Structural Changes - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

have a variety of important consequences. First, the structure of the industry will shift. The scale and influence of many of the leading firms in the industry will increase. These changes will also have... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

2019), Kimberly Foster (MBA 2020), Amanda E. Johnson (MBA 2014), Depelsha McGruder (MBA 1998), Zuhairah Scott Washington (JD/MBA 2004), and Michelle Morris Weston (MBA 1983). OCTOBER 13 “In this radically changing world, if your business... View Details

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Tricia Lee

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I've always dreamt of not only working in the entertainment industry, but changing the way people experience it through technology and new formats. After graduating from Stanford, I ended... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Technology; Entrepreneurship

13 May 2013
Blog Post

Exploring in a Passion Safe Environment

landscape and ecosystem, and develop an understanding of various corporate structures / lifestyle including business “vocabulary”. They’ve taught me that it’s not okay to tell my classmates to, Drop and give me 50! when they use the wrong... View Details

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Patients - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Employers Suppliers Policymakers Patients Patients Consumers, as health plan subscribers and patients, should be the ultimate beneficiaries of a value-based health care delivery system. They can and should act as catalysts for change —but... View Details

September 1996 (Revised November 1996)
Case

World Bank (A): Under Siege

By: George C. Lodge and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Describes the issues that James Wolfensohn faces when he takes over the World Bank as president in June 1995. Presents several lines of criticism of the bank's strategy, structure, and relevance. View Details

Keywords: Financial Institutions; International Finance; Organizational Structure; Leading Change; Situation or Environment; Decision Choices and Conditions; Strategy; Management Teams; Value; Banking Industry

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24 Jul 2014
Op-Ed

Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home

facilitate the expatriation of US corporations. Such transactions reflect the effects of policies and of the changing structure of multinational firms. From a policy perspective, the transactions highlight... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai; Pharmaceutical

26 Mar 2020
Blog Post

Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)

Work from home is not a new concept, but it is one you are hearing more about this month due to COVID-19 and precautions companies are taking to prevent the spread of illness. While remote work is the norm for some, it is uncharted territory for others who are... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Mar 2016
News

In My Humble Opinion: Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978)

impressive technique or arresting subjects. I’m looking for artists who are changing the definition of what an artwork is or what an artist is— or even in a small way making some sort of structural or... View Details

Keywords: April White

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Be an Angel Investor

will do well to manage your time carefully. Some angels think that evaluation starts with the first meeting and continues right up to the moment of writing the check. In order to structure this book effectively, we address evaluation as a... View Details

Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson

11 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’

change to economists, political scientists, sociologists, and a host of popular writers." A renewal of interest in the "history of capitalism" is finally beginning to correct this peculiar omission. Related Article An... View Details

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

viewed as a new asset class that competes with stocks and bonds for investment capital. It earned that newfound status on the strength of market-stabilizing structural changes that took root after the last... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

01 Sep 2011
News

Capitalism’s False Mantra

University of Toronto. The paper argued that the structure of executive compensation and perks motivated CEOs and other top officers to feather their own nests at the expense of the business itself — the “principal-agent problem.” How... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management

25 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 25

entail major changes in the current team structure and incentive program within Frito-Lay. Johnson needed to think carefully about this change implementation. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

made a series of changes and created a process for analyzing bias. Had the executives considered how to account for unintended consequences in their outcome metrics—and perhaps engaged a diverse user group to understand their... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

May 1989 (Revised September 1989)
Case

Jacobs Suchard: Reorganizing for 1992

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.

Jacobs Suchard, the Swiss-based coffee and chocolate producer, is preparing for the common market and EEC 1992. At the time of the case, the company is still organized toward independent, local country markets, and believes it must move toward a more global... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Organizational Structure; Markets; Global Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Switzerland

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01 Mar 2009
News

Damon Silvers

freshman year at Harvard, where he worked part-time in a student dining hall and took an interest in the workers’ ongoing contract negotiations. When he started wearing a union button to work, “it just changed the relationship I had with... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

22 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

Tesla, where I worked in manufacturing and design engineering. During my time there I learned about the power of an organization to develop technology and execute business strategy to bring positive change in the world. Coming off that... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

or Hands: How Do Employees Respond to a Radical Global Language Change Over Time? By: Reiche, Sebastian, and Tsedal Neeley Abstract— To understand how recipients respond to radical change over time across... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

accounting standards. Most of these changes took place between 1996 and 2001, and had a significant impact in the structure and interpretation of financial information of banks. This document explains the... View Details