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December 2004 (Revised October 2005)
Case

Innovation Corrupted: The Rise and Fall of Enron (B)

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Presents a brief historical overview of Enron's rise, its strategic successes and failures, the evolution of its business model, and the organizational processes relied upon by Enron's management to drive and monitor the business. A rewritten version of an earlier... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Risk Management; Management Practices and Processes; Success; Business Model; Strategy; Business History; Governance Controls; Innovation and Management; Failure; Business Processes; Energy Industry; United States

April 1, 2024
Article

Leading a Company That Can Thrive in a Chaotic World

By: Thomas Buberl, Bill George, Hubert Joly and Nitin Nohria

Worldwide, the past few years have been marked by multiple, intersecting crises — and things aren’t likely to get less complicated anytime soon. The authors met with a group of CEOs to discuss how they lead amid this ongoing chaos. To thrive in this chaotic new world,... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Leadership Development

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22 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

characteristics for investors that could act as stewards of the commons. Social pressure fueled by small socially responsible investment funds and nonprofit organizations and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Apr 2016
Book

A Three-Box Solution to Managing Innovation

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jun 2003
News

New Course on Leadership, Values, and Corporate Accountability

and social responsibilities of organizations and their employees, including the relationship of corporations to society, the responsibilities of managers within organizations,... View Details

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

10 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

organization that was worth examining, and I should do that in more depth. I kept going back to the field and trying to understand the nature of this organization. I felt like... View Details

Keywords: by Robin J. Ely

01 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

cybersecurity. Revenues declined, criticism grew, and challenges of change remained. Watson businesses were new, unproven, and required change in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Aug 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Collaborating During Coronavirus: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Nature of Work

Keywords: by Evan DeFilippis, Stephen Michael Impink, Madison Singell, Jeffrey T. Polzer, and Raffaella Sadun

1999
Chapter

The Impact of Downsizing on Organizational Creativity and Innovation

By: R. Conti and T. M. Amabile

Keywords: Restructuring; Strategy; Innovation and Management; Creativity; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

venture capitalists want more from their clients in terms of an ownership stake or in terms of meeting tougher performance benchmarks? Gompers and Lerner: Many of the changes in the venture capital industry... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

November 1998 (Revised July 1999)
Case

Spyder Active Sports, Inc. and CHB Capital Partners (B)

By: John A. Davis, Louis B. Barnes and Peter K. Botticelli

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Private Equity; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry

30 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

Despite recent advances in our understanding of how locations impact the creation and appropriation of value by firms, the speed of these changes has often surpassed the speed of research on the connections... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2019 (Revised January 2020)
Case

Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joseph Paul

Gun violence was a significant problem in America. Three Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellows Christy Wood, Russell Sternlicht, and Gareth Glaser each decided to do something about gun safety. They each used their professional and leadership experience to... View Details

January 2008 (Revised March 2011)
Case

Henry J. Kaiser and the Art of the Possible

By: Anthony J. Mayo, Mark Benson and David Chen

From his humble beginnings as a local salesman in New York, Henry J. Kaiser rose to become one of the leading industrialists of 20th century America. Though he had no technical engineering training, Kaiser mastered the management and execution of plans for several... View Details

Keywords: History; Mission and Purpose; Transition; Management Practices and Processes; Construction; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Business History; Business Growth and Maturation; Civil Society or Community; Business Strategy; Planning; Construction Industry; Shipping Industry; United States

03 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

and filtration effectiveness. We have seen many organizations pinch pennies to save on electricity charges or filter-replacement expenses, at the cost of thousands of dollars in lost time, reduced... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber and Joseph Allen; Real Estate

23 Aug 2019
Blog Post

A Summer of Peaks and Swells: Interning at Patagonia

company -- we’re fighting the good fight. This past year Patagonia changed its mission to: “we’re in business to save our home planet.” The company is constantly working to improve its supply chain and... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

25 Mar 2021
News

Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

looks at how the company built a digital organization that leverages AI and other technologies to speed its operations, manage its processes, and ensure quality across... View Details

02 Jun 2010
What Do You Think?

How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?

Several noted that "it all depends" on other factors. For example, Basel Kakah commented that "[responses to] those questions could [depend on] the nature and size of the organization as well... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

June 2021 (Revised December 2021)
Case

Suzhou Good-Ark Electronics: Creating and Implementing a Sage Culture

By: Sandra J. Sucher, Nien-he Hsieh, Susan J. Winterberg, Nancy Hua Dai and Shalene Gupta

Suzhou Good-Ark, a Chinese semiconductor implemented "Sage Culture" management based on traditional Chinese philosophy. Productivity doubled, turnover decreased, and employee satisfaction shot up. By 2015, more than 2,000 companies had toured Wu’s factories, and Wu had... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Philosophy; Leadership; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Transformation; Performance; Semiconductor Industry; China; Singapore