Structural Change - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2002
News

Egawa Heads New Research Office in Japan

the country in the 1970s and 1980s - ideas such as lifetime employment, cross-shareholding, and keiretsu (Japanese corporate groupings) - are currently undergoing fundamental changes and offer fascinating research possibilities. With the... View Details

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

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Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors - Course Catalog

complex dynamics among boards, executives, and shareholders; the changing rights and powers of shareholders; different theories of corporate governance and their practical implications; the legal, financial, managerial, and behavioral... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Wind Shift

HBS professor George P. Baker, a finance expert, has in recent years become an alternative-energy change agent as well, spearheading community wind projects in Maine. Now on leave from HBS, Baker is the CEO of Fox Islands Wind LLC, which... View Details

Keywords: Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Construction; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

14 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Recruiting During Uncertainty: How to Meet Students Where They Are

While there may be changes along the way, the more information students have about the process the more confident they will feel about engaging with your company. Create space for students to share their career goals honestly Transparency... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

14 Aug 2015
Blog Post

What is a Career Coach?

the students and alumni they work with pursue their own unique career vision Also, when it comes right down to it, I think students and alumni find it really valuable to be able to spend 45 minutes speaking to someone about their job search on a regular basis – it can... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations

combinations of courses) they can offer, and students more options to explore a variety of interests. Dean Nohria recently reflected on these changes as he moves into his second year in office. Why has innovation emerged as such a... View Details

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

14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016

Understanding Psychological Safety in Healthcare and Education Organizations: A Comparative Perspective By: Edmondson, Amy C., Monica Higgins, Sara J. Singer, and Jennie Weiner Abstract—Psychological safety plays a vital role in helping people overcome barriers to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2017
News

Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity

tick — putting structure to chaos and solving problems from big to small.” Before discovering what truly excited him, Wu was on a more traditional course. After graduating with an accounting degree from the University of Connecticut in... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

05 May 2017
News

Barnes & Noble Names Demos Parneros CEO

challenge is the sales performance; that’s no secret,” Parneros told the Times. “We’ve got to figure out ways to change things up a little bit and increase traffic.” Parneros told the Times that he sees strengths in the company’s... View Details

20 Sep 2016
First Look

September 20, 2016

and CEO, Michael Lebowitz, now wondered what he needed to do to keep his company competitive in the years to come. Had he found the right way to organize his people and structure the organization following the transition from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 1996 (Revised June 1997)
Case

Harvard Business School Publishing

By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March

Linda Doyle, president and CEO of Harvard Business School Publishing Corp., has succeeded in turning around the organization after several difficult years. She has launched several strategic and organizational initiatives, and has instilled a new philosophy and vision.... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges

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Akshay Ghulati

things that HBS emphasizes." Support and structure Midway through his first semester, Akshay's personal life took a turn that might have made his studies more challenging: he got married. "The section experience is what makes it... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Inside the Partnership

leadership and changed the basic structure of Wall Street, as outlined in this excerpt from the chapter “Revolution in Investment Banking.” During their time together working on the Ford offering [in 1956,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

September 1986 (Revised June 1989)
Background Note

Managing Rapid Growth

Describes the issues that entrepreneurs and their firms must deal with in attempting to make the transition from entrepreneurial to professional management. The note suggests that the delegation of responsibility and the implementation of formal controls are two key... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Governance Controls; Growth Management; Resource Allocation; Organizational Structure

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31 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

although structure is undoubtedly an impediment to the process, an even bigger barrier is managers' outdated understanding of strategy. At the heart of the problem is a failure to recognize that although the past three decades have... View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

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Shabrina Jiva

study has opened other surprises. "Many times, I read a case and think the conclusion is obvious, that everyone would think the same way. But it's always at least a fifty-fifty split in our section. The best cases are the ones in which I View Details

01 Jun 2006
News

Job One: Alumni Engagement

Third, a subcommittee examined the structure and approach of the Club Officers’ Roundtable held at HBS each spring and recommended several changes, including a name change to Clubs Leadership Conference. The... View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

managing change. Instead, they develop many disconnected initiatives to bring about change — initiatives that by their piecemeal nature are doomed to failure. "In light of that," Beer explains, "we formulated this profiling... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

08 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

and a global business unit head, and has recently returned to a straight-ahead global business unit reporting structure. "There are never-ending tradeoffs between creating global efficiencies through a more centralized structure and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27

in Developing Countries Authors: Diego Comin, Norman Loayza, Farooq Pasha, and Luis Serven Abstract We build a two-country asymmetric DSGE model with two features: (1) a product cycle structure determines the range of intermediate goods... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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