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- June 2001
- Case
Bedrock Productions
By: Michael J. Roberts and Michael L. Tushman
Describes a young Web consulting firm going through a very rapid period of growth in late 1999 and 2000. The founder/CEO sees himself as a strategist and marketer who is less well-suited to the operational details, that are expanding as the firm grows. A president is... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Management Teams; Change Management; Managerial Roles; Consulting Industry
Roberts, Michael J., and Michael L. Tushman. "Bedrock Productions." Harvard Business School Case 401-045, June 2001.
- July 2023
- Supplement
Schuberg Philis: From Success to Significance (B)
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Daniela Beyersdorfer
Three years into their “Ambition” growth plan, in 2022, the management team of Dutch professional service firm Schuberg Philis is taking stock. The global COVID-19 pandemic and other headwinds required adjustments to their growth targets, but they believe that their... View Details
Keywords: Management Succession; Growth Management; Change Management; Transformation; Mission and Purpose; Leadership; Leading Change; Information Technology Industry; Consulting Industry; Europe; Netherlands
DeLong, Thomas J., and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Schuberg Philis: From Success to Significance (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 424-013, July 2023.
- August 1993
- Background Note
Six Principles of Successful Persuasion
By: Nitin Nohria
Describes some of the key principles that managers must follow in order to successfully persuade their organization of their vision for change. View Details
Nohria, Nitin. "Six Principles of Successful Persuasion." Harvard Business School Background Note 494-037, August 1993.
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
or coauthored 15 books as well as the now-classic 1977 Harvard Business Review article "Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?" His latest book, Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character, Leadership, and Command in Organizations, explores motivation, decision making,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
demonstrating both the breadth and depth of the desire for change, as well as the tremendous frustration that has been building up over a long period of time.” In her role as senior associate dean for Culture and Community, Hammond is a member of the School’s View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 09 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Enterprise Risk Management
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Moderator: Robert S. Kaplan, HBS Faculty Speakers: James Colica, Senior Vice... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
interest or because student demand tells us something has no traction. Less frequently we’ll make a big change in the first year. NN: Important impulses for change also come from alumni. We were approached... View Details
- 2003
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Leadership, Culture, and Change: Lou Gerstner, IBM
By: M. Tushman
- March 2020
- Teaching Note
Transforming Hindustan Unilever
- 28 Nov 2018
- News
Elevating Women at Fidelity
of sexual harassment by a junior female employee. While the firm had named women to leadership positions and fund management roles before the misconduct allegations, the incident spurred Johnson to look even more closely at female talent... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
actively pursued his white classmates. His first job after graduation was as an independent salesman in his native Washington, D.C., working for several firms serving the black community. In Washington, Fitzhugh helped to establish the New Negro Alliance, which worked... View Details
- October 14, 2022
- Article
The Challenges of Transforming Twitter
By: Andy Wu and Goran Calic
Elon Musk may be an idiosyncratic leader, but if he buys Twitter he’ll face a familiar business challenge: how to transform a legacy tech company. Faced with this challenge, leaders should follow five principles: 1) prioritize an objective, 2) communicate the strategy,... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Corporate Strategy; Change Management; Leading Change; Technology Industry
Wu, Andy, and Goran Calic. "The Challenges of Transforming Twitter." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 14, 2022).
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
School’s Leadership Initiative. But there’s another way to assess business success, as found in the pages of Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership. Mayo (MBA ’88) is the book’s coauthor, with HBS... View Details
- March 2010
- Case
Transformation of Matsushita Electric Industrial (Abridged)
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Endo Yukihiko
This is an abridged version of “Transformation of Matsushita Electric Industrial” (A), (B), and (C), HBS cases 905-412, 413, and 414. View Details
- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Enabling The Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Dreams
AwesomenessTV was sold to NBCUniversal, the timing was right. “I was wearing many hats at the studio — from business development to finance to marketing and operations. I learned a lot on the job, but thought an HBS education would elevate the View Details
- April 2019
- Supplement
OTE: Managing in Times of National Crisis (B)
By: Juan Alcacer and Emer Moloney
During the period 2011-2016, CEO and Chairman of Greek telecommunications company OTE Michael Tsamaz guided the company through a much needed transformation with a multi-pronged strategy. View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Transformation; Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry
Alcacer, Juan, and Emer Moloney. "OTE: Managing in Times of National Crisis (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-505, April 2019.
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
my classmates when I took a job at AcurA Corporation in Columbus, Ohio. But my Navy leadership experience quickly paid off. After five years, at the age of 32, I was promoted to vice president of sales and service for Western Europe. I... View Details
- July 2014 (Revised November 2014)
- Module Note
Responsibilities to Society: The Capitalist's Contract
By: Karthik Ramanna
Societies face many pressing challenges with serious implications for business leaders. These include pollution and climate change, poverty and income inequality, obesity and public health, and corruption and regulatory capture. This note presents a way of analyzing... View Details
Ramanna, Karthik. "Responsibilities to Society: The Capitalist's Contract." Harvard Business School Module Note 115-012, July 2014. (Revised November 2014.)
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
becoming increasingly aware that the viability of your business depends on dealing with climate change issues. But in the United States it can be politically risky for a CEO of a major company to take a public position on climate View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
there was empty land for 25 years. We rented the land and created a temporary arena and a coffee shop, a studio, and a car park. It was like a complex. And that changed the people’s mindset in Mito, because that empty land right in the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell