Organizational Change and Adaptation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Aug 1998
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A Roaring Success in the Windy City

poignant stories of entrepreneurial victories and losses from fellow alumni. Donna L. Dubinsky (MBA '81) discussed the challenges she has faced as president of Palm Computing. Sears, Roebuck CEO Arthur C. Martinez (MBA '65) talked about... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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In Review

more comfortable and capable of experimenting at scale and increased its adaptive capacity. That would make me very happy, because who knows what the future will bring. On... View Details

25 Apr 2023
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Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition

Clubs News Clubs News In a first-ever result, all of the winners in the 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition (ANVC) hail from the same HBS class: the MBA Class of 2022. The ANVC finale, held virtually on March 22 and 23, brought eight global regional winners together... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

13 Nov 2020
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Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues

health care management and policy, leading through crisis, adapting your business, leveraging technology, and work life. Faculty members have shared their ideas View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Two Presidents, One Goal: Building on the Club of Chicago

— the group has also adapted to the changing needs of its membership. “We have a large percentage of people who work either for themselves, or out in the suburbs, or are retired,” Mott notes. “Not everybody... View Details

Keywords: Amy Burton

01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

competition has heightened activity and stimulated change in these areas." Tufano adds that the proliferation of information and products has been so enormous that a key area... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2014
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What’s Next

programs that became Executive Education, we have been unafraid to respond to (or anticipate) changes in the world around us. So my vision for the School is that we continue to embrace these two capacities: to hold fast to the... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Jun 2000
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Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World

Philanthropy, who will spearhead the effort along with Emerson. Changes are sweeping the social capital markets, in part because a new breed of donor is altering the terrain: Internet moguls, entrepreneurs, View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

01 Jun 2008
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Kash Rangan

social enterprise heading over the next decade? I am an optimist, and I believe we will see refreshing changes in that time frame. The new cadre of donors, the new family foundations, the folks who are... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Mar 2019
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In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider

authentically adapt it to the local market,” says Prakash. “Building up our team, dealers, and manufacturing capabilities from a clean sheet of paper was really rewarding.” After India, Prakash served in the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Oct 1999
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The View from the Pit

to HBS faculty member involved relating to former professors and mentors as colleagues. "I had a hard time calling them by their first names," she says. Now the William L. White Professor of Business Administration View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Sep 2005
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Predictable Surprises

immediate loss of income, in exchange for a better situation at some point down the line. What about organizational biases? Since the events of 9/11, it’s been well documented that the CIA and FBI didn’t... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 1997
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Theory & Practice

has collected the best of her wit and wisdom on management thinking and practice. Looking back across the changing landscape of business, Kanter helps reveal what has worked,... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects

market opened for the first time after the attacks, Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter watched the Dow plunge as she began a guest appearance on The Connection public radio program. An expert on how businesses adapt to change, Kanter... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2016
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Offshore Learning

outstanding contribution to the community and potential to drive change for years to come. When fully implemented, Connections will allow 2,600 students from eight to 10 schools to participate in a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Outward Bound; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away

Rytis Vitkauskas (MBA 2008) Target Global Leaving the Party Early Over the course of 20 years in venture capital, there are many that got away (Twitter, Capital IQ, Adaptive Insights, and The RealReal, to... View Details

25 Feb 2020
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Ink: Your Best Self

portfolio familiar to any executive. Courtesy Amy Jen Su Courtesy Amy Jen Su What trends in the business world are creating new pressures on leaders? Organizational life in general has gotten more complicated. Work has become increasingly... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2004
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One-on-One with Robert McNamara

economics major at the University of California at Berkeley, McNamara discovered at HBS “a field of specialization he would make his own and use to change three institutions and, arguably, the United... View Details