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- 12 Jun 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Triumph of the Humble Chief Risk Officer
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by Anette Mikes
- January 2009 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Gucci Group in 2009
By: David B. Yoffie and Renee Kim
The Gucci Group had transformed itself into the world's third largest luxury retailer with multiple brands. The company had performed well even after the departure of star designer Tom Ford and former CEO Domenico De Sole. However, the challenging global economic times...
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Financial Crisis;
Brands and Branding;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Luxury;
Corporate Strategy;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Retail Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Renee Kim. "Gucci Group in 2009." Harvard Business School Case 709-459, January 2009. (Revised February 2010.)
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Overview - MBA
relevant timeframes, opportunity-costs, rewards, and organizational behavior. Assess the potential therapeutic value of discoveries emanating from lab-discovery in the life sciences and understand ways to accelerate these discoveries into...
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- September 1998 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Spyder Active Sports, Inc. and CHB Capital Partners (A)
By: John A. Davis, Louis B. Barnes and Peter K. Botticelli
After establishing a small but profitable skiwear business, an entrepreneur decides to sell a minority stake in the firm to outside investors. His goal is to acquire the capital needed to grow the business, even though this will entail a substantial transformation of...
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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 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 899-084, September 1998. (Revised July 1999.)
Rosabeth M. Kanter
Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details
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accounting industry;
advertising;
airline;
apparel;
arts;
automobiles;
banking;
beauty products;
beverage;
biotechnology;
broadcasting;
chemical;
clothing;
communications;
computer;
consulting;
consumer products;
e-commerce industry;
education industry;
electrical equipment;
electronics;
entertainment;
fashion;
fast food;
federal government;
financial services;
food;
food processing;
grocery;
health care;
high technology;
hotels & motels;
industrial goods;
information;
information technology industry;
insurance industry;
internet;
legal services;
management consulting;
manufacturing;
medical supplies;
nonprofit industry;
oil & gas;
petroleum;
pharmaceuticals;
professional services;
publishing industry;
real estate;
recreation;
restaurant;
retail financial services;
retailing;
semiconductor;
soft drink;
software;
sports;
state government;
telecommunications;
textiles;
tourism;
toy;
transportation;
travel;
utilities;
wine
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Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online
for your organization through a mastery of negotiation techniques. 8 weeks, 4-5 hrs/weekApply by July 8$1,850Certificate Leading Change and Organizational Renewal Professors Michael Tushman and Charles O’Reilly Drive View Details
- April 1995 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
Pillsbury: Customer Driven Reengineering
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Pillsbury is transforming itself from an integrated producer of flour and bakery products to a value-added supplier of premium branded products. After initial successes applying activity-based costing to manufacturing operations, two senior executives decide to...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Production;
Cost Management;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Food and Beverage Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Pillsbury: Customer Driven Reengineering." Harvard Business School Case 195-144, April 1995. (Revised April 1995.)
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Senior Executive Leadership Program—India
change agents. Taking place in three modules, the Senior Executive Leadership Program–India accelerates the transformation of experienced senior executives into capable leaders who can drive business success. Delivered in a series of...
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- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
Unilever, and its renewal, catapulted Coty into the position of the world's largest fragrance company. The case provides an opportunity to examine the entrepreneurial, cultural, and organizational factors which enable acquired brands and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 2019 (Revised October 2019)
- Technical Note
Note on the Future of Commerce
By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor and Nathaniel Schwalb
In 2019, the retail and consumer product industries were undergoing a significant transformation. Over the past 50 years, what was once a highly fragmented industry began to consolidate, digitize, and increase convenience while lowering costs. The winning enterprises...
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Trade;
Demand and Consumers;
Demographics;
Transformation;
Global Range;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business Model;
Leading Change;
Retail Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Kerr, William R., Daniel O'Connor, and Nathaniel Schwalb. "Note on the Future of Commerce." Harvard Business School Technical Note 819-017, June 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
- December 1998 (Revised January 2001)
- Case
Acer, Inc.: Taiwan's Rampaging Dragon
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Anthony St. George
Describes the strategic, organizational, and management changes that led Acer from its 1976 startup to become the world's second-largest computer manufacturer. Outlines the birth of the company, the painful "professionalization" of its management, the plunge into...
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership;
Competitive Advantage;
Global Strategy;
Transformation;
Computer Industry;
Taiwan
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Anthony St. George. "Acer, Inc.: Taiwan's Rampaging Dragon." Harvard Business School Case 399-010, December 1998. (Revised January 2001.)
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Managing Turbulence
innovation and productivity. Details Optimize your organization's capacity to survive and thrive Understand the building blocks of organizational transformation Measure View Details
- July 2018
- Teaching Note
Verizon 2018
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
Teaching Note for HBS No. 318-114. In 2018, CEO Lowell McAdam led efforts to transform Verizon through digital innovation, media acquisitions and integration, and changes to the company culture. He sought to manage change at the company as growth in traditional areas...
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Elizabeth J. Altman
Dr. Elizabeth J. Altman is an associate professor of management (with tenure) at the Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell and a visiting scholar at the Harvard Business School. She has been guest editor of the MIT Sloan Management Review... View Details
- July 2007 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Turnaround at the Veterans Health Administration (A)
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Brian R. Golden and Gary J. Young
Investigates the challenges that Dr. Kenneth W. Kizer confronted in seeking to create organizational change at the largest integrated health care system in North America, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Kizer was appointed as the Under Secretary of Health, to...
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Problems and Challenges;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Transformation;
Leadership;
Consolidation;
Health Care and Treatment;
Service Delivery;
Health Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
North and Central America
Edmondson, Amy C., Brian R. Golden, and Gary J. Young. "Turnaround at the Veterans Health Administration (A)." Harvard Business School Case 608-061, July 2007. (Revised January 2008.)
- March 2011
- Case
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company in 2011
By: Willy Shih and Jia Cheng
When David Wang took over as the CEO of SMIC, he knew that if he was to capitalize on the company's strategic location in the China market, he would have to transform the company mindset and its operating structure from its roots in the manufacturing of DRAMs to the...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business Processes;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Customization and Personalization;
Semiconductor Industry;
China
Shih, Willy, and Jia Cheng. "Semiconductor Manufacturing International Company in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 611-053, March 2011.
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The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports
space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible. Although most programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational...
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Drive Innovation with Better Decision-Making
By: Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards and Taran Swan
Despite their embrace of agile methods, many firms striving to innovate are struggling to produce breakthrough ideas. A key culprit, according to the authors, is an outdated, inefficient approach to decision-making. Today’s discovery-driven innovation processes involve...
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Innovation and Invention;
Decision Making;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Hill, Linda A., Emily Tedards, and Taran Swan. "Drive Innovation with Better Decision-Making." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 6 (November–December 2021): 70–79.
- 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.)
- October 2013
- Article
The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care
By: Michael E. Porter and Thomas H. Lee
In health care, the days of business as usual are over. Around the world, every health care system is struggling with rising costs and uneven quality, despite the hard work of well-intentioned, well-trained clinicians. Health care leaders and policy makers have tried...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategy;
Value;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry
Porter, Michael E., and Thomas H. Lee. "The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 10 (October 2013): 50–70.