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The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
Government Magazine ArticleIn many countries, diversified business groups substitute for the institutions that support effective markets in capital, labor, and goods and services. Their capacity for doing this must be strengthened through restructuring, not destroyed through dismantling. -
Organize Your Change Initiative Around Purpose and Benefits
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleConnecting a project to core principles - and explaining how it will benefit stakeholders - can spark the motivation required for success. -
The Missing Ingredient in Kraft Heinz’s Restructuring
Mergers and acquisitions Digital ArticleAs the company cut costs, its ability to innovate suffered. -
Is Your Company’s Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?
Organizational restructuring Digital ArticleWhen the two work in concert, they can create a powerful advantage. -
The Challenges of Becoming a Less Hierarchical Company
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLessons from one company on how to navigate the ups and downs of going flat. -
The Case of the Downsizing Decision
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleAndrew Jordan sat at his desk, absentmindedly watching a barge chug slowly upstream on the Thames. The dinner meeting he had scheduled with a select group of senior managers at Universal Products Company, Ltd. would begin in an hour. For three years, it had seemed enough to focus on the business problems of UPC’s Connectors […] -
A New Will to Win
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn 2004, Rick Hendrick, owner of the NASCAR racing operation Hendrick Motorsports, lost most of his management team in a plane crash. Among those killed... -
Manage Beyond Portfolio Analysis
Organizational restructuring Magazine ArticleThe approach is as old as borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. If one of your divisions is not growing as quickly as it ought to, you take cash from a healthy, stable unit to fund the growth. Often this strategy works, but many times it doesn’t. The reason it may not work, the authors […] -
Lessons from Mayo Clinic's Redesign of Stroke Care
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThe risk-stratified model can reduce costs. -
Where Does the Customer Fit in a Service Operation?
Organizational restructuring Magazine ArticleWhile management skills can improve service systems, a manager is better off if he or she first has a clear understanding of the operating characteristics that set one service system apart from another. This author offers one view of services, which, if followed, results in a “rational approach to the rationalization” of services. His view, […] -
Organizational Transformation Is an Emotional Journey
Organizational transformation Digital ArticleSeven strategies to help leaders navigate the process. -
How Much Change Would You Settle For?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAt the Imagine Solutions conference, the watchword was change. Whether they wanted to bring down the national debt (like Niall Ferguson), reform Washington... -
Designing Services That Deliver
Operations strategy Magazine ArticleConsidering the extent to which the service industry contributes to our GNP, very little has been said or written about the application of rational management techniques to the development of new services. Many believe that good service results from the style of an individual entrepreneur or company and is therefore highly idiosyncratic. As a result […] -
Strategy and the New Economics of Information
Economics Magazine ArticleA fundamental shift in the economics of information is under way—a shift that is less about any specific new technology than about the fact that a new behavior is reaching critical mass. Millions of people at home and at work are communicating electronically using universal, open standards. This explosion in connectivity is the latest—and, for […] -
Surviving the Boss from Hell
Organizational restructuring Magazine ArticleThere was a gust from the overhead duct, and my project manager certification floated onto my keyboard—no amount of Fun-Tak and tape could keep it attached to the walls of my cubicle. At the same moment, a meeting invite appeared on my screen, accompanied by Outlook’s distinctive doink—another “emergency” department meeting. As the pop-up slowly […] -
The Emancipated Organization
Leadership Magazine ArticleInsights on gender, leadership, and power formed over 25 years on the front lines. -
Case Study: What More Evidence Do You Need?
Organizational restructuring Magazine ArticleWith patient care on the line, Dr. Sally Randolph considers a bold challenge to the CEO’s strategic plan. -
Make Overhead Cuts that Last
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleOverhead value analysis identifies structural cuts that will reduce overhead costs by 15% to 30%. Overhead value analysis requires delegating to every... -
The Logic of Global Business: An Interview with ABB’s Percy Barnevik
International business Magazine ArticlePercy Barnevik, president and CEO of ABB Asea Brown Boveri, is a corporate pioneer. He is moving more aggressively than any CEO in Europe, perhaps in the world, to build the new model of competitive enterprise—an organization that combines global scale and world-class technology with deep roots in local markets. He is working to give […] -
Korn/Ferry's CEO on Transforming the Company in Mid-Crisis
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleGary Burnison had a lot of faith in Korn/Ferry's brand when he became a significant investor, back in 2001. The company was suffering in the aftermath...
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Huntington Hospital (B): Empowering Staff
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The B case begins with the consultants' proposal to Kim Markey, executive director of revenue cycle at Huntington Hospital (HH). The proposal is untraditional... -
Emery Tech: Clif Jumping
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Melinda Ellis Evers, a Bay Area native and Stanford GSB alumna, founded Ellis Partners (Ellis), a commercial real estate investment and development firm... -
Alibaba's Values Dilemma
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case starts by exploring the brief history of Alibaba from 1999 to 2020 from the perspective of strategy and values. The case shows how a company's... -
Bradley Marquez: Reduction in Force (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The Bradley Marquez advertising agency had created a successful niche delivering ethnic markets to their clients, corporate giants like Compaq, Sprint,... -
Williams--2002
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Williams, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based firm in various energy businesses, must decide whether to accept a financing package offered by Berkshire Hathaway and... -
Konecta: Strategic Transformations in a Digital Era
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case analyzes the evolution of the business model of the Spanish multinational Konecta, which, since its origin, was dedicated to providing Contact... -
Birla Carbon Egypt: Building Soft Power in a Foreign Country
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Birla Carbon, a flagship business of the nearly $60-billion global conglomerate and India-headquartered Aditya Birla Group (ABG), is one of the world's... -
Mobil USM&R (A1)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details First of a two-part case on the development and use of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) at Mobil's US Marketing and Refining Division. Split from the original... -
Troubled Spain: Leading organizational changes through networks and design
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details James Reid, the newly appointed GM of Troubled Spain, has been given a mandate by the CEO of Troubled Inc. to turn the subsidiary around within six months.... -
Saatchi & Saatchi Co. PLC: Corporate Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Saatchi & Saatchi, founded in 1970, became the world's largest advertising agency in 1986. It then diversified into consulting and other managerial areas... -
Infinity Carpets, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A turnaround expert must determine whether a firm in distress is worth more as a going concern than its liquidation value. If so, the finances of the... -
Tax-Deferred Acquisitive Reorganizations for C Corporations
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This technical note outlines the general judicial requirements an acquisition must meet to qualify as a tax-deferred reorganization. The variation in... -
Chase Manhattan Corp.: The Making of America's Largest Bank
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Chase Bank and Chemical Bank intend to merge, producing the largest commercial bank in the United States, the fourth largest in the world. Projected financial... -
ABB Deutschland (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Focuses in detail on implementing a corporate restructuring program in ABB's German subsidiary. Special attention is given to Germany's unique form of... -
Perfect Storm over Zurich Airport (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
Marriott Corp. (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Managing the Layoff Process: The United States
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This note is an overview of the context for managing layoffs in the United States. It describes the legal responsibilities of managers in conducting layoffs,... -
Transformation at Eli Lilly & Co. (C)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 817070. -
More than Optics: Olympus's Vision to Become a Leading Global MedTech Company
Management Case Study11.95View Details In August 2022, CEO Yasuo Takeuchi reflected on Olympus Corporation's recent transformation from being known as a Japanese consumer camera company to... -
Valuing Companies in Corporate Restructurings: Technical Note
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case provides a technical overview of different valuation techniques for use in valuing companies in corporate restructuring. Techniques covered...
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Huntington Hospital (B): Empowering Staff
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The B case begins with the consultants' proposal to Kim Markey, executive director of revenue cycle at Huntington Hospital (HH). The proposal is untraditional... -
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
Government Magazine ArticleIn many countries, diversified business groups substitute for the institutions that support effective markets in capital, labor, and goods and services. Their capacity for doing this must be strengthened through restructuring, not destroyed through dismantling. -
Organize Your Change Initiative Around Purpose and Benefits
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleConnecting a project to core principles - and explaining how it will benefit stakeholders - can spark the motivation required for success. -
The Missing Ingredient in Kraft Heinz’s Restructuring
Mergers and acquisitions Digital ArticleAs the company cut costs, its ability to innovate suffered. -
Is Your Company’s Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?
Organizational restructuring Digital ArticleWhen the two work in concert, they can create a powerful advantage. -
Emery Tech: Clif Jumping
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Melinda Ellis Evers, a Bay Area native and Stanford GSB alumna, founded Ellis Partners (Ellis), a commercial real estate investment and development firm... -
The Challenges of Becoming a Less Hierarchical Company
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLessons from one company on how to navigate the ups and downs of going flat. -
Alibaba's Values Dilemma
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case starts by exploring the brief history of Alibaba from 1999 to 2020 from the perspective of strategy and values. The case shows how a company's... -
Bradley Marquez: Reduction in Force (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The Bradley Marquez advertising agency had created a successful niche delivering ethnic markets to their clients, corporate giants like Compaq, Sprint,... -
How Etsy Found Its Purpose and Crafted a Turnaround
Change management AudioCEO Josh Silverman’s purpose-driven turnaround at Etsy made the company profitable and improved its social and environmental impact.