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The Sociology of Entrepreneurship Revisited
By: Tristan Botelho, Ranjay Gulati and Olav Sorensen
Over the last two decades, the sociology of entrepreneurship has exploded as an area of academic inquiry. Most of this research has been focused on understanding the environmental conditions that promote entrepreneurship and processes related to the initial formation...
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Botelho, Tristan, Ranjay Gulati, and Olav Sorensen. "The Sociology of Entrepreneurship Revisited." Annual Review of Sociology (forthcoming). (Pre-published online April 15, 2024.)
- November 2020
- Case
Creating a Virtual Internship at Goldman Sachs
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Iavor I. Bojinov and Emma Salomon
Goldman Sachs runs an annual internship for over 3,000 participants, spread across dozens of the firm's global offices. In 2020, the team brought all its resources to bear to transform the internship program into a fully virtual format in just a few short weeks. The...
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Keywords:
Remote Work;
Remote Operations;
Remote Internship;
Internship;
Virtual Socialization;
Human Capital Management;
Human Resources;
Management;
Health Pandemics;
Adaptation
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Iavor I. Bojinov, and Emma Salomon. "Creating a Virtual Internship at Goldman Sachs." Harvard Business School Case 621-035, November 2020.
- November 2018 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Michael Rubin and Fanatics (A)
By: Robert F. Higgins and John Masko
In 2016, Michael Rubin’s Fanatics was the U.S.’ largest sports e-commerce company and operator of the official online store for all the major American sports leagues. That year, Fanatics began to dabble in manufacturing licensed sports merchandise, securing limited...
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Keywords:
Fanatics;
Licensed Merchandise;
E-commerce;
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Sports;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Retail Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Higgins, Robert F., and John Masko. "Michael Rubin and Fanatics (A)." Harvard Business School Case 819-077, November 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
- 2003
- Tool
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal CD Set
By: Michael L. Tushman and Charles A. O'Reilly
- 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.
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Award-Winning Article Urges Companies to Loosen Ties that Bind
their companies: What business are we really in?" the authors write. "Their answers will determine their fate in an increasingly frictionless economy." Both Hagel and Singer are principals at McKinsey & Company. Their award-winning article was View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Pathfinder
adapt to a lower growth environment and still perform well, to improve productivity, to take on the digital challenges in their specific business and industry, and to build and strengthen their organizations.” Doing that work requires a...
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- 04 Sep 2014
- News
Our focus was to get drug companies to invest money in ALS
prize to identify a treatment that leads to a 25 percent extension in survival rates. “After eight years, in which we have raised over $10 million,” says Kremer, who lives in his native Israel and communicates via Skype and adaptive...
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- 02 Sep 2014
- News
Many of the best ideas for improving health care are quite simple
about what, group experience in adapting to change, the likelihood of integrating information to develop innovative solutions, and the competitive advantage of team capabilities that competitors cannot replicate. (Published September...
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- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
The following is an excerpt that was adapted and lightly edited from chapter nine of Smart Rivals: How Innovative Companies Play Games That Tech Giants Can't Win, written by Feng Zhu and Bonnie Yining Cao and published August 20, 2024. In...
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- 11 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Reimagining Fashion For The Good Of All
easily adapt to a different culture in a professional context? I landed in Berlin two weeks ago, directly from New Delhi, were I did my last course of the year. Without much time to settle down in the city, I started working as a member...
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Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)
one year he’s grown revenues by 44 percent and increased his customer base by 32 percent. No matter what kind of businesses we create or what kind of infrastructure is built, it can all be destroyed in the space of a few hours by a Category Five storm. We need more...
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Julia Hanna
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Seize the Power
By: Stefan Thomke
A company’s ability to create and refine its products, customer experiences, processes, and business models—in other words, to compete—is deeply affected by its ability to experiment. Digital giants such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Booking.com have found...
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- March 2020
- Case
Minneapolis Star Tribune
By: Joseph L. Bower, Elizabeth Hansen and Michael Norris
In the summer of 2019, Mike Klingensmith, CEO of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Twin Cities metro region’s largest newspaper, reviewed subscription trends and plans for future experimentation. The newspaper industry across the U.S. had suffered a steep decline for...
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Keywords:
Financial Performance;
Industry Evolution;
Business Earnings;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategic Planning;
Journalism and News Industry;
Minnesota
Bower, Joseph L., Elizabeth Hansen, and Michael Norris. "Minneapolis Star Tribune." Harvard Business School Case 920-302, March 2020.
- November 2014
- Article
The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying
By: William R. Kerr, William F. Lincoln and Prachi Mishra
We study the determinants of the dynamics of firm lobbying behavior using a panel data set covering 1998–2006. Our data exhibit three striking facts: (i) few firms lobby, (ii) lobbying status is strongly associated with firm size, and (iii) lobbying status is highly...
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Keywords:
Lobbying;
Political Economy;
H-1B;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Policy;
Immigration
Kerr, William R., William F. Lincoln, and Prachi Mishra. "The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 6, no. 4 (November 2014): 343–379.
- March 2010 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
Public Education in New Orleans: Pursuing Systemic Change through Entrepreneurship
By: Stacey M. Childress and James Weber
After Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in August 2005, the state had taken over 102 of the 118 public schools in New Orleans and shifted the management structure from a “single school system to a system of schools.” Entrepreneurs from the region and around the...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Governance;
Natural Disasters;
Education;
Entrepreneurship;
Education Industry;
New Orleans
Childress, Stacey M., and James Weber. "Public Education in New Orleans: Pursuing Systemic Change through Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Case 310-052, March 2010. (Revised January 2011.)
- March 1998 (Revised June 1998)
- Case
Coming to Grips with Deregulation: Bay State Gas
In 1995, CEO Roger Young made a surprising decision to bring in Joel Singer, an outsider with an MBA, to lead Bay State through the upcoming turmoil of deregulation. Singer was convinced that in this situation where the boundaries of the industry were being defined,...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Corporate Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Energy Industry;
Massachusetts
Dyck, Alexander, and Indra Reinbergs. "Coming to Grips with Deregulation: Bay State Gas." Harvard Business School Case 798-058, March 1998. (Revised June 1998.)
- September 1983 (Revised November 1984)
- Case
Syntex Laboratories (B)
The recommendations of the consultants require a number of assumptions and modifications to be implemented by Syntex Labs. Presents the initial implementation plan of the company.
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategic Planning;
Salesforce Management;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Clarke, Darral G. "Syntex Laboratories (B)." Harvard Business School Case 584-034, September 1983. (Revised November 1984.)
- November 1990 (Revised August 1992)
- Case
American Airlines (C): Committing to Leadership
In an effort to grow and contain costs, the airline initiates a series of cultural change programs designed to increase employee participation and decision-making, and accordingly decrease the proportion of supervisors. CTL is the most recent, and by far the most...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership Development;
Organizational Culture;
Air Transportation Industry;
United States
Loveman, Gary W. "American Airlines (C): Committing to Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 491-061, November 1990. (Revised August 1992.)