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- 2017
- Chapter
Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective
By: Elizabeth J. Altman and Michael Tushman
Platform, open/user innovation, and ecosystem strategies embrace and enable interactions with external entities. Firms pursuing these approaches conduct business and interact with environments differently than those pursuing traditional closed strategies. This chapter... View Details
Keywords: Platforms; Open/user Innovation; Ecosystems; Crowdsourcing; Strategic Leadership; Top Management Teams; CEO Role; Business Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Digital Platforms
Altman, Elizabeth J., and Michael Tushman. "Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective." In Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Platforms. Vol. 37, edited by Jeffrey Furman, Annabelle Gawer, Brian Silverman, and Scott Stern, 177–207. Advances in Strategic Management. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
- 1996
- Chapter
American Medical Technologies Inc.: Learning the Capabilities Needed to Implement Strategic Change
By: Michael Beer and Russell Eisenstat
Beer, Michael, and Russell Eisenstat. "American Medical Technologies Inc.: Learning the Capabilities Needed to Implement Strategic Change." In Blackwell Cases in Human Resource and Change Management, edited by John Storey. Blackwell Publishers, 1996.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Pivoting Isn't Enough: Principled Pragmatism and Strategic Reorientation in New Ventures
By: Rory McDonald and Cheng Gao
New technology ventures often experience deviations from their original plans that oblige them to reorient in pursuit of better fit between their evolving products and target customers. Yet research is largely silent on how entrepreneurs explain and justify their... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Reorientation; Technology Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Product Development Processes; Organizational Adaptation; Qualitative Methods (General); Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Communication; Entrepreneurship; Alignment; Innovation and Invention; Product Development
- April 2008 (Revised July 2011)
- Module Note
Strategic Renewal
By: David J. Collis and Jan W. Rivkin
While it is relatively easy to identify why strategies fail, it is much harder to explain how to fix a failing strategy or build an organization that can continuously renew its strategy. This note identifies some patterns that distinguish companies whose renewal... View Details
Collis, David J., and Jan W. Rivkin. "Strategic Renewal." Harvard Business School Module Note 708-503, April 2008. (Revised July 2011.)
- November 2005 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Strategic Planning at United Parcel Service
By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque
In March 2005, CEO Michael Eskew has asked the Corporate Strategy Group to recommend changes to the strategic process to ensure it allows United Parcel Service (UPS) to continue to transform itself over the next several years. Describes the evolution of UPS's strategic... View Details
Keywords: Change; Decisions; Globalization; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Strategic Planning; Creativity; Corporate Strategy
Garvin, David A., and Lynne Levesque. "Strategic Planning at United Parcel Service." Harvard Business School Case 306-002, November 2005. (Revised June 2006.)
- June 1992
- Article
Strategic Change Research: An Urgent Need for Usable Rather than Useful Knowledge
By: M. Beer
Beer, M. "Strategic Change Research: An Urgent Need for Usable Rather than Useful Knowledge." Journal of Management Inquiry 1, no. 2 (June 1992): 111–116.
- May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Gap, Inc., 2000
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
From humble beginnings as a Levi jeans store, by 2000 Gap, Inc. had grown to become the world's leading specialist clothing retailer. Its CEO, Millard S. Drexler, the "merchant prince," was credited with transforming Gap into a global empire, leading the company... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Change; Fashion; Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Performance Consistency; Problems and Challenges; Globalized Firms and Management; Competitive Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Strategy; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Gap, Inc., 2000." Harvard Business School Case 713-508, May 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- 14 Dec 2021
- Op-Ed
To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to Change the Culture
different things. The causality doesn’t go the other way. So, in a company, you first need to change how the company is organized, managed, and led in light of its strategic goals. The goals themselves may... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
- January 2014
- Case
The Weather Company
New CEO David Kenny transformed The Weather Company in less than two years from a primary identity as a cable television channel to a multi-platform digital company innovating in the uses of weather data. He assesses progress and considers strategic choices and... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Strategy; Strategic Change; Change Management; Expansion; Weather; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Technology Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "The Weather Company." Harvard Business School Case 314-083, January 2014.
- May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Benetton Group S.p.A., 2000
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2000, Benetton was one of the leading mass fashion competitors in the world with approximately $1.9 billion in sales across 5,500 stores in 120 countries. But the company's fortunes seemed to be on the wane. Operating profits had fallen 9% from the prior year to... View Details
Keywords: Fashion; Strategic Change; Strategic Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Marketing Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Performance Consistency; Management Teams; Strategy; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Italy
Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Benetton Group S.p.A., 2000." Harvard Business School Case 713-510, May 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
changes the bank had to make to comply. It went through the motions but did not change the way it did business in any meaningful way. The other looked at the requirements not as a constraint but as an... View Details
- Article
Strategic Orientations in a Competitive Context: The Role of Strategic Orientation Differentiation
By: Rohit Deshpandé, Amir Grinstein and Elie Ofek
Strategic orientation studies often provide 'best practice prescriptions' for firms in a given context—matching orientations to environmental conditions. While this perspective has value, empirical results are equivocal, and an important reality has been overlooked:... View Details
Deshpandé, Rohit, Amir Grinstein, and Elie Ofek. "Strategic Orientations in a Competitive Context: The Role of Strategic Orientation Differentiation." Marketing Letters 23, no. 3 (September 2012): 629–643.
- January 2002 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
Strategic Planning at NFTE
By: Allen S. Grossman and Daniel F. Curran
The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), is a successful nonprofit poised on the verge of explosive growth. The senior management contracted with McKinsey consultants to help guide the process. The founders of NFTE brought it from a small program... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Partners and Partnerships; Nonprofit Organizations
Grossman, Allen S., and Daniel F. Curran. "Strategic Planning at NFTE." Harvard Business School Case 302-002, January 2002. (Revised November 2010.)
- 2012
- Book
Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations
By: John R. Wells
In today's world, only the smartest survive. The competitive landscape is littered with graves of well-known firms whose revenues, profits and stock prices rose for decades until they suddenly imploded.
In fast-changing business environments, firms must adapt... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Competition; Business Growth and Maturation; Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Decision Making; Innovation and Invention
Wells, John R. Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2012.
- March 2021
- Case
Dasra: From Strategic Philanthropy to Field Building
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tanya Bijlani
Dasra, a pioneer in the Indian Strategic Philanthropy space founded by a husband and wife team, had grown and evolved with the fast changing philanthropy scene in India. By 2017 it had managed to raise nearly $100 million of new capital for NGOs and Nonprofits in... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Impact Investing; Corporate Social Responsibility; Social Sector; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Entrepreneurship; Strategy; India
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Tanya Bijlani. "Dasra: From Strategic Philanthropy to Field Building." Harvard Business School Case 521-071, March 2021.
- August 2019
- Case
The Allstate Corporation, 2019
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In July 2019, Allstate, the United States’ number-three property and casualty (P/C) insurer, released its second-quarter earnings, which reported first-half revenues of $22.1 billion, up 11.4% year-over-year. Shareholders cheered the top-line growth, but P/C premiums... View Details
Keywords: Insurance Companies; Strategic Analysis; Strategic Change; Insurance; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Insurance Industry; North America
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "The Allstate Corporation, 2019." Harvard Business School Case 720-366, August 2019.
- August 2019
- Case
Apex Ski Boots
By: Kate Barasz and John T. Gourville
Apex Ski Boots has introduced a new ski boot that, due to its radical design, is meeting resistance in the marketplace from many retailers, ski experts, and consumers. The company must decide how best to drive sales in the face of this resistance. View Details
Keywords: Go-to-market Strategy; Strategic Change; Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Sales; Change Management; Sports Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Barasz, Kate, and John T. Gourville. "Apex Ski Boots." Harvard Business School Case 520-013, August 2019.
- October 2000 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
Digitas (A): Strategic Interactive Group
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, David Lane and Courtenay Sprague
Kathy Biro, president of Digitas, an e-strategy consulting firm, has successfully grown out of the company's roots in the strategic interactive group. Her challenges now include managing the integration of the SIG with Digitas's other component, direct marketing firm... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Business Strategy; Internet and the Web; Integration; Expansion; Business or Company Management; Business Model; Organizational Design; Consulting Industry; Massachusetts
Kanter, Rosabeth M., David Lane, and Courtenay Sprague. "Digitas (A): Strategic Interactive Group." Harvard Business School Case 301-052, October 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
- January 2006 (Revised March 2006)
- Teaching Note
Advanced Competitive Strategy, Notes for Educators 6. Key Concepts in a Module on Strategic Change
By: Jan W. Rivkin
- Winter 2014
- Article
The Art of Strategic Renewal
By: Andy Binns, J. Bruce Harreld, Charles A. O'Reilly and Michael L. Tushman
In recent years, we have seen well-established companies such as Kodak, Blockbuster, Nokia, and BlackBerry pushed to the brink by smart competitors and changes in their industries. In each case, there were opportunities to act before a crisis engulfed the organization.... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation
Binns, Andy, J. Bruce Harreld, Charles A. O'Reilly, and Michael L. Tushman. "The Art of Strategic Renewal." MIT Sloan Management Review 55, no. 2 (Winter 2014): 21–23.