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- June 2011 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
Sino-Ocean Land: Responding to Change
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Jeffrey Hu and Runjiao Xu
In 2010, Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited was a highly successful, large real estate developer based in Beijing, China. Sino-Ocean Land had three main business segments—property development, property investment/management, and other real estate related businesses. From...
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Strategic Planning;
Diversification;
Property;
Policy;
State Ownership;
Business Strategy;
Business and Government Relations;
Real Estate Industry;
Beijing
Retsinas, Nicolas P., Jeffrey Hu, and Runjiao Xu. "Sino-Ocean Land: Responding to Change." Harvard Business School Case 211-107, June 2011. (Revised June 2013.)
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Andy Wu
How can technology entrepreneurs build competitive advantage from the ground up? Professor Andy Wu conducts scholarly research and develops course materials that document how technology entrepreneurs can (1) organize for innovation to create new market opportunities...
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Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Venture Capital;
Growth Management;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Technology Platform;
Technological Innovation;
Information Technology Industry;
Retail Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Video Game Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
United States;
China;
Southeast Asia;
South Asia
- January 2008
- Article
Putting Leadership Back into Strategy
In recent decades an infusion of economics has lent the study of strategy much needed theory and empirical evidence. Strategy consultants, armed with frameworks and techniques, have stepped forward to help managers analyze their industries and position their companies...
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Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Managerial Roles;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Creativity;
Competitive Strategy;
Competitive Advantage
Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Putting Leadership Back into Strategy." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008): 54–60.
- Web
Negotiating - Alumni
than money! Evaluate all aspects of an offer and prioritize those that are most important to you. These include: Organizational culture and values Paid vacation time Maternity/paternity leave Growth...
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- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
innovation lie in moving outside the walls of disciplines and departments to help leaders gain the creativity of multiple perspectives so they could create high-impact social ventures, whether for-profit or not-for-profit. The issue isn’t the View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Managing Perceptions of Distress at Work: Reframing Emotion as Passion By: Wolf, Elizabeth Baily, Jooa Julia Lee, Sunita Sah, and Alison Wood Brooks Abstract—Expressing...
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Sean Silverthorne
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Reinventing Best Buy
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455.
On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales....
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Keywords:
Best Buy;
Hubert Joly;
Renew Blue;
Showrooming;
Webrooming;
E-commerce;
E-Commerce Strategy;
Online Retail;
Multichannel Retailing;
Omnichannel;
Marketplaces;
Turnaround;
Consumer Electronics;
Consumer Electronics Accessories;
Appliances;
Stores-within-stores;
Store Experience;
Store Size;
Store Pickup;
Store Management;
Delivery;
Delivery Models;
Amazon;
Amazon.com;
Pricing Strategy;
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Units;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
For-Profit Firms;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Entertainment;
Film Entertainment;
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Music Entertainment;
Television Entertainment;
Theater Entertainment;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Geographic Scope;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Business History;
Cost;
Selection and Staffing;
Reports;
Technological Innovation;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Human Capital;
Leading Change;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Teams;
Brands and Branding;
Product Marketing;
Consumer Behavior;
Demand and Consumers;
Media;
Distribution;
Order Taking and Fulfillment;
Distribution Channels;
Infrastructure;
Product;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Public Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Programs;
Groups and Teams;
Sales;
Salesforce Management;
Strategy;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Technology;
Hardware;
Information Technology;
Internet;
Mobile Technology;
Online Technology;
Search Technology;
Software;
Web;
Web Sites;
Wireless Technology;
Resource Allocation;
Computer Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Retail Industry;
Service Industry;
Technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Video Game Industry;
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- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
seemingly archaic products including the fountain pen and the vinyl record. "What this research suggests is that it is possible to prolong the life of some technologies, along with the organizations and communities that support them," says Raffaelli, an...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
institution of higher learning in Ohio State University, and relatively robust economic growth for the Midwest as a whole, YALP participants point out. Yet 34 percent of children who arrive at Columbus public schools aren’t ready for...
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- 27 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets
from Latin America, Africa, Turkey, and South Asia exuded this idea of stability, which assured employees, partners, customers, and everyone else. “After the crisis of 2009, the orders increased and our growth rate over the following five...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51502 forthcoming Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners By: Wu, Andy Abstract—We study...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
Abstract—Innovation has traditionally taken place within an organization's boundaries and/or with selected partners. This Chandlerian approach to innovation has been rooted in transaction costs, organizational boundaries, and information...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
managing teams within the project. Before HBS, I was an engineer at Ford Motor. As a project leader on a team of engineers from both Mazda and Ford, I experienced many of the organizational challenges described in the case—working across...
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- 2019
- Book
Operations in an Omnichannel World
By: Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno
The world of retailing has changed dramatically in the past decade. Sales originating at online channels have been steadily increasing, and even for sales transacted at brick-and-mortar channels, a much larger fraction of sales is affected by online channels in...
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Omnichannel;
Omnichannel Retail;
Retail;
Operations;
Management;
Supply Chain Management;
Business Model;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Gallino, Santiago, and Antonio Moreno, eds. Operations in an Omnichannel World. Vol. 8, Springer Series in Supply Chain Management. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2019.
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
and contracts in shaping the growth and influence of business enterprises. It presents entrepreneurs, executives, and the firms they controlled as driving actors in national economies and international growth. Alongside an original...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control
a lot of time to compiling and processing the information. Some will focus on the easy external factors first. And some will buckle in for the hard task of organizational transformation. Typically, larger and more mature organizations...
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by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- Web
Rafaella Sadun | About
School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and co-PI of the Digital Reskilling Lab. Her research focuses on managerial and organizational drivers of productivity and growth in corporations and the...
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- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
nature of strategy, organizational design, and leadership. Management: An Integrated Approach is the only introductory management text on the market to address this challenge by taking an integrated and holistic approach to management, as...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
2011) Abstract Organizational culture-the shared assumptions, values, and behaviors that determine "how we do things around here"-can be measured and shaped. In organizations with large numbers of customer-facing employees, it...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni
can give you the exposure to Board governance, interactions, and dynamics that will set up for success as a CEO. This is also an excellent opportunity to expand your professional network and deepen your expertise in an industry, sector, company View Details