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- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to hers. Roche asked how his research was going, and in the conversation that followed the...
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- September 1996 (Revised April 1997)
- Case
GO Corporation
By: Josh Lerner, Thomas J. Kosnik, Tarek AbuZayyad and Paul C. Yang
GO faces a crisis in March 1991 when Microsoft announces the introduction of a competing operating system for pen-based computers. GO's managers must work with its venture financers, Kleiner Perkins, to redesign its financing, alliance, and product development...
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Keywords:
Value Creation;
Digital Platforms;
Competition;
Private Equity;
Adaptation;
Crisis Management;
Information Technology Industry;
Computer Industry
Lerner, Josh, Thomas J. Kosnik, Tarek AbuZayyad, and Paul C. Yang. "GO Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 297-021, September 1996. (Revised April 1997.)
- 2016
- Chapter
Nudging as a Tool for Leaders
By: Max Bazerman
BOOK ABSTRACT: Jewish organizational life is inundated with publications on organizational change and effective leadership, but from mutually exclusive sources: business and organizational studies, on the one hand, and Jewish studies, on the other. One addresses...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategy;
Leadership;
Civil Society or Community;
Religion;
Business and Community Relations
Bazerman, Max. "Nudging as a Tool for Leaders." In More Than Managing: The Relentless Pursuit of Effective Jewish Leadership, edited by Lawrence A. Hoffman. Jewish Lights Publishing, 2016.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Eclipsed and Confounded Identities: When High-Status Affiliations Impede Organizational Growth
By: Daniel Malter
I propose that an organization's growth potential may suffer if its identity is eclipsed by or confounded with the organizations with which it collaborates and competes. Using status as a salient feature of identity, I devise two network measures to capture the degree...
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Keywords:
Distinctiveness;
Status;
Networks;
Resource Acquisition;
Growth;
Venture Capital;
Status and Position;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Identity;
Growth and Development Strategy
Malter, Daniel. "Eclipsed and Confounded Identities: When High-Status Affiliations Impede Organizational Growth." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-019, October 2014.
- August 2010 (Revised July 2012)
- Supplement
Leaders Who Make a Difference: Joel Klein Brings Accountability to NYC DOE: Day 2
By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout
Joel Klein took over the NYC Department of Education in 2002 and radically transformed the strategy and organization remarkably with improvements in performance. Day 2 focuses on Klein as a strategist, organization builder and driver of performance. Supplementary...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leading Change;
Organizational Structure;
Corporate Strategy;
Education;
Performance Improvement;
Public Administration Industry;
Education Industry
Bower, Joseph L., and Sonja Ellingson Hout. "Leaders Who Make a Difference: Joel Klein Brings Accountability to NYC DOE: Day 2." Harvard Business School Supplement 311-033, August 2010. (Revised July 2012.)
- August 2007
- Case
Codelco Copper Mines
Codelco was a Chilean copper-mining company, widely considered to be one of the most professionally managed firms in South America in spite of the fact that it was 100% government-owned. A $10.5 billion company in 2005, Codelco faced the challenge of incorporating...
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Keywords:
Mining;
Geographic Location;
Leading Change;
Business Processes;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Technology;
Mining Industry;
Chile
Upton, David M., Virginia Fuller, and Bradley R. Staats. "Codelco Copper Mines." Harvard Business School Case 608-053, August 2007.
- 1999
- Chapter
The Impact of Downsizing on Organizational Creativity and Innovation
By: R. Conti and T. M. Amabile
Keywords:
Restructuring;
Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Creativity;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Conti, R., and T. M. Amabile. "The Impact of Downsizing on Organizational Creativity and Innovation." In Social Creativity. Vol. 2, edited by A. Montuori and R. E. Purser. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1999.
- 24 Mar 2022
- News
HBS OnBoard: Nonprofit Leadership Transitions
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
Once the public schools in North Chicago decided to close in mid-March because of COVID-19, it took Jennifer Grumhaus (MBA 1994) and her staff less than 72 hours to totally revamp the business model for the nonprofit she runs, North Chicago Community Partners (NCCP),...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
The Ambidextrous Organization
In the April 2004 issue of Harvard Business Review, HBS professor Michael L. Tushman and coauthor Charles A. O’Reilly III discuss what they coin the “ambidextrous organization.” A synopsis of their article follows. Corporate executives must constantly look backward,...
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- 27 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leadership Lessons From Outer Space
Asked for leadership advice, Terry Virts thought for a moment, letting his microphone float weightless in front of him before responding. "You have to adapt your leadership style to the situation you're in," he said. Nobody...
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- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
efforts have been launched in the past decade to "transplant" the venture model: to adapt the key features of the venture capital approach within large corporations, academic institutions and hospitals, and nations without a...
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- 27 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge
at the top because it genuinely has more desired features? Or is it just because I’m putting in some gibberish?” she asks. You Might Also Like: Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to...
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- 04 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change
their inspiring stories. Chidalu Onyenso: Empowering small business owners’ self-sufficiency Climate change and the energy crisis have disproportionately impacted underdeveloped countries and the most vulnerable populations with them. These nations often lack the...
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- Web
Leading With Curiosity: Mayowa Kuyoro (MBA 2015) - Recruiting
and giving me the tools to think about leading complex systems.” In particular, a leadership course at HBS, The Moral Leader, sticks with Kuyoro to this day. “We read the book Things Fall Apart and talked about being rigid versus having a set of tools that can enable...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
team, how to measure progress, and more. The Virtual Manager: Cutting-Edge Solutions for Hiring, Managing, Motivating, and Engaging Mobile Employees by Kevin Sheridan (MBA 1988) (Career Press) As more and more jobs can be performed from home, managers must learn how to...
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- November 2008 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
American Cancer Society: Access to Care
By: Robert L. Simons and Kathryn Rosenberg
CEO John Seffrin decides to radically change the strategy of the American Cancer Society. The new Access to Care strategy relies on advocacy to change public policy and increase the number of Americans eligible for cancer prevention and treatment. The new strategy...
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Keywords:
Values and Beliefs;
Governance Controls;
Leading Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Business Strategy;
Health Industry;
United States
Simons, Robert L., and Kathryn Rosenberg. "American Cancer Society: Access to Care." Harvard Business School Case 109-015, November 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
- July 1976 (Revised April 1983)
- Case
Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A)
By: Michael Beer
Describes a division of Corning Glass Works that finds itself with deep financial and organizational problems. Severe conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction and morale is low. Provides sufficient...
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Keywords:
Business Divisions;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Employees;
Working Conditions;
Business or Company Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Beer, Michael. "Corning Glass Works: The Electronic Products Division (A)." Harvard Business School Case 477-024, July 1976. (Revised April 1983.)
- 01 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 1, 2006
misfits, and how organizations adapt their designs. We find that firms use one of three adaptation modes, none of which is fully autonomous nor fully integrated, and all of which change over time. Each mode...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
developing nations will provide a greater service in the long run, Khanna argues, by focusing instead on building the infrastructure required to compete in a global economy. Adapted from Working Knowledge: A Report on Research at Harvard...
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