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- June 2007 (Revised June 2008)
- Case
GE's Imagination Breakthroughs: The Evo Project
By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Brian J. Hall and Nicole Bennett
In September 2003, Jeff Immelt challenged the business leaders at GE to come up with "Imagination Breakthroughs," innovative new projects that would serve as the centerpiece of GE's organic growth initiative. Follows the company as these changes are driven through the... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A., Brian J. Hall, and Nicole Bennett. "GE's Imagination Breakthroughs: The Evo Project." Harvard Business School Case 907-048, June 2007. (Revised June 2008.)
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
strategy and risk-analysis along the way. How Investors Think about Climate Adaptation Senior Lecturer John Macomber (MBA 1983) 10:00–11:15 a.m. EDT + More Info – Less Info Participants will leave this session with a framework for how to... View Details
- 02 Nov 2016
- HBS Seminar
Gillian Hadfield, University of California, Gould School of Law
- Research Summary
Markets of Progress: Coffee, Commerce, and Community in the Soconusco, Chiapas, 1867-1920
Markets of Progress presents a new holistic story of rural development in Mexico at the turn of the century. In the Soconusco, as in regions throughout the world, the accelerating circulation of commodities and capital, ideas and immigrants reshaped society... View Details
Keywords: Commodities; Coffee; Mexico; Foreign Investment; Institutions; Immigration; Developing Agriculture; Development; Export Crop; Emerging Market; Property Rights; Labor History; History; Capital Markets; Business History; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Latin America; Mexico; Central America
- Research Summary
Institutions and Corporate Lobbying
“Institutions and Make-or-Buy Decision of Lobbying: The Role of Sociopolitical Legitimacy on Foreign MNEs’ Lobbying Internalization”
In this study, I examine how legitimacy comes into play in foreign MNEs’ make-or-buy decisions... View Details
Keywords: Institutions; Make V. Buy; Lobbying; Legitimacy; Corruption; Culture; Multinational Enterprise; United States
- 17 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Brands Work
Nissan, and Honda sold standard products under a single brand umbrella. For decades, Ford adapted its manufacturing platforms, features, and model names from one country to another. The results: added manufacturing and supply chain costs... View Details
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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
changing labor force, and heightened competition is a tremendous challenge. During the interview, Southwest's managers said that they have to constantly reinvent their processes to adapt to the changing environment. In every aspect of its... View Details
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
among NFL coaches now support this idea. We examined this link between tenure and job performance among business managers, finding that some are able to maintain job performance by adapting and staying relevant, while others do not; they... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
common. Each of the successful organizations they studied, including Mobil, CIGNA, and Duke Children's Hospital, used the balanced scorecard to align and focus all resources on strategy. The authors document how executives institutionalized the focus on strategy by... View Details
George Westinghouse
Westinghouse helped to revolutionize the power industry with his electric company. A prolific inventor, Westinghouse figured out a way to adapt Europe’s alternating current technology to American needs, creating two-phase View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
enables you to adapt and modify, not just produce one single, standardized product. The simplest example might be the need for a right-hand drive Toyota Corolla in the UK," Bartlett says. The third imperative is to leverage the world... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
opportunities with social media, and we’re exploring how we might incorporate this into the curriculum. And alumni have a big impact by being case protagonists. So the curriculum naturally adapts to change. What changes are you seeing in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
HBS's Unique Economic Model
of the publishing industry, faces fierce competition and great uncertainty as it adapts to the digital world. At a time when the School must increase its investment in innovation, revenue from philanthropy (20 percent endowed funds... View Details
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wide range of interactive sessions can be adapted for the HBS Live Online Classroom. Let’s see what we can do together. Explore Testimonials The HBS Live Online Classrooms exemplify the immersive learning experiences, interactive spaces,... View Details
- Winter 2014
- Article
The Art of Strategic Renewal
By: Andy Binns, J. Bruce Harreld, Charles A. O'Reilly and Michael L. Tushman
In recent years, we have seen well-established companies such as Kodak, Blockbuster, Nokia, and BlackBerry pushed to the brink by smart competitors and changes in their industries. In each case, there were opportunities to act before a crisis engulfed the organization.... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation
Binns, Andy, J. Bruce Harreld, Charles A. O'Reilly, and Michael L. Tushman. "The Art of Strategic Renewal." MIT Sloan Management Review 55, no. 2 (Winter 2014): 21–23.
- April 2008
- Class Lecture
Can Complex Organizations Learn? (FSS)
By: Amy C. Edmondson
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation
Edmondson, Amy C. "Can Complex Organizations Learn? (FSS)." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 608-717, April 2008.
- June 1996 (Revised April 1997)
- Supplement
Andersen Consulting--EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organizational Change
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Ashish Nanda
Supplements Andersen Consulting - EMEA: Reorganization for Revitalization. View Details
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Ashish Nanda. "Andersen Consulting--EMEAI: Bill Barnard on Organizational Change." Harvard Business School Supplement 396-375, June 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
Jodi Gernon
(seed-Series B+), I help these leaders understand how their leadership style has to adapt and how to navigate both the growth and turbulent phases of scaling. This includes, thinking about culture, hiring and firing, pivots, growth vs.... View Details
- October 2014
- Supplement
Atlantis Paradise Island Resort and Casino (B): Improving Performance with New Core Values
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Chekitan S. Dev and Gabriele Piccoli
The leadership team of Atlantis Paradise Island, under new ownership, decided that better alignment of the core values with the vision and mission statement would create a more compelling and consistent organizational narrative that would redouble employee commitment... View Details
Keywords: Organization Behavior; Service Management; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Service Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., Chekitan S. Dev, and Gabriele Piccoli. "Atlantis Paradise Island Resort and Casino (B): Improving Performance with New Core Values." Harvard Business School Supplement 815-073, October 2014.