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  • August 1998 (Revised October 1998)
  • Case

Disney's "The Lion King" (B): The Synergy Group

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
In the late 1980s, Disney CEO Michael Eisner introduced a synergy group to the company's organizational structure. The synergy group was responsible for keeping all of Disney's divisions informed and updated on company projects and marketing strategies. View Details
Keywords: Entertainment; Creativity; Value; Organizational Structure; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

oriented should include some aspect of social equity and community engagement. And still be a profitable business.” “We’re still deciding what projects I’ll work on,” Michael says. But his formal title is, Special Assistant to the CEO, and the general View Details
  • Web

Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator - Health Care

leading to more advancements. The issue they discovered was that the structure of the cure ecosystem wasn’t built around business efficiencies. Organizations, which are often solely research-focused, could achieve so much more by building... View Details
  • 01 Apr 1996
  • News

Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?

You cite this decline as a root cause of widespread uneasiness among Americans about their future. What's gone wrong? One major structural change is that traditional mass production for a huge domestic market - the unique situation that... View Details
  • 20 Aug 2015
  • Blog Post

AVICII: REFLECTIONS ON MANAGING THE BRAND OF A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR

After ten weeks (eight in Stockholm and two in New York City) working for a company that does this very thing, I can confidently say that I would like to continue down this path after I graduate Harvard Business School. At Night / PRMD is a unique company within the... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
  • 14 Feb 2023
  • Blog Post

Recruiting During Uncertainty: How to Meet Students Where They Are

structure of their teams, they also want to know how companies are approaching those decisions and considering their people. They will be actively looking to connect with companies who consistently express their values and maintain their... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 09 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

  Working PapersThe Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-Periphery Structures Dominate? Authors:Alan MacCormack, Carliss Baldwin, and John Rusnak Abstract Any complex technological system can be decomposed into a number of subsystems... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

industries like software. “Industry is not destiny.” Take the airline business, for example, which, over its history, has an accumulated net loss in the billions—a classic B-school example of a structurally... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 01 Mar 2023
  • News

The Exchange: Micro Management

studies that there are many small-business owners who could put capital to very good use, but microfinance has not yet unlocked those potential opportunities. “That paper was very influential and one of the first indications to academics that small changes to the View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • Web

The Strategic Case for Diversity in Digital Transformation - Blog: RGE Report

full potential for innovation and impact. Diversity and Workforce Development: It’s About Change, Not Just Adoption As digital tools reshape work, the challenge for boards goes beyond adoption and application and includes the shift in workforce View Details
  • 04 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 4

These new establishments were concentrated in industries where women entrepreneurs have been traditionally active and the entry was mainly found among household-based establishments. We measure and discuss the extent to which this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • May 1993 (Revised October 1995)
  • Case

Connor Formed Metal Products

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Donna B. Stoddard and Melinda Conrad
Connor Formed Metal Products was a small, privately owned manufacturer of custom metal springs and stampings. Since becoming president in 1984, Bob Sloss had implemented many changes to the company's organizational structure, management control systems, and information... View Details
Keywords: Private Ownership; Organizational Structure; Production; Change; Governance Controls; Information Technology; Manufacturing Industry
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  • June 2011
  • Case

Changes to Harvard University's Governing Board

By: Rakesh Khurana and Eric Baldwin
This case examines the decision made by the governing board of Harvard University, known as the Harvard Corporation, to alter its size and operations. The case provides background on Harvard's history, its existing governance structure, and some of the issues that... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Decisions; Education Industry
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  • February 2005 (Revised May 2005)
  • Case

Nordstrom: The Turnaround

By: Rajiv Lal and Arar Han
After a period of turbulence, the fourth generation of Nordstroms are in control of the $7.1 billion apparel retailer. They have instituted a number of changes in buying and IT that have turned the business around. What can they do to ensure future growth? View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Crisis Management; Growth Management; Organizational Structure; Information Technology; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog

across a variety of industries and sectors. Modules explore: Module one focuses on the Family, the bedrock of the organizations that comprise the collective Family organization, specifically, the virtues that define the Family members’... View Details
  • Web

Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

transaction structuring and exits, as well as equity selection and portfolio construction. The course also explores incentives, decision-making, and the crucial problems and opportunities within the industry... View Details
  • 04 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

opportunity to represent HBS in markets around the world by building new relationships and connecting students with employment opportunities. More recently, the Energy and Cleantech industries were added to my employer relations and... View Details
  • 09 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 9, 2007

crucial for the initial industrialization of these two countries. Recently, differing visions on the importance of business networks have arisen. In the case of Mexico, the literature argues that entrepreneurs relied heavily on an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

Modularity By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract— This is the first chapter in Part 3. Its purpose is to contrast the value structure of platform systems with step processes from a technological perspective. I first review the basic technical... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 Nov 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

neither find any markers of significant NPE pass-through to end innovators nor of a positive impact of NPEs on innovation in the industries in which they are most prevalent. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman