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- 2018
- Working Paper
Zig-Zagging Your Way to Transformative Impact
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg
Achieving transformative impact has been much discussed by social entrepreneurs, funders, and consultants. These discussions have focused on issues of increasing impact and scale, but often with no clear distinction between the two terms. In order to provide clarity,...
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Keywords:
Social Entrepreneurship;
Performance Efficiency;
Growth and Development;
Outcome or Result;
Strategy
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Tricia Gregg. "Zig-Zagging Your Way to Transformative Impact." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-062, January 2018.
- October 2015 (Revised September 2016)
- Case
The Transformation of Mudo
By: Anthony J. Mayo, Esel Çekin and Çiğdem Çelik
After 16 years in management consulting, Barış Karakullukçu left to become the CEO of Mudo in 2012, one of the best-known names in Turkey's retail industry. She was tasked with leading Mudo's transition from a family business to a more institutionalized, corporate...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Management Challenges;
Emerging Market;
Retail;
Second-generation;
Operational Efficiency;
Performance Management;
Corporate Culture;
Growth;
Leading Change;
Family Business;
Organizational Culture;
Emerging Markets;
Family Ownership;
Transformation;
Performance Improvement;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Retail Industry;
Turkey
Mayo, Anthony J., Esel Çekin, and Çiğdem Çelik. "The Transformation of Mudo." Harvard Business School Case 416-015, October 2015. (Revised September 2016.)
- March 18, 2020
- Article
How Honest Conversations Can Accelerate Corporate Transformation
By: Michael Beer
When CEOs engage a cross section of their key people in an honest conversation about organizational strengths and barriers to the execution of strategic changes required by the changing competitive landscape, transformations are accelerated. The honest conversation...
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Keywords:
Honesty;
Communication;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Transformation;
Organizational Culture
Beer, Michael. "How Honest Conversations Can Accelerate Corporate Transformation." Chief Executive (March 18, 2020).
- February 2013 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization
By: Linda A. Hill, Anthony J. Mayo and Dana M. Teppert
Iz-Lynn Chan, assistant director of retail business group and service quality and vice president of Far East retail consultancy for Far East Organization, a private real estate developer group in Singapore, raises service standards in the company's hospitality...
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Keywords:
Hospitality;
Organizational Change And Transformation;
Leadership;
Leading Change;
Change Management;
Service Industry;
Singapore
Hill, Linda A., Anthony J. Mayo, and Dana M. Teppert. "Iz-Lynn Chan at Far East Organization." Harvard Business School Case 413-060, February 2013. (Revised February 2017.)
- January 2010 (Revised March 2010)
- Case
Transforming ASUSTeK: Breaking from the Past
By: Willy C. Shih, Ho Howard Yu and Hung-Chang Chiu
What happens when an original design manufacturer (ODM) firm tries to transform itself into a branded goods seller? The case traces the evolution of ASUSTeK from a motherboard supplier, to an ODM of desktop and notebook PCs, through its split into three companies that...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Disruptive Innovation;
Brands and Branding;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Competitive Strategy;
Computer Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Taiwan
Shih, Willy C., Ho Howard Yu, and Hung-Chang Chiu. "Transforming ASUSTeK: Breaking from the Past." Harvard Business School Case 610-041, January 2010. (Revised March 2010.)
- Web
Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online
This course is part of the CLIMB program and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Organizational Leadership Organizational Leadership $1,750 Next 7-week session starts May 29th Apply Elevate your...
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- Teaching Interest
Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)
Professor Bernstein taught Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) from 2013-2016 (7 sections). This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise.
The course is divided into five modules:
- September 2004 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Otis Elevator: Accelerating Business Transformation with IT
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey
Focuses on a major transformation of Otis Elevator's infrastructure. Led by the CEO, this transformation represents a remarkable long-term reengineering of all the processes of the firm to drive its operating costs down and service image up. The transformation is the...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Cost Management;
Infrastructure;
Business Processes;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Technology
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Brian DeLacey. "Otis Elevator: Accelerating Business Transformation with IT." Harvard Business School Case 305-048, September 2004. (Revised June 2005.)
- October 2015
- Article
How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Companies
By: Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann
The evolution of products into intelligent, connected devices is revolutionizing business. In a November 2014 article, "How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition," Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter and PTC president and CEO James...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Technological Innovation;
Information Technology;
Organizational Structure;
Operations;
Business Strategy
Porter, Michael E., and James E. Heppelmann. "How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Companies." Harvard Business Review 93, no. 10 (October 2015): 97–114.
- October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance
By: Walter J. Salmon and Jaan Elias
Starting in 1988, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) began a controversial transformation in management and governance. For its first 112 years, the AMC's structure had resembled that of a country club--volunteer leaders directed the club's operations and its small,...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Transformation;
Corporate Governance;
Employee Relationship Management;
Recruitment;
Leading Change;
Organizational Culture;
Labor and Management Relations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Education Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Salmon, Walter J., and Jaan Elias. "Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance." Harvard Business School Case 598-066, October 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- Web
Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research
Organizational Behavior Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2016 Distinguished Scholar Award Organization Development & Change Division, Academy of Management By: Michael Tushman More...
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- May 2013
- Case
Kaiser Permanente: Innovating to Transform Healthcare
By: Lynda Applegate
This case enables discussion of organizational and industry transformation.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Management;
Strategy;
Organ;
Entrepreneurship;
Management;
Competitive Strategy;
Behavior;
Leadership;
Health Industry;
United States
Applegate, Lynda. "Kaiser Permanente: Innovating to Transform Healthcare." Harvard Business School Case 813-184, May 2013.
- November 2016
- Case
Transformation at Eli Lilly & Co. (A)
By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
Faced with the imminent loss of 40% of its revenues due to patent expirations, pharma giant Eli Lilly sets out on a dramatic transformation process in 2009. The case considers how Lilly restructured the organization into business areas to aid better decision-making,...
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Keywords:
Eli Lilly;
Restructuring;
R&D;
Transformation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Indianapolis
Kerr, William R., and Alexis Brownell. "Transformation at Eli Lilly & Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 817-070, November 2016.
- November 2008 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Transformation of COFCO in a Changing Environment
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Kefei Yang
China's COFCO, the country's leading edible oil and food importer and exporter and its largest food manufacturer, had in its 50-plus years of operation undergone four stages of transformation and was about to embark on a fifth. The global agriculture system was...
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Keywords:
Food;
Leadership;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Globalization;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Food and Beverage Industry;
China
Goldberg, Ray A., and Kefei Yang. "Transformation of COFCO in a Changing Environment." Harvard Business School Case 909-403, November 2008. (Revised March 2018.)
- April 2021
- Case
Transforming BlackBerry: From Smartphones to Software
By: Ranjay Gulati and Nicole Tempest Keller
On the verge of failure, BlackBerry brought in John Chen as CEO in 2013 to orchestrate a bold turnaround of the company. Once an iconic leader in the smartphone market, BlackBerry was best known for its tactile QWERTY keyboard, strong security, and a focus on business...
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Keywords:
Pivot;
Managing Change;
Turnaround;
Smartphone;
Change Management;
Leading Change;
Transformation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Digital Platforms;
Change;
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Competitive Strategy;
Cybersecurity;
Technology Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Canada
Gulati, Ranjay, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Transforming BlackBerry: From Smartphones to Software." Harvard Business School Case 421-052, April 2021.
- April 2020 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
CredEx Fintech: Business Model Transformation During the Digital Era
By: Laura Huang, Raphael Amit and Xu Han
Founded in 2010, CredEx has been a fast and constant innovator in the microfinance industry in China. Tang Xia, CEO and co-founder of CredEx, has led the company through a number of profound business model innovations in response to external environment changes, which...
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Keywords:
Digitization;
Fintech;
Business Model;
Innovation and Invention;
Transformation;
Microfinance;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Huang, Laura, Raphael Amit, and Xu Han. "CredEx Fintech: Business Model Transformation During the Digital Era." Harvard Business School Case 420-080, April 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
- 23 Nov 2021
- Book
What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins
forthcoming book, Win from Within: Build Organizational Culture For Competitive Advantage, which is a how-to roadmap for improving an organization’s culture. Heskett, the UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at Harvard Business School,...
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by Avery Forman
- May 2012
- Case
Quietly Brilliant: Transformational Change at HTC
By: Michael L. Tushman and Kerry Herman
The case examines smartphone maker HTC's 2006 decision to become a branded company. The case focuses on the cultural and organizational shifts HTC underwent to successfully make the transition from an ODM, founded in 1997, to a leading branded manufacturer (7% market...
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Organizational Structure;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Telecommunications Industry;
Taiwan
Tushman, Michael L., and Kerry Herman. "Quietly Brilliant: Transformational Change at HTC." Harvard Business School Case 412-070, May 2012.
- December 2011 (Revised April 2012)
- Case
Transforming Verizon: A Platform for Change
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
A new CEO steps into the shoes of his long-time predecessor who had created the U.S. telecommunications giant via a series of acquisitions and, before departing, had initiated the company's strategic repositioning. The new CEO reflected on Verizon's recent successes,...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Groups and Teams;
Telecommunications Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Transforming Verizon: A Platform for Change." Harvard Business School Case 312-082, December 2011. (Revised April 2012.)