Publications

September 1989 (Revised July 1991)
Case

Caterpillar, Inc.: George Schaefer Takes Charge

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

For over half a century, Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) had been a world leader in the manufacture of earthmoving and construction machinery. In 1982, just months after it recorded the highest sales and profits in its history, CAT experienced its greatest crisis. Demand fell... View Details

Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Crisis Management; Labor Unions; Demand and Consumers; Management Teams; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Business Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Industrial Products Industry

22 Nov 2022
News

Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

we adapt to this new context? What should we do differently? How can we turn those constraints into a competitive advantage?” Alumni from all over Europe converged in Paris for the HBS European Alumni Summit. HBS Professor Gunnar Trumbull... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Aug 2022
News

Case Study: Sound Check

Hoffman-Senn. The founders have questions about a leap like this: How would they adapt to the sales cycles? How or when would larger clients affect their staffing structure and self-service platform? Are these worries even warranted?... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2014
News

Early Impact

donors such as David Rubenstein also makes it possible for the School to provide faculty-designed and -led field experiences where students can experience leading in an unfamiliar environment. The Evolving Campus Since it was built in 1924, HBS's residential campus has... View Details

Keywords: Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

China, Hong Kong, and the world, but in a very different global context. President Peter Mathieson believed that HKU still had an important role to play but knew that HKU needed to adapt to China's growing global presence and the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

recent candidates and new hires, and BPS leadership, I identified the main concerns and three key opportunities for improvement. The recommendations focused on a dual approach of technical (e.g., process standardization) and adaptive... View Details

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Online Creating Brand Value Course | HBS Online

valuable insights into brand management, storytelling strategies, relationships, and the importance of adapting to changing market conditions. Overall, I'd definitely recommend this course to a colleague who's interested in taking a... View Details

August 2019 (Revised February 2020)
Case

New Hope Liuhe: Building an Integrated Agri-Food Business

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Shu Lin, Natalie Kindred and Nancy Hua Dai

In October 2018, LIU Chang (Angela), chairman of Beijing-based New Hope Liuhe (NHL), was considering the strategy of the firm. With $9 billion in sales and a presence in nearly 20 countries, NHL was China’s largest animal feed producer and a major pork and poultry... View Details

12 May 2011
Research & Ideas

The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

her credibility and effectiveness in a nonprofit organization. Differences At its core the nonprofit is fundamentally different than the for-profit. At the center of the nonprofit is its social mission. Understanding the mission, helping the organization to fulfill it,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Van den Ende Rozen

before being shipped. Image source: the authors. Interesting Learnings & Future Challenges Examining this century-old family business, we noted its adaptability to market shifts. Initially focused on growing vegetables, the shift to... View Details

June 2020
Teaching Note

The New LAX: Ready for Takeoff?

By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Kerry Herman and Amy Klopfenstein

This teaching note serves as a supplement to “The New LAX: Ready for Takeoff?” HBS 420-025. View Details

September 2011 (Revised October 2012)
Case

Ganging Up on Cancer: Integrative Research Centers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (A)

By: Heidi K. Gardner, Edo Bedzra and Shereef M. Elnahal

Dr. Barrett Rollins, Chief Scientific Officer of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, attempts to engender cross-scientist collaboration by applying project management principles to medical research. The resulting innovation, Integrative Research Centers, are novel in... View Details

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Motivation and Incentives; Employees; Performance Evaluation; Leadership Style; Leadership; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management

25 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

companies." Chapter 11's Evolution Despite much criticism of Chapter 11 as too costly, slow, or inequitable, Gilson says managers and financiers working with distressed companies in Chapter 11 have "evolved and adapted to deal... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

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Instant Photography Is Launched | Baker Library

Polaroid. Eudoxia Muller left Polaroid in 1946 to marry Robert Woodward, an organic chemist and consultant to Polaroid. (At Land's request, Robert Woodward had achieved [with William Doering] the synthesis of quinine in 1944, hoping that it could be View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

Building a Movement

fall short, but it’s an important idea that resounds to this day. One of the particular things that the founders did back in the 1990s that turned out to be very important was to put focus on social entrepreneurship—which is about View Details

2009
Chapter

Company Strategy: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation and Internationalization

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart

Keywords: Business Strategy; Business Model; Competitive Advantage; Innovation and Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Globalized Firms and Management

March 2007 (Revised May 2012)
Case

PRG-Schultz International

By: Paul W. Marshall and James Weber

PRG-Schultz will run out of cash within a couple of months unless the new CEO can reduce costs and restructure the company's debt. PRG was the dominant market leader in the audit recovery industry. The industry consisted of firms which employed accounting professionals... View Details

Keywords: History; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Restructuring; Cost Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Borrowing and Debt; Accounting Audits; Accounting Industry

October 2003 (Revised January 2009)
Case

Transforming Matsui Securities

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Masako Egawa, Jamie Ladge and Haruki Umezawa

Michio Matsui, president and CEO of Matsui Securities, transformed a small regional securities company into a leading player in the online broking industry in Japan. Discusses how he transformed the business model and culture of the company and took advantage of the... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Innovation and Invention; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Model; Organizational Culture; Financial Markets; Competitive Advantage; Japan

October 2001
Supplement

BMW AG: The Digital Auto Project-An Interview With Chris Bangle, Head of Global Design

By: Stefan H. Thomke

Chris Bangle describes how BMW is trying to reduce its development time by half with the aid of computer-aided technologies. To leverage these technologies in the very competitive automotive industry, he talks about how BMW is faced with the challenges of changing its... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Management Practices and Processes; Time Management; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Competition; Information Technology; Auto Industry