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  • 28 Aug 2023
  • Research & Ideas

The Clock Is Ticking: 3 Ways to Manage Your Time Better

others, but also from where they are doing it. This is important, given that we are in an era in which options for how, when, and where people spend time are perhaps more varied than ever before. Leslie A. Perlow is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership in... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 18 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

positively select into negotiations on observable characteristics of the negotiation environment, only women positively select on unobservables such as their ability to negotiate. Organizational Structures and the Improvement of Working... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    W. Earl Sasser

    Earl Sasser is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and has been a member of the faculty there since 1969. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Duke University in 1965, an MBA from the University of North Carolina in 1967, and a Ph.D. in... View Details

    Keywords: airline; automotive; banking; broadcasting; communications; construction; credit card; education industry; entertainment; fast food; hotels ＆ motels; insurance industry; marketing industry; oil ＆ gas; restaurant; retailing; service industry; sports; tourism; transportation
    • July 1976 (Revised April 1983)
    • Case

    Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A)

    By: Michael Beer
    Describes a division of Corning Glass Works that finds itself with deep financial and organizational problems. Severe conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction and morale is low. Provides sufficient... View Details
    Keywords: Business Divisions; Change Management; Transformation; Employees; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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    • Program

    Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

    geography Distinguish between short-run gains and lasting competitive advantage Adapt your strategy to market shifts and your organization's changing ambitions Transform ideas into successful action plans Know when to initiate a strategy... View Details
    • March 1996 (Revised April 1996)
    • Case

    State Street Bank and Trust Company: New Product Development

    By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi
    Portrays the dilemma faced by Marsh Carter, CEO and chairman of the board of State Street Bank, in May 1995. For the past decade, the bank earned continually expanding earnings through its rapidly growing custody business. Now, as that business matures and custodial... View Details
    Keywords: Product Development; Finance; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Strategy; Banking Industry
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    • January 2001
    • Case

    First Community Bank (B): Community Banking Group

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Daniel Galvin
    After nine years of leading First Community Bank (FCB), BankBoston's unique venture targeting low- to moderate-income communities, and finally gaining recognition and respect for her efforts, Gail Snowden must once again faces the challenge of justifying FCB's value,... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Business and Community Relations; Banking Industry
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    • July 1997
    • Case

    Walt Disney's Dennis Hightower: Weaving Together the European Operations

    By: Ashish Nanda
    The case describes the actions taken by Dennis Hightower as president of Disney Consumer Products in Europe and the Middle East from 1988 to 1994. It focuses on how he has gone about establishing a regional office and knitting local operations closer together, the... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Middle East; Europe
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    • May 1994 (Revised July 1995)
    • Case

    Taco Bell--1994

    By: Leonard A. Schlesinger
    Taco Bell CEO, John Martin, boldly proclaims a growth goal of 200,000 points of access by the year 2000 (the company had approximately 3,600 in 1991). To realize such growth, Martin embraces a philosophy of continual change. The implications for Taco Bell are dramatic... View Details
    Keywords: Information Technology; Food; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Brands and Branding; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Goals and Objectives; Change Management; Expansion; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    • July 2004 (Revised September 2004)
    • Case

    Novell: CEO-led Turnaround and Growth Strategy

    By: Richard L. Nolan and Robert D. Austin
    Novell CEO Jack Messman tried to return the company to its leadership position in the software industry through a strategy that embraces Linux and other open source software. This case serves as an introduction to open source software and strategies based on open... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation; Open Source Distribution; Applications and Software; Intellectual Property; Business Strategy; Information Technology Industry
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      Michael A. Wheeler

      Mike Wheeler joined the HBS faculty in 1993 and has taught extensively in its MBA, Executive, and distance learning programs. His highly interactive 8-week/40-hour HBS Online Negotiation... View Details

      Keywords: arts; construction; e-commerce industry; energy; federal government; green technology; internet; legal services; nonprofit industry; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; publishing industry; real estate; service industry; sports; state government; utilities
      • 16 Aug 2011
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990

      Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Christina Lubinski; Beauty & Cosmetics
      • March 1990 (Revised November 2004)
      • Case

      O.M. Scott & Sons Co. Leveraged Buyout

      By: George P. Baker III and Karen Wruck
      Documents the organizational changes that took place at O.M. Scott & Sons Co. in response to their leveraged buyout. Provides the opportunity for students to discuss the effects of high leverage on management decision making, and the differences between operating as a... View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Capital Structure; Borrowing and Debt; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management; Business Conglomerates; Cost of Capital; Financial Services Industry
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      • 2008
      • Working Paper

      The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization

      By: Maria Guadalupe and Julie Wulf
      This paper establishes a causal effect of competition from trade liberalization on various characteristics of organizational design. We exploit a unique panel dataset on firm hierarchies (1986-1999) of large U.S. firms and find that increasing competition leads firms... View Details
      Keywords: Trade; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy
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      • May 2009 (Revised October 2009)
      • Case

      Newton-Wellesley Hospital

      By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Natalie Kindred
      How will Newton-Wellesley Hospital (NWH) preserve its private practice tradition while remaining effective and competitive in a healthcare industry demanding increasing integration between physicians and hospitals? This is the decision facing Newton-Wellesley Hospital... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Profit; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Integration; Health Industry; Massachusetts
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      • January 1991 (Revised March 1996)
      • Case

      Profiling at National Mutual (A)

      This case series describes a company grappling with organizational change through information technology. National Mutual Life Association vies for Australian insurance industry leadership with its long-time competitor. It has purchased an expert system called Client... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Insurance Industry; Australia
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      • Web

      Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

      a discussion about the profound impact of AI on marketing operations, including visualization and copyrighting, hyper-personalization, media planning and buying, and general efficiency and organizational knowledge. The session will delve... View Details
      • Program

      Driving Digital Strategy

      practices from companies that have successfully navigated through the digital turbulence and also examine those that struggled. This will help you gain the foresight to anticipate disruptions, the adaptability to pivot with agility, and... View Details
      • July 2000 (Revised September 2005)
      • Case

      Madison Avenue: Digital Media Services (A)

      Introduces a "new-economy" company, Madison Avenue, facing challenges of mega-success. In the two years since its founding, the company's revenues have grown from zero to nearly $30 million, head count has swollen from the start-up handful to more than 200, and the... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Online Advertising; Advertising Industry
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      • March 2014
      • Teaching Note

      The Weather Company

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
      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: Leadership; Strategic Change; Technology; Digital; Weather; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Platforms; Change Management; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Industry; Service Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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