Publications

April 2010
Case

Globalization at Komatsu

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

The case captures the challenges Komatsu, the second largest manufacturer of the earth moving equipment faced during the past five decades as it sought to globalize its operations. By 2007, it had become the second largest manufacturer of the earth moving equipment... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Distribution Channels; Production; Organizational Culture; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Manufacturing Industry; Japan

November 1984 (Revised October 1989)
Case

Dow Corning Corp.: Business Conduct and Global Values (A)

Describes the development and ongoing operation of the Business Conduct Committee of Dow Corning Corp. as an example of managing corporate values in a multinational enterprise. View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Values and Beliefs; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

19 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

passion for his work, his deep attachment to both rigor and relevance, were our inspiration," said Associate Professor Julie Battilana, who organized the conference with colleagues Shon R. Hiatt, Mukti Khaire, and Christopher... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino

20 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced

usual methodology of studying organizations in a particular industry or geography, Zhang went wide and deep. He developed a longitudinal sample of 1,069 leading public firms in 35 countries and 24... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2014
News

Transforming nonprofits with business-oriented insights that scale impact

Tom Tierney (MBA 1980) is working to empower social entrepreneurs, mission-driven organizations, and philanthropists to build a better world. The Bridgespan Group, the professional services firm he cofounded with Jeff Bradach (PhDOB 1992)... View Details

June 2005
Case

Growth and Profitability at Fresenius

By: Joel Podolny, Vincent Dessain, Monika Stachowiak and Anders Sjoman

In March 2005, Mark Schneider, CEO of Fresenius, is considering the group's strategic and organizational future. The highly decentralized 7 billion euro German health care group is active in three different business units, with the largest, FMC AG, listed separately... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Diversification; Organizational Structure; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry; Germany

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

01 Jun 1998
News

Short Takes

publications and technical journals revealed that firms in each country followed a distinctive, national pattern. U.S. companies used a tightly focused, project-based mode of organization that emphasized... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

typically limit their pool to current CEOs of organizations that have been performing well and that share a similar status with the hiring company. In addition, many firms pass over talented executives... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment

January 2010 (Revised November 2012)
Teaching Note

Genzyme's CSR Dilemma: How to Play its HAND (TN)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note for [910407]. View Details

Keywords: Programs; Intellectual Property; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Partners and Partnerships; Multinational Firms and Management; Competitive Strategy; Markets; Biotechnology Industry

12 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

underlying corporate strategy. A conglomerate will have a very different corporate headquarters than a firm that has diversified into a very tightly related set of businesses. The real takeaway is that "one size does not fit... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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

01 Sep 2013
News

Passion & Purpose

younger generation. Seeing their values gives me hope that society will come to its senses and turn the planet around.” Sant channels his passion for the environment into his business and philanthropic endeavors. Having built a remarkably successful View Details

Keywords: awards; Finance; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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