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September 24, 2014
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The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership

By: Auden Schendler and Michael W. Toffel

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January 2022 (Revised November 2022)
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Indigenous Wisdom and the Climate Crisis

By: Reshmaan N. Hussam, Nadia Ahmad and Grace Liu

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August 2024
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Iogen: Decarbonizing Hard-to-Abate Sectors

By: George Serafeim, Charlotte Foody and John Mulliken

Brian Foody, CEO of Iogen Corporation, was an early leader in advanced biofuels, developing a range of technologies to transform agricultural waste into transportation fuel. With $100 million in revenue and 350 patents across various biofuel technologies, Iogen was... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Biofuel; Market Attractiveness; Decarbonization; Technological Innovation; Climate Change; Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Transformation; Market Entry and Exit; Strategy; Energy Industry; United States; United Kingdom

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Leadership and Organization Change: Beyond the Magic Leader

By: M. Tushman

Keywords: Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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August 1993
Case

Giddings & Lewis: In Search of the Cutting Edge (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr., Nitin Nohria and Norman Klein

Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Social Enterprise

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01 Sep 2006
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Does My Résumé Work?

narrative about themselves. How long will this take? It depends. Career changes take longer than transitioning between related jobs. “My general advice,” said Radtke, “is that it takes seventy meaningful conversations to turn up three... View Details

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

June 2015
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Generating Higher Value at IBM (A): EPS Forecasting Model

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Scott Mayfield

This case analyzes IBM's financial performance and its capital allocation decisions over a 10-year period from 2004-2013, during which IBM returned more than $140B to shareholders through a combination of dividends and share repurchases. During this time, CEO Sam... View Details

Keywords: Dividends; Share Repurchases; Earnings Guidance; Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Ratios; Payout Policy; Earnings Per Share (EPS); Earnings Management; Change Management; Leadership; Transformation; Financial Strategy

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May 2000
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GE Compilation: Jack Welch 1981-1999

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Excerpts of videotaped presentations and interviews with Jack Welch in five different time periods from 1981 to 1999. Welch comments on progress on GE's strategic, organizational, and managerial transformation, and his own role in leading that change. View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy

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December 1993
Case

Bay State Milling Co.

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Flour milling in recent years has had a great deal of consolidation. The fourth generation of a privately held firm is debating how to protect themselves in the industry as consumption, production, competition, logistics, technology, and patterns are all changing. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transition; Economics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Operations; Consolidation

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01 Apr 2001
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Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

relevant’ to our list of qualities, so that if you aren’t reading HBR, you are missing out.” Tell us about the recent changes at HBR and what inspired them. The house wasn’t on fire, that’s for sure — our numbers were excellent, and our... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

19 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature

on this issue for the first time. After all, if the US and China are not part of a solution, there will be no solution." The shift for China won't be an easy one. It will require drastic changes in entrenched governmental,... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Manufacturing

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

2019), Kimberly Foster (MBA 2020), Amanda E. Johnson (MBA 2014), Depelsha McGruder (MBA 1998), Zuhairah Scott Washington (JD/MBA 2004), and Michelle Morris Weston (MBA 1983). OCTOBER 13 “In this radically changing world, if your business... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller

cites the importance of being open-minded, listening, and recognizing that turnarounds take time. “Instant change is no change,” he says—though the process still requires operating with a sense of urgency. “This is not the last chance... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

06 Aug 2020
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Defining Flex Work

small schedule adjustments to accommodate personal appointments; and “time shift,” an employee who has a customized regular schedule, such as a four-day workweek. These strictly defined categories have helped employers understand that the switch to workplace... View Details

02 Jul 2014
What Do You Think?

Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?

Summing Up Is There Really a Formula for Great Leadership? The overall sense of responses to our question for the month is that the leadership stars of today—Jobs, Bezos, Gates, etc.,—should not cause us to change our time-honored ideas... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 May 2020
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New Menu

the next 10 years deploying everything I've learned—the mistakes I've made, the experiences I've had—on making this world a better place." For Ive, that meant turning all his business know-how toward addressing climate change and other... View Details

August 2013 (Revised January 2016)
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Sustainability at Siemens

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Amy C. Edmondson, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Emer Moloney

Describes sustainability efforts at Siemens since arrival of Chief Sustainability Officer, Barbara Kux, in 2008. Asks students to evaluate success of those efforts and outline what the company should do going forward. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Sustainability; Energy Efficiency; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Energy Conservation; Environmental Sustainability; Gender; Electronics Industry

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January 2010 (Revised February 2011)
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The Random House Response to the Kindle

By: Bharat N. Anand and Peter Olson

In early 2010, e-readers, like Amazon's Kindle and Apple's impending iPad, threatened to disrupt the book publishing industry. The case provides an overview of the industry, describes the broader trends regarding e-readers, and asks: how should major publishers like... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Trends; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Consumer Behavior; Industry Structures; Corporate Strategy; Hardware; Publishing Industry

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