Publications

Article

Leading the High Capability Organization: Challenges for the Twenty-First Century

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and James Heskett

November 2004 (Revised January 2010)
Teaching Note

World Vision International's AIDS Initiative: Challenging a Global Partnership (TN)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Teaching Note to (9-304-105). View Details

Keywords: Health Disorders

10 Feb 2023
Video

50th AASU Conference Honors the Past and Challenges the Future

November 2011
Teaching Note

Celeritas, Inc.: Leadership Challenges in a Fast-Growth Industry (Brief Case)

By: Michael Beer and Ingrid Vargas

Teaching Note for 4360. View Details

Keywords: Technology; Morale; Conflict; Organizational Change; Team Building; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Leadership; Communication; Groups and Teams; Conflict and Resolution

September 2000
Background Note

Professional Services Module One: Introduction to the Challenges Facing PSFs

By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry

This initial module was meant to clarify how the course would be useful to students who would be starting PSFs, working for them as an employee or contractor, managing them, or hiring them from the client side. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Selection and Staffing; Management; Service Delivery; Service Industry

October 1993
Case

Zen-Noh: ""I Love Gyu (Beef)""--New Challenges for the Beef Business

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Agribusiness; Cooperative Ownership; Trade; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Japan

03 May 2024
News

15 Startups Win $517K in 2024 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge

28 Nov 2023
News

ChatGPT makes job applications a breeze — that’s the challenge

25 Aug 2011
News

Without Its Master of Design, Apple Will Face Many Challenges

May 2024
Teaching Note

Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning: Overcoming Onshore Challenges to Offshore Wind

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 324-113. To activate the first wind turbines in the ocean off Martha’s Vineyard eventually supplying clean energy to 400,000 households, Vineyard Wind’s leaders had to navigate the permitting process, numerous delays, and objections from... View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Renewable Energy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; Massachusetts; Martha's Vineyard; New Bedford

2014
Other Article

Communicating Change: When Identity Becomes a Source of Vulnerability for Institutional Challengers

By: Ryann Elizabeth Manning, Julie Battilana and Lakshmi Ramarajan

Social movements challenge institutions through two related communication processes: articulating collective action frames and constructing collective movement identity. We argue that frames not only express movement identity, but also provide openings through which... View Details

Keywords: Identity Threat; Institutional Change; Social Movements; Framing; Social Issues; Identity; Organizational Culture; Change

December 5, 2010
Article

Gregg Steinhafel Has Faced Up to Many Challenges as Target CEO

By: Bill George

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Management

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2008
Working Paper

Product Development and Learning in Project Teams: The Challenges are the Benefits

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ingrid M. Nembhard

The value of teams in new product development (NPD) is undeniable. Both the interdisciplinary nature of the work and industry trends necessitate that professionals from different functions work together on development projects to create the highest quality product in... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Learning; Management Skills; Product Development; Projects; Groups and Teams; Conflict Management; Social and Collaborative Networks

2005
Teaching Note

Meeting New Challenges at the Aldine Independent School District, Teaching Note

By: Stacey Childress, Allen S. Grossman and Caroline King

Keywords: Education; Local Range; Problems and Challenges

31 Jul 2012
News

Two Harvard Business School Teams Win Chef Ferran Adrià's Global Ideas Challenge Competition

March 2022
Background Note

Climate Challenges for Cities: Introduction to Issues and Actions in the United States

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Catarina Mia Martinez

This background Note introduces the implications of climate change (global warming) for American cities. In the U.S., partisan political divides and unaddressed economic and racial disparities in climate vulnerabilities can inhibit action. The two main fronts for... View Details

Educators

08 Mar 2017
News

At the Made in America Store, it's a challenge to keep the aisles full

1992
Book

The Challenge of Organizational Change: How Companies Experience It and Leaders Guide It

By: R. M. Kanter, B. Stein and T. D. Jick

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges

2023
Article

Dynamic HTA for Digital Health Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for Patient-Centered Evaluation

By: Jan B. Brönneke, Annika Herr, Simon Reif and Ariel D. Stern

Germany’s 2019 Digital Healthcare Act (Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz, or DVG) created a number of opportunities for the digital transformation of the health care delivery system. Key among these was the creation of a reimbursement pathway for patient-centered digital... View Details

Keywords: Digital Transformation; Applications and Software; Product Development; Insurance; Policy; Health Industry; Germany