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    Ralph J. Cordiner

    Cordiner established the decentralized management structure at General Electric in the 50’s – an organizational structure that still exists today and is often cited as one of GE’s most important assets. Cordiner generated top market value... View Details
    Keywords: Fabricated Goods

      John D. Nichols

      Though not a name brand, Illinois Tool Works, a manufacturer of component industrial parts, has been recognized by Wall Street and Fortune for superior financial and management performance. Much of that credit is due to Nichols. He established a strong View Details
      Keywords: Fabricated Goods
      • 12 Jul 2022
      • News

      Expanding the Power to Prosper

      send money home to help their families, for example. The blockchain could change all of that though, and cryptocurrencies could empower anyone with a smartphone to have access to an equitable set of financial tools. “Through decentralized... View Details
      Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
      • 01 Mar 2024
      • News

      What is Web3?

      Web3, a new era of the internet, uses blockchains, tokens, and wallets (tools for storing and managing digital assets) to facilitate a wide range of services and functionalities, including the transfer of assets from person-to-person. It represents a paradigm shift... View Details
      • 01 Mar 2003
      • News

      “Culture Is Everything”

      culture. As a student at HBS, for example, he didn’t take his courses in human behavior seriously. Now, he said, he understands that “culture is everything.” Culture, in fact, was IBM’s problem. “The behavior, values, and systems were created for another age,” he said,... View Details
      Keywords: IBM; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

        Jean Riboud

        Riboud is credited with building the world’s leading oilfield testing company. During his tenure, he produced a 19-fold increase in revenue (to $6.4 billion) and a 44-fold increase in earnings (to $1.2 billion), often producing results that were the best in the world.... View Details
        Keywords: Utilities & Energy

          Charles Edward Wilson

          Under Wilson’s leadership, a totally new organizational structure was put in place at GE, one that was a decentralized collection of six autonomous divisions. Wilson also began a controversial aggressive anti-union campaign at GE that... View Details
          Keywords: Fabricated Goods
          • 16 Aug 2011
          • First Look

          First Look: August 16

          aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the decentralization of investment, hiring, production, and sales decisions from Corporate Headquarters to local plant managers in almost... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

            Donald V. Fites

            During his tenure as CEO, Fites grew Caterpillar, the world’s #1 producer of earth-moving machinery, from a $10 billion company to a $20 billion plus company. Fites successfully implemented a $1.8 billion modernization program to cut costs and raise profits. Fites’... View Details
            Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

              Thomas J. Watson, Jr.

              decentralized structure, IBM continued to expand further, acquiring ten new plants in a span of 6 years and increasing foreign investment. Watson also continued to invest heavily in research and development, and IBM came to control 80... View Details
              Keywords: Computers & Electronics

                Robert W. Johnson, Jr.

                Johnson established J&J management policies, including the “credo,” which still exists today. He decentralized the company during the 1930s by dividing it into a number of small divisions, each responsible for a few products. As part... View Details
                Keywords: Healthcare
                • 31 Oct 2004
                • What Do You Think?

                Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?

                effective, have to have three characteristics: diversity of points of view, independence from each other's opinions, and decentralization (with access to and the ability to draw on "local knowledge"). And they have to have some... View Details
                Keywords: by James Heskett
                • 24 Apr 2014
                • News

                Corporate venture funds invested wisely can propel a company forward

                In researching R&D funding at large corporations, Josh Lerner (PhD/PMD 62, 1991), the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, noted a recent trend toward decentralizing research functions and slashing research budgets. The... View Details
                • 20 May 2013
                • Op-Ed

                Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again

                National Institutes of Health, the NNMI is following a decentralized model, with different institutes to be located in different parts of the US. Decentralization has its advantages (e.g., less bureaucracy),... View Details
                Keywords: by Gary Pisano; Manufacturing
                • 06 Mar 2025
                • Blog Post

                IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities

                Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details
                • 01 Oct 1999
                • News

                The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success

                trusting atmosphere with decentralized decision-making." In the initial study, Deshpandé and his colleagues found significant differences in the way companies operated from one nation to another. "But a more important discovery was that... View Details
                Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
                • 12 Sep 2017
                • First Look

                First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

                forthcoming Research in Organizational Behavior Self-Managing Organizations: Exploring the Limits of Less Hierarchical Organizing By: Lee, Michael Y., and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—Fascination with organizations that eschew the conventional managerial hierarchy and... View Details
                Keywords: Carmen Nobel
                • 01 Dec 2013
                • News

                Innovation as Antidote

                leaders and academics, the forum identified a number of important challenges, and offered five "key imperatives" for progress—from making value the central objective to decentralizing care delivery. Several HBS alumni and faculty members... View Details
                Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
                • 01 Dec 2003
                • News

                Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth

                Social enterprises are traditionally organized along one of two lines: The affiliation model favors decentralized control, while the branch model concentrates control at a central headquarters. In analyzing some three hundred social... View Details
                • Web

                Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences - Course Catalog

                exploration may include emerging opportunities in pharma & biotech, medical device & diagnostics advances, and related topics such as digital therapeutics, platform technologies, use of real-world evidence, data and computing, AI and GenAI, View Details
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