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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Faculty Books
Montgomery (HarperBusiness) Montgomery, the Timken Professor of Business Administration, offers a new perspective on a business leader’s most vital role. She illuminates what strategy is, its importance, and...
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- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
mergers are likely to put more pressure on vendors. "You'll see, ultimately, a shakeout in consolidation on the vendors' side," he said. "I think it will complicate life on the vendors' side," Barnett said of the...
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- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
antitrust authorities, who fear they could ultimately harm consumers by raising prices above typical competitive levels. It doesn’t seem too long ago when a price change was a major strategic decision for companies, requiring extensive...
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- 01 Mar 2014
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Book Review: The Old West
more than 10 percent, and India's more than 6. It won't be long, says Daniel Pinto (MBA 1993), cofounder and chief executive of Stanhope Capital, one of the largest independent investment firms in Europe, before the West falls to the East...
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Maureen Harmon
- 24 Oct 2013
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Searching for a Better Society
corporate finance at Ernst and Young, as especially inspirational. "What was special," Dumon recalls, "was his energy. He made it fun." After graduating from HBS, Dumon returned to Europe and began working for McKinsey as a technology...
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- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
preclude considering the option of knocking down and starting all over again if that's what is best for the business ... (but) Kaplan & Foster [authors of the book] seem to be recommending destruction for its own sake." Readers...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2013
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Lesson Plans
Blended learning looks like the vehicle to do a lot of this, but we're thinking of it more as a student-centric system that allows for mastery-based learning. Undergirding that approach with technology is the most scalable way to do View Details
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
To create synergy, we require more than a concept and a strategy. The enterprise value proposition defines the strategy for value creation through alignment, but it doesn't describe how to achieve it. The...
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- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
As economic turmoil continues, many companies are reconsidering their strategies with an eye toward going lean and slashing prices. And that might work for a few companies—but very few. Instead, companies should compete "on the basis...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)
a media executive with 20 years of experience in strategy and business transformation who joined the foundation in February. “In AMP we talked about finding our North Star,” she says. “I’m fortunate because food is an authentic passion of...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Leaders must be strategists first
Cynthia Montgomery believes strategy should be a habit of mind, not a document; a continuous process, not a destination. Leaders need to use strategy as a dynamic tool for guiding the development of a...
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- 02 Oct 2013
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Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
been unable to keep pace in no small part due to the reliance on hierarchy and the dominant position given very highly compensated CEOs." Jackie Le Fevre put it this way: "Short answer to the question—increasingly difficult...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times by Ram Charan (MBA ’65, DBA ’67) (McGraw-Hill) Economic turbulence has arrived with a vengeance, and only companies that face View Details
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Fola Folowosele
result of the executive education program at HBS. I was fortunate to meet the Grupo Technos CEO, who was at the time doing an executive education program on campus. We developed a relationship that eventually led to an internship focused on helping the company evaluate...
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- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
the mark. "Microsoft can innovate faster than your life can change," Christensen observed dryly. The only thing we know for sure is that nobody knows the right strategy as the disruption takes root.—Clayton M. Christensen When...
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- 18 Jul 2014
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Team Players
interesting challenge, because you have a limited amount of time to build the brand. Then it disappears. We had to develop a marketing plan that was all-encompassing, but that still got the right information to the people who needed it."...
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- 29 Aug 2018
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The Value of Valleys
running M&A and strategy for a public company and did 17 acquisitions around the globe. I think of it as kind of one of those best laid plans stories. Sometimes it doesn't work...
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- 27 Oct 2022
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John Middleton’s Big Swing
A recent article in the New York Times tracks the team’s World Series appearance back to the decision-making of principal owner John Middleton (MBA 1979). Specifically, the article notes that Middleton spent considerably to sign marquee players, including superstar...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
it can take over part of the battery’s production, which could result in a gradual loss of technology. “That’s been China’s strategy across the board,” Vietor remarks. “Businesses want to be there because...
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- 01 Mar 2015
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Cracking Conferences
New York’s World Business Forum? Margaret Molloy (MBA 2000), frequent conference-goer and global chief marketing officer and head of business development at Siegel+Gale, a global strategic branding firm, has developed a few go-to View Details