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  • February 2010 (Revised April 2010)
  • Case

Organization and Strategy at Millennium (A)

By: Julie M. Wulf and Scott Waggoner
This case examines Millennium's strategic and organizational responses to the rapid evolution of the biopharmaceutical industry. In the early 2000s, as Millennium's competitive advantage in early-stage research slipped away and its losses mounted, founder and CEO Mark... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Leading Change; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • October 1991 (Revised November 1996)
  • Case

Gordon Cain and the Sterling Group (A)

By: Michael C. Jensen
A Houston-based LBO firm makes two petrochemical acquisitions that benefit from improved industry conditions and improved organizational performance. The LBOs generate huge increases in value, creating problems for managers, who have large, undiversified equity... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation; Business Exit or Shutdown; Leveraged Buyouts; Chemical Industry; Houston
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  • 17 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

HBS Section I Celebrates Parents, Mentors, and Partners Day

when responding to a parent's perspective. What set this session apart was Professor Fubini's innovative approach. He even called on Travis Fox, partner of Meghana Bansal (MBA 2024), to roleplay as CEO Rick Cohen telling his staff about the View Details
  • 11 Dec 2019
  • News

How AI shifts enterprise decision-making into self-driving mode

  • January 1971 (Revised May 1984)
  • Case

Vlasic Foods, Inc.

The chairman of a successful pickle company is concerned with the organizational implications of continued growth. Affords an opportunity to analyze the corporate strategy and the management style of the chief executive. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Growth Management; Corporate Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 2018
  • Book

Driving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business

By: Sunil Gupta
Disruption and transformation get a lot of hype and for good reason. Digital technologies have disrupted entire industries and incumbents have often struggled in this new world. Typical approaches used by legacy players such as using technology to improve efficiency,... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Information Technology; Transformation; Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Organizational Structure; Digital Strategy
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    James L. Heskett

    James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive... View Details

      Robert S. Huckman

      Robert Huckman is the Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, the Howard Cox Faculty Chair of the HBS Healthcare Initiative, and the Unit Head for View Details

      Keywords: biotechnology; health care; manufacturing; pharmaceuticals
      • May 1992 (Revised July 1995)
      • Case

      Capital Holding Corp.: Reengineering the Direct Response Group

      By: Donna B. Stoddard
      Describes a major change initiative--reengineering--that is underway at Capital Holding Corp.'s Direct Response Group. The reengineering initiative involved changes to the organization's structure, control systems, and information systems. View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      • 2010
      • Chapter

      Utilizing Team Member Expertise Under Pressure

      By: Heidi K. Gardner and Erin McFee
      Pressure intensifies on a strategy consulting team as they deliver a critical project, and the team manager faces a dilemma about her changing role on the team. Although she had been the key decision-maker in the early weeks of the project, Julia Narino now finds that... View Details
      Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Managerial Roles; Organizational Culture; Projects; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Customization and Personalization; Consulting Industry
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        Bharat N. Anand

        Bharat N. Anand is the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard University, and the Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

        Professor Anand is an expert in digital strategy, media and... View Details

        Keywords: broadcasting; entertainment; information; media; motion pictures; music; publishing industry; sports; television
        • 03 Feb 2010
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Accountability and Control as Catalysts for Strategic Exploration and Exploitation: Field Study Results

        Keywords: by Robert L. Simons
        • October 1993 (Revised September 1996)
        • Case

        BANC ONE - 1993

        By: Hugo Uyterhoeven and Myra M. Hart
        From a small local bank, Banc One has grown to one of the largest and most profitable banks in the United States under the leadership of its CEO, John B. McCoy. It has an impressive track record of improving the performance of its acquisitions while retaining the... View Details
        Keywords: Leadership; Acquisition; Organizational Culture; Policy; Adaptation; Business Growth and Maturation; Strategy; Performance Improvement; Industry Structures; Banking Industry; United States
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        • December 1997 (Revised April 2000)
        • Case

        John Trani's First Year

        By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
        John Trani is Stanley Works' new CEO. This case describes his philosophy, communications, and actions during his first seven months in office, aiming at a major transformation of strategic postures, organizational structure, and company culture. View Details
        Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Communication; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Management Skills; Consumer Products Industry
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        • September 2010
        • Case

        Quanta Research Institute: Rainforest or Hothouse?

        By: Willy C. Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang and Ho Howard Yu
        Barry Lam, the CEO and founder of Quanta Computer (the largest notebook computer manufacturer worldwide), has recognized for many years that he had to transform the company to decrease its dependence on producing commodity hardware for other global brands and move the... View Details
        Keywords: Change Management; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Research and Development; Computer Industry; Taiwan
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        • July 2000 (Revised February 2001)
        • Case

        alphaWorks: IBM's Technology Talent Agents

        AlphaWorks has catalyzed IBM researchers and offered them a new path to take technology to market. With success, though, comes new organizational challenges. Should John Wolpert extend alphaWorks to all IBM labs, refocus, or shut down its operations? View Details
        Keywords: Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Research and Development
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        • 10 Nov 2011
        • HBS Case

        HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

        groups of constituents and board members, using technology wisely, and planning for a future in the digital world. It also shows that there are alternative paths for a CEO to take—and that a strong organizational leader can make up for... View Details
        Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
        • August 2012
        • Case

        Jess Westerly at Kauflauf GmbH

        By: John J. Gabarro and Colleen Kaftan
        Jess Westerly is the assistant product owner of CRM applications for computer and office supply wholesalers and retailers at Kauflauf, a fast-growing provider of subscription enterprise software headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. Only months into her job, outsider... View Details
        Keywords: Applications and Software; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Leading Change; Behavior; Salesforce Management; Social and Collaborative Networks; Planning; Web Services Industry; Germany
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        • February 2022 (Revised January 2024)
        • Supplement

        Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (C)

        By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
        In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details
        Keywords: Restructuring; Talent and Talent Management; Compensation and Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Consulting Industry
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        • October 2010
        • Supplement

        Toyota Recalls (C): Bumpy Road Ahead

        By: John A. Quelch, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Ryan Johnson
        Between February and July 2010, Toyota sales recover thanks to the use of extensive PR and sales incentives. Yet recalls continue. Can Toyota stem the tide and correct its organizational flaws to address the underlying issues? View Details
        Keywords: Safety; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Sales; Auto Industry
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