General Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2010
News

Dare to be Different

our parents’ generation is dying a slow death, in part because our “competitive competence” in marketing is killing that sort of loyalty. Let me be clear about what I mean. Certainly, brand affiliation still exists, and people are more... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Cruikshank;Youngme Moon; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

February 2024
Supplement

ReNew (B): A New Direction

By: Gunnar Trumbull and Malini Sen

The global renewables sector was in a slump, but the Indian market was booming. India’s largest renewable electricity generator, ReNew, faced a dilemma: it traded on the Nasdaq in New York, but saw huge opportunity in the Indian market. In response, CEO Sumant Sinha... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction; Trends; Transformation; Private Ownership; Environmental Sustainability; Mission and Purpose; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Energy Industry; Asia; India

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11 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Board

meaningfully to strategy development. Making It Safe To Be Critical Chief among the responsibilities of a corporate board member is to develop and share an honest assessment of the company's performance, including the performance of the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

31 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

today's managers are trying to implement third-generation strategies through second-generation organizations with first-generation management. In an earlier study we analyzed the evolution of CEO Jack Welch's thinking at View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

07 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

Millennials are disruptive bunch. The first generation to grow up with the internet, consumers born after 1980 are used to relying on technology and engineering to do almost everything—including shopping (Amazon), listening to music... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

06 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 6

examine how the quantity of information generated about firm prospects can be improved by splitting a firm's cash flow into a "safe" claim (debt) and a "risky" claim (equity). The former, being relatively insensitive... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

information to provide." “Focusing on a single revenue source is the most profitable strategy when firms compete for consumer information” It's clear from their research that the marketplace has plenty of room for two types of Internet... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

01 Mar 2011
News

The Path to Economic Revival

or intermediate term, to outsource production to an overseas supplier. The company can buy manufacturing services at a much lower rate if it goes to China or elsewhere, depending on the industry. But if everybody is doing that, you get a View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

Student-Profile

Ta-Wei "David" Huang

address the most challenging issues faced by practitioners. I get everything I want here.” David has found his mentors to be especially generous with their time. “They genuinely want you to become a successful researcher and are willing... View Details

07 Aug 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

and digest information, test ideas, define the purpose, and align it to a strategy (Akram Boutros, Jack Slagle, Nikos Mourkogiannis, among others). This all will require more leadership (Paul Karras, Phil Clark). There was View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

11 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

looked for a solution to the lack of multilateral institutions to govern trade by creating GATT—the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade—which later became the WTO. Reinert: One thing we keep relearning is that gains from trade do not... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation

Research Summary

Overview

Jurgen's research focuses on the challenges and opportunites to the energy sector created by technological change and externalities, in particular those associated with greenhouse gas emissons. Specific areas of interest include the development of potential pathways to... View Details

Keywords: Alternative Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Non-Renewable Energy; Renewable Energy; Disruptive Innovation; Market Design; Strategic Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology Adoption; Sustainable Cities; Business Strategy; Auto Industry; Battery Industry; Energy Industry; Transportation Industry; Utilities Industry

29 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 29

older investors prefer dividend-paying stocks. Together, these tendencies generate geographically varying demand for dividends. Firms headquartered in areas in which seniors constitute a large fraction of the population are more likely to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Judging | New Venture Competition

become the next big idea with significant economic impact. Companies may also have a social mission but are primarily focused on building high-growth profit-oriented businesses. Semifinal & Finals Semifinal and Finals Judges are Managing Directors and View Details

09 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm

administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School, “whether that means talking to customers about where the pain points are or talking to clients about new opportunities.” Good entrepreneurs use these kinds of conversations... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

countries. However, despite the fact that the U.S. has more competition than virtually any other health care system in the world, the costs are high and rising without delivering higher quality. The problems with the U.S. health care system are View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

15 Sep 2015
First Look

September 15, 2015

downside market risks. Required rates of return in such an equilibrium can dramatically exceed those suggested by traditional models, affecting inference about the attractiveness of these investments. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Mar 2011
News

Make or Break for the USA?

earlier this year, Barack Obama appointed General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA ’79) to head the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Historically, HBS and its alumni have played a key role in the country’s manufacturing and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2006
News

Fast Lane to Country Lane

software start-up straight out of Yale. She was running the company by the time she left for HBS in 1992. After HBS, she helped launch Open Market, an Internet start-up that made e-commerce software, where she handled both marketing and View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2016
News

Taking Care of Business

on leave as director general of Sri Lanka’s Urban Development Authority) and Jayamin Pelpola (MBA 2010). “It has to be a decision of the heart. I have a passion. Thirty years from now, I want to be able to say this is what I spent my life... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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