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- March 2018
- Case
IBM: Watson and the Internet of Things
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
IBM has recently launched a business unit devoted to the Internet of Things. The group's leadership team needs to figure out the best way to quickly scale its business in a fragmented and nascent market.
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- September 2013 (Revised June 2017)
- Case
IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
IBM's Corporate Citizenship office created a social and organizational innovation in public education through a business-school partnership. IBM's Stanley Litow was the key architect in designing Pathways in Technology Early College High School, known as P-TECH. The...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Partnerships;
Leadership;
Partners and Partnerships;
Education;
Business and Community Relations;
Change;
Innovation and Invention;
Education Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept." Harvard Business School Case 314-049, September 2013. (Revised June 2017.)
- 1996
- Book
Broken Promises: An Unconventional View of What Went Wrong at IBM
By: D. Q. Mills and G. B. Friesen
Mills, D. Q., and G. B. Friesen. Broken Promises: An Unconventional View of What Went Wrong at IBM. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996.
- March 1991 (Revised February 1992)
- Teaching Note
IBM Corp: ""Make It Your Business"" (A) and (B), Teaching Note
By: Robert L. Simons
Teaching Note for (9-190-137) and (9-190-138).
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- 30 Jul 2009
- News
As Slowdown Drags On, IBM Looks to Governments for New Growth
- Sep 2013
- Case
IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept
This case explores the motivation behind P-TECH (a growing skills gap), how it was developed along with the challenges, and the attention generated by the unique school design.
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- 03 Apr 2024
- Podcast
IBM CHRO Nickle LaMoreaux on AI and the culture of skills building
As the digital economy pushes companies to prioritize continuous learning, HR strategies need to emphasize customization, flexibility, and support for diverse work-life needs.
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- 10 Oct 2017
- News
IBM Calls Their Employees Out Of The Home And Back To The Office
- June 1987
- Supplement
Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan, The: IBM Profile, Supplement
By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
Yoffie, David B., and John J. Coleman. "Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan, The: IBM Profile, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 387-191, June 1987.
- January 2010 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
IBM Retail Business Assessment at Dillard's, Inc.: Managing Staffing Levels to Improve Conversion
This case illustrates the challenges associated with matching staffing levels with variable workload in retail stores and highlights how decisions related to staffing and scheduling affect operational performance and the quality of labor at the stores. The case...
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Keywords:
Customer Satisfaction;
Employees;
Market Transactions;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Performance Improvement;
Retail Industry
Ton, Zeynep. "IBM Retail Business Assessment at Dillard's, Inc.: Managing Staffing Levels to Improve Conversion." Harvard Business School Case 610-051, January 2010. (Revised February 2010.)
- September 2009
- Teaching Note
IBM in the 21st Century: The Coming of the Globally Integrated Enterprise (TN)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
Teaching Note for [308105].
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- October 2013
- Teaching Note
Teaching Note IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
- Sep 2013
- Case
IBM and the Reinvention of High School (B): Replicating & Scaling P-TECH and Partners
This case explores the challenges and complications of replicating P-TECH.
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- October 2013
- Supplement
IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept Video Supplement
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Video supplement includes P-TECH principal, staff, a parent, and a student.
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Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 314-702, October 2013.
- October 2013
- Teaching Note
Teaching Note IBM and the Reinvention of High School (B): Replicating & Scaling P-TECH and Partners
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
- April 1980
- Supplement
IBM Corp.: The Role of the Corporate Management Committee, Resource Allocation, and the Role of Staff, Video
Vancil, Richard F. "IBM Corp.: The Role of the Corporate Management Committee, Resource Allocation, and the Role of Staff, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 880-503, April 1980.
- April 2018 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
Maersk: Betting on Blockchain
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
In March 2018, international shipping giant Maersk is getting ready to debut a trade digitization platform. Maersk hopes the platform will help streamline global trade since shipping goods internationally is an extraordinarily complicated and inefficient process....
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Keywords:
Maersk;
IBM;
Blockchain;
Shipping;
Shipping Line;
Trade;
Bitcoin;
Digitization;
Container Shipping;
Joint Ventures;
Ship Transportation;
Transportation Networks;
Digital Platforms;
Information Technology;
Technology Adoption;
Applications and Software;
Shipping Industry;
Technology Industry
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "Maersk: Betting on Blockchain." Harvard Business School Case 518-089, April 2018. (Revised July 2018.)
- January 2016 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
CEO David Kenny led the transformation of the Weather Company from a television business to a Big Data technology company from 2012 until 2016, when IBM acquired its digital assets. This case discusses major decisions taken by Kenny starting in 2014 as he sought to...
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Keywords:
Weather Company;
IBM;
Digital;
Technology;
David Kenny;
Television;
Weather Channel;
Legacy Business;
Mainstream;
Newstream;
Reorganization;
Acquisitions;
Transformation;
Information Technology;
Television Entertainment;
Acquisition;
Consolidation;
Change;
Leadership
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016." Harvard Business School Case 316-143, January 2016. (Revised March 2016.)
- April 2016
- Teaching Note
Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
This Note was created for the purpose of aiding classroom instructors in the use of the Harvard Business School case, "Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016." As chairman and CEO, David Kenny guided the Weather Company's transformation from a cable television...
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- April 2021 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
IBM: Design Thinking
By: Srikant M. Datar, Amram Migdal and Paul Hamilton
This case describes the 2012-2020 effort at IBM to implement design thinking throughout the company and hire thousands of designers to serve on every product team alongside technical engineers and developers and product managers. IBM’s design transformation is told...
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Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Business Divisions;
Business Units;
Business Organization;
Change;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Competency and Skills;
Talent and Talent Management;
Design;
Human Resources;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Innovation and Invention;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Jobs and Positions;
Job Design and Levels;
Leading Change;
Management;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Management Practices and Processes;
Operations;
Product;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Organizations;
Business Processes;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Adoption;
Technological Innovation;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Datar, Srikant M., Amram Migdal, and Paul Hamilton. "IBM: Design Thinking." Harvard Business School Case 121-007, April 2021. (Revised June 2021.)