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  • 1998
  • Chapter

Sticky Ties and Bad Attitudes: Relational and Individual Bases of Resistance to Changes in Organizational Structure

By: K. L. Valley and T. A. Thompson
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Attitudes; Prejudice and Bias; Motivation and Incentives; Relationships
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  • May 2020
  • Teaching Note

Talismark

By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 211-097. Talismark negotiated waste hauling contracts for small and medium size companies. Its owners, Charles Muszynski and Marshall Staiman, were able to grow the business by more than 30% per year since it was founded, but believed... View Details
Keywords: Small Business; Small Business Administration; Infrastructure; Restructuring; Business Processes; Information Management; Sales; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Wastes and Waste Processing
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  • October 2007 (Revised January 2008)
  • Case

The Transformation of Thomson

By: David J. Collis and Troy Smith
Thomson, a French multinational, went through a decade of dramatic change in the early years of the 21st century. From a state-owned enterprise earning 97% of its revenue from television sets and other analog consumer electronics, Thomson had become a publicly traded... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Technology Industry; France
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  • June 2005
  • Case

Transformation of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 2005 (A)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Yukihiko Endo
The company, once an outstanding Japan-based global leader in electronics and major appliances, suffered poor performance during the 1990s. Kunio Nakamura became CEO in 2001 and sought to transform the company in a fundamental way. Examines the company's history,... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Business History; Leading Change; Management Systems; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Electronics Industry; Japan
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  • December 1990
  • Case

Allen-Bradley's ICCG: Repositioning for the 1990s

By: Nitin Nohria
Allen-Bradley's Industrial Computer and Communication Group (ICCG) underwent a period of rapid transformation in the 1980s, instituting a wide array of innovations from product development to information systems. In 1990 the Ohio-based group announced a major... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Organizational Culture; Business Organization; Problems and Challenges; Information Technology Industry
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  • 04 Nov 2020
  • News

The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “We are only as good as our experiences. I think of every setback as an experience to make me stronger, more marketable and a better executive or entrepreneur. While I wouldn't wish COVID on anyone, since... View Details
  • 07 Jan 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

from the "innovation game" comes from the kind of entrepreneurial behavior that adapts and combines high-level ideas and know-how, adjusts them to the needs of particular markets, and actually sells them to willing buyers.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 14 Mar 2007
  • Op-Ed

Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity

collaborative practices constituted an anticompetitive conspiracy. The judge observed that activities the government depicted as nefarious were "nothing more nor less than a gradual, natural, and normal growth or evolution by which an ancient form has been View Details
Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services
  • 02 Jul 2001
  • What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

shows a lack of perspective ... While it may be true that the cycle of change is faster today than before and companies have to adapt to it more efficiently and quickly, it would be unwise to submit ourselves to the ideal of creative... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 05 Oct 2017
  • Blog Post

Working as a Software Engineer in Industrial Technology

about my previous research in Bayesian decision making, I've been able to work on projects at the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines to explore how Bayesian logic is being adapted to new computational models for human cognition.  ... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • 01 Dec 2019
  • News

Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change

there are really smart, talented people working to solve them, so work in this space is even more valuable and necessary.” For the last year and a half, HBS alumni and faculty have dissected and discussed myriad related issues, from opportunities to invest in negative... View Details
Keywords: Jen Myers
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: 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.... View Details
  • 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... View Details
  • Web

Expansion of the Case Method | Baker Library

Expansion of the Case Method [An] advantage of the case system is its flexibility. . . .The Dean’s program has met the acid test of successful adaptability to radical and unforeseen changes. Melvin T. Copeland ; George F. Baker Professor... View Details
  • 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
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Chris Gash; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: 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... View Details
Keywords: 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... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
  • 15 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.

adapted for the novel coronavirus in the United States and beyond. Trelstad points to four requirements that Panjabi calls the “Four S’s” for community health workers: they must be skilled, they need access to supplies, they must have... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health