Publications

January 10, 2023
Editorial

Climate Change: Why Business Schools are Failing

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

We are faced with an existential challenge that requires radical action. Tomorrow’s business leaders must learn to think critically about their role in society and how they will practice their craft in order to bring about change. View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Climate Change; Business Education

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May 2024
Article

Financial Innovation in the 21st Century: Evidence from U.S. Patents

By: Josh Lerner, Amit Seru, Nick Short and Yuan Sun

We develop a unique dataset of 24 thousand U.S. finance patents granted over the last two decades to explore the evolution and production of financial innovation. We use machine learning to identify the financial patents and extensively audit the results to ensure... View Details

Keywords: Banking; Investment Banks; Information Technology; Regulation; Patents; Innovation and Invention; Trends

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Strategic Change: A New Dimension of Human Resource Management

By: R. A. Eisenstat, M. Beer and R. Biggadike

Keywords: Human Resources; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation

August 2015 (Revised March 2017)
Supplement

Planters Nuts (B): The Power of the Peanut

By: Robert J. Dolan and Donald K. Ngwe

This case picks up from the events in Planters Nuts and describes how the new management team for Planters turned the brand around in 2013 by implementing a new brand positioning accompanied by a multimillion dollar marketing campaign. View Details

Keywords: Product Positioning; Marketing; Transformation; Food and Beverage Industry

14 Sep 2009 - 15 Sep 2009
Lecture

What Should Change?" Panel Co-Facilitator. "Executive Compensation: A Broader View

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Change; Executive Compensation

Article

Organizational Culture, Innovativeness and Market Orientation in Hong Kong Five Years After Handover: What Has Changed?

By: Rohit Deshpandé and John U. Farley

Keywords: Markets; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Change; Hong Kong

2002
Chapter

Building Organizational Fitness

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation

1998
Chapter

Trust and Organizational Learning

By: B. Moingeon and A. Edmondson

Keywords: Trust; Organizational Change and Adaptation

09 Nov 2022
News

What to Do After Being Laid Off

01 Oct 2020
News

3 Types of Innovation You Should Know

14 Jun 2019
News

Are You Clueless About Clothes? Stitch Fix Has an Algorithm for That

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

06 Feb 2015
News

Improving Weather Forecasting

22 Apr 2014
News

Mark Fields Follows a Legend Leaving Ford in Prime Condition

Keywords: automotive industry; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

June 2008 (Revised August 2008)
Case

The Suzlon Edge

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Juliana Seminerio

With prices of oil, coal and gas at historically high levels, the wind industry had installed more than 20,000 MW of wind energy, representing a $37 billion investment in 2007. Besides high prices, wind energy represented a solution for consumers seeking an energy... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Cost vs Benefits; Renewable Energy; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Integration; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; India

Educators

01 Dec 2010
News

Making a Difference

Three stories in this issue will introduce you to remarkable individuals who work in strikingly different fields but who share a common passion — the pursuit of ideas that are changing the way others think and act. Gayle Lemmon (MBA ’06),... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; meta

July 2024 (Revised December 2024)
Background Note

District Heating: An Overview

By: Willy Shih and Michael W. Toffel

This note provides an overview of district heating: systems in which central plants generate heat that is conveyed by steam or water through a set of insulated pipes to send heat to residential and/or commercial buildings. It describes key elements of the system (heat... View Details

Keywords: Decarbonization; Energy Efficiency; Energy Storage; Energy Transmission; Construction; Energy; Buildings and Facilities; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Climate Change; Operations; Energy Industry; Denmark; Europe; United States

Educators

March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
Case

Akamai Technologies: Expanding the Talent Pipeline

By: Christopher Stanton, Lynda M. Applegate, Allison Ciechanover, Emily Grandjean and Sophie Beck

In 2022, senior executives of Cambridge, MA-based Akamai Technologies met to consider whether and how to scale a successful technical training program. The program, Akamai Technical Academy (ATA), was launched in 2016 to address a key challenge at Akamai and in the... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversity; Talent and Talent Management; Technology Industry; United States; Boston

Educators