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- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
best-selling business fable, Who Moved My Cheese? offered its answer to the question: accept that change is inevitable and beyond your control, don't waste your time wondering why things are the way they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
changes that have revolutionized their use in practice. He contends that both serve the US economy by helping troubled companies stay viable by giving them time to find new financing, renegotiate unfavorable leases View Details
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
topic of global talent management. It can be used to analyze the performance measurement, incentive, and talent development system used at a major multinational company. This case can also be used to analyze the extent to which this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Joining a Start-up: 10 Lessons Along the Way
cynic in me. I'm part of the fifth generation in my family to work in the diamond industry, and while it's an exciting industry, it is also one of the slowest to adapt and... View Details
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
Beyond How to Manage Coronavirus Layoffs with Compassion (Harvard Business Review) Organizational Responses to COVID-19 and Climate Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson (Environmental Insights)... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
and develop a construction budget and financing plan. Students are asked to evaluate the prospective financials for this development and assess the viability of the development... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
about the changing nature of careers and changing preferences people have for structuring their personal and professional lives. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- November 1990 (Revised September 1991)
- Case
The Transformation of IBM
By: Andrall E. Pearson and David B. Yoffie
John Akers, IBM's chairman, must confront how to transform a $60 billion, full line, global computer company that is the leader in every market it serves, yet losing share across the board. The case explores senior management's perspective on the process of... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Corporate Strategy; Adoption; Management Teams; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Computer Industry
Pearson, Andrall E., and David B. Yoffie. "The Transformation of IBM." Harvard Business School Case 391-073, November 1990. (Revised September 1991.)
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
improvements in expenditures on education per capita, literacy, and schools per children. Yet we also find that such improvements did not take place in states that had more slaves before abolition or those that cultivated cotton during... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Stephen Covey's Successful Habits
conflicts, and interdepartmental rivalries. That's the high cost of low trust. What can be done about this trust problem? Companies have to change their paradigms and recognize... View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- News
Launch Signals
but COVID-19 did not solve safety issues, and, in fact, we found that there was a higher need for our product both at home (domestic violence) and out of the home (as people adapted to a new normal),”... View Details
- 09 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
startup figuring out how to market a 3-D printer. “You should approach a product launch as an organizational process, and start with the buyers, not the product” Although 3-D printers have been around since... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
never-ending pipeline of empirical data and policy proposals failed to change the fact that your end of the social contract was continually violated and broken, through blatant... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Education: Investing in the Next Generation of Workers
states such as New York, California, and Tennessee, we are seeing meaningful partnerships, to the benefit of both the students and the economy. What’s next in education? “Technology has the potential to... View Details
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
as their mental well-being—a forthcoming article in American Psychologist examines current organizational psychology research to help business leaders manage COVID-related fallout in the workplace and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)
and position themselves in the market. “This is a historical moment that will change how we see medicine and that’s very exciting,” she said. The Value of New Perspectives... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
supply chain system. When commodity prices became more volatile in 2007 and 2008, executives at Domino's changed the way they worked with suppliers and franchisees to manage... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
events were over, but the increased generosity tended to taper off and disappear after a few years. Thus, even the most majestic sporting events don't seem to have the power to change a locally-headquartered... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
focuses on scaling a venture's sales process and provides a methodology for identifying core customers and some implications for governance criteria and potential product View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
he was teaching in first-year Finance in the early 1980s. People, opportunity, context, and deal, changing iteratively over time. Sahlman cites a contemporary example: the Casper “bed-in-a-box” foam mattress... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)