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- August 1, 2015
- Article
New Product Development Flexibility in a Competitive Environment
By: Janne Kettunen, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Zeger Degraeve and Bert De Reyck
Managerial flexibility can have a significant impact on the value of new product development projects. We investigate how the market environment in which a firm operates influences the value and use of development flexibility. We characterize the market environment...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Projects;
Management Style;
Situation or Environment;
Innovation and Invention;
Competition
Kettunen, Janne, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Zeger Degraeve, and Bert De Reyck. "New Product Development Flexibility in a Competitive Environment." European Journal of Operational Research 244, no. 3 (August 1, 2015): 892–904.
- 21 Jul 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Why Do User Communities Matter for Strategy?
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by Sonali K. Shah and Frank Nagle
George Serafeim
George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he co-leads the Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab in the Digital, Data, and Design Institute. He teaches the course "Risks, Opportunities and... View Details
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asset management;
insurance industry;
automobiles;
industrial goods;
fashion;
food;
green technology
- 23 Aug 2006
- News
Think Like A 'Disrupter'
- Program
Strategic Marketing for Driving Growth
prepare to succeed in today's rapidly evolving marketplace, and learn how to lead growth initiatives through innovative marketing approaches and cutting edge go-to-market practices. Whether you are a marketing executive, growth officer,...
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- February 1994
- Case
Alpha-Beta Technology, Inc.: Pioneering Carbohydrate Technology
Alpha-Beta was founded in 1988 by two scientist-entrepreneurs with ten patents on carbohydrate technology. In 1991, the company faces critical questions about how to focus its product definition from among several promising, but risky, choices. How should they analyze...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Product Design;
Entrepreneurship;
Product Development;
Biotechnology Industry
Teisberg, Elizabeth O. "Alpha-Beta Technology, Inc.: Pioneering Carbohydrate Technology." Harvard Business School Case 794-093, February 1994.
- Program
Senior Executive Leadership Program—Middle East
performance. You will emerge prepared to contribute to your company's success on a more strategic and senior level. Read More Think strategically, seize growth opportunities, and compete successfully, regionally and globally Foster the View Details
- August 2017 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Enel: The Future of Energy
By: Mark R. Kramer and Bhanuteja Nadella
Enel has transformed from the Italian state-owned energy monopoly into a global leader in renewable energy and shared value creation. Through its open innovation model, the company has catapulted to the cutting edge of electric mobility and distributed power...
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Energy Generation;
Renewable Energy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Energy Industry
Kramer, Mark R., and Bhanuteja Nadella. "Enel: The Future of Energy." Harvard Business School Case 718-414, August 2017. (Revised January 2023.)
- 10 Jul 2023
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at HBS, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. She is the author and coauthor of several books, including her most recent book Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- May–June 2021
- Article
Eliminate Strategic Overload
As companies respond to intensifying competitive pressures and challenges, they ask more and more of their employees. But organizations often have very little to show for the efforts of their talented and engaged workers. By selecting fewer initiatives with greater...
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Keywords:
Strategic Initiatives;
Value-based Strategy;
Organizational Effectiveness;
Strategy;
Value Creation
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Eliminate Strategic Overload." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 3 (May–June 2021): 88–97.
Joseph B. Fuller
Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management and co-leads the school’s initiative, Managing the Future of Work. He currently teaches the Becoming a General Manager course in the second year of the MBA program and formerly headed The... View Details
- November 2009
- Journal Article
A Theory of Growth and Volatility at the Aggregate and Firm Level
By: Diego A. Comin and Sunil Mulani
This paper presents an endogenous growth model that explains the evolution of the first and second moments of productivity growth at the aggregate and firm level during the post-war period. Growth is driven by the development of both (i) idiosyncratic R&D innovations...
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Volatility;
Microeconomics;
Innovation and Invention;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Performance Productivity;
Mathematical Methods;
Research and Development
Comin, Diego A., and Sunil Mulani. "A Theory of Growth and Volatility at the Aggregate and Firm Level." Journal of Monetary Economics 56, no. 8 (November 2009): 1023–1042.
- March 2004 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
ACCION International: Maintaining High Performance Through Time
By: Michael Chu
ACCION International has been a major innovator in microfinance for 30 years. Reviews organizational context under which key industry-shaping concepts were developed (from peer group lending, guarantee funds, equity investment funds, and regulated commercial banking...
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Equity;
Microfinance;
Employee Relationship Management;
Non-Governmental Organizations
Chu, Michael. "ACCION International: Maintaining High Performance Through Time." Harvard Business School Case 304-095, March 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
- 02 May 2012
- News
How outsiders solve problems that stump experts
- 17 Dec 2013
- News
The Three Pillars of a Teaming Culture
- 30 Apr 2013
- News
Building a Strong Foundation for American Manufacturing
- 11 Feb 2019
- News