Beer - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?

these areas in the academic supply chain literature is based on assumptions that are (a) derived from experiments (e.g., students playing the beer game), (b) derived from surveys asking managers how they make the order decision, or (c)... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

2022
Working Paper

Developing a Sustainable High Commitment, High Performance System of Organizing, Managing, and Leading: An Actionable Systems Theory of Change and Development

By: Michael Beer

This paper presents a theory for developing an adaptive high commitment, high performance system of organizing, managing, and leading. It is a synthesis of my 50 years of action and field research presented in my books and articles. It operationalized and makes... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Learning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Management Practices and Processes

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Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season

Street to people-watch on a warm summer evening. Spend an afternoon on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Take advantage of food trucks, fountains, beer and wine gardens, and an oasis of organically maintained plantings—running right through the... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

Working the Street

9 p.m. Friday, about the time, Timken says, “when the beer hits the bloodstream.” A traffic stop on a Honda Civic (probable cause: brake light out) turns up an 18-year-old driver, Alejandro, with no license and no insurance. With him is... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; tattoo; removal; program; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

honest conversation, to undermine their ability to develop a trust-based culture for years to come. Michael Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, co-founder and director of TruePoint Partners, and the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Chain Mess Professor Willy C. Shih + More Info – Less Info How did global supply chains become such a mess, and how does an understanding of the Beer Game and the “National Cranberry” case help me sort this out? Participants will leave... View Details

22 Apr 2014
News

Find your passion in business and beyond

Adrian Beer (OPM 31, 2002), CEO of GrupoBeer, talks about finding balance between building your business and benefitting society. (Published April 2014) View Details

06 Aug 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

Santana: Americans consume more food on Super Bowl Sunday than on any other day of the year, other than Thanksgiving. We consume, literally, millions of pounds of potato chips and avocados. Billions of chicken wings, tens of millions of cases of View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

25 Apr 2014
News

The measure of business success is in how you add value

Adrian Beer (OPM 31, 2002), CEO of GrupoBeer, says success in business means adding value for your clients. (Published April 2014) View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning

In their HBS working paper "Overcoming the 'Silent Killers' to Strategy Implementation and Organizational Learning," HBS professor Michael Beer and Russell A. Eisenstat, president of the Center for Organizational Fitness, outline six... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Mar 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Disaster Master

photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images News “Fast” and “unexpected” are two words Adrian Beer (OPM 31, 2002) uses to describe his work as CEO of GrupoBeer, a Madrid-based corporation providing post-disaster services such as building... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Brew Club | MBA

Brew Club The mission of the Brew Club is to cultivate a community of beer enthusiasts to connect them to the growing beer industry and each other through brewery tours, beer... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Books

new competitive era." Breaking the Code of Change Edited by Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria (Harvard Business School Press) With the restructuring and upheaval that has characterized life in the corporate world over the last two decades,... View Details

Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 Apr 2016
News

Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship

Courtesy of Flatiron Books Courtesy of Flatiron Books When Jim Koch (JD/MBA 1978) sat down to write Quench Your Own Thirst, published this month, he realized he had told these stories many times before—usually over a beer, preferably a Sam Adams. The founder and... View Details

19 Sep 2016
News

Crafting Success

Like so many entrepreneurs before him, Karan Bilimoria (PPL 2011) started Cobra Beer to fill a need: “I hated fizzy lagers,” he told The Daily Telegraph. “Some ales were quite pleasant, but far too heavy and bitter to enjoy with a meal. I... View Details

17 Dec 2015
News

Applying Strategy Concepts In Innovative Ways Through Technology

example of the way experiential learning and technology are being incorporated into the curriculum. HBS’s most complex simulation to date, “Strategic Brew” focuses on maximizing the profitability of a beer company. Students are assigned... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Faculty Books

think about these subjects. High Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage by Michael Beer (Jossey-Bass) Drawing on many management studies and his work with senior managers, Professor... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

thinking that all our plans can look the same everywhere, that all our brands can feel the same everywhere, and we have made huge mistakes in that regard," he said. Changes Brewing AmBev, one of the world's largest beer producers,... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

01 Dec 2015
News

Multimedia Simulation Provides Real-World Reality Check

Technology Services. It is an example of how experiential learning and technology are being incorporated into the MBA curriculum. The School’s most complex simulation to date, “Strategic Brew” focuses on maximizing the profitability of a View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead

Point Brewing and Spirits) The rise of American craft beer is worthy of a toast: According to the Brewers Association, the industry grew 16 percent from January to June 2015 alone—marking a 122 percent increase since June 2011. The bigger... View Details

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