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- April 1996
- Case
Confronting the Third Industrial Revolution
By: David A. Moss
Comprises three pieces. The first piece, which forms the body of the case, is adapted from a speech delivered by the author before the Harvard Business School Political Forum in early 1995. Originally entitled "The Economic Foundations of American Social Policy:...
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Moss, David A. "Confronting the Third Industrial Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 796-161, April 1996.
- April 1996 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (B): Cardiac Care Improvement
By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi
Explores the challenges confronting the CEO at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in the wake of radical changes in the health care environment. As pressures have risen for cost containment in health care, the hospital has embarked on a series of reengineering efforts to...
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Keywords:
Consolidation;
Health Care and Treatment;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Management Teams;
Operations;
Innovation and Invention;
Cost Management;
Health Industry;
Massachusetts
Pisano, Gary P., and Maryam Golnaraghi. "Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (B): Cardiac Care Improvement." Harvard Business School Case 696-063, April 1996. (Revised June 2001.)
- April 1996 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
Activity-Based Management at Stream International
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Norman Klein
Stream International's Crawfordsville, Indiana facilities undertake the design and implementation of an activity-based costing project. After analyzing the costs assigned to 161 work activities, Crawfordsville managers present five proposals for change based on ABM...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Indiana
Kaplan, Robert S., and Norman Klein. "Activity-Based Management at Stream International." Harvard Business School Case 196-134, April 1996. (Revised April 1996.)
- 1996
- Working Paper
Adaptive or Disruptive: When Does Downsizing Pay in Large Industrial Corporations?
By: Nitin Nohria and Geoffrey Love
- March 1996 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
State Street Bank and Trust Company: New Product Development
By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi
Portrays the dilemma faced by Marsh Carter, CEO and chairman of the board of State Street Bank, in May 1995. For the past decade, the bank earned continually expanding earnings through its rapidly growing custody business. Now, as that business matures and custodial...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Finance;
Problems and Challenges;
Management Teams;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Strategy;
Banking Industry
Pisano, Gary P., and Maryam Golnaraghi. "State Street Bank and Trust Company: New Product Development." Harvard Business School Case 696-087, March 1996. (Revised April 1996.)
- 1996
- Chapter
Adaptive Behavior and Strategic Rationality: Evidence from the Laboratory and the Field
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Adaptive Behavior and Strategic Rationality: Evidence from the Laboratory and the Field." In The Rational Foundations of Economic Behavior: Proceedings of the IEA Conference, edited by K. Arrow, E. Colombatto, M. Perlman, and C. Schmidt, 255–273. Macmillan Publishers, 1996.
- February 1996 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (A)
By: Gary P. Pisano and Maryam Golnaraghi
Focuses on the decision confronting senior administrators at the Brigham and Women's Hospital: whether to enter into an affiliation with the Massachusetts General Hospital. Requires students to analyze the complex institutional changes in the health environment and to...
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Keywords:
Consolidation;
Health Care and Treatment;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Management Teams;
Health Industry;
Massachusetts
Pisano, Gary P., and Maryam Golnaraghi. "Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 696-062, February 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
- February 1996 (Revised November 1996)
- Case
Wainwright Industries (A): Beyond the Baldrige
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Norman Klein
Traces the growth of Wainwright, a small automotive supply company, focusing on its commitment to quality in 1981 and the evolution of its quality culture. Breakthrough programs that stress "trust and belief" in the workforce and commitment to customers result in...
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Keywords:
Quality;
Customer Satisfaction;
Customer Relationship Management;
Ethics;
Business or Company Management;
Standards;
Machinery and Machining;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Auto Industry;
Missouri
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Norman Klein. "Wainwright Industries (A): Beyond the Baldrige." Harvard Business School Case 396-219, February 1996. (Revised November 1996.)
- February 1996
- Case
TRW's Information Services Division: Strategic Human Resource Management
By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers
Looks at a change effort initiated by a human resources manager within a division of TRW. The effort utilizes a change process to try to deal with some of the division's issues around organizational effectiveness, especially that of a long-term strategy. In so doing,...
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Keywords:
Human Resources;
Change Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Managerial Roles;
Strategy;
Problems and Challenges
Beer, Michael, and Gregory C. Rogers. "TRW's Information Services Division: Strategic Human Resource Management." Harvard Business School Case 496-003, February 1996.
- January 1996
- Case
Biogen, Inc.: rBeta Interferon Manufacturing Process Development
Biogen, Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company, is wrapping up a project to develop a new manufacturing process for a new drug product that will reposition the company from a purely research-oriented company to a fully integrated pharmaceutical manufacturing...
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Keywords:
Learning;
Technological Innovation;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Product Development;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Projects;
Research and Development;
Corporate Strategy;
Biotechnology Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Biogen, Inc.: rBeta Interferon Manufacturing Process Development." Harvard Business School Case 696-083, January 1996.
- January 1996 (Revised May 2005)
- Case
Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream, Inc.: A Period of Transition
By: David J. Collis and Melinda B. Conrad
Bob Holland takes over as CEO of this iconoclastic ice cream company in February 1995 when it faces a major crisis. Holland must now develop a strategy that both adapts to the external environment and is consistent with the company's unique heritage.
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Adaptation;
Crisis Management;
Organizational Culture;
Food and Beverage Industry
Collis, David J., and Melinda B. Conrad. "Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream, Inc.: A Period of Transition." Harvard Business School Case 796-109, January 1996. (Revised May 2005.)
- November 1995
- Course Overview Note
Reengineering the Organization, Course Overview and Syllabus
By: Richard L. Nolan and Donna B. Stoddard
Nolan, Richard L., and Donna B. Stoddard. "Reengineering the Organization, Course Overview and Syllabus." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 396-057, November 1995.
- 1995
- Book
Creatieve destructie: Zes fasen voor bedriftstransformatie
By: R. L. Nolan and D. C. Croson
- October 1995 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Reorganization for Revitalization
By: Ashish Nanda and Michael Y. Yoshino
Vernon Ellis, managing partner of Andersen Consulting -- Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India (AC -- EMEAI), is considering how best to reorganize. AC -- EMEAI has grown rapidly over the past five years to become Europe's largest consulting operation. However, Ellis...
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Keywords:
Restructuring;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business or Company Management;
Organizational Design;
Growth Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
Leading Change;
Management Teams;
Consulting Industry;
Europe;
Africa;
India;
Middle East
Nanda, Ashish, and Michael Y. Yoshino. "Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Reorganization for Revitalization." Harvard Business School Case 396-007, October 1995. (Revised May 2006.)
- October 1995
- Case
DISC (A) (Abridged)
By: Nitin Nohria and Scott A. Snook
Follows the development and implementation of fundamental organizational change in a large government bureaucracy. The case is set in the Defense Industrial Supply Center (DISC) and follows two senior leaders as they grapple with issues of fundamental change in a...
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Keywords:
Government Administration;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Restructuring;
Transformation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
National Security;
Leadership Style
Nohria, Nitin, and Scott A. Snook. "DISC (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 496-029, October 1995.
- September 1995 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Symantec: Transformation for the 1990s
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Applegate, Lynda M., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Symantec: Transformation for the 1990s." Harvard Business School Case 196-010, September 1995. (Revised October 1996.)
- August 1995 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Encyclopaedia Britannica (A)
Examines the growth of the CD-ROM publishing industry and its impact on the Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., which chose to ignore it.
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Publishing;
Publishing Industry
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Thomas A. Gerace. "Encyclopaedia Britannica (A)." Harvard Business School Case 396-051, August 1995. (Revised December 1997.)
- August 1995
- Background Note
Managing in an Information Age: IT Challenges and Opportunities
The co-evolution of technology, work, and the workforce over the past 30 years has dramatically influenced our concept of organizations and the industries within which they compete. No longer simply a tool to support "back-office" transactions, IT has become a...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Information Management;
Restructuring;
Technological Innovation;
Corporate Strategy;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Technology Industry
Applegate, Lynda M. "Managing in an Information Age: IT Challenges and Opportunities." Harvard Business School Background Note 196-004, August 1995.
- August 1995 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Hutton Branch Manager (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
Centers on the company's plea of guilty to 2,000 counts of mail and wire fraud in response to the U.S. government's challenge to its cash management practices. Describes the Justice Department's investigations as well as the findings and recommendations of former...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Financial Management;
Governance Controls;
Crime and Corruption;
Governance Compliance;
Law Enforcement;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Jane Palley Katz. "Hutton Branch Manager (C)." Harvard Business School Case 396-046, August 1995. (Revised September 1995.)