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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2025 Commencement Remarks | About
you’ll face as you begin your next chapters in your careers. Harvard Business School is itself amid its own transformation, so much of what I have to say comes from personal experiences and observations. My thoughts focus on three qualities we should all seek to... View Details
- 22 Aug 2020
- News
Bluemercury’s Marla Beck on How Covid-19 Is Changing the Beauty Business
Marla Beck (MBA 1998) Marla Beck (MBA 1998) Bluemercury cofounder and CEO Marla Beck (MBA 1998) recently spoke to the Wall Street Journal’s Secrets of Wealthy Women podcast about how her company has adapted during the pandemic. One of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Cases: KFC’s Explosive Growth in China In China, Yum! Brands is opening a KFC store every day. But this is not the KFC known in America. A recent case study written by Professor David Bell and Agribusiness Program director Mary Shelman (MBA ’87) reveals how the... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- News
Rent The Runway Joins the Unicorn Club
milestone, CEO Jennifer Hyman (MBA 2009), told Forbes that the company “has created a new consumer behavior of dynamic ownership and clothing rental has become an essential utility in our members’ lives.” Hyman goes on to say that RTR is meeting the market’s changing... View Details
- November 1982
- Case
Conversion Training at New England Telephone (B)
By: D. Quinn Mills and E. Mary Lou Balbaky
Mills, D. Quinn, and E. Mary Lou Balbaky. "Conversion Training at New England Telephone (B)." Harvard Business School Case 383-100, November 1982.
- 1995
- Book
Creatieve destructie: Zes fasen voor bedriftstransformatie
By: R. L. Nolan and D. C. Croson
- 1995
- Book
Reengineering the Organization, Transforming to Compete in the Information Economy Instructor's Guide
By: R. L. Nolan, D. L. Stoddard, T. H. Davenport and S. Jarvenpaa
- Web
Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
Understand the science, economic impact, and policy implications of climate change Identify and communicate the risks and opportunities posed by climate change across industries Leverage insights from real-world examples to inform future strategies for View Details
- 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
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
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
When did you realize that you wanted to make a career change? (Diogo left a career in management consulting in October 2014 to become founder/executive producer of Adaptation Now, a documentary film project that will tell the stories of... View Details
- 17 Apr 2020
- News
Decreasing the Wealth Gap
of humanity—the ability to adapt and vet and come up with things,” he said. “We will get past it, but it may take a few years and it may get nasty in the process.” LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW View Details
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Workforce Change
By: Sandra J. Sucher
This research encompasses layoffs, furloughs and restructuring, global practices that affect millions of employees and thousands of companies every year. In this work I aim to replace bad practice that damages trust with good (or at least better) practice through... View Details
- 1992
- Chapter
MNCs: Get Off the Reorganization Merry-go-round
By: C. A. Bartlett
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation
- November 1991
- Case
Frost, Inc. (B)
Describes the changes made to Frost, Inc. to exploit CNC technology. The focus is on the impact in each functional area. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation
Chew, W. Bruce. "Frost, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 692-006, November 1991.
- January 1995 (Revised September 2011)
- Supplement
Charlotte Beers at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (B)
Updates CEO Beers' progress two years after her initiation of a massive organizational change effort. Designed as an in-class handout. View Details
Ibarra, Herminia M., and Nicole Sackley. "Charlotte Beers at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 495-032, January 1995. (Revised September 2011.)
- January 1989 (Revised February 1993)
- Supplement
Warner Cable (B)
Describes the view of corporate officers regarding the changes made by General Manager Bruce McKinnon. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Telecommunications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey A. "Warner Cable (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 489-093, January 1989. (Revised February 1993.)
- April 1987 (Revised March 1989)
- Case
Bob Galvin and Motorola, Inc. (A)
Describes the changing environment faced by Motorola in the 1980s and the recognition by its CEO, Bob Galvin, that "change is needed." Also describes a major challenge set forth by Galvin to the organization to do something to prepare for the future. The challenge is... View Details
Jick, Todd D., and Mary C. Gentile. "Bob Galvin and Motorola, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 487-062, April 1987. (Revised March 1989.)
- 1994
- Chapter
The Organization Change Imperative: A Personal Journey
By: M. Beer
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation