Publications

October 2009 (Revised January 2014)
Teaching Note

Sustainability at Millipore (TN)

By: Michael W. Toffel

Teaching Note for [610012]. View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Organizational Structure; Investment; Projects; Performance Improvement; Framework; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Disclosure; Biotechnology Industry

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

organizational coherence in support of the strategy Developing and managing human capital Allocating resources in alignment with the strategy Using performance data for decision making and accountability Here's how these play out on the... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

July 2009 (Revised December 2009)
Case

Echoing Green

By: Julie Battilana, Thomas J. DeLong and James Weber

This case presents the leadership challenges that Cheryl Dorsey, the president of Echoing Green, faces in early 2009. Echoing Green is a fellowship program that seeks to improve society by identifying and supporting social entrepreneurs who launch organizations to... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Financial Crisis; Social Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Organizational Structure; Personal Development and Career; Social Enterprise

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

the organizational structures and routines for accountability, collaboration, and initiative. External confidence: This is confidence that external stakeholders, based on their positive expectations produced... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

August 2008
Teaching Note

The Blackstone Group's IPO (TN)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Teaching Note for [808100]. View Details

Keywords: Financial Liquidity; Public Ownership; Initial Public Offering; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Organizational Structure; Financial Services Industry; China

October 1997 (Revised October 1997)
Case

Egon Zehnder International (B)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis

In 1994, Egon Zehnder faced stagnation in the U.S. market and needed to discuss plans for intiating growth. Due to market demand the firm was not forced to implement options contemplated in 1994 to initiate growth. View Details

Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Growth and Development; Growth Management; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Business Strategy; Consulting Industry; United States

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

lead to dysfunctional group dynamics) and the perspectives brought to the table by board leaders and director. Finally, the benefits of two opposing leadership structures are debated: one chapter argues for electing a chairman who is... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

relationship between strong exposure to belief structures during impressionable periods in one's career and future decision making? A: Looking at the examples of Henri Termeer and Jim Vincent, what we see are very different leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

25 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 25

stay with the old technology as a rational, proactive choice rather than as a mark of managerial and organizational failure. We then consider the distinctive challenges and organizational dynamics that arise... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Aug 2015
First Look

First Look Tuesday

learning process have remained fairly limited, seeing vicarious learning as simply a one-way process of observation and imitation, facilitated by formal organizational structures and conduits. Indeed, absent... View Details

June 2020 (Revised February 2023)
Teaching Note

GitLab and the Future of All-Remote Work

By: Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 620-066 and 620-117. View Details

Keywords: Remote Work; Remote Operations; Business Offices; Value Creation; Organizational Culture; Business or Company Management; Employee Relationship Management; Communication Strategy; Organizational Structure

28 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, February 28

2017 Advancing Organizational Theory in a Complex World Getting Started with Ambidexterity By: Binns, Andrew, and Michael Tushman Abstract—This paper demonstrates the value of thinking about ambidexterity as having three distinct... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

1990
Chapter

Measurement, Coordination and Learning in a Multi-plant Network

By: W. B. Chew, K. B. Clark and T. Bresnahan

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Organizational Structure; Networks; Business Model; Measurement and Metrics; Cooperation

May 1994 (Revised November 1994)
Case

PepsiCo: A View from the Corporate Office

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Leonard A. Schlesinger

Describes the three business segments of PepsiCo (beverages, snack foods, and restaurants). It then explores the competitive environment within each segment and the response of PepsiCo's businesses. It seeks to show how PepsiCo CEO, D. Wayne Calloway, in a very... View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Change; Governance Controls; Management Style; Organizational Structure; Situation or Environment; Competitive Strategy; Value; Food and Beverage Industry