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- November–December 1987
- Article
Commercial Banks: Taking Shape for Turbulent Times
By: D. B. Crane and R. G. Eccles
Crane, D. B., and R. G. Eccles. "Commercial Banks: Taking Shape for Turbulent Times." Harvard Business Review 65, no. 6 (November–December 1987): 94–100.
- 23 Mar 2017
- Cold Call Podcast
Cost-cutting Leads to Turbulence in the Airline Industry
- October 2015 (Revised August 2019)
- Background Note
Higher Education in China: Internationalization in Turbulent Times
By: William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby and Yuanzhuo Wang
The rapid growth in quantity and quality of universities in China since 1978 is the most recent evolution in a long history of higher education. From as early as the Tang Dynasty, academies existed to prepare scholars for the civil service examination, but by the... View Details
Keywords: Non-profit Management; University Administration; University Faculty; University Curriculum; Education Reform; Nonprofit Organizations; Management; Higher Education; History; Governance; Education Industry; China
Kirby, William C., Joycelyn W. Eby, and Yuanzhuo Wang. "Higher Education in China: Internationalization in Turbulent Times." Harvard Business School Background Note 316-066, October 2015. (Revised August 2019.)
- December 1995 (Revised February 2006)
- Teaching Note
Open Market, Inc.: Managing in a Turbulent Environment TN
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Janis Lee Gogan
Teaching Note for (9-196-097). View Details
- Article
Speed and Search: Designing Organizations for Turbulence and Complexity
By: Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan W. Rivkin
Siggelkow, Nicolaj, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Speed and Search: Designing Organizations for Turbulence and Complexity." Organization Science 16, no. 2 (March–April 2005): 101–122.
- April 1981
- Case
GM & Ford: Decision Making in Turbulent Times
McCaskey, Michael B. "GM & Ford: Decision Making in Turbulent Times." Harvard Business School Case 381-172, April 1981.
- 1997
- Book
Technology Integration: Making Critical Choices in a Turbulent World
By: Marco Iansiti
Iansiti, Marco. Technology Integration: Making Critical Choices in a Turbulent World. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1997.
- March 1996 (Revised August 1996)
- Case
Open Market, Inc.: Managing in a Turbulent Environment
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Janis Lee Gogan
Presents the story of Open Market, Inc., one of numerous companies formed in 1994 to engage in electronic commerce over the Internet. This case examines the company's development--its business strategy and organization evolution--as the company increased in size and... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Growth and Development; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizations; Web Services Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Janis Lee Gogan. "Open Market, Inc.: Managing in a Turbulent Environment." Harvard Business School Case 196-097, March 1996. (Revised August 1996.)
- July 2013 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Collaborating for Growth: Duane Morris in a Turbulent Legal Sector
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Annelena Lobb
By the late 2000s, the law firm Duane Morris had transformed itself from a growing U.S. law firm to a significant global player. The firm's uniquely collaborative organizational culture, which featured a transparent, data-driven compensation system, practice-group... View Details
Keywords: Professional Service Firm; Collaboration; Performance Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Performance; Cooperation; Globalized Firms and Management; Compensation and Benefits; Volatility; Growth and Development Strategy; Legal Services Industry; United States
Gardner, Heidi K., and Annelena Lobb. "Collaborating for Growth: Duane Morris in a Turbulent Legal Sector." Harvard Business School Case 414-022, July 2013. (Revised June 2014.)
- fall 1995
- Article
Shooting the Rapids: Managing Product Development in Turbulent Environments
By: Marco Iansiti
Iansiti, Marco. "Shooting the Rapids: Managing Product Development in Turbulent Environments." California Management Review 38, no. 1 (fall 1995).
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
Collaborating for Growth: Duane Morris in a Turbulent Legal Sector
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Nico Thornley
- Article
Turbulent Stability of Emergent Roles: The Dualistic Nature of Self-Organizing Knowledge Co-Production
By: Ofer Arazy, Johaness Daxenberg, Hila Lifshitz - Assaf, Oded Nov and Irene Gurevych
Increasingly, new forms of organizing for knowledge production are built around self-organizing co-production community models with ambiguous role definitions. Current theories struggle to explain how high-quality knowledge is developed in these settings and how... View Details
Keywords: Wikipedia; Knowledge Production; Organizational Structure; Knowledge; Information Publishing
Arazy, Ofer, Johaness Daxenberg, Hila Lifshitz - Assaf, Oded Nov, and Irene Gurevych. "Turbulent Stability of Emergent Roles: The Dualistic Nature of Self-Organizing Knowledge Co-Production." Information Systems Research 27, no. 4 (December 2016): 792–812.
- 2017
- Book
Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times
By: Nancy F. Koehn
An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights that will be of interest to a wide range of readers—including those in government, business, education, and the arts—Forged in Crisis spotlights five masters of crisis: polar explorer... View Details
Koehn, Nancy F. Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times. New York: Scribner, 2017.
- 26 Aug 2001 - 30 Aug 2001
- Conference Presentation
Developing Products on Internet Time: Managing Innovation in Turbulent Environments
By: Alan MacCormack
- November 1992
- Article
Executive Succession and Organization Outcomes in Turbulent Environments: An Organizational Learning Approach
By: Michael Tushman, B. Virany and E. Romanelli
Tushman, Michael, B. Virany, and E. Romanelli. "Executive Succession and Organization Outcomes in Turbulent Environments: An Organizational Learning Approach." Organization Science 3, no. 4 (November 1992): 72–92.
- February 2007 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Navigating Turbulent Waters: Glitnir Bank's Communication Challenge during a Macroeconomic Crisis
By: Michael D. Kimbrough, Gregory S. Miller, Vincent Marie Dessain and Ane Damgaard Jensen
Glitnir Bank is an Icelandic company following an aggressive growth strategy that relies heavily on foreign debt. Access to such debt is suddenly curtailed when there is a downturn in market sentiment regarding the Icelandic economy as a whole. Students will reflect on... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Banks and Banking; Macroeconomics; Communication Strategy; Banking Industry; Iceland
Kimbrough, Michael D., Gregory S. Miller, Vincent Marie Dessain, and Ane Damgaard Jensen. "Navigating Turbulent Waters: Glitnir Bank's Communication Challenge during a Macroeconomic Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 107-050, February 2007. (Revised March 2007.)
- January 2021
- Article
Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times
By: Philippe Aghion, Nicholas Bloom, Brian Lucking, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
What is the optimal form of firm organization during “bad times”? We present a model of delegation within the firm to show that the effect is ambiguous. The greater turbulence following macro shocks may benefit decentralized firms because the value of local information... View Details
Keywords: Decentralization; Growth; Turbulence; Great Recession; Organizational Design; System Shocks; Economic Growth; Performance
Aghion, Philippe, Nicholas Bloom, Brian Lucking, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 13, no. 1 (January 2021): 133–169.
- Article
The Rigid Disk Drive Industry, 1956-90: A History of Commercial and Technological Turbulence
By: C. M. Christensen
Christensen, C. M. "The Rigid Disk Drive Industry, 1956-90: A History of Commercial and Technological Turbulence." Business History Review 67, no. 4 (Winter 1993): 531–588.