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- January 2017 (Revised October 2021)
- Case
Delivering the Goods at Shippo
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Jeffrey F. Rayport and Olivia Hull
Laura Behrens Wu, CEO of software start-up Shippo, prepares her pitch for a Series A funding round following a successful seed round. Customer adoption of Shippo’s e-commerce dashboard application, which allows small and medium retailers to compare delivery rates...
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Keywords:
Application Program Interface;
API;
API Strategy;
Customer Cohorts;
Churn;
Retention;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Business Startups;
Strategy;
Transition;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Technological Innovation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Valuation;
Shipping Industry;
Technology Industry;
Retail Industry;
San Francisco;
California;
United States
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., Jeffrey F. Rayport, and Olivia Hull. "Delivering the Goods at Shippo." Harvard Business School Case 817-065, January 2017. (Revised October 2021.)
- October 2010 (Revised August 2016)
- Case
On Weldon's Watch: Recalls at Johnson & Johnson from 2009 to 2010
By: Clayton S. Rose, Sandra J. Sucher, Rachel Gordon and Matthew Preble
In October of 2010, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) was unable to extricate itself from a year long recall crisis that had subjected the firm to criticism from Congress and regulators, resulted in the resignation of one of the firm's most senior officers, and cost hundreds of...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Values and Beliefs;
Leadership;
Crisis Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Quality;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Rose, Clayton S., Sandra J. Sucher, Rachel Gordon, and Matthew Preble. "On Weldon's Watch: Recalls at Johnson & Johnson from 2009 to 2010." Harvard Business School Case 311-029, October 2010. (Revised August 2016.)
- May 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
BEA Systems, Inc.: Constant Reinvention to Cope with Market Waves
Developed in 1995 as a specialist software vendor, BEA Systems, Inc. had already transformed itself twice from a transaction processing product company to a server application provider. By July 2002, it had become the fastest company in history to reach $1 billion in...
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Digital Platforms;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Management Practices and Processes;
Applications and Software;
Entrepreneurship;
Organizational Culture;
Web Services Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Sull, Donald N., Ramiro Montealegre, and Jeannette Dale. "BEA Systems, Inc.: Constant Reinvention to Cope with Market Waves." Harvard Business School Case 803-118, May 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- November 2000
- Case
Reuters Greenhouse Fund
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Daniel Galvin
Reuters Greenhouse Fund had successfully invested in a portfolio of 79 companies working in areas relevant to Reuters Group's strategic interests. It had itself facilitated a powerful network among the companies and become a respected global venture capital firm....
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Investment Portfolio;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Financial Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Transition;
Partners and Partnerships;
Networks;
Internet;
Financial Services Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Daniel Galvin. "Reuters Greenhouse Fund." Harvard Business School Case 301-012, November 2000.
- 11 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
A Year as Co-Presidents: Q+A with AASU's Bukie Adebo (MBA 2021) and Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021)
execute some of our community-building goals because of COVID-19. We planned to have a full in-person retreat, but that wasn't possible. We're still working to adapt our social programming to the hybrid format. We were slow to make the...
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- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
venues. The development, an adaptive reuse of a school building and former Jewish synagogue, received statewide recognition for incorporating the highest standards for green buildings, an energy microgrid, and an urban farm. “If there’s...
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April White
- 11 Jun 2020
- In Practice
Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?
is the Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration and co-chair of the HBS Digital Initiative. Ayelet Israeli: Technology can’t succeed without ingenuity and adaptability I don’t think it’s about technology. I think that...
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by Danielle Kost
- 20 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
India Conference 2015
startup ecosystem in general in India, as one that is rapidly learning, adapting and surviving. He emphasized the need for a single-minded focus on execution and reacting deftly to succeed in such frontier and nascent businesses. Mr....
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- Blog
What's the Right Fit for You–An In-Person or Virtual Program?
residence, so I could adapt to the HBS schedule without disturbing others. With virtual technology, I could go back and forth between my business and my learning experience every day. Thanks to that flexibility, I could think more deeply...
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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit...
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Jennifer Meyers
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Ready for Departure
Instead, the last two years have acted as a crucible, he says. Without 98 percent of its passenger volume at the worst of times, CAG used the time to focus on the long view. It revised the timeline for the construction of a new terminal and View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
All Hands on Deck
observes Dean Nitin Nohria, who deferred his plans to step down as dean until December in order to lead the School through this crisis “Every day, we must make key decisions amidst significant uncertainty and with incomplete information. While we don’t have a crystal...
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Jen Mele
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
INK: The Lessons of Blitzscaling
developing world, and they must take the special needs of small-scale producers and malnourished consumers into account. They see how to adapt the developed world’s technology to the developing world. They see a new kind of cooperation...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
technology over the past forty years, Nolan offers managers who are seeking a competitive advantage the opportunity to gain insights from leaders in the IT industry who have adapted in remarkably innovative ways during their fierce...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 18 Mar 2021
- News
Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition
authentically lead offers us a path forward in life, regardless of our circumstances. They will also review the journey, lessons learned and the tools Chad used to adapt and mold himself into who he is today, which he describes in his...
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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
A Better Way to Go on Strike
No-Fist should be an attractive alternative for both sides. Like a strike, it permits an unfettered war of financial attrition; unlike a strike, it ends with a windfall, competitive advantage intact, innocent bystanders upright, and customers happy. View Details
- 15 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Flexing the Frame: TMT Framing and the Adoption of Non-Incremental Innovations in Incumbent Firms
- September 2019 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
SOFWERX: Innovation at U.S. Special Operations Command (Abridged)
By: Herman Leonard, Mitch Weiss, Jin Hyun Paik and Kerry Herman
James "Hondo" Geurts, the Acquisition Executive for U.S. Special Operations Command was in the middle of his Senate confirmation hearing in 2017 to become Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition. Overseeing acquisitions in one of the...
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Keywords:
Open Innovation;
Crowdsourcing;
Prototyping;
Navy;
Entrepreneurship;
Public Equity;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation Leadership;
Acquisition;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Leonard, Herman, Mitch Weiss, Jin Hyun Paik, and Kerry Herman. "SOFWERX: Innovation at U.S. Special Operations Command (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 820-047, September 2019. (Revised September 2020.)
- 9 May 2013
- Conference Presentation
Weaving Sustainability into the Organization’s Fabric: A Framework for Organizational Renewal
By: Luciana Silvestri and Ranjay Gulati
Keywords:
Sustainability;
Sustainability Management;
Organizational Identity;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Mission and Purpose;
Management;
Strategy;
Organizational Design;
Alliances;
Environmental Sustainability
Silvestri, Luciana, and Ranjay Gulati. "Weaving Sustainability into the Organization’s Fabric: A Framework for Organizational Renewal." Paper presented at the Change and Sustainability Conference, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, May 9, 2013.
- August 2006 (Revised September 2007)
- Supplement
Istituto Clinico Humanitas (C): Pronto Soccorso
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer
Follows on from the cases Istituto Clinico Humanitas (A) and (B). Describes the design and running of the new Humanitas Emergency Department. Istituto Clinico Humanitas has developed a very efficient operating system for dealing with elective (largely surgical)...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Service Operations;
Service Delivery;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Health Industry;
Italy
Bohmer, Richard M.J. "Istituto Clinico Humanitas (C): Pronto Soccorso." Harvard Business School Supplement 607-022, August 2006. (Revised September 2007.)