Organizational Change and Adaptation - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Feb 2015
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The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)

through your work with Adaptation Now? “Our goal is to engage people outside the environmental movement in a productive way. We have two success metrics we will track: (1) The extent to which climate change... View Details

Keywords: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries

15 Dec 2024
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On The Case

case centers on how much of a stretch Mihaljevic and his team should build into the 2023 targets. “Dr. Tom Mihaljevic and Cleveland Clinic” by Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2000
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Core Values Keep Airline Flying High

changing labor force, and heightened competition is a tremendous challenge. During the interview, Southwest's managers said that they have to constantly reinvent their processes to View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Sep 2013
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HBS's Unique Economic Model

of the publishing industry, faces fierce competition and great uncertainty as it adapts to the digital world. At a time when the School must increase its investment in innovation, revenue from philanthropy... View Details

Keywords: Melnick, Richard; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

29 Feb 2016
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How Joe Shoen Got U-Haul Back on Track

The most recent issue of Forbes magazine has a long piece on Amerco, U-Haul’s parent company, and its return to dominance following decades-long internal turmoil. Leading the charge is Amerco CEO Joe Shoen (MBA 1973), who has a... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Sep 2012
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Ideas in Action

different message. As he writes: “Even when adaptation appears to be the only viable option, we should do more than blindly accept—and eagerly adapt to—change. We should seek to understand why the View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Apr 2005
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Seven Transformations of Personal Leadership

Keywords: David Rooke, William R. Torbet

01 Dec 2010
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Eight Join HBS Faculty

capital markets and firms’ social, environmental, and governance performance. Lakshmi Ramarajan, an assistant professor in the Organizational Behavior Unit, also had ties to... View Details

16 Dec 2016
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An Environmental Epiphany

presented itself to take a sabbatical, I took some time off to think about, what was next? And decided that it was time for me to focus more on those more broad-based societal issues. And I concluded that... View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Research Brief: The Power of Could

do—rather than what you should do—helped participants see existing options as less incompatible, generated a broader range of creative solutions, and led more directly to moral insight in decision-making with others. “What we were quite... View Details

14 Dec 2021
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How Japan’s Recruit Holdings Regained Trust after a Scandal

01 Oct 2000
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After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective

Microsoft and Cisco, Nolan said the mature business model of a hierarchical organizational structure with a "make-and-sell" strategy can't be adapted to the virtual,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2003
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Books

scenarios early on in the product development process, while the financial and organizational costs of changing course are still relatively low. In Experimentation Matters,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

19 Jan 2014
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Never Waste a Good Recession

Keywords: recession; customer orientation; product development; R & D

01 Mar 2004
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Gibson Hits a High Note

automate production a while back and discovered that nothing beats old-fashioned handcraftsmanship. But there is nothing old-fashioned about the new digital guitar that Gibson recently launched. It’s the biggest View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Sep 2013
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Pens Down

Illustration by Dan Page In May, on the eve of the HBS application season, MBA Admissions director Dee Leopold (MBA 1980) announced a change for Class of 2016 hopefuls. There would be only one essay question: In addition to your résumé,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Sep 2012
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Curb Your Smartphone Habit

MIT, she grew deeply interested in “spending long periods of time living with and living like” the people she studied, “trying to understand the world from their perspectives.” In her new book, Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; smartphones; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

30 Apr 2020
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Coronavirus Career Limbo

01 Sep 2008
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Knowledge Integration Rules at Yale

segment called Orientation to Management, a general introduction to concepts, tools, and problem-framing methodologies. In addition, students work on developing interpersonal skills needed to be an effective leader. The next twelve weeks,... View Details