Publications

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

outside firms, and that knowledge is diffusing in both directions." One implication for executives: Don't lock your scientists, researchers, and inventors in ivory towers. Your organization will benefit by the knowledge that flows to... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

16 Nov 2015
News

Connecting with Indigenous Traditions

that way.” After graduating, he spent a decade at the Hawaii-based Castle & Cooke, which was at that time a large agriculture firm that included Dole Food Company. Sprinkles began in the seafood division at Castle & Cooke’s San Francisco... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

17 Feb 2011
News

Field Report: Rwanda

middle ground of companies that employ 50 to 100 people — somewhere between the nonprofit that would get help from USAID and bigger, for-profit firms served by traditional consulting companies.” For his project, Barry teamed up with... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Short Takes

Advantage: A Framework for Understanding Corporate Environmental Management," by HBS associate professor Forest Reinhardt. "Does it pay firms to be Œenvironmentally friendly?'" Reinhardt writes. "It makes more sense...to ask when it pays,... View Details

May 2012
Case

Quietly Brilliant: Transformational Change at HTC

By: Michael L. Tushman and Kerry Herman

The case examines smartphone maker HTC's 2006 decision to become a branded company. The case focuses on the cultural and organizational shifts HTC underwent to successfully make the transition from an ODM, founded in 1997, to a leading branded manufacturer (7% market... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Telecommunications Industry; Taiwan

25 Aug 2014
News

Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992

outlined his vision for building an organization that would offer disadvantaged youth a year of training and then place them in meaningful jobs with partnering corporations. As a student at HBS, Chertavian continued to pursue his interest... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

26 May 2016
News

Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980

his focus to the nonprofit world and launched Bridgespan, an organization dedicated to helping address society’s most complex problems. Tierney has a knack for making it seem like his success is accidental. As a high-school student when... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2020
News

Invest in the New Abnormal

need to proactively reach out to potential and current customers about products and services, digital and delivery options, health safeguards, and payment plans,” Deshpandé advises. “Whether demand has declined or increased during such unprecedented times, all View Details

04 Apr 2005
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?

but only by the firms that have employee longevity and a valued ... way of life." This may not mean retaining everyone, however, as Horacio Cavallero suggests in commenting that "I have always thought that it was very important... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Jun 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered: How do I build my business in this environment? What should leaders communicate? My View Details

Keywords: by Staff

May 2001 (Revised January 2010)
Case

Submarino.com (A)

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Meredith Collura and Luiz Felipe Monteiro

Enables a thorough analysis of Submarino.com, a B2C e-commerce company with a presence in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, and Portugal. Examines the company's global operations as well as its organizational design and operating and management capabilities. Considers... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Globalized Firms and Management; Operations; Organizational Design; Strategy; Internet; Retail Industry; Portugal; Spain; Mexico; Argentina; Brazil

April 1987 (Revised April 1987)
Case

Tiberg Co.

By: Michael Beer and Daniel J. Isenberg

Describes the efforts of a vice president of purchasing to coordinate and centralize purchasing procedures in a multinational company. He encounters a lack of active cooperation. A rewritten version of an earlier case by G. Lombard. View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Power and Influence