Publications

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Waking Up a Sleeping Company

undermined the company's performance. For all its strengths, it was my impression that Medtronic's culture was too Minnesota Nice. I realized that these aspects of Medtronic's culture had to View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

31 Oct 2006
HBS Case

Governing Sumida Corporation

governance structure that would be transparent to investors and stakeholders anywhere in the world. The more we talked, the more it seemed like a way to understand the economic, legal, and cultural changes... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Electronics

01 Jun 2011
News

Student Teams Take on Real-World Innovation

Term project designed to help the automaker advance its delivery of consumer-friendly electronics. “We call the project Cars 2.0,” says Fields. “We’ve had to change the culture here at Ford from ‘not... View Details

Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

25 Aug 2022
News

The Great Priority Reset

future, airlines will have to make some major operational moves, from reconfiguring cabins to examining the economics of certain routes. Those traveling for pleasure, meanwhile, aren’t waiting—and they are driving change at the airport.... View Details

22 Sep 2015
News

Investing in Scalable Impact on K-12 Education

seeing how other classmates and other alumni have been able to take their experience and their skills and do such incredible things is one of the reasons I was inspired to do something like this. In large part, it is kind of leveraging that View Details

11 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Board

has been a tremendous shift to the better over the past 15 years” By the time he retired in 2002, the board-serving landscape had changed considerably. These days, serving on a few boards can comprise almost a full-time job. While... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

J.C. Cuddy. 10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture Published: December 22, 2008 Organizations with strong, adaptive cultures enjoy labor cost advantages, great employee and customer loyalty, and a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 May 2018
News

Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003

RMU to Pittsburgh’s business and cultural leaders. Needless to say, he got the job. Howard’s walls in the RMU president’s office are filled with photos of him with everyday people—students, alumni, his wife, his two sons—as well as with... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

Web

2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

"Crown Act II" & "How to Win the Culture War" Panel: Humanizing Institutions Rosabeth Moss Kanter presents "Toward Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Leading High-Impact Change" Caroline Shenaz Hossein presents "Radical love in... View Details

March 2018 (Revised October 2019)
Case

Yo-Yo Ma and Silkroad

By: Rohit Deshpandé, Paul A. Gompers and Scott Duke Kominers

Silkroad—a cross-cultural music collaboration that world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma had spearheaded since 1998, was preparing to celebrate its 20th anniversary. In parallel, Ma was stepping back from his role as the organization’s Artistic Director. Silkroad had come of... View Details

Keywords: Managing Diverse Teams; Leadership Transitions; Global Innovation; Music; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Music Entertainment; Leadership; Transition

February 1999
Case

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (D)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development; Trends; Moral Sensibility; Ethics; Organizational Culture; Law; Banking Industry; Nigeria

04 Nov 2020
News

The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises

industries and roles completely from what I'd been doing before school, and the financial crisis was really hard for me. It took about a year to find a job, and I took the first reasonable offer I got. The first job was a bad fit. It didn't play to my strengths, the... View Details

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Live Online Classrooms | Information Technology

Live Online Classrooms Play Video duration: 2:28 Immersive & engaging learning, delivered online. Harvard Business School's Live Online Classrooms will change the way you think about online learning. Step out from behind the computer... View Details

October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
Case

Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance

By: Walter J. Salmon and Jaan Elias

Starting in 1988, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) began a controversial transformation in management and governance. For its first 112 years, the AMC's structure had resembled that of a country club--volunteer leaders directed the club's operations and its small,... View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Transformation; Corporate Governance; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Labor and Management Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Education Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

07 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 7

Competing in a Globalizing World (A) Juan Alcácer, Rasmus Molander, and Rakeen MabudHarvard Business School Case 710-430 The Finnish brewer Hartwall and the Swedish brewer Pripps had to decide how to react to the rapidly changing European... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2002
Casebook

General Management: Processes and Action: Text and Cases

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: General Management; Learning Organizations; Implementation; Management; Cases; Strategic Planning; Decision Making; Change Management; Leadership Style; Organizational Culture

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November 1990 (Revised October 1994)
Case

Apple Computer (C): The Human Resource Function

Explores how the human resource (HR) function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Describes in detail the HR function. The function is considering a reorganization at the end of the case, in response to criticism from non-HR employees and... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Business Strategy; Computer Industry; United States