Organizational Change And Adaptation - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Nov 2020
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The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “We are only as good as our experiences. I think of every setback as an experience to make me stronger, more marketable and a better executive or entrepreneur. While I... View Details

01 Jan 2008
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Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982

relationships. I thought Organizational Behavior was for wimps. Now, it’s a large part of what I do.” CURRENT READING The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II, by Jeff Shaara “In business, the notion of ‘leave us alone View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business

organizational values and business ethics, Paine has long focused on American companies engaged primarily in domestic U.S. business. But faced with an increasing number of questions from international... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Jun 2009
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Inside the Partnership

memorandum advocated a complete change in the firm’s organizational structure — a change that would, in time, decisively accelerate Goldman Sachs’s becoming the nation’s View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

22 Jul 2019
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A Way Forward for Women

company, and location into a database and shared it with all the women. It was a valuable resource, but a database alone wouldn’t be enough, Hagemann reasoned. “If we launched a formal network,” she told... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2015
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Leadership on a Global Stage

the day I left the hospital. While visiting my relatives in Egypt, my uncle, a medical professional, told me my accident was the ‘least worst’ thing that could have happened to me to force a change of direction in my life, but still allow... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Jun 2010
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Alumni Books

the forces affecting attitudes and behaviors in each generation and analyzes the implications of organizational and technological View Details

Keywords: mathematics; statistics; Finance

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

Ebrahim is delineating a framework that takes into account the inherent uncertainty and complexity of measuring results in the social sector. EBRAHIM: The hard work of measuring impact becomes easier "Performance measurement in nonprofits... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age

model was needed that we could adapt continuously so the School would always be on the bleeding edge.” The Institute is not the first to recognize the dramatic impact of digitalization, data science, and... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

instructor." Skills related to reading, writing, listening, and speaking at HBS are just as important as becoming proficient in English, says Light. She also believes that issues of adaptation involve the... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Sep 2010
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Fair Trade

market and on laundry soap and synthetic detergents, where it had secured a worldwide technological lead in the late 1940s. When Beauty and Health Diverge The ownership of the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores

01 Jun 2020
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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 View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Apr 1997
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Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT

The following article is the ninth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. The information technology (IT) industry, for which rapid change has been a constant... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb

01 Dec 2002
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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 View Details

04 May 2017
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Going the Distance

Economic Development under Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. “I had learned from [HBS professor] Michael Porter about the synergy that comes from establishing industry clusters, and that became our focus. We became metrics driven View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 2016
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Inside Modern HR

bet on an HBS graduate who has no direct experience in the field, but who has a strong business background and a deep interest in how talent and organizational decisions drive... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2007
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Learning to Lead

Authored by Assistant Professors Boris Groysberg and Chris Marquis, the case is taught in the first-year course Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD). After just a few... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management

01 Apr 1998
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Plunging Into the Net

almost four decades ago, this change is clearly more evolutionary than revolutionary. During the last five years, the Internet - and more specifically, its most user-friendly thoroughfare, the World Wide Web... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

customer,” he states. Adapting and growing through change is one of the business world’s oldest mandates, but manufacturing offers the most dramatic examples of what can happen... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

08 Apr 2021
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Real Talk

storytelling and narrative to help employees in their organizations work across—and value—their differences to create stronger professional relationships and organizational... View Details

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