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Driving Organizational Agility - Virtual
By: Ranjay Gulati
Today's businesses must be alert to changes in the external environment, develop competitive strategies quickly—and adapt the organization to execute. In this virtual program, you'll explore organizational structures and processes that have enabled businesses to... View Details
- August 1997 (Revised September 1997)
- Case
Imedia Corporation: The Pricing Decision
Efi Arazi, the president of a start-up called Imedia, must determine an appropriate pricing strategy for an innovation that will change the basis of competition in the cable TV industry. View Details
Kosnik, Thomas J., and Doron Kempel. "Imedia Corporation: The Pricing Decision." Harvard Business School Case 598-005, August 1997. (Revised September 1997.)
- 19 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Radical Design, Radical Results
design, little theory exists on how companies might go about creating a successful design strategy. In a recent article, "Strategies of Innovation and Imitation of Product... View Details
- October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
FARM Rio: Bringing a Brazilian Fashion Brand to the World
By: Isamar Troncoso and Jill Avery
FARM Rio, a twenty-six year old Brazilian fashion brand, had recently put down roots in the U.S. The brand, known for its bold, colorful, nature-inspired tropical prints, was testing the waters in Europe to assess if and how the brand should further expand globally.... View Details
Keywords: Global Marketing; Go-to-market Strategy; Global Branding; Brand Positioning; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Market Entry and Exit; Distribution Channels; Expansion; Fashion Industry; Brazil; United States; Europe
Troncoso, Isamar, and Jill Avery. "FARM Rio: Bringing a Brazilian Fashion Brand to the World." Harvard Business School Case 524-003, October 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
- April 2002 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
GE's Digital Revolution: Redefining the E in GE
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Meg Glinska
This case details the implementation of the e-business initiative--the last of Jack Welch's four company-wide strategic thrusts. First, it summarizes the 20-year change process that Welch led, detailing the initiatives he put in place. It then traces how Gerry Podesta,... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Corporate Strategy; Internet and the Web
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Meg Glinska. "GE's Digital Revolution: Redefining the E in GE." Harvard Business School Case 302-001, April 2002. (Revised May 2005.)
- March 2024
- Article
When Are Social Protests Effective?
By: Eric Shuman, Amit Goldenberg, Tamar Saguy, Eran Halperin and Martijn van Zomeren
Around the world, people engage in social protests aimed at addressing major societal problems. Certain protests have led to significant progress, yet other protests have resulted in little demonstrable change. We introduce a framework for evaluating the effectiveness... View Details
Keywords: Protests; Social Issues; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics; Power and Influence; Motivation and Incentives
Shuman, Eric, Amit Goldenberg, Tamar Saguy, Eran Halperin, and Martijn van Zomeren. "When Are Social Protests Effective?" Trends in Cognitive Sciences 28, no. 3 (March 2024): 252–263.
- November 2017 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Redfin: Redefine Real Estate
By: Hong Luo and Huafeng Yu
Founded in 2004, Redfin envisioned a light-touch model in which clients self-served using the digital platform in exchange for a significantly lower fee than traditional agents. Realizing the narrow appeal of its initial model, Redfin had made significant changes to... View Details
Keywords: Adaptation; Growth and Development Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Real Estate Industry; North America
Luo, Hong, and Huafeng Yu. "Redfin: Redefine Real Estate." Harvard Business School Case 718-430, November 2017. (Revised December 2019.)
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
Companies and people need to embrace change in order to succeed in the future, according to HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. In this, the second of a two-part interview for HBS Working Knowledge, she... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Jul 2011
- News
Whether to Shutter a Struggling Family Business
Gerald Zaltman
*Joined Harvard Faculty: 1991
Prior Faculty Appointments: Northwestern University, 1968-75;
University of Pittsburgh, 1975-91
Prior Faculty Appointments: Northwestern University, 1968-75;
University of Pittsburgh, 1975-91
*Doctoral Degree in Sociology Received from: The John Hopkins University;
MBA Degree Received from: The University of... View Details
- January 1996 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
First Community Bank (A)
First Community Bank, a bank-within-a-bank at Bank of Boston, was established in 1990 as a unique venture to serve urban communities. By 1995 it has achieved profitability but must manage relationships with the mainstream at Bank of Boston, serve as a change agent and... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Business Ventures; Business and Community Relations; Agency Theory; Change Management; Leadership; Balanced Scorecard; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Banking Industry; Boston
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "First Community Bank (A)." Harvard Business School Case 396-202, January 1996. (Revised December 2005.)
- 11 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone
additional changes three months in. Don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress. Signal your values. You might see mountains of food go to waste at your welcome receptions... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
efficient markets might argue that these are merely a reflection of the scarcity of supply among those thought to be able to lead large organizations. And yet there is evidence View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- August 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Case
VTS
By: Mark Roberge and Michael Roberts
The case raises issues around sales force deployment and management issues in the SaaS industry. Specifically, VTS sells a software product to the real estate industry and has designed a Go-to-Market strategy for what the founders perceive to be the unique... View Details
- 2013
- Article
The Strategic Fitness Process: A Collaborative Action Research Method for Developing Organizational Prototypes and Dynamic Capabilities
By: Michael Beer
Organizations underperform and sometimes fail because their leaders are unable to learn the unvarnished truth from relevant stakeholders about how the design and behavior of the organization is misaligned with its goals and strategy. The Strategic Fitness Process (SFP)... View Details
Keywords: Organization Alignment; Dynamic Capabilities; Organization Design; Organizational Prototyping; Organizational Silence; Organizational Learning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Organizational Design
Beer, Michael. "The Strategic Fitness Process: A Collaborative Action Research Method for Developing Organizational Prototypes and Dynamic Capabilities." Journal of Organization Design 2, no. 1 (2013).
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
enterprises” Never mind whether this was ever truly so black and white—Western countries certainly had their share of state-owned businesses back in the 1970s—but what is clear is that times have changed. Liberalization View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Apr 2016
- News
How America Grew
- 02 Nov 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Organizational Response to Environmental Demands: Opening the Black Box
Keywords: by Magali A. Delmas & Michael W. Toffel
- Article
Strategies and Tactics in NGO-Government Relations: Insights from Slum Housing in Mumbai
By: Ramya Ramanath and Alnoor Ebrahim
Relationships between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and government agencies have been variously described in the nonprofit literature as cooperative, complementary, adversarial, confrontational, or even co-optive. But how do NGO-government relationships emerge... View Details
Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Housing; Corporate Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Change Management; Business Strategy; Growth and Development; Non-Governmental Organizations; Accommodations Industry; Mumbai
Ramanath, Ramya, and Alnoor Ebrahim. "Strategies and Tactics in NGO-Government Relations: Insights from Slum Housing in Mumbai." Nonprofit Management & Leadership 21, no. 1 (Fall 2010): 21–42.
- 2018
- Chapter
How Geography Shapes—and Is Shaped by—the Internet
By: Shane Greenstein, Avi Goldfarb and Chris Forman
Book Abstract: The first 15 years of the 21st century have thrown into sharp relief the challenges of growth, equity, stability, and sustainability facing the world economy. In addition, they have exposed the inadequacies of mainstream economics in providing answers to... View Details
Greenstein, Shane, Avi Goldfarb, and Chris Forman. "How Geography Shapes—and Is Shaped by—the Internet." In The New Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography, edited by Gordon Clark, Maryann Feldman, Meric Gertler, and Dariusz Wojcik, 269–285. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.