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- 1998
- Chapter
A Theory of the Firm's Knowledge-Creation Dynamics
By: Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi
- May 2003 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Submarino.com (B)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Luiz Felipe Monteiro
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Skills; Growth Management; Retail Industry; Web Services Industry; Brazil; Argentina; Mexico; Spain; Portugal
Applegate, Lynda M., and Luiz Felipe Monteiro. "Submarino.com (B)." Harvard Business School Case 803-012, May 2003. (Revised May 2004.)
- Web
Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
design, and diversity work. In our design track, we highlight the importance of radical curiosity, humility, and an approach to engaging with underrepresented community members as partners and co-designers, among other fascinating topics.... View Details
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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog
2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Law, Management and Entrepreneurship General Management, Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Julie Battilana Power and Influence for Positive Impact Organizational Behavior Fall 2024 Q1 1.5 Max H. Bazerman... View Details
- 28 Jun 2010
- HBS Case
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Health-care reform is more than a political football. For twenty years it's been a ground-level topic of increasing importance for the administrators, physicians, nurses, and frontline employees who interact with patients every day. "Cincinnati Children's Hospital... View Details
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
worth using. But today, says Harvard Business School professor Alan MacCormack and his research collaborators, "not invented here" is becoming a badge of honor—and more than that, a source of competitive advantage. To design the 787... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- March 2006
- Module Note
Finance in Weak Institutional Environments
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
Describes the sixth module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module explores the issues confronting firms that operate in weak institutional environments. The cases examine situations where investor protections are limited and how... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Curriculum and Courses; Business Ventures; Framework; Organizational Design; Outcome or Result; Education Industry
Desai, Mihir A., and Kathleen Luchs. "Finance in Weak Institutional Environments." Harvard Business School Module Note 206-127, March 2006.
- June 2001
- Exercise
Strategic Human Resource Management Applications Exercise
By: Michael Beer
Overview of a method for diagnosing and developing an organization's capability to achieve its goals and implement its strategy, with exercises for application. A rewritten version of an earlier exercise. View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Strategy
Beer, Michael. "Strategic Human Resource Management Applications Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 401-044, June 2001.
- 08 May 2015
- News
Ubiquitous digital connectivity is now essential to competitiveness
organizational tasks, and managerial processes. Digitally enabled outcomes, rather than units sold or services performed, are the basis of new business models. For example, GE originally sold capital goods, and then became a contract... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
Intervention Method, Empirical Evidence, and Theory Author:Michael Beer Publication:In Research in Organizational Change and Development. Vol. 19, edited by Richard Woodman, William Pasmore, and Abraham B. (Rami) Shani, Emerald Group... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
organizational design choices favor scaling? What are the trade-offs between autonomy and control? Senior Team : When should a venture replace its founder with a “professional” CEO? At what point should you... View Details
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Business Program Discount | HBS Online
This is a great foundation for practically applying high-integrity, humanistic organizational leadership and management, which is invaluable in today’s rapidly-changing, technology-focused world. Elena Bowes Certificate of Specialization... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Meditations on the Bottom Line
orchestrating major changes in organizational design and culture. Then, in 1995, feeling she had taken "values-based management" as far as she could within a large corporate environment, Bothwick began... View Details
- 08 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 8, 2006
Barron Abstract This study considers organizational artifacts as triggers of procedural justice expectations, showing the effects of one artifact—an organizational wait queue—on perceived procedural justice.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- June 2010
- Case
The Shaw Group Inc.: Entrepreneurial Innovation
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Edward Watson
The case describes the founding and evolution of the Shaw Group through acquisition. The case is set at the time that the company is redesigning its business processes, organization, and information technology infrastructure to support aggressive growth and increased... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Infrastructure; Business Processes; Organizational Design; Information Technology
Applegate, Lynda M., and Edward Watson. "The Shaw Group Inc.: Entrepreneurial Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 810-135, June 2010.
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
to old ways of doing things, and company performance doesn't improve. To fix these problems, senior executives and their HR departments should change the way they think about learning and development, and because context is crucial, needed fixes in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
hospital emergency room and focuses on the effects of a new organizational structure, which we call a team scaffold, on teaming effectiveness and performance outcomes. Using a hybrid research design that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- February 1991 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Appex Corp.
By: Nitin Nohria
1990 Business Week named Appex Corp. the fastest growing high-technology company in the United States. Appex provided management information systems and intercarrier network services to cellular telephone companies. During its rapid growth, the company went through... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Culture; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Performance Productivity; Problems and Challenges; Management Practices and Processes; Business Divisions; Information Management; Information Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Nohria, Nitin. "Appex Corp." Harvard Business School Case 491-082, February 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
- June 2003 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Xilinx, Inc. (A)
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Christina Darwall
Is it possible to create a great business and a company? Wim Roelandts sets out, in the context of Xilinx, to create a high-performance organization without sacrificing the human dimension. Roelandts experiences additional pressure when the company is affected by a... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Design
DeLong, Thomas J., and Christina Darwall. "Xilinx, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 403-136, June 2003. (Revised January 2006.)
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
business moved on. Not aligning experiments to broader organizational goals. Failing to understand the end goal can lead to misguided decisions about when and how to run such tests. Experiments should answer clear questions that bring an... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost