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  • July 1989 (Revised October 1992)
  • Case

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: MIS Reorganization (A)

As a part of the Management Information Services (MIS) Division's evolution, it was planned to distribute all systems development and applications (SD&S) activities and resources (assets and personnel) from the central MIS Division to the operating areas by October... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Decision Making
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  • December 2001
  • Background Note

Reporting on Agribusiness in the 21st Century

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Anne M Fitzgerald
Agriculture is not what it used to be. Neither is coverage of the industry by news organizations. A century ago, about 40% of the U.S. population lived on the farm, and one in three U.S. jobs was tied to agriculture. It made sense for daily newspapers to cover farming... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Newspapers; Media; Perception; Change; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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  • February 2001 (Revised October 2002)
  • Background Note

Entrepreneurial History: A Conceptual Overview

By: Nancy F. Koehn
Analyzes HBS cases on five entrepreneurs and the companies they built: Josiah Wedgwood, Henry Heinz, Marshall Field, Howard Schultz of Starbucks, and Michael Dell. These five cases and their accompanying teaching notes comprise a course module on entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Demand and Consumers; Competition; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Customer Focus and Relationships; Business Strategy; Society
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  • 25 Apr 2023
  • HBS Seminar

Bart Vanneste, UCL School of Management

  • Research Summary

Overview

The focus of Professor Gross’ research agenda is U.S. technological innovation, innovation policy, and the effects of technological change on economic activity. He is also interested in learning about what drives individual creative behavior. Methodologically, he is... View Details

    Effects of an Information Sharing System on Employee Creativity, Engagement, and Performance

    Many service organizations rely on information sharing systems to boost employee creativity to meet customer needs. We conducted a field experiment in a retail chain, based on a registered report accepted by JAR, to test whether an information sharing system recording... View Details

      On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition

      For the past two decades, Michael Porter's work has towered over the field of competitive strategy. On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition brings together more than a dozen of Porter's landmark articles from the Harvard Business Review. Five are new... View Details

        Improving the Rhythm of Your Collaboration

        Winner of the annual MIT Sloan Management Review Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize, for the most outstanding MIT SMR article on planned change and organizational development. Chosen by MIT Sloan faculty judges Deborah Ancona, John Van Maanen, and Cyrus... View Details

        • February 1997 (Revised July 2004)
        • Case

        Walden Woods

        By: William J. Poorvu and Arthur I Segel
        In 1984, Mortimer Zuckerman and Ed Linde, through their firm, Boston Properties (BP), acquired land in Concord, MA to build a 147,000-square-foot, first-class suburban office building. BP proceeded to go through the permitting and approval process with the town and was... View Details
        Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Property; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict and Resolution; Real Estate Industry; Massachusetts
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        • Web

        All Functions - Recruiting

        students seeking employment. In some cases, compensation is rounded to nearest thousand. See detailed pages for exact figures. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. Insights & Advice 14 Jul 2023 Becca Carnahan Building a Culture of Awareness and... View Details
        • November–December 2024
        • Article

        How to Avoid the Agility Trap

        By: Jianwen Liao and Feng Zhu
        Agility is all the rage in strategy circles these days. According to conventional wisdom, organizations should rapidly react to technological advances, new market dynamics, and shifting consumer preferences. But in practice this is nearly impossible to pull off,... View Details
        Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Advantage; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model
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        • 30 Nov 2007
        • What Do You Think?

        What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?

        Summing Up Can creativity and innovation be managed? Judging from responses to questions posed by practitioner panelists at a recent colloquium on "Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future" at Harvard... View Details
        Keywords: by Jim Heskett
        • Web

        Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

        a list of resources for those re-entering the workforce and/or looking for project & flexible work opportunities. Re-entering the Workforce The organizations below offer resources and guidance on re-entering the workforce after an... View Details
        • 10 May 2010
        • Research & Ideas

        What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

        disciplines most often found in business schools. We have proposed that innovation in organizations be conceived of as a process of co-design: creative abrasion, creative agility, and integrated problem solving. We know much about the... View Details
        Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
        • 08 Jan 2013
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Leading Amidst Competing Technical and Institutional Demands: Revisiting Selznick’s Conception of Leadership

        Keywords: by Marya L. Besharov & Rakesh Khurana
        • 09 Oct 2020
        • HBS Seminar

        Jeffrey L. Furman, BU, Questrom Sch of Business

        • 2016
        • Working Paper

        Innovation Adoption and Organizational Identity: Identity Dynamism as a Strategic Resource for Top Management Team Decision Making

        By: Ryan Raffaelli, Mary Ann Glynn and Michael Tushman
        Organizations continuously face decisions about whether to adopt radical innovations. We examine the relationship between innovation adoption and identity, linking identity with firm strategy to explain innovation adoption over time. We conceptualize identity as... View Details
        Keywords: Dynamic Managerial Capabilities; Organizational Identity; Innovation Adoption; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Invention; Adoption
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        • 25 May 2011
        • HBS Case

        QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

        Ton says the key is making the right operating decisions. "You can invest in your people and offer low prices," she says. "And guess what? You'll have a service advantage too." For QuikTrip, that advantage is evident to customers in easy-to-navigate... View Details
        Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
        • 23 Mar 2023
        • Research & Ideas

        As Climate Fears Mount, More Investors Turn to 'ESG' Funds Despite Few Rules

        Investor interest in social responsibility has skyrocketed in the past three years, even as US regulations to hold companies accountable remain in flux and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) label itself draws backlash. Investors are willing to pay a... View Details
        Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
        • Web

        HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

        which serves public financial agencies and state owned enterprises on mission delivery and performance improvement. Since joining McKinsey in 2007, Dan has worked across numerous industries and sectors, developing expertise in how View Details