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- September 1999 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
Deloitte & Touche (A): A Hole in the Pipeline
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
Deloitte & Touche was losing talented women, and CEO Mike Cook wanted to stop the loss, especially as the accounting and consulting fields became more competitive. The firm commissioned an analysis of the situation; now it had to consider the results and develop a plan... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Planning; Organizational Culture; Accounting; Gender; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Loss; Change Management; Jobs and Positions; Resignation and Termination; Accounting Industry; United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Jane Roessner. "Deloitte & Touche (A): A Hole in the Pipeline." Harvard Business School Case 300-012, September 1999. (Revised May 2003.)
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
When business executives create innovative products or services, they often look to impress their customers by delivering an experience more meaningful, more delightful, than possibly expected. A true "wow!" moment. And Harvard Business School Professor Stefan Thomke... View Details
- July 2001
- Case
Paula Evans and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (B)
By: Linda A. Hill, Kristin Doughty and Ellen Pruyne
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Strategy; Secondary Education; Restructuring; Leadership; Education Industry; Cambridge
Hill, Linda A., Kristin Doughty, and Ellen Pruyne. "Paula Evans and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (B)." Harvard Business School Case 402-004, July 2001.
- August 2023 (Revised July 2024)
- Technical Note
Power-to-X
By: Willy Shih, Michael W. Toffel and Kelsey Carter
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions that were contributing to climate change, the world needs to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Power-to-X (PtX) refers to an array of processes that convert electricity (power) to various gaseous and liquid... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Strategies; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Transition; Renewable Energy; Energy Industry
Shih, Willy, Michael W. Toffel, and Kelsey Carter. "Power-to-X." Harvard Business School Technical Note 624-038, August 2023. (Revised July 2024.)
- 2009
- Book
Leading for Equity: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Montgomery County Public Schools
By: Stacey M. Childress, Dennis Doyle and David A. Thomas
Leading for Equity tells the compelling story of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools and its transformation—in less than a decade—into a system committed to breaking the links between race and class and academic achievement. In chapters organized around six... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Education; Leadership; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Improvement; Social Issues
Childress, Stacey M., Dennis Doyle, and David A. Thomas. Leading for Equity: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Montgomery County Public Schools. Cambridge: Harvard Education Press, 2009. (Foreword by David Gergen.)
- January 1997 (Revised September 1997)
- Case
Improving the Product Development Process at Kirkham Instruments Corp.
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Describes the efforts of a manufacturer of scientific instruments to implement new methods of managing new product development, which its executives had learned in a Harvard Business School seminar. The executives left the seminar excited to implement a new way of... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Product Launch; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; United States
Christensen, Clayton M. "Improving the Product Development Process at Kirkham Instruments Corp." Harvard Business School Case 697-058, January 1997. (Revised September 1997.)
- April 1988 (Revised March 1991)
- Supplement
Boeing 767: From Concept to Production (B)
By: David A. Garvin
Updates the (A) case to the present day. The issue facing students is whether Boeing's approach to managing new airplane programs must be modified to fit with this new environment. View Details
Keywords: Production; Change Management; Product Development; Product Marketing; Situation or Environment; Air Transportation Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Garvin, David A. "Boeing 767: From Concept to Production (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 688-041, April 1988. (Revised March 1991.)
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Ink
Book Review: Mix Master by Sean Silverthorne In contemporary culture, a remix is the bringing together of assets in new ways—a song that combines recording samples from Otis Redding or Brenda Lee, say, placed in a new Kanye West wrapper. See Also Alumni and Faculty... View Details
- April 2002 (Revised September 2003)
- Case
Stephen Brown at John Hancock Financial Services
By: Robin J. Ely
Describes a major organizational transformation process at John Hancock Financial Services in which CEO Stephen Brown takes a series of measured steps to turn the old-line mutual insurance company into a competitive, performance-oriented financial services firm. At the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Leadership; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Alignment; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Ely, Robin J. "Stephen Brown at John Hancock Financial Services." Harvard Business School Case 402-048, April 2002. (Revised September 2003.)
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
brand. Well-known, right. How do you change people's vision of what that is? KL: So that is a really terrific question, because our brand is 51 years old and there are a fair number of people who may not have been to one in the past 20... View Details
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
help address the climate change crisis by removing excess carbon dioxide right out of the atmosphere. The promise of this approach has launched a raft of companies that not only capture but also store and even reuse the carbon—creating an... View Details
- November 2016
- Case
Pete & Gerry's
By: Jose Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
Keywords: ＂Pete ＆ Gerry's; ＂ Eggs; Egg Industry; Avian Flu; Cage Free; Free Range; Agribusiness; Agriculture; Industry Structure; Industry Evolution; Price Volatility; Small Business; Strategy Formulation; Branding; Marketing; Premium Brand; Growth; Consumer; Consumer Behavior; Animal Welfare; Retail; Grocery; Food Labeling; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Advertising Campaigns; Business Model; Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transition; Trends; Volatility; Customer Value and Value Chain; Entrepreneurship; Food; Ethics; Health; Problems and Challenges; Operations; Sales; Risk and Uncertainty; Quality; Public Opinion; Value; Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Alvarez, Jose, and Natalie Kindred. "Pete & Gerry's." Harvard Business School Case 517-048, November 2016.
- November 1982
- Case
Conversion Training at New England Telephone (B)
By: D. Quinn Mills and E. Mary Lou Balbaky
Mills, D. Quinn, and E. Mary Lou Balbaky. "Conversion Training at New England Telephone (B)." Harvard Business School Case 383-100, November 1982.
- February 2018
- Case
Earlham College Basketball: Turnaround Strategy
By: Juan Alcacer and Anne Marie Knott
Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, is in the heart of basketball country. Yet its record for the 2013/2014 basketball season was a dismal 5–20. The school recruited Jason Polykoff from the University of Pennsylvania’s coaching staff to reinvent the program. By... View Details
Alcacer, Juan, and Anne Marie Knott. "Earlham College Basketball: Turnaround Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 718-497, February 2018.
- 1995
- Book
Reengineering the Organization, Transforming to Compete in the Information Economy Instructor's Guide
By: R. L. Nolan, D. L. Stoddard, T. H. Davenport and S. Jarvenpaa
- 2007
- Article
Trends in Executive Education in Business Marketing
By: Das Narayandas
Narayandas, Das. "Trends in Executive Education in Business Marketing." Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing 14, no. 1 (2007).
- December 2003
- Article
Stochastic Technical Progress, Smooth Trends, and Nearly Distinct Business Cycles
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Stochastic Technical Progress, Smooth Trends, and Nearly Distinct Business Cycles." American Economic Review 93, no. 5 (December 2003): 1543–1559.
- Article
Disruptive Innovation: A New Diagnosis for Health Care's 'Financial Flu'
By: John Kenagy and C. M. Christensen
Kenagy, John, and C. M. Christensen. "Disruptive Innovation: A New Diagnosis for Health Care's 'Financial Flu'." hfm (Healthcare Financial Management) 56, no. 5 (May 2002): 62–66.
- January 2024
- Case
President Biden's Industrial Policy
Greenwood, Robin, Richard Ruback, Justin Katz, and Robert Ialenti. "President Biden's Industrial Policy." Harvard Business School Case 224-050, January 2024.