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30 Apr 2020
Book

Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

May 7, 2009
Article

Change is in the Offing

By: Jay O. Light

Keywords: Change

April 2005 (Revised March 2006)
Supplement

Change at Whirlpool Corporation (B)

By: Jan W. Rivkin, Dorothy A. Leonard and Gary Hamel

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Change; Consumer Products Industry

December 2006
Article

Disruptive Innovation for Social Change

By: Clayton M. Christensen, Heiner Baumann, Rudy Ruggles and Thomas M. Sadtler

Keywords: Disruption; Innovation and Invention; Change; Society

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14 Feb 2019
News

Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change

HBS Professor Mike Toffel; Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966), cofounder and Chief Investment Strategist of GMO, LLC; Gina McCarthy, Director of C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; and David Perry... View Details

1986
Book

Change Masters: Understanding the Theory

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Change; Theory

winter 1986
Article

Changing Patterns of International Competition

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Competition; Change

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Jan 29 2024
Testimonial

Driving Positive Change on Corporate Boards

Sep 20 2023
Interview

The Opportunities of Climate Change Innovation

February 2025
Case

Abiomed: A Change of Heart

By: Satish Tadikonda, Faith Robertson and William Marks

After acquiring Impella CardioSystems AG in May 2005, Abiomed Inc., a company focused on cardiac care, ran into a dilemma. Its Impella 2.5 device was approved for use in the European Union, but CEO Michael Minogue had seemingly bet the company's future on the ability... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Business and Government Relations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; European Union; United States

September 2024
Teaching Note

Margaret Thatcher: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-021. View Details

December 2023
Case

Robert McNamara: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

This case traces the life of Robert McNamara from Harvard Business School to Ford Motor Company to the U.S. Department of Defense. McNamara excelled in every job along the way: becoming the youngest-ever professor at Harvard Business School, the first non-family... View Details

Keywords: Performance Measurement; Military; Leadership Development; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Success; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence; Business Education; War

November 2022 (Revised October 2024)
Teaching Note

P.T. Barnum: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-076. View Details

February 2023 (Revised October 2024)
Teaching Note

Sarah Breedlove: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 121-060. View Details

January 2022 (Revised July 2022)
Case

Leonard Bernstein: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

This case traces the rise of Leonard Bernstein from a middle-class family in Boston to the conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The case describes how he studied music intensely as a young man and developed mentors to open doors for him. As his fame grew,... View Details

Keywords: Impact; Personal Development and Career; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

March 2021 (Revised January 2024)
Case

Ayn Rand: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer

This case traces the life of Ayn Rand from Russia to Hollywood to New York City. The case describes how Rand fled communist Russia and, in reaction to the deprivations she experienced under communism, developed a philosophy idealizing free will and personal... View Details

Keywords: Writing; Values and Beliefs; Economic Systems; Society; Mission and Purpose; Success; Work-Life Balance; Ethics; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry