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- September 2017 (Revised July 2023)
- Case
Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future?
By: Ariel D. Stern and Sarah Mehta
In July 2017, Dr. Brian M. Alexander, president and CEO of the AGILE Research Foundation, was preparing to launch a new type of clinical trial—an adaptive platform trial—to study potential therapies for glioblastoma (GBM), an aggressive form of brain cancer....
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Keywords:
Clinical Trials;
Cancer;
Adaptive Platform Trials;
Platform Trials;
Adaptive Trials;
Glioblastoma;
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Testing and Trials;
Business Strategy;
Innovation Strategy;
Health Industry;
United States
Stern, Ariel D., and Sarah Mehta. "Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future?" Harvard Business School Case 618-025, September 2017. (Revised July 2023.)
- May 2008 (Revised May 2010)
- Background Note
Organizational Alignment, Performance, and Change in Professional Service Firms
By: John J. Gabarro
This note describes the relationship between organizational alignment and performance in professional service firms and how to use McKinsey 7S Alignment to diagnose a firm's or practice's alignment, identify misalignments and determine how to bring about the changes...
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Gabarro, John J. "Organizational Alignment, Performance, and Change in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 908-416, May 2008. (Revised May 2010.)
- Research Summary
Organizational Change in Professional Service Firms
Professor Gabarro's current research focuses on organizational change in professional service firms and the challenges that they face in dealing with increased size, scale and complexity.
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- 07 May 2020
- Video
Innovative Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
- 04 Mar 2020
Innovative Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
- 2014
- Working Paper
Product to Platform Transitions: Organizational Identity Implications
By: Elizabeth J. Altman and Mary Tripsas
Organizations are increasingly recognizing that value they once derived from offering standalone products can be significantly enhanced if they transition to platform-based businesses that harness the innovative capabilities of complementors. While the competitive...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change;
Organizational Identity;
Ecosystems;
Complementors;
Managing Innovation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Multi-Sided Platforms;
Innovation and Management;
Organizational Culture
Altman, Elizabeth J., and Mary Tripsas. "Product to Platform Transitions: Organizational Identity Implications." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-045, December 2013. (Revised September 2014.)
- TeachingInterests
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal (LCOR); HBS Executive Education; 2022
- Coached executives on innovation and organizational change
- Led a group of senior executives in applying course theories to develop solutions for their organizational change initiatives
- Teaching Rating: 7 / 7 (8... View Details
- 2003
- Tool
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal CD Set
By: Michael L. Tushman and Charles A. O'Reilly
- December 2017
- Course Overview Note
Managing Change and Transformation: Adapting Leadership for 21st Century Organizations
Syllabus for Managing Change 2018 EC Course
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- December 2016
- Course Overview Note
Managing Change and Transformation: Adaptive Leadership for 21st Century Organizations
Syllabus for Managing Change 2017 EC Course
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- Dec 20 2011
- Interview
Faculty Insights: Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
- June 2010
- Article
Leadership Competencies for Implementing Planned Organizational Change
By: Julie Battilana, Mattia Gilmartin, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul and Jeffrey A. Alexander
This paper bridges the leadership and organizational change literatures by exploring the relationship between managers' leadership competencies (namely, their effectiveness at person-oriented and task-oriented behaviors) and the likelihood that they will emphasize the...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Competency and Skills;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Planning;
Relationships;
Business Processes;
Projects;
Theory;
Change;
Behavior;
Health Industry;
United Kingdom
Battilana, Julie, Mattia Gilmartin, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul, and Jeffrey A. Alexander. "Leadership Competencies for Implementing Planned Organizational Change." Leadership Quarterly 21, no. 3 (June 2010).
- July 1998
- Supplement
Organizational Change at Andersen Consulting - EMEAI
By: Ashish Nanda
Supplements Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Reorganization for Revitalization. An alternative to video Organizational Change at Anderson Consulting - EMEAI, Video.
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Nanda, Ashish. "Organizational Change at Andersen Consulting - EMEAI." Harvard Business School Supplement 899-035, July 1998.
- 26 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change
flexibly navigate changing environments yet because it does not have a notion of its “self” and what it can do with it. This shortcoming raises questions about whether it’s safe to rely on AI in certain...
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Reflections: Toward a Normative and Actionable Theory of Planned Organizational Change and Development
By: Michael Beer
A normative and actionable theory of planned organizational change and development is proposed based on fifty years of engagement by the author as a scholar-consultant. Five principles are central features of the theory and practice proposed: 1) Organizations are...
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Keywords:
Consultant;
Process;
Systems;
Silence;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership;
Learning;
Management Teams
Beer, Michael. "Reflections: Toward a Normative and Actionable Theory of Planned Organizational Change and Development." Journal of Change Management 21, no. 1 (2021).
- 2009
- Chapter
Sustain Organizational Performance Through Learning, Change and Realignment
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Sustain Organizational Performance Through Learning, Change and Realignment." In Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior: Indispensable Knowledge for Evidence-Based Management. 2nd ed. Edited by Edwin A. Locke. John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
- 2021
- Book
Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator's Dilemma
By: Charles A. O'Reilly III and Michael Tushman
Why do successful firms find it so difficult to adapt in the face of change—to innovate? In the past ten years, the importance of this question has increased as more industries and firms confront disruptive change. The pandemic has accelerated this crisis, collapsing...
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Keywords:
Organization Change And Adaptation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation and Management;
Leading Change
O'Reilly, Charles A., III, and Michael Tushman. Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator's Dilemma. Second ed. Stanford, CA: Stanford Business Books, 2021.
- May 2020
- Article
Tackling Climate Change Requires Organizational Purpose
By: Rebecca Henderson and George Serafeim
Unchecked climate change presents a profound threat to economic growth and political stability but despite widespread public concern about the issue, global emissions of greenhouse gases have not declined. Indeed current “business as usual” predictions imply that...
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Keywords:
Corporate Purpose;
Purpose;
Sustainability;
Environment;
Climate Change;
Organizations;
Mission and Purpose;
Environmental Sustainability;
Strategy;
Leadership
Henderson, Rebecca, and George Serafeim. "Tackling Climate Change Requires Organizational Purpose." AEA Papers and Proceedings 110 (May 2020): 177–180.
- Awards
Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
By: Richard L. Nolan
Won the 2008 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize with Rob Austin for their paper "Bridging the Gap Between Stewards and Creators" (Volume 48 of MIT Sloan Management Review). The prize is awarded to the authors of the most outstanding SMR article on planned change...
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