think outside the building. Systems...
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- 18 May 2020
- News
Big Structural Change
- 10 Jul 2007
- News
How to Reduce Risk in the Financial System
- 2013
- Article
An Incident Management System for Japan?
By: Arnold M. Howitt, Haruo Hayashi, Hiromi Akiyama, David W. Giles and Dutch Leonard
Substantial political will and bureaucratic skill are needed to implement a national incident management framework in Japan, but change could be on the way.
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Howitt, Arnold M., Haruo Hayashi, Hiromi Akiyama, David W. Giles, and Dutch Leonard. "An Incident Management System for Japan?" Crisis Response Journal 9, no. 1 (2013): 17–19.
- March 2000 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
Hewlett Packard--Computer Systems Organization: Selling to Enterprise Customers
By: Das Narayandas and Robert C. Dudley
In late 1996, Manuel Diaz, head of Worldwide Sales for Hewlett-Packard's (HP) Computer Systems Organization (CSO), is reviewing the results of an audit of HP's enterprise customer management approach with the objective of identifying market and organizational...
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Keywords:
Accounting Audits;
Transformation;
Customer Relationship Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
Marketing Strategy;
Sales;
Computer Industry
Narayandas, Das, and Robert C. Dudley. "Hewlett Packard--Computer Systems Organization: Selling to Enterprise Customers." Harvard Business School Case 500-064, March 2000. (Revised February 2005.)
- TeachingInterests
Leading Innovation and Change
This portion of a doctoral seminar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education explores the relationship between innovation, organization design, and leadership in complex educational environments. We pay particular attention to leading large system change.
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- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Code of Change
reorganized itself around a market by function matrix structure intended to focus on customers. Compensation systems were aligned with culture change objectives. A skill-based pay View Details
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by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
- November 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Proteome Systems Limited: The First Five Years
A Sydney-based biotechnology company is moving from the development of proteomics technology to the commercialization of its first instruments in the worldwide proteomics market. The case study highlights the range of activities engaged in by the 120-person company,...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Technology;
Commercialization;
Entrepreneurship;
Biotechnology Industry;
Sydney
West, Jonathan, and Mona Ashiya. "Proteome Systems Limited: The First Five Years." Harvard Business School Case 604-049, November 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- April 2018
- Case
Cisco Systems and OpenDNS: Strategic Integration
By: Andy Wu, George Gonzalez and David Wang
With more than 72,000 employees and revenues approaching the $50B mark, Cisco Systems is one of the largest information technology and networking firms globally. As the company grew and expanded into different lines of businesses, Cisco consistently looked outwards for...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Integration;
Corporate Strategy;
Change Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Organizational Culture;
Information Technology Industry
Wu, Andy, George Gonzalez, and David Wang. "Cisco Systems and OpenDNS: Strategic Integration." Harvard Business School Case 718-489, April 2018.
- Portrait Project
Jamie Chang
arrived, and many of these patients would not survive the wait. It was apparent that healing here would require more than just silver coins and paper bills alone — we needed strategy, coordination, and hands ready to help. Consequently, in my life I want to improve the...
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- March–April 2024
- Article
Retailers and Health Systems Can Improve Care Together
By: Robert S. Huckman, Vivian S. Lee and Bradley R Staats
Health systems are struggling to address the many shortcomings of health care delivery: rapidly growing costs, inconsistent quality, and inadequate and unequal access to primary and other types of care. However, if retailers and health systems were to form strong...
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Keywords:
Health Care;
Retail;
Retailers;
Consumer;
Health Care and Treatment;
Value;
Consumer Behavior;
Business Model;
Partners and Partnerships;
Health Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States
Huckman, Robert S., Vivian S. Lee, and Bradley R Staats. "Retailers and Health Systems Can Improve Care Together." Harvard Business Review 102, no. 2 (March–April 2024): 120–127.