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  • April 2016
  • Teaching Note

Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
This Note was created for the purpose of aiding classroom instructors in the use of the Harvard Business School case, "Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016." As chairman and CEO, David Kenny guided the Weather Company's transformation from a cable television... View Details
Keywords: Weather Company; IBM; Digital; Technology; David Kenny; Television; Weather Channel; Legacy Business; Mainstream; Newstream; Reorganization; Acquisitions; Transformation; Information Technology; Television Entertainment; Acquisition; Consolidation; Change; Leadership
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 316-161, April 2016.
  • April 2021 (Revised June 2021)
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IBM: Design Thinking

By: Srikant M. Datar, Amram Migdal and Paul Hamilton
This case describes the 2012-2020 effort at IBM to implement design thinking throughout the company and hire thousands of designers to serve on every product team alongside technical engineers and developers and product managers. IBM’s design transformation is told... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Divisions; Business Units; Business Organization; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Competency and Skills; Talent and Talent Management; Design; Human Resources; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Invention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Leading Change; Management; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Operations; Product; Product Design; Product Development; Organizations; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Adaptation; Adoption; Technological Innovation; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
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Datar, Srikant M., Amram Migdal, and Paul Hamilton. "IBM: Design Thinking." Harvard Business School Case 121-007, April 2021. (Revised June 2021.)
  • July 2000 (Revised February 2001)
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alphaWorks: IBM's Technology Talent Agents

AlphaWorks has catalyzed IBM researchers and offered them a new path to take technology to market. With success, though, comes new organizational challenges. Should John Wolpert extend alphaWorks to all IBM labs, refocus, or shut down its operations? View Details
Keywords: Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Research and Development
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Chesbrough, Henry W., and Jason D Loia. "alphaWorks: IBM's Technology Talent Agents." Harvard Business School Case 601-001, July 2000. (Revised February 2001.)
  • September 2004 (Revised January 2005)
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IBM: Ordering Midrange Computers in Europe

IBM Europe is trying to expand business-to-business (B2B) efforts with its large distributors of midrange systems. These efforts aim to automate many transactions and business processes, removing the need for human involvement. IBM has completed an initial project with... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Marketing Channels; Distribution Channels; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry; Germany; United States
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McAfee, Andrew P., and Michael Otten. "IBM: Ordering Midrange Computers in Europe." Harvard Business School Case 605-022, September 2004. (Revised January 2005.)

    Rebooting Work for a Digital Era

    How IBM Reimagined Talent and Performance Management View Details
    • November 1999 (Revised April 2002)
    • Case

    International Business Machines Corporation (B)

    By: David F. Hawkins
    IBM changes pension plan from a defined benefit plan to a cash-balance plan. Teaching purpose: To understand pension accounting. View Details
    Keywords: Business or Company Management; Transformation; Business Earnings; Private Sector; Personal Finance; Cash; Information Infrastructure; Taxation; Computer Industry; Accounting Industry
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    Hawkins, David F. "International Business Machines Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 100-033, November 1999. (Revised April 2002.)
    • September 1985 (Revised January 1986)
    • Case

    Peter Wendell

    By: William A. Sahlman
    Contains a description of a decision confronting an employee of IBM in late 1981. Should he leave IBM to become head of a new venture capital fund which will specialize in technology investments? The case is designed to expose students to the nature of the opportunity... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Jobs and Positions; Opportunities; Valuation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Resignation and Termination; Venture Capital; Financial Services Industry; Computer Industry
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    Sahlman, William A. "Peter Wendell." Harvard Business School Case 286-008, September 1985. (Revised January 1986.)
    • January 1991 (Revised January 1992)
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    IBM-Fujitsu Settlement

    By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
    Describes the decision by the arbitrators chosen to resolve the intellectual property dispute between IBM and Fujitsu. View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Intellectual Property; Business or Company Management; Conflict Management
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    Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "IBM-Fujitsu Settlement." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-149, January 1991. (Revised January 1992.)
    • March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
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    MiCRUS: Activity-Based Management for Business Turnaround

    By: Robert S. Kaplan, Jonathan B. Schiff and Stanley Abraham
    MiCRUS is a new company, spun off from IBM as a joint venture between IBM and Cirrus Logic to produce semiconductor wafers at world-class costs for its two parent companies. The senior management team needs to overcome the bureaucratic, internally focused culture that... View Details
    Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost Management; Semiconductor Industry
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    Kaplan, Robert S., Jonathan B. Schiff, and Stanley Abraham. "MiCRUS: Activity-Based Management for Business Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 101-070, March 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
    • 18 Sep 2021
    • News

    Celebrating AI-Infused Talent Management at the Eightfold Conference

    • August 2010 (Revised January 2012)
    • Supplement

    Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 2

    By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout
    Sam Palmisano became CEO of IBM in 2002. He dramatically energized the organization through portfolio changes and a values driven approach to managing the company. View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; Leadership; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Emerging Markets; Value
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    Bower, Joseph L., and Sonja Ellingson Hout. "Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 2." Harvard Business School Supplement 311-031, August 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
    • August 2010 (Revised January 2012)
    • Case

    Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 1

    By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout
    Sam Palmisano became CEO of IBM in 2002. He dramatically energized the organization through portfolio changes and a values driven approach to managing the company. View Details
    Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology Industry; New York (state, US)
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    Bower, Joseph L., and Sonja Ellingson Hout. "Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 1." Harvard Business School Case 311-030, August 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
    • June 2011
    • Case

    Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 1

    By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout
    Sam Palmisano explains the moves he made to transform IBM into a faster-growing, more profitable company focused on IT solutions to the problems of companies, cities, and nations. View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business or Company Management; Information Technology Industry
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    Bower, Joseph L., and Sonja Ellingson Hout. "Leaders Who Make a Difference: Sam Palmisano's Smarter IBM: Day 1." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 311-701, June 2011.
    • March 1990 (Revised October 1994)
    • Case

    IBM-Fujitsu Dispute

    By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
    Describes a dispute between IBM and Fujitsu over allegations that Fujitsu stole proprietary IBM software for controlling mainframe computers. Also describes a novel arbitration agreement intended to resolve the dispute, an overview of intellectual property law in the... View Details
    Keywords: Trade; Ethics; Intellectual Property; Law; Negotiation Process; Relationships; Software; Information Technology Industry
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    Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "IBM-Fujitsu Dispute." Harvard Business School Case 390-168, March 1990. (Revised October 1994.)
    • May 2008 (Revised September 2009)
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    IBM's Dynamic Workplace

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
    IBM already competed for talent by being a best workplace. It was one of the first companies to provide paid vacations, health insurance, sick leave, job sharing, and domestic partner benefits. Its human resources portfolio included a full array of progressive policies... View Details
    Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Social Enterprise
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    Kanter, Rosabeth M. "IBM's Dynamic Workplace." Harvard Business School Case 308-107, May 2008. (Revised September 2009.)
    • March 2009 (Revised July 2010)
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    IBM: The Corporate Service Corps

    By: Christopher Marquis and Rosabeth M. Kanter
    Describes the conception, development, and implementation of the Corporate Services Corps (CSC), an international community service assignment for high-potential IBM employees. The year 2008 was the pilot year of the CSC program, and 100 of IBM's best global employees... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Global Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Partners and Partnerships; Non-Governmental Organizations
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    Marquis, Christopher, and Rosabeth M. Kanter. "IBM: The Corporate Service Corps." Harvard Business School Case 409-106, March 2009. (Revised July 2010.)
    • October 1994 (Revised March 1998)
    • Background Note

    Selling as a Systematic Process

    Describes a systematic approach to selling. The author, a former IBM salesman, believes that selling requires progressing through a series of stages, which culminate in "getting the order." Describes several techniques useful in managing this progression. View Details
    Keywords: Planning; Sales
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    Bhide, Amar, and Michael Alter. "Selling as a Systematic Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 395-091, October 1994. (Revised March 1998.)
    • 04 Feb 2014
    • News

    Not clear who's running Microsoft

    • September 1998 (Revised September 2001)
    • Case

    IBM's Reinventing Education (A)

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
    Describes IBM's national innovation strategy to transform K-12 public education through new solutions developed by IBM engineers and consultants using information technology. Examples are: data warehousing in Broward County, FL schools, tracking software for the... View Details
    Keywords: Social Enterprise; Innovation Strategy; Information Technology; Education; Business and Community Relations; Information Technology Industry; Education Industry; San Jose; Philadelphia; Ohio; Florida
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    Kanter, Rosabeth M. "IBM's Reinventing Education (A)." Harvard Business School Case 399-008, September 1998. (Revised September 2001.)
    • January 2002
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    IBM's Reinventing Education (B): West Virginia

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Daniel Galvin
    Describes IBM's ongoing Reinventing Education initiative to improve K-12 public education via information technology developed by IBM's engineers and consultants. Focuses on one site, West Virginia, to reveal how IBM and the state created a mutually beneficial... View Details
    Keywords: Programs; Partners and Partnerships; Information Technology; Education; Business and Community Relations; Information Technology Industry; Education Industry; West Virginia
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    Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Daniel Galvin. "IBM's Reinventing Education (B): West Virginia." Harvard Business School Case 302-076, January 2002.
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