Organizational Change and Adaptation - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

intensity, we allow the incumbent to consider changes in its business model. We consider four alternative business models—two pure models (subscription-based and ad-sponsored) View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

Bowes adapted its approach to employee health amid rising health care costs, shifting employer attitudes towards health benefits and a rapidly changing policy environment. By... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

hospital, considers which organizational structure will help them adjust to the changing health sector environment. The move from global budget to activity-based funding has led his View Details

27 Jan 2009
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Publisher's Abstract Most organizational change initiatives fail spectacularly (at worst) or deliver lukewarm results (at best). In his international bestseller Leading Change, John Kotter revealed why View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jul 2018
What Do You Think?

Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?

than a yes or no response, particularly in view of his emphasis on organizational culture. For example, Kisiah commented, “Microsoft should not get involved in politics. It does have employees and customers... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13

on Balanced Scorecard Commentaries Author:Robert S. Kaplan Publication:Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change 8, no. 4 (2012) Abstract This paper provides the author's insights about five papers... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Dec 2015
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December 22, 2015

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815129-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 615-022 IDEO: Human-Centered Service Design This case describes the human-centered innovation culture and service design process at IDEO, one of the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

markets. We find that introducing a signaling mechanism increases the welfare of workers and the number of matches, while the change in firm welfare is ambiguous. A signaling mechanism adds the most value... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

future lock-in can arise without changing the structure of a should-choice, but by just changing people's temporal focus. Finally, we provide evidence that the should self operates at a higher construal... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

the Public Corporation, and Greater Commitments to Sustainability: Signals from the Corporate Board By: Eccles, Robert G., J. Herron, and George Serafeim Abstract—This book is a comprehensive reference work... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 5

community form is drawn upon in many subfields of organizational theory. Although there is not much convergence on a level of analysis, there is convergence on a mode of action that is increasingly relevant to a knowledge-based economy... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

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November 2024
Case

Innovation at Master Kong Beverages

By: David E. Bell and Shu Lin

Hong-Chen Wei (HBS MBA 2014), Chairman of KSF Beverage Holding Co., Ltd. (KSFB), was steering the company toward the premium segment with the launch of “InheriTea,” a premium, sugar-free tea product. Traditionally, KSFB’s flagship brand, Master Kong, catered to the... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Trends; Behavior; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Product Launch; Product Development; Segmentation; Organizational Culture; Product Positioning; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Asia; China

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Educators

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

openness and the sociopolitical atmosphere) or some of the market factors, but few pay attention to both. We have developed sets of questions that companies can ask to create a map of each country's context View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

concentration and rent seeking. Recent economic reforms have shaken up many sectors of the economy and stimulated rapid economic growth. Conglomerates, which account for a substantial portion of large,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 22

investors with longer-term horizons and incentives that are more consistent with the long-term strategy of the company. The managers of most companies take their investor base as a "given" that cannot be View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 May 2010
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First Look: May 11

the managing directors established three executive oversight committees, developed new specialized corporate functions, and incubated an internal hedge fund group. Students are given the opportunity to assess Berkshire's recent View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

organizational needs. Indeed, U.S. law offered entrepreneurs fewer options on how to organize their businesses. Q: In an essay you write that "globalization is a central issue, and perhaps the central... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 7, 2006

Working PapersEveryday Failures in Organizational Learning: Explaining the High Threshold for Speaking Up at Work Authors:James R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract This article examines how people... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2015 (Revised September 2016)
Case

The Transformation of Mudo

By: Anthony J. Mayo, Esel Çekin and Çiğdem Çelik

After 16 years in management consulting, Barış Karakullukçu left to become the CEO of Mudo in 2012, one of the best-known names in Turkey's retail industry. She was tasked with leading Mudo's transition from a family business to a more institutionalized, corporate... View Details