Publications

June 2003 (Revised November 2003)
Case

Siemens Medical Solutions: Strategic Turnaround

By: D. Quinn Mills and Julian Kurz

Describes how Siemens Medical Solutions (MED) accomplished a remarkable turnaround from a money-losing operation to one of Siemens' most profitable divisions. By late 1996, a challenging market environment in the health care industry as well as inefficiencies in the... View Details

Keywords: Opportunities; Globalized Firms and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Transformation; Problems and Challenges; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

February 2006 (Revised November 2006)
Case

GE's Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Follows the actions of GE CEO, Jeff Immelt, as he implements a growth strategy for the $150 billion company in a tough business environment. In four years, he reinvigorates GE's technology, expands its services, develops a commercial focus, pushes developing countries,... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Judgments; Global Strategy; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure

17 Nov 2021
News

5 New Rules for Leading a Hybrid Team

01 Dec 2019
News

From Das’s Desk

written and the insights and lessons they offer. The Disruptive Voice – A series that looks at examples of disruptive innovation being explored by academics, researchers, and practitioners who were inspired by Professor Clay Christensen. View Details

Keywords: podcasts; lifelong learning; alumni; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Feb 2001
News

In Dot-Calm Era, Conference Examines Options for Entrepreneurs

to Lead" and sponsored by the student-run Entrepreneurship Club, offered a fresh look at today's changing entrepreneurial environment. Guy Kawasaki, founder and CEO of the venture-capital investment bank Garage.com, kicked off the October... View Details

Keywords: Information

June 2024
Case

Vinalhaven: The Downtown Project

By: Richard S. Ruback, Matthew Preble, Ruth Page and Dave Habeeb

Vinalhaven is an island community located approximately 12 miles off the coast of Maine. The island has a year-round population of about 1,300 people as of 2022, with an additional 3,000 people who reside on the island in the summer months. The two largest industries... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Natural Environment; Weather; Sustainable Cities; Forecasting and Prediction; Construction; Property; Infrastructure; Capital Budgeting; Projects; Project Finance; Negotiation; United States; Maine

07 Sep 2021
News

Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2

noticed about your management style that I, wonder if you're, you're cognizant of. I'm sure you are. But a couple anecdotal examples here: Angela Merkel, you liked her because she served her own guests coffee. You know, you were... View Details

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

2025 J 3.0 Alex Chan Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Gerald Chertavian Field Course: Investing for Impact Entrepreneurial Management, Finance, General Management Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Social... View Details

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

toll on all involved, it assembled a cross section of people to explore ways of avoiding so much pressure in making future films. One of the key suggestions was to lock the story—not allow any further changes after some point early in the... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation

September 2003 (Revised November 2005)
Case

Best Buy Co., Inc. (A): An Innovator's Journey

By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey

The CEO of Best Buy, a hugely successful retailing company, has hired consulting firm Strategos to imbue the company with an improved innovative capability. The six-month program of experimental learning yields new business ideas and also trains Best Buy employees as... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Management Teams; Creativity; Adoption; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Employees; Learning; Training; Programs; Retail Industry; United States

01 Mar 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal

it all rolling: “Imagine a wheel. A developer is the hub where the spokes of land acquisition, design, finance, construction, marketing, sales, and building management all meet.” Site specific: “Good development evolves from sensing what... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

27 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

group of managers heading every function but also spoke with a cross-section of employees (with translators) and even several customers and partners. Since one of the companies—an IT giant—has been partnering with a major government... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Jul 2016
News

From Money to Ministry

Photography by Tori Soper Rodney Quainton (MBA 1970) had always wanted to be a banker. At Yale (Class of 1962), courses on money management and banking attracted him. “At that time,” he recalls, “banking was considered an honorable... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2008
News

Faculty Books

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn (MBA ’06), and Curtis W. Johnson (McGraw-Hill) Taking a cue from Bill Gates’s 2005 critique of the American school... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Real Estate

31 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

Officer at 3Degrees (How Harvard is Going Fossil Fuel Free): “Rather than saying, I want to get into climate change and therefore, what should I do? I would think of it the other way around, which is, What really excites me and how can I... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Winning Legally

compliance as an investment, not an expense, legally astute managers are more likely to discover innovative paths to change their products in ways that not only ensure compliance but also provide greater... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

December 2022
Supplement

Freelancer, Ltd. Case Supplement

By: Christopher Stanton, Karim R. Lakhani, Jin Hyun Paik and Nina Cohodes

Over the course of the 2010s, the rapid advancement of mobile technologies and the rise of online freelancing platforms seemed to portend a radical transformation of labor markets into on-demand, flexible talent pools. Even though several Fortune 500 companies,... View Details

Keywords: Labor Markets; Freelancers; Change Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Globalized Firms and Management; Human Capital; Employment; Digital Platforms; Global Range; Adoption; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Employment Industry; Information Industry; Australia; United States; Philippines