Publications

December 2004 (Revised February 2006)
Case

Executive Decision Making at General Motors

By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque

Describes the evolution of General Motors' strategy, organizational structure, and management processes from its founding to the present day. Focuses on the role of GM's management committee—the senior-decision-making body at the company, now called the Automotive... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Decision Making; Management Teams; Auto Industry

15 Feb 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective

transaction processes of business to supporting individual professionals within the organization. In the mid-1990s, we entered the Network Era manifest by the Internet. Today my colleagues and I are at work on a set of case studies that examine how networks impact the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

16 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Creating a Candidate-Centered Recruiting Process

between transparency and equity, especially when there are unavoidable power dynamics, like in the recruiting process. “One of the ways to dismantle power structures and invite people to be their authentic selves is to proactively share... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

the draw anymore. By conducting a series of diagnostics, companies in any industry can quickly identify the most promising opportunities. This article shows how to conduct customer, portfolio, and competitor diagnostics to pinpoint the... View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

the current Boston Stock Exchange building, a structure that was considered something of a white elephant after Fleet Bank moved out. After buying the building for $10 million, Intercontinental invested $6.5 million in the property before... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

Web

“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

actually very helpful,” says Josh, “especially when you work across departments.” The most important contribution of a HBS education, Josh believes, “is helping people think about how to break apart and structure problems. It’s an endless... View Details

July 1994 (Revised March 1995)
Case

Microsoft: Multimedia Publications (B)

By: Marco Iansiti and Ellen Stein

Microsoft is about to release an apparently successful CD-ROM baseball product. The company is trying to determine what product(s) should be developed next, how it should organize itself, and what role it should play in the development of such products. View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Applications and Software; Product Design; Organizational Structure; Product Launch; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Washington (state, US)

October 1997 (Revised October 1997)
Case

Egon Zehnder International (B)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis

In 1994, Egon Zehnder faced stagnation in the U.S. market and needed to discuss plans for intiating growth. Due to market demand the firm was not forced to implement options contemplated in 1994 to initiate growth. View Details

Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Growth and Development; Growth Management; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Business Strategy; Consulting Industry; United States

19 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 19

Publications August 2013 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics Accounting for Crises By: Nagar, Venky, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We provide one of the first empirical evidence consistent with recent macro global-game crisis models, which show that the precision of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Deborah A. Farrington

assets under management, in the U.S. In an industry where just six percent of the partners in venture capital firms are women, finding a successful firm run by a woman is more than unusual. But unusual is nothing new for Farrington.... View Details

September 2011
Teaching Note

Growing Pains at Stroz Friedberg (TN)

By: David A. Garvin

Teaching Note for 311008. View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Growth and Development; Revenue; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; System; Transformation; Consulting Industry

April 2003
Teaching Note

Energis (A) (TN)

By: John R. Wells

Teaching Note for (9-703-505). View Details

Keywords: History; Demand and Consumers; Strategy; Distribution; System Shocks; Service Delivery; Organizational Structure; Telecommunications Industry; United Kingdom

14 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2007

the market. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708451 Kohl Industries Harvard Business School Case 808-078 Describes a compensation dilemma with a father and his three children, who work in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

May 2016 (Revised August 2019)
Teaching Note

Project Deutschland: Unpeeling the Onion of a Distressed Real Estate Portfolio

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Ricardo Andrade

James Tallest analyzed the opportunity to invest in a distressed portfolio of high quality properties in Germany by acquiring one or more non-performing loans from Deutschland Bank. While he considers the many aspects of the deal that is about to unfold, he must decide... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Distress Investing; Non-performing Loan; Borrowing and Debt; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Negotiation Deal; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Germany; Europe

01 Jun 2004
News

The Ambidextrous Organization

business. Building an ambidextrous organization is not easy, but the structure itself, combining organizational separation with senior team integration, is not difficult to understand. Given the executive will to make it happen, any... View Details

Keywords: ambidextrous manager; ambidextrous organization; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

April 2003
Case

IBM Canada: Global Services (B)

By: Michael L. Tushman, David Kiron and Wendy Smith

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Technological Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Information Technology Industry; Canada