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- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
João Lourenço, implement the necessary reforms to unlock Angola’s economic potential, or will the existing power structure prevent the sort of change that is required if Angola’s people are to finally see... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
competitor's action as both a threat and an opportunity. Here are organizational and process changes that can help meet the challenge.It's one thing to recognize the importance of careful framing when you're faced with a disruptive... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
answered the right question poorly (Study 2). Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-048.pdf Concentration Levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry: Myth vs. Reality Authors:Alvin J. Silk and Charles King III Abstract This paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- December 1999
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A4): Sun Peak: Helen Yang and Mark Walden on "Running Sun on Sun"
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
SunPeak was the largest project Sun Microsystems, Inc. had ever undertaken: shifting Sun's entire business transaction system from a mainframe-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to a Sun-based system. Making the shift would be complicated and financially... View Details
- August 1998 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Disney's "The Lion King" (A): The $2 Billion Movie
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
In 1994, just 10 years after its filmed entertainment division lost $33 million, Disney's animated creation "The Lion King" became the second highest grossing film ever. In addition to drawing $740 million in worldwide box office sales, its merchandise sales exceeded... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Marketing Strategy; Expansion; Creativity; Film Entertainment; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Product Development; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Retail Industry
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. Disney's "The Lion King" (A): The $2 Billion Movie. Harvard Business School Case 899-041, August 1998. (Revised October 1998.)
- April 21, 2023
- Article
When Scenario Planning Fails
By: Kalle Heikkinen, William R. Kerr, Mika Malin, Panu Routila and Eemil Rupponen
How can organizations perform scenario planning when they are hit by shocks outside of leaders’ field of vision? Interviews with Nordic executives, who experienced both the Covid-19 pandemic and were in close proximity to Russia as the country invaded Ukraine, can... View Details
Keywords: Planning; Crisis Management; Organizational Structure; Forecasting and Prediction; System Shocks; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Heikkinen, Kalle, William R. Kerr, Mika Malin, Panu Routila, and Eemil Rupponen. "When Scenario Planning Fails." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (April 21, 2023).
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
to the partnership with Železný. Q: What is your next project? A: As I mentioned, I think political risk is underappreciated relative to contractual risks. In a recent project with Fritz Foley and Jim Hines, "Capital Structure with... View Details
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
the case with the other spans, senior managers can adjust the span of influence to promote desired behaviors. They can widen the span when they want to stimulate people to think outside the box to develop new ways of serving customers, increasing internal efficiencies,... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
Murat Ülker, the chairman of Yildiz, decides to change the management structure and encourage rethinking brand positioning, channels, and communications in the U.S. market. How was the Godiva brand affected... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
of these firms face various issues—including management of exchange rate risk, how to structure their internal capital markets, how to do capital budgeting worldwide, and how to respond to varying regulatory and tax incentives. The book... View Details
- November 2020 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Roll-Ups and Surprise Billing: Collisions at the Intersection of Private Equity and Patient Care
By: Trevor Fetter and Kira Seiger
This case describes the increasing investment by private equity (PE) firms in patient care and other healthcare services. The case focuses on investments in physician staffing firms and roll-up strategy investments in physician practice management (PPM). Included in... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Change; Disruption; Fluctuation; Trends; Customers; Customer Value and Value Chain; Ethics; Fairness; Finance; Equity; Insurance; Private Equity; Geography; Geographic Scope; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Industry Structures; Ownership; Ownership Type; Private Ownership; Relationships; Agency Theory; Business and Community Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Networks; Strategy; Competition; Consolidation; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Value; Value Creation; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
Fetter, Trevor, and Kira Seiger. "Roll-Ups and Surprise Billing: Collisions at the Intersection of Private Equity and Patient Care." Harvard Business School Case 321-049, November 2020. (Revised April 2021.)
- May 2013 (Revised October 2014)
- Case
Novartis: Leading a Global Enterprise
By: William W. George, Krishna G. Palepu and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Novartis, the world's leading healthcare company, was formed in 1996 out of a merger of two very different, mid-tier Switzerland-based pharma companies. The case traces the company's evolution over the past 17 years, as it transformed into a truly global enterprise... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Talent and Talent Management; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Success; Globalized Markets and Industries; Management Teams; Change Management; Business History; Mergers and Acquisitions; Global Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry; Switzerland
George, William W., Krishna G. Palepu, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Novartis: Leading a Global Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 413-096, May 2013. (Revised October 2014.)
- 26 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Clear Eye for Innovation
structures do they use? What works, and what doesn't? First and perhaps most important, [Bradley] had the leaders of all the breakthrough projects report to a single executive. We discovered that some companies have actually been quite... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
and 75% rise in licensing revenues from multinationals. Second, using additional information on each scientist in these labs, we examine how their research productivity changed in response to different managers. Notably, we find that the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
development agencies toward reforming the legal system or improving the court system. There is nothing wrong with that, but what if the real agents of change were the corporations themselves—their founders or their current shareholders?... View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
five months-cut defects by half, reduced inventory by 20%, and raised output by 10%. A control group saw no such gains. The authors' global data set suggests that implementing good management at schools and hospitals yields change more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
fire- and building-safety improvements in Bangladesh is an important first step—and a vital recognition of responsibility, especially given the reluctance of so many garment-factory owners in Bangladesh to make necessary changes on their... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
resources and regulatory effort goes into ensuring that the public has access to these financial opportunities; in fact, much of American social policy oriented toward the non-indigent operates through structured opportunities for saving... View Details
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
School Case 809-012 Du Pont's realization in 1921 that its "U-form" corporate structure was ill-suited to its new diversification strategy led to a pioneering new kind of organization—the "M" or multidivisional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
Mexican government reversed long-standing policies and allowed foreign banks to purchase Mexico's largest commercial banks and relaxed restrictions on the founding of new, foreign-owned banks. The result has been a dramatic shift in the ownership View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne