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Change Management
When former CEO Jeff Immelt left GE in 2017, the company faced the challenge of adjusting its focus to better compete in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) conditions.

Innovation
The pharmaceutical industry faces disruption with the rise of medical marijuana. The way firms responsded to a similar shift with the advent of biotechnology could indicate future trends for Big Pharma.

Shareholder Engagement
The American financial industry has been trenchantly male since its inauguration. How will the industry respond to newcomer Ellevest, which touts itself as an investment platform by and for women?

Marketing Strategy
Following its recent implicit bias training, Starbucks has a unique opportunity to engage frontline employees by asking how they would reduce racial bias in their stores. The company could gain more engaged employees and reduce turnover by turning its employees into corporate social innovators.

Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is alluring. But in its current incarnation, AI is nothing more than a tool. And like all business tools, they are only effective when the right processes are built around it.

Innovation
In the Industrial Era, the Ford name was once synonymous with automotive innovation. In a time of driverless cars and electric hybrids, how can Ford integrate new technologies and visions of the future to become a leader of innovation once again?

International Partnerships
Corporations can lead the way in finding sustainable solutions to the climate crisis. But they must operate with awareness and urgency. The Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) is a partnership among academic institutions created to facilitate research on corporate sustainability.

Shareholder Engagement
A recent CMR article analyzes the synergy of logics in Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) and benefit corporations. ESOPs have long been touted to increase a sense of ownership throughout an organization. So why did United Airlines venture into ESOPs fail?

Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainable business models come from corporations embracing their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Political Responsibility (CPR) – both in letter and spirit. CSR reports from companies is becoming a standard; but are there vital political metrics companies omit in their transparency reports?

California Management Review

Published at Berkeley Haas for more than sixty years, California Management Review seeks to share knowledge that challenges convention and shows a better way of doing business.

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