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  • 16 Dec 2016
  • News

An Environmental Epiphany

presented itself to take a sabbatical, I took some time off to think about, what was next? And decided that it was time for me to focus more on those more broad-based societal issues. And I concluded that... View Details
  • January 1996
  • Case

Biogen, Inc.: rBeta Interferon Manufacturing Process Development

By: Steven C. Wheelwright
Biogen, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company, is wrapping up a project to develop a new manufacturing process for a new drug product that will reposition the company from a purely research-oriented company to a fully integrated pharmaceutical manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Technological Innovation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Projects; Research and Development; Corporate Strategy; Biotechnology Industry
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  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

May 2009, Peter Voser, CFO and soon-to-be CEO, wants to adjust the company's business, headcount, and cost levels to adapt to changing economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 26

for two completely different reasons. The first is a change in technology that reduces the value of co-location (stickiness). This tends to lead to the decoupling of design and production activities View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2000 (Revised August 2018)
  • Case

The Atchison Corporation (A)

By: Joseph L. Bower
A new general manager uses a profit-center-based system to shake up an old line company. He then faces the task of placating a board member upset by the human consequences. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Profit; Human Resources; Change Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Design
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  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Shop Talk, Different Avenues

You launched in 2007, and 2008 was one of the worst years ever for retail, so you had a good deal of unsold inventory to offer customers. How did you adapt as the business environment became healthier View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; shopping; e-commerce; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
  • 20 Feb 2025
  • Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management

to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 while enhancing urban resilience. This forward-looking strategy underscores the city’s resolve to adapt to the changing climate while balancing the needs of its people... View Details
  • 11 Oct 2022
  • News

Righting the Ship

following year, interest free. Both divisions win, and we improve execution rates at the enterprise level.” The new plan went into effect in 2019, and change came fast. Within... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 12 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

her credibility and effectiveness in a nonprofit organization. Differences At its core the nonprofit is fundamentally different than the for-profit. At the center of the nonprofit is its social mission. Understanding the mission, helping... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

organizational culture, alignment, leadership style/fit, and change management. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=406111 The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • News

Forestalling Terror

sector, this kind of change would happen over the course of a generation of management. But when it comes to national security, you can’t wait that long. You have to be patient and impatient at the same... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waleed Iskandar; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
  • Portrait Project

Marla Metz

reassured me it was going to be ok.  I will tell those who feel troubled this: "It will get better. " "I believe adaptation begins with neither strength nor courage, but a willingness to completely surrender to what is.  I... View Details
  • 17 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 17

case. Star Power: Colleague Quality and Turnover Authors:Boris Groysberg and Linda Eling-Lee Publication:Industrial and Corporate Change... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 11

on schemas, procedural justice, emotion expression, and prosocial behavior. Land Politics and Local State Capacities: The Political Economy of Urban Change in China Author:Meg... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207113 Strategy in the 21st Century Pharmaceutical Industry: Merck & Co. and Pfizer Inc. Harvard Business School Case 707-509 The global pharmaceutical industry has gone... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Elaine L. Chao (MBA 1979)

The eldest in a family of six daughters (four of whom attended HBS), Elaine L. Chao came to New York City from Taiwan at the age of eight. She adapted to her new home quickly, learning English and excelling... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
  • 24 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 24

construction consultancy firm Davis Langdon through a major organizational change in Europe and the Middle East. In the past, compensation arrangements had not incentivized... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2001
  • News

But It's All Right Now (In Fact, It's a Gas)

In 1978, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Boston Harbor was unceremoniously shut down because of contract disputes with its Algerian suppliers. In 1987, the terminal’s owner, Cabot Corp., tapped Gordon Shearer (MBA ’78), “a determined geophysicist... View Details
Keywords: Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities
  • 17 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

this information would help managers better understand their big-picture role and perhaps lead to more ethical conduct in business. Manda Salls: What did you learn from your look at organizational research,... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 19 Feb 2019
  • Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

be effective.” Gandhi: “I find myself referencing lessons from my time at HBS almost every day, and sharing them with my audiences across the globe. I love the lesson from negotiations about defining value in different ways, or from LEAD... View Details
Keywords: All Industries