Organizational Change and Adaptation - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Dec 2024
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After Ozempic

Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Pete Ryan; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

13 Jan 2021
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Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

options were woefully underdeveloped. Amira thought—correctly—that the region’s consumers, who were already active on platforms like Facebook and YouTube, would be quick to embrace online retailers. But BulkWhiz did have to convince... View Details

22 Nov 2022
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Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

Delmotte, a senior scientist at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), “very clearly set the stakes” of climate impacts, while Pierre Vandier, head of the French Navy, provided a “crisp and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2000
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The Right Connections

resources -- what we call social capital." Organizational behaviorists have known for years that third-party endorsements are critical to a young firm's success. Higgins and Gulati wanted to understand the... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Oct 2001
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HBS Press Books in Brief

approach to resolving tough questions, such as whether or not to umbrella brand, how to determine the right number of brands, and the role of the brand manager in the 21st century. Tempered Radicals: How People Use Difference to Inspire... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management; Finance

01 Oct 1999
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Four Promoted to Full Professor

organizational psychology from Columbia University. He received a BA, with distinction, from Yale, where he was a Victor Wilson Scholar. Thomas consults and lectures widely on topics ranging from career... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

microscope by thousands of HBS students, tell it like it was and relate what they’ve learned and what they believe about being a leader. Toby Johnson Putting Her People First Whether leading in military or... View Details

23 Apr 2016
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Tipping His Cap to Open Source

deconstructs the traditional software value chain at big tech employers like Oracle and IBM. “What are the boundaries of an organization going forward in a world where information and content are open or can... View Details

29 Apr 2019
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A Global Mission

Thailand, after the Khmer Rouge, and to Somalia and Ethiopia in the early days of the famine. “I was always interested in the most difficult situation,” says DeFehr. “They were all View Details

01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth

and its place in the business ecosystem has changed significantly in the intervening decades. Two recent working papers explore those changes—Gompers’s survey of decision-making at hundreds of VC firms View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Sep 2019
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A Wide Screen Approach

Immersive Media “The single largest revenue stream for sports in North America is media rights. The sports industry is slowly adapting to new formats and platforms, which is having an immediate impact on the... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia, but was denied a transfer to the university’s all-white College of Arts & Sciences when he wanted to change his major to chemistry. His... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Toy Story

soon as we saw an eleven- month-old spinning in an office chair in front of a computer, teething on the mouse, we realized that it wasn’t the right technology for the age range we wanted to target,” notes Abercrombie. The pair decided to View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

01 Dec 2003
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Business Answers the Call

together an ambitious agenda for change and hired a charismatic leader named John Stanford, a former Army major general with no ed-ucation administration experience, to be superintendent. Stanford would die... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2010
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Five Honored for Missions Accomplished

organizational health. Has the recent financial crisis permanently changed Wall Street? There were many fundamental causes and contributors to the crisis, View Details

Keywords: awards; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

06 Dec 2021
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What's the Word?

relatively high costs for labor and energy as well as the investment and time required to build factories in a country that has much more stringent environmental standards. “COVID-19 has View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

01 Sep 2004
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Home Sweet (Modular) Home

Starting a business is never easy. But staking your future — and your bank account — on a concept that’s never been tried before makes it especially difficult. Just ask Stephen Stuntz (MBA ’69), the founder View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

02 Mar 2015
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To Market, To Market

men—who had gone abroad in search of work—are now reuniting with their families. “This is changing lives, and I love it, “says Ferrari, a former Coca Cola marketing executive who also spent several years... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

01 Mar 2006
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A New Path for Alumnae

that. What is more typical of HBS alumnae? Although they all wanted meaningful full-time employment, their goals had changed substantially over the years: Money was important, but not the primary motivator. View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Mar 2016
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The Western Front

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer The government used to be America’s greatest innovator. Among many things, it developed or helped fund the creation of the Internet, GPS, microchips, and even Cheetos. (True... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer

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