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  • June 1999
  • Case

NovaCare, Inc. - Helping Make Life a Little Better

NovaCare, a rehabilitation and employee-services comapny, has evolved over a 15-year period. Senior management believes that its success is largely due to its core values, which are shared on a daily basis and drive decisions. Operational and structural changes have... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth Management; Organizational Culture; Service Industry
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Barrett, Diana. "NovaCare, Inc. - Helping Make Life a Little Better." Harvard Business School Case 399-118, June 1999.
  • May 1994
  • Background Note

Managing Market Complexity: A Three-Ring Circus

By: V. Kasturi Rangan
Proposes models of organization that address the various product-market environments posed by the product life cycle. Frames these changes along the two dimensions of uncertainty and diversity. Offers three sets of organizational characteristics to reflect the three... View Details
Keywords: Business Processes; Growth and Development Strategy; Complexity; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Product Marketing; Markets; Product
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Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Managing Market Complexity: A Three-Ring Circus." Harvard Business School Background Note 594-119, May 1994.
  • 25 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

heard that she’s good at math over and over again,” Coffman says. “You might have to encourage women a few times if you want to close these gaps.” "Our work suggests a need for structuring group decision-making in a way that assures the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • March 1998 (Revised April 1998)
  • Case

Egon Zehnder International: Implementing Practice Groups

By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
Since its creation in 1964, executive search firm Egon Zehnder International (EZI) marketed its consultants as "generalists." As searches became more global and industry-specific in the 1990s, CEO Daniel Meiland decided the firm needed to offer specialized services. By... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Global Strategy; Leadership; Brands and Branding; Service Operations; Organizational Structure; Consulting Industry; Service Industry
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Yoshino, Michael Y., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Egon Zehnder International: Implementing Practice Groups." Harvard Business School Case 398-052, March 1998. (Revised April 1998.)
  • 22 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies

across the organization. In short, most people tended to communicate with others in their own group or with peers. Among the exceptions: women. "We were surprised by how little interaction occurs across three major boundaries: the strategic business unit, the View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
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Overview

By: Julian J. Zlatev
First, Professor Zlatev studies how people make decisions that reinforce a sense that they are good or moral. He studies the psychology behind dual motive behaviors—actions that incorporate self-interested and prosocial motives—and the structure of moral identity. For... View Details
  • 02 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne

    Dutch Leonard

    Herman B. ("Dutch") Leonard is Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and the George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Sector Management at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In... View Details

    Keywords: education industry; federal government; health care; nonprofit industry; state government
    • December 2009 (Revised October 2015)
    • Case

    Diamond Foods

    By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman
    CEO Michael Mendes has transformed a grower-owned cooperative into a publicly traded top marketer of snack foods. Diamond's organization, culture, product development process, advertising and promotion strategy, and specifically its marketing department have been built... View Details
    Keywords: Agribusiness; Business Model; Customer Focus and Relationships; Leadership; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Cooperative Ownership; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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    Bell, David E., and Mary Louise Shelman. "Diamond Foods." Harvard Business School Case 510-013, December 2009. (Revised October 2015.)
    • 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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    Baker, George P., III, and Karen Wruck. "O.M. Scott & Sons Co. Leveraged Buyout." Harvard Business School Case 190-148, March 1990. (Revised November 2004.)
    • April 2003
    • Case

    Energis (A)

    By: John R. Wells
    Describes the history of Energis, one of the United Kingdom's major alternative telecommunications network service providers (altnets). Tracks the company from its birth as a diversification move by the National Grid, the U.K.'s leading electricity distributor, through... View Details
    Keywords: History; Change Management; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Organizational Structure; Industry Structures; Telecommunications Industry; United Kingdom
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    Wells, John R. "Energis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 703-505, April 2003.
    • 2012
    • Article

    Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models

    By: Johanna Mair, Julie Battilana and Julian Cardenas
    In this article, we use content and cluster analysis on a global sample of 200 social entrepreneurial organizations to develop a typology of social entrepreneuring models. This typology is based on four possible forms of capital that can be leveraged: social, economic,... View Details
    Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Organizational Structure
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    Mair, Johanna, Julie Battilana, and Julian Cardenas. "Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models." Special Issue on Social Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Journal of Business Ethics 111, no. 3 (December 2012): 353–373.
    • 30 Nov 2016
    • HBS Seminar

    Melissa Valentine and Michael Bernstein, Stanford University

    • Program

    Private Equity and Venture Capital

    industries Structure and negotiate better deals Make better investment decisions by examining the influence of risk, earnings, and organizational change Move quickly to select the best deals and negotiate... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Finance
    • 29 Aug 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

    context of a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant, it examines the operational changes associated with transitioning ownership from the founder to his son, including formalizing equity stakes and internal processes, establishing a clear View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • March–April 2019
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    The Dual-Purpose Playbook

    By: Julie Battilana, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul and Marissa Kimsey
    Corporations are being pushed to dial down their single-minded pursuit of financial gain and pay closer attention to their impact on employees, customers, communities, and the environment. But changing an organization’s DNA may require upending the existing business... View Details
    Keywords: Hybrid Organizing; Business And Society; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Model; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Structure; Leadership
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    Battilana, Julie, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul, and Marissa Kimsey. "The Dual-Purpose Playbook." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 4 (March–April 2019): 124–133.
    • July 2024
    • Supplement

    Pacific Lake Partners (B)

    By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
    Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

    Abstract: In 2009, Coley Andrews and Jim Southern endeavored to raise a private equity fund for investment solely in search... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition; Search Fund; Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Investment Funds; Organizational Structure; United States
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    Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Pacific Lake Partners (B)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 224-716, July 2024.
    • 01 Jun 2009
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation

    advance their agendas fall across several key areas, including strategy, organizational design, decision-making, and resource allocation. "The level of investment required to drive scientific innovation is greater, the time frame for... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Auto; Pharmaceutical
    • January 2024 (Revised May 2024)
    • Case

    Runa

    By: Paul Gompers and Carla Larangeira
    In early 2022, Courtney McColgan, founder and CEO of Runa, a human resources and payroll Software-as-a-Service platform, faced an unexpected tech market downturn. Founded in 2018, Runa catered to small and medium-sized businesses in Mexico, offering an affordable and... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Volatility; Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Leadership; Management; Venture Capital; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Growth and Maturation; Latin America
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    Gompers, Paul, and Carla Larangeira. "Runa." Harvard Business School Case 224-047, January 2024. (Revised May 2024.)
    • December 2004 (Revised February 2006)
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    Executive Decision Making at General Motors

    By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque
    Describes the evolution of General Motors' strategy, organizational structure, and management processes from its founding to the present day. Focuses on the role of GM's management committee—the senior-decision-making body at the company, now called the Automotive... View Details
    Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Decision Making; Management Teams; Auto Industry
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    Garvin, David A., and Lynne Levesque. "Executive Decision Making at General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 305-026, December 2004. (Revised February 2006.)
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