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  • September 1993
  • Case

Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (A)

By: Dorothy A. Leonard
ALZA, a company specializing in drug delivery systems such as transdermal patches, considers manufacturing its own products. Until now, the company has conducted research and development on its patented system but has then licensed the technology to client-partner... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Production; Research and Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Pharmaceutical Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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  • 27 Jul 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad

Companies change strategy, operational processes, and policies all the time, each shift creating a new group of winners and losers. When Steve Jobs became CEO of Apple for the second time, the culture shifted, with designers enjoying... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • 12 Jul 2020
  • Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

Euvin Naidoo I just received hardcover copies of two special books I have been looking forward to unpacking over the summer: Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time, by Rosabeth... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

Exploration creates new knowledge, enabling organizations to innovate and adapt to changing conditions. Enduring organizational performance requires ambidexterity, the ability to sustain both exploration and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

likely” to have changed employers, the researchers write. “What was surprising to us was the persistence of the effect—that, even seven years later, there was still a significant difference, whereas the shock itself was one, maybe two,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • 01 Aug 1998
  • News

A Roaring Success in the Windy City

poignant stories of entrepreneurial victories and losses from fellow alumni. Donna L. Dubinsky (MBA '81) discussed the challenges she has faced as president of Palm Computing. Sears, Roebuck CEO Arthur C. Martinez (MBA '65) talked about his experiences furthering... View Details
  • 09 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 9, 2008

organizational theory, less explored is how these effects may depend on other external environmental factors. We focus on how policy is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition to understand the growth of banking in the U.S., 1896-1978.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

2011 Abstract The contribution of culture to organizational performance is both substantial and quantifiable. This book presents the results of field research that demonstrates how an effective culture can account for up to half of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog

integration and geographic expansion of the firm. More generally, this requires developing a portfolio that is robust to changes in the external environment and has to address the choice between internal development of new businesses and... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2017
  • News

Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?

invented, they’ve always been private,” he says. “You have to get over the cognitive block of, ‘Oh my God, this is going to be open to all the parties,’ and secondly, ‘I now have to change all my processes.’ ” The technology, Lakhani... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America

H-E-B and the Monterrey Food Bank, a program administered by the Mexican branch of the nonprofit organization Caritas. The outcome? The nonprofit, which received sporadic support in the past, suddenly had access to the organizational... View Details
  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

Malloy, and Felicia Marston Abstract Comparing two snapshots of the historical I/B/E/S database of research analyst stock recommendations, taken in 2002 and 2004 but each covering the same time period 1993-2002, we identify 54,729 ex-post View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • March 2022 (Revised March 2024)
  • Case

DaVita Responds to COVID

By: Susanna Gallani and David Lane
Early in August 2021, DaVita CEO Javier Rodriguez was assessing the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on his firm, which provided life-sustaining kidney dialysis to roughly 240,000 people. Effective infection control practices and information sharing had ensured... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Change Management; Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Human Resources; Employee Relationship Management; Retention; Wages; Working Conditions; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Organizational Culture; Health Industry; United States
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  • 09 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

results illustrate how firms redesign their organizational structure through a set of complementary choices in response to changes in their environment. We discuss several possible interpretations of these... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 23, 2007

accountability at the project and policy levels, particularly through the establishment and enforcement of social and environmental safeguards and complaint and response mechanisms. But they have been much less successful in changing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2020
  • News

Unleashed

organization that you already know you want to change. Let’s start there: If you could change anything about your culture, what would it be? Is there more than one thing on the list? Take a few minutes to think about it and then write... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

50 Years & Counting

changes in its workforce and shifts in the broader social narrative," she observes. "This type of study adds to our understanding of how organizational and societal practices work together." McGinn notes... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 30 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 30

happiness-if you follow five core principles of smarter spending. Purchase the book: http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Money-Science-Smarter-Spending/dp/1451665067/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0/181-7319636-0911428 The Role of Organizational Scope and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2024 (Revised July 2024)
  • Case

Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Sunil Gupta and Amram Migdal
The case examines the transformation of Best Buy under CEO Hubert Joly's leadership from 2012. Facing significant business challenges, including competition from online and physical retailers, Joly implemented the "Renew Blue" turnaround strategy, which focused on... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Communication Intention and Meaning; Communication Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Health Care and Treatment; Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Labor; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Failure; Success; Personal Development and Career; Strategic Planning; Adaptation; Competition; Alignment; Business Strategy; Retail Industry; Minneapolis; Minnesota; United States
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  • 01 Feb 1999
  • News

New Releases

Managing Across Borders by Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal (Harvard Business School Press) A decade ago HBS professor Christopher A. Bartlett and London Business School professor Sumantra Ghoshal proposed a revolutionary new View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry