Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
Publications
Publications
  • June 2020
  • Teaching Note
  • HBS Case Collection

Catalant's Operating System for the Future of Work

By: Christopher Stanton, William R. Kerr, James Palano and Kendall Smith
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
ShareBar

Abstract

This case touches on the topics of project-based work, agile methodology, and skill and talent management through Catalant's evolution as a company. Catalant’s journey to becoming a software platform and talent marketplace provides context for students to explore new models of work and ways companies are mobilizing talent internal and external to their organization. This case urges students to contemplate how these considerations might shape the critical decisions business leaders will need to make about how to manage their organizations and use their resources to capitalize on their own vision for the future. This case also provides valuable lessons for technology entrepreneurship, introduces students to important gig economy concepts, and asks students to consider the unique challenges facing companies like Catalant that are selling a gig platform as part of their product or service.

Keywords

Talent and Talent Management; Transformation; Business Startups

Citation

Stanton, Christopher, William R. Kerr, James Palano, and Kendall Smith. "Catalant's Operating System for the Future of Work." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 820-105, June 2020.
  • Purchase

About The Authors

Christopher T. Stanton

Entrepreneurial Management
→More Publications

William R. Kerr

Entrepreneurial Management
→More Publications

More from the Authors

    • January 2023
    • Faculty Research

    ELCA's Series A

    By: Anke Becker, Ray Kluender and William R. Kerr
    • January 2023
    • Journal of Human Resources

    Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship

    By: William R. Kerr and Martin Mandorff
    • December 2022
    • Faculty Research

    Managing the Future of Work

    By: Christopher Stanton
More from the Authors
  • ELCA's Series A By: Anke Becker, Ray Kluender and William R. Kerr
  • Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship By: William R. Kerr and Martin Mandorff
  • Managing the Future of Work By: Christopher Stanton
ǁ
Campus Map
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Accessibility
  • Digital Accessibility
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College