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- November 2019
- Case
Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)
By: V.G. Narayanan, Tanvi Deshpande and Shreya Ramachandran
In May 2017 in Chennai, India, the chairman of Celebrity Fashions doubted whether the company could last until the end of the year. Venkatesh Rajagopal had found that the company, a readymade garment manufacturing and exporter he founded in 1989, was having a hard time...
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Keywords:
Turnarounds;
Operations;
Management;
Financial Condition;
Problems and Challenges;
Communication;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Transformation;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Narayanan, V.G., Tanvi Deshpande, and Shreya Ramachandran. "Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-053, November 2019.
- February 2018
- Case
Rosslyn Resource: Monetization and Sales Strategy
By: Robert J. Dolan and Sunru Yong
Rosslyn Resource identifies exploration targets (potential mineral deposits) in the mining industry and advances them until the project can be monetized, usually through sale to a larger mining company, in return for an upfront fee and a royalty on future revenues....
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Business Model;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Mining Industry
Dolan, Robert J., and Sunru Yong. "Rosslyn Resource: Monetization and Sales Strategy." Harvard Business School Brief Case 918-509, February 2018.
- November 2017 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
Royal Philips: Designing Toward Profound Change
By: Srikant M. Datar, Rajiv Lal and Caitlin N. Bowler
This case explores Royal Philips CEO Frans van Houten's bold use of design research to inform a critical strategic decision: Should Philips leave its storied lighting business behind in favor of complete focus on health technology and consumer lifestyle products?...
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Keywords:
Design Research;
Health Technology;
Innovation;
Design;
Research;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Transformation
Datar, Srikant M., Rajiv Lal, and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Royal Philips: Designing Toward Profound Change." Harvard Business School Case 118-017, November 2017. (Revised July 2018.)
- December 2015 (Revised January 2017)
- Supplement
P&G Canada: Old Company, New Tricks (B)
By: Brian J. Hall, Tiffany Y. Chang and Theresa Morin Hall
This is the (B) case supplement to "P&G Canada: Old Company, New Tricks." It details the outcome of the drastic reduction in office space from eight floors to three floors.
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Keywords:
Organizations;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leading Change;
Human Resources;
Change Management;
Transition;
Consumer Products Industry;
Canada
Hall, Brian J., Tiffany Y. Chang, and Theresa Morin Hall. "P&G Canada: Old Company, New Tricks (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 916-024, December 2015. (Revised January 2017.)
- October 2015 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
P&G Canada: Old Company, New Tricks
By: Brian J. Hall, Tiffany Y. Chang and Theresa Morin Hall
P&G Canada faces ongoing global pressure to increase productivity and reduce spending. Thom Lachman, president of P&G Canada, is seemingly out of options that will make a large enough impact without harming the business, until the idea of a radical space reduction...
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Keywords:
Organizations;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leading Change;
Human Resources;
Change Management;
Transition;
Consumer Products Industry;
Canada
Hall, Brian J., Tiffany Y. Chang, and Theresa Morin Hall. "P&G Canada: Old Company, New Tricks." Harvard Business School Case 916-019, October 2015. (Revised January 2017.)
- 1 Mar 2013 - 2 Mar 2013
- Conference Presentation
The Value of Flexibility in Baseball Roster Construction
By: Timothy Chan and Douglas S. Fearing
Drawing inspiration from the theory of production flexibility in manufacturing networks, we provide the first optimization-based analysis of the value of positional flexibility (the ability of a player to play multiple positions) for a major league baseball team in the...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Design;
Production;
Resource Allocation;
Groups and Teams;
Adaptation;
Sports
- September 2011 (Revised October 2014)
- Supplement
Ganesh Natarajan: Leading Innovation and Organizational Change at Zensar (B)
By: Michael Tushman and David Kiron
After proposing a fourth business unit to help grow the market for Zensar's innovative technology, to be led by Dilip Ittyera, CEO Natarajan adopted a new organizational structure focused on industry verticals.
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Keywords:
Growth and Development;
Innovation Leadership;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Information Technology Industry
Tushman, Michael, and David Kiron. "Ganesh Natarajan: Leading Innovation and Organizational Change at Zensar (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 412-037, September 2011. (Revised October 2014.)
- 2006
- Chapter
Interorganizational Knowledge Creation at Shimano
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Keywords:
Knowledge Acquisition;
Knowledge Management;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Networks;
Japan
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Interorganizational Knowledge Creation at Shimano." In Japan Moving Toward a More Advanced Knowledge Economy: Advanced Knowledge—Creating Companies, by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Tsutomu Shibata. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Institute (WBI), 2006.
- January 1998
- Case
Sideco Americana S.A. (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Ethics;
Culture;
Argentina
Paine, Lynn S., and Harold F. Hogan Jr. "Sideco Americana S.A. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 398-083, January 1998.
- July 1997
- Case
Earle Palmer Brown (A)
The CEO of one of the top 25 advertising agencies confronts major changes in the marketplace. He chooses to reengineer the firm.
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business or Company Management;
Industry Growth;
Advertising Industry
Jones, Thomas O. "Earle Palmer Brown (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-012, July 1997.
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Steady as She Goes
Courtesy Coles This was going to be the year everything got back to normal. Since Leah Weckert (MBA 2008) became the CFO at Australia’s Coles Group in 2018, the supermarket giant had announced a demerger—the largest in the country’s history—from corporate parent...
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- 30 Apr 2020
- News
Coronavirus Career Limbo
- 11 Mar 2014
- News
Innovation in Big Companies
- December 2021
- Case
Grapery
By: Forest Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred
Keywords:
Agribusiness;
Change;
Transformation;
Transition;
Environmental Management;
Climate Change;
Environmental Sustainability;
Strategy;
Goods and Commodities;
Leading Change;
Business or Company Management;
Marketing Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States;
Latin America;
North America;
Asia
- Profile
Fola Folowosele
inflexion points that tend to define a career. In the next couple of decades business models will have to evolve even more quickly than in the past and I believe that my ability to embrace and adapt to change will be a major deciding...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms
qualified leaders who fall below the sight lines of directors and their personal networks. In these uncertain times, in particular," he concludes, "the stakes are too high for such a narrow perspective." — Peter K. Jacobs Adapted from...
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- May 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
Justice-as-a-Service at RightNow
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Amir Reza Rezvani
The case examines the focus of an early stage company, and how an unexpected external incidence can threaten or void the business model. It encompasses issues such as minimal viable product, defining and pivoting a business model, organizational requirements for a...
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Keywords:
Legacy Business;
Teams;
Startup;
Business Models;
Pivot;
Entrepreneurship;
Law;
Venture Capital;
Business Startups;
Business Model;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategy;
Legal Services Industry;
Germany
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Amir Reza Rezvani. "Justice-as-a-Service at RightNow." Harvard Business School Case 820-117, May 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
- November 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Spyder Active Sports, Inc. and CHB Capital Partners (B)
By: John A. Davis, Louis B. Barnes and Peter K. Botticelli
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Private Equity;
Family Business;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Entrepreneurship;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Sports Industry
Davis, John A., Louis B. Barnes, and Peter K. Botticelli. "Spyder Active Sports, Inc. and CHB Capital Partners (B)." Harvard Business School Case 899-111, November 1998. (Revised July 1999.)