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- March 2008 (Revised December 2008)
- Case
KIPP 2007: Implementing a Smart Growth Strategy
By: Stacey M. Childress and Maura Lynn Marino
After opening 60 schools in 8 years through opportunistic growth, the national office of the KIPP schools network has designed a strategy dubbed "smart growth." Each KIPP school is a separately incorporated entity led by a principal who was selected and trained by the... View Details
Keywords: Education; Organizational Culture; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; United States
Childress, Stacey M., and Maura Lynn Marino. "KIPP 2007: Implementing a Smart Growth Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 308-073, March 2008. (Revised December 2008.)
- December 1977 (Revised June 1980)
- Background Note
Some Notes on Action Planning and Implementation
By: John J. Gabarro
Keywords: Planning
Gabarro, John J. "Some Notes on Action Planning and Implementation." Harvard Business School Background Note 478-027, December 1977. (Revised June 1980.)
- December 2013
- Case
Clique Pens: The Writing Implements Division of U.S. Home
By: Frank V. Cespedes and James Kindley
The Clique Pens Writing Implements division of U.S. Home is a manufacturer of a full line of pens, pencils, markers, and art supplies. Despite solid sales, division president Elise Ferguson has seen gross margins drop from 42% in 2010 to just over 36% in 2012 as a... View Details
Keywords: Production; Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Compensation and Benefits; Sales; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Cespedes, Frank V., and James Kindley. "Clique Pens: The Writing Implements Division of U.S. Home." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-525, December 2013.
- May 2008
- Journal Article
Future Lock-in: Future Implementation Increases Selection of 'Should' Choices
By: Todd Rogers and Max Bazerman
People often experience tension over certain choices (e.g., they should reduce their gas consumption or increase their savings, but they do not want to). Some posit that this tension arises from the competing interests of a deliberative “should” self and an affective... View Details
Rogers, Todd, and Max Bazerman. "Future Lock-in: Future Implementation Increases Selection of 'Should' Choices." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 106, no. 1 (May 2008): 1–20.
- Summer 2000
- Article
The Silent Killers of Strategy Implementation and Learning
By: Michael Beer and Russell A. Eisenstat
Beer, Michael, and Russell A. Eisenstat. "The Silent Killers of Strategy Implementation and Learning." MIT Sloan Management Review 41, no. 4 (Summer 2000): 29–40.
- Article
Framing for Learning: Lessons in Successful Technology Implementation
By: A. Edmondson
Edmondson, A. "Framing for Learning: Lessons in Successful Technology Implementation." California Management Review 45, no. 2 (Winter 2003): 34–54.
- 2002
- Working Paper
Framing for Learning: Lessons in Successful Technology Implementation
By: Amy C. Edmondson
Edmondson, Amy C. "Framing for Learning: Lessons in Successful Technology Implementation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 02-094, June 2002.
- 2006
- Working Paper
Future Lock-In: Future Implementation Increases Selection of 'Should' Choices
By: Todd Rogers and Max H. Bazerman
People often experience tension over certain choices (e.g., they should reduce their gas consumption or increase their savings, but they do not want to). Some posit that this tension arises from the competing interests of a deliberative "should" self and... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Attitudes; Conflict and Resolution; Cognition and Thinking
Rogers, Todd, and Max H. Bazerman. "Future Lock-In: Future Implementation Increases Selection of 'Should' Choices." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-038, December 2006. (Revised May 2007, August 2007.)
- 1987
- Chapter
Money in the Utility Function: An Empirical Implementation
By: Julio J. Rotemberg and James Poterba
Rotemberg, Julio J., and James Poterba. "Money in the Utility Function: An Empirical Implementation." In New Approaches to Monetary Economics, edited by W. Barnett and K. Singleton, 219–240. Cambridge University Press, 1987.
- July 2015 (Revised March 2017)
- Supplement
Unilever's Lifebuoy in India: Implementing the Sustainability Plan
- December 2008
- Teaching Note
KIPP 2007: Implementing a Smart Growth Strategy (TN)
By: Stacey M. Childress and Jason Mahon
Teaching Note for [308073]. View Details
- September 1994
- Article
Implementing New Knowledge: The Case of Activity-Based Costing
By: Chris Argyris and Robert S. Kaplan
Argyris, Chris, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Implementing New Knowledge: The Case of Activity-Based Costing." Accounting Horizons 8, no. 3 (September 1994): 83–105.
- Article
Integrating: A Managerial Practice that Enables Implementation in Fragmented Health Care Environments
By: Michaela J. Kerrissey, Patricia Satterstrom, Nicholas Leydon, Gordon Schiff and Sara J. Singer
How some organizations improve while others remain stagnant is a key question in health care research. This inductive qualitative study examines primary care clinics implementing improvement efforts in order to identify mechanisms that enable implementation despite... View Details
Keywords: Organization And Management Theory; Quality Improvement; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Improvement; Integration; Cooperation
Kerrissey, Michaela J., Patricia Satterstrom, Nicholas Leydon, Gordon Schiff, and Sara J. Singer. "Integrating: A Managerial Practice that Enables Implementation in Fragmented Health Care Environments." Health Care Management Review 42, no. 3 (July–September 2017): 213–225.
- November 2016
- Teaching Note
Unilever's Lifebuoy in India: Implementing the Sustainability Plan
Teaching Note for HBS No. 914-417. View Details
- October 1988
- Article
Implementation as Mutual Adaptation of Technology and Organization
By: D. A. Leonard
Keywords: Technology
Leonard, D. A. "Implementation as Mutual Adaptation of Technology and Organization." Research Policy 17, no. 5 (October 1988).
- March 1991
- Article
Requirements for Successful Implementation of New Manufacturing Technologies
By: R. H. Hayes and R. Jaikumar
Hayes, R. H., and R. Jaikumar. "Requirements for Successful Implementation of New Manufacturing Technologies." Journal of Engineering and Technology Management 7, nos. 3-4 (March 1991): 169–175.
- October 1989
- Background Note
Organizing and Implementing the Marketing Effort: Course Overview
Keywords: Marketing
Cespedes, Frank V. "Organizing and Implementing the Marketing Effort: Course Overview." Harvard Business School Background Note 590-041, October 1989.
- September 2007 (Revised January 2009)
- Case
Reading Rehabilitation Hospital: Implementing Patient-Focused Care (A) (Abridged)
By: Roy D. Shapiro
Reading Rehab Hospital has experimented with a popular concept in health care--patient-focused care--intended to increase quality and reduce costs by organizing care delivery around particular diagnoses or "service lines," rather than around the functions or... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Quality; Cost; Management Practices and Processes; Business Strategy; Service Delivery; Health Industry
Shapiro, Roy D. "Reading Rehabilitation Hospital: Implementing Patient-Focused Care (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 608-070, September 2007. (Revised January 2009.)
- 2008
- Other Teaching and Training Material
A Problem-Solving Approach to Designing and Implementing a Strategy to Improve Performance
By: Stacey Childress and Geoff Marietta
This note helps teams work through a problem-solving process that facilitates the design and implementation of a strategy for continuous improvement. View Details
Childress, Stacey, and Geoff Marietta. "A Problem-Solving Approach to Designing and Implementing a Strategy to Improve Performance." Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008.