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  • July 1994 (Revised July 1995)
  • Case

VeriFone: The Transaction Automation Company (A)

By: Richard L. Nolan, Donna B. Stoddard and Hossam Galal
Describes VeriFone's new organizational model and its role in catapulting VeriFone to a market leadership position. Examines the impact of information technology and information access on the ability to leverage global resources, market responsiveness, and... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Leadership Development; Market Transactions; Information Technology; Organizational Design; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizational Structure; Information Management; Information Technology Industry
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Nolan, Richard L., Donna B. Stoddard, and Hossam Galal. "VeriFone: The Transaction Automation Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 195-088, July 1994. (Revised July 1995.)
  • 2012
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Advanced Leadership Pathways: Shelly London and Ethics Education—'Strengthening Our Moral Compass'

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Anne Arlinghaus
Shelly London and Ethics Education — 'Strengthening Our Moral Compass' 2009 AL Fellow
Following a successful career as a Senior Vice President, Vice President, and Chief Communications Officer at two large corporate companies, Shelly London set out to promote... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Skills; Ethics Education; Initiatives; Morality; Moral Compass; Prima Facie; Grassroots Movement; Ethical Reasoning; Decision-making; Social Media; Media Relations; Family Dinner Project; Public Conversations Project; Laura Chasin; Computer Games; Video Games; Quandary; Organizational Structure; Infrastructure; Ethics; Education; Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Decision Making; Leadership; Innovation and Management; Education Industry; Service Industry; North and Central America
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Anne Arlinghaus. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Shelly London and Ethics Education—'Strengthening Our Moral Compass'." Harvard Business Publishing Case 313-028, 2012. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
  • June 1997
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VeriFone: The Transaction Automation Company (A) Abridged

By: F. Warren McFarlan
Describes VeriFone's new organizational model and its role in catapulting VeriFone to a market leadership position. Examines the impact of information technology and information access on the ability to leverage global resources, market responsiveness, and... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Globalized Markets and Industries; Information Management; Strategic Planning; Resource Allocation; Leadership Development; Information Technology Industry
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McFarlan, F. Warren. "VeriFone: The Transaction Automation Company (A) Abridged." Harvard Business School Case 397-116, June 1997.

    Anjali M. Bhatt

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    • 02 Apr 2020
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    Crisis Management for Leaders - Program 3, Session 1

    • 02 Apr 2020
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    Crisis Management for Leaders - Program 3, Session 2

    • October 2020 (Revised February 2021)
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    Twiga Foods: Revolutionizing African Retail (A)

    By: Shikhar Ghosh, Pippa Tubman Amerding and Wale Lawal
    Twiga is a leading agricultural produce supplier in Kenya offering services to mostly informal retailers. Under Peter Njonjo, a co-founder and Twiga’s new CEO, the company is considering multiple options for expanding its business, including offering packaged foods and... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Retail Industry; Nairobi
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    Ghosh, Shikhar, Pippa Tubman Amerding, and Wale Lawal. "Twiga Foods: Revolutionizing African Retail (A)." Harvard Business School Case 821-043, October 2020. (Revised February 2021.)
    • September 2006 (Revised August 2008)
    • Module Note

    Assessing Your Organization's Capabilities: Resources, Processes and Priorities

    By: Clayton M. Christensen and Stephen P. Kaufman
    Summarizes a model that helps managers determine what sorts of initiatives an organization is capable and incapable of managing successfully. The factors that affect what an organizational unit can and cannot accomplish can be grouped as resources, processes, and the... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Experience and Expertise; Innovation and Management; Business Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Mathematical Methods
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    Christensen, Clayton M., and Stephen P. Kaufman. "Assessing Your Organization's Capabilities: Resources, Processes and Priorities." Harvard Business School Module Note 607-014, September 2006. (Revised August 2008.)
    • November 2010
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    Children's Hospital Boston (A)

    By: Scott A. Snook and Jeffrey C. Connor
    Five year old Matty died at Children's Hospital Boston as a result of elective neurosurgery to "cure" his epilepsy. The organizational system, not the surgery, had failed. During post-operative recovery, he experienced a prolonged seizure that resulted in his death.... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Organizational Structure; Management Systems; Management Teams; Health Industry
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    Snook, Scott A., and Jeffrey C. Connor. "Children's Hospital Boston (A)." Harvard Business School Case 411-041, November 2010.
    • January 1995 (Revised September 2011)
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    Charlotte Beers at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (A)

    By: Herminia M. Ibarra and Nicole Sackley
    Examines Beer's actions on assuming leadership of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, the world's sixth largest advertising agency, during a period of rapid industry change and organizational crisis. Focuses on how Beers, the first outsider CEO, engages and leads a senior team... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Advertising; Organizational Structure; Advertising Industry
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    Ibarra, Herminia M., and Nicole Sackley. "Charlotte Beers at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (A)." Harvard Business School Case 495-031, January 1995. (Revised September 2011.)
    • September 2018
    • Supplement

    From Beirut With Love (B): The Last Judgment

    By: Christina R. Wing, Esel Y. Cekin and Samer Al-Rachedy
    Keywords: Family Business; Family Conflicts; Sibling Rivalry; Second-generation; Foundation; Trust; Governance; Work-life Balance; Leadership; Leading Change; Transformation; Succession Planning; Management; Organizational Structure; Corporate Culture; Shareholder; Board Of Directors; Retail; Real Estate; Shopping Mall; Department Store; Growth; Lebanon; Middle East; Non-executive Chairman; Sustainability
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    Wing, Christina R., Esel Y. Cekin, and Samer Al-Rachedy. "From Beirut With Love (B): The Last Judgment." Harvard Business School Supplement 619-027, September 2018.
    • 2008
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    A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending

    By: Rodrigo Canales and Ramana Nanda
    We use loan-level data to study how the organizational structure of banks impacts small business lending. We find that decentralized banks—where branch managers have greater autonomy over lending decisions—give larger loans to small firms and those with "soft... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Structure; Financing and Loans; Industry Structures; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Mexico
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    Canales, Rodrigo, and Ramana Nanda. "A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-101, June 2008. (Revised January 2011, August 2011.)

      Julie Battilana

      Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, where she is also the founder and faculty... View Details

      • 03 Nov 2011
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      Harvard Business School Professor Paul. R. Lawrence Dies at 89

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      Crisis Management

      By: Dutch Leonard
      This project examines the special challenges of leadership in crisis situations and the associated challenges of leadership in preparing in advance for the possibility of crises to come. It includes both physical life safety crises (natural disasters, industrial... View Details
      • June 1991 (Revised June 1993)
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      Railroads and the Beginnings of Modern Management (Abridged)

      By: Thomas K. McCraw
      Consists of three selections by the most innovative of the early American railroad managers describing the organizational structures and control systems they created. Questions to be asked are: why and how such managerial techniques were created, how well they worked,... View Details
      Keywords: Business History; Rail Transportation; Organizational Structure; Management Systems; Rail Industry; United States
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      McCraw, Thomas K. "Railroads and the Beginnings of Modern Management (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 391-131, June 1991. (Revised June 1993.)
      • July 1995 (Revised September 1995)
      • Background Note

      Technology for Teams

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and Geoffrey Bock
      The importance of groups in organizations has long been recognized but, until recently, groups were always "tacked onto" organizations that were designed around individuals. It was not just the logic of classical organizational theory that perpetuated this focus on the... View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Groups and Teams
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      Applegate, Lynda M., and Geoffrey Bock. "Technology for Teams." Harvard Business School Background Note 196-008, July 1995. (Revised September 1995.)
      • 13 Mar 2025
      • HBS Seminar

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      • December 1994 (Revised October 2009)
      • Case

      AES Honeycomb (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Sarah C. Mavrinac
      Senior managers of the AES Corp., an independent power producer, must decide whether to drop the company's emphasis on corporate values and revamp organizational controls as advised by investment analysts and outside counsel. The company is recovering from an incident... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Energy Generation; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Crisis Management; Organizational Structure; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; United States
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Sarah C. Mavrinac. "AES Honeycomb (A)." Harvard Business School Case 395-132, December 1994. (Revised October 2009.)
      • August 2014 (Revised August 2015)
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      Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (B)

      By: Ethan Bernstein, Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats
      Valve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee... View Details
      Keywords: Valve; Self-Managed Organizations; Organization Design; Strategy; Flat Organization; Video Games; Organization Alignment; Family Business; Steam; Steam Machine; Design; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Human Resources; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Leadership Style; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Groups and Teams; Alignment; Software; Hardware; Video Game Industry; Seattle
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      Bernstein, Ethan, Francesca Gino, and Bradley Staats. "Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 415-016, August 2014. (Revised August 2015.)
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