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- January 2022
- Case
Walmart USA—Searching for Growth
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Maria P. Roche
In 2022, Doug McMillon, president and CEO of Walmart, and his team looked back at a difficult but ultimately successful past year. The global pandemic had posed enormous challenges, but the company had weathered the storm successfully, raising same-store sales growth,... View Details
Keywords: Health Pandemics; Growth and Development Strategy; Sales; Business Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Retail Industry
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Maria P. Roche. "Walmart USA—Searching for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 722-395, January 2022.
- March 2024
- Case
Lyft 2023: Roads to Growth and Differentiation
By: Ranjay Gulati and Jeffrey Huizinga
Set in San Francisco in winter 2023, this case explores the strategic challenges and initiatives at Lyft under the leadership of its new CEO, David Risher. Confronted with declining market share and financial pressures, Risher spent his first six months at the helm... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Turnarounds; Ridesharing; Transition; Strategy; Culture; Change Management; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry
Gulati, Ranjay, and Jeffrey Huizinga. "Lyft 2023: Roads to Growth and Differentiation." Harvard Business School Case 424-060, March 2024.
- February 2010 (Revised April 2010)
- Case
Organization and Strategy at Millennium (A)
By: Julie M. Wulf and Scott Waggoner
This case examines Millennium's strategic and organizational responses to the rapid evolution of the biopharmaceutical industry. In the early 2000s, as Millennium's competitive advantage in early-stage research slipped away and its losses mounted, founder and CEO Mark... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Leading Change; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
Wulf, Julie M., and Scott Waggoner. "Organization and Strategy at Millennium (A)." Harvard Business School Case 710-415, February 2010. (Revised April 2010.)
- September 1987 (Revised May 2017)
- Teaching Note
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System
By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for (9-187-081). View Details
- August 2015 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Shareholder Activists and Corporate Strategy
By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman
By 2015, there had been an upsurge in activist shareholders arguing for radical changes in companies' corporate strategies. Personalities like Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman, and Daniel Loeb were feared and loathed in some quarters, celebrated in others. With nearly $120... View Details
Keywords: Scope; Activist Investors; Spin-offs; Synergy; Diversification; Consolidation; Hedge Fund; Corporate Strategy
Collis, David, and Ashley Hartman. "Shareholder Activists and Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 716-403, August 2015. (Revised September 2015.)
- February 2024
- Teaching Note
Accelerating with Caution: Forecasting and Managing birddogs' Growth (A) and (B)
By: Mark Egan
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 224-023 and 224-024. As 2017 was drawing to a close, birddogs’ founder and CEO, Peter Baldwin, was working with his CFO Jack Sullivan to prepare for 2018. A nascent direct-to-consumer apparel brand, birddogs had carved its niche in men’s... View Details
- February 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
GE's Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative
Follows the actions of GE CEO, Jeff Immelt, as he implements a growth strategy for the $150 billion company in a tough business environment. In four years, he reinvigorates GE's technology, expands its services, develops a commercial focus, pushes developing countries,... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Judgments; Global Strategy; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure
Bartlett, Christopher A. "GE's Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 306-087, February 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
- August 2006 (Revised September 2008)
- Case
Duane Morris: Balancing Growth and Culture at a Law Firm
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
After nearly 100 years as a mid-size regional law firm, Duane Morris entered a period of spectacular growth led by CEO Sheldon Bonovitz. Originally founded by Quakers, the firm had a distinct organizational culture featuring a number of unique or unusual business... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Competitive Advantage; San Francisco
Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Duane Morris: Balancing Growth and Culture at a Law Firm." Harvard Business School Case 407-025, August 2006. (Revised September 2008.)
- Fall 2024
- Article
The Three Traps That Stymie Reinvention: Organizational Identity, Architecture, and Collaboration Can Be Either Assets or Liabilities to Pursuing Growth in New Sectors
By: Ryan Raffaelli
In more than a decade of researching innovation, I have observed how organizations respond to new opportunities, technological changes, or unexpected market shifts that threaten to upend their current business model. This process, which I call reinvention, may occur... View Details
Keywords: Innovation And Strategy; Change Leadership; Collaboration; Architecture; Transformation; Disruption; Leading Change; Innovation Strategy; Identity; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure
Raffaelli, Ryan. "The Three Traps That Stymie Reinvention: Organizational Identity, Architecture, and Collaboration Can Be Either Assets or Liabilities to Pursuing Growth in New Sectors." MIT Sloan Management Review 66, no. 1 (Fall 2024): 46–52. (Cover story.)
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
and help entrepreneurs better understand the implications of change. Q: What are you working on now? A: I'm finishing a book on aligning strategy and sales. I am faculty chair... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- June 2017
- Teaching Note
Quiet Logistics (A) and (B)
By: Robert Simons and Jennifer Packard
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 115-001 and 115-003. View Details
- October 2010
- Teaching Note
Whole Foods: Balancing Social Mission and Growth (TN)
By: Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason
Teaching Note for 410023. View Details
- 1985
- Article
Executive Succession, Strategic Reorientation and Organization Evolution
By: Michael Tushman, B. Virany and E. Romanelli
Tushman, Michael, B. Virany, and E. Romanelli. "Executive Succession, Strategic Reorientation and Organization Evolution." Technology in Society 7 (1985): 297–314.
- October 1995 (Revised March 1996)
- Case
Executive Shirt Company, Inc.
By: Janice H. Hammond and Sylvie Ryckebusch
The Executive Shirt Co. is contemplating a move into custom-made shirts. The company's general manager has charged two of his managers to come up with plans for incorporating production of custom shirts into the existing manufacturing process. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Production; Strategic Planning; Expansion; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
Hammond, Janice H., and Sylvie Ryckebusch. "Executive Shirt Company, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 696-071, October 1995. (Revised March 1996.)
- Teaching Interest
Senior Executive Leadership Program - India (SELPI)
By: Stefan H. Thomke
Over the past two decades, India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. To seize growth opportunities in this promising economy and sustain success under shifting global business conditions, companies need executives who are exceptional... View Details
- September 2023
- Supplement
Accelerating with Caution: Forecasting and Managing birddogs’ Growth (B)
By: Mark Egan
As 2017 was drawing to a close, birddogs’ founder and CEO, Peter Baldwin, was working with his CFO Jack Sullivan to prepare for 2018. Their task at hand? To predict the demand for their product in the coming season, determine the appropriate investments in working... View Details
Keywords: Working Capital; Forecasting and Prediction; Expansion; Production; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Egan, Mark. "Accelerating with Caution: Forecasting and Managing birddogs’ Growth (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 224-024, September 2023.
- September 2021
- Supplement
The Boston Beer Company (B): Growth and Uncertainty
By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko
The first three years of CEO Dave Burwick’s tenure were tumultuous for the Boston Beer Company. The company’s hard seltzer products continued to grow unexpectedly quickly, eclipsing the company’s legacy Samuel Adams beer products. Meanwhile, a polarizing political... View Details
- February 2010
- Supplement
Organization and Strategy at Millennium (B)
By: Julie M. Wulf and Scott Waggoner
This case examines Millennium's strategic and organizational responses to the rapid evolution of the biopharmaceutical industry. In the early 2000s, as Millennium's competitive advantage in early-stage research slipped away and its losses mounted, founder CEO Mark... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Crisis Management; Competitive Advantage; Commercialization; Selection and Staffing; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Pharmaceutical Industry
Wulf, Julie M., and Scott Waggoner. "Organization and Strategy at Millennium (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 710-418, February 2010.
- March–April 2024
- Article
Case Study: Navigating Labor Unrest
By: Jorge Tamayo
Paulo Ferreira, the president of Luna Brazil, has an ambitious plan to turn around the dismal performance of the plant he oversees in Campinas. The wrinkle is, he needs the buy-in of the powerful local union, which is still smarting from a 10-year-old labor conflict... View Details
Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Layoffs; Manufacturing; Labor and Management Relations; Labor Unions; Negotiation Tactics; Conflict and Resolution; Performance Improvement; Corporate Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Brazil
Tamayo, Jorge. "Case Study: Navigating Labor Unrest." Harvard Business Review 102, no. 2 (March–April 2024): 144–149.