Publications

2008
Working Paper

Collaborative Architectures for Innovation

By: Gary P. Pisano and Roberto Verganti

Collaborative innovation has become a hot topic in innovation today. Scholars, consultants, and the business press all urge companies seeking to boost innovative performance to become more "collaborative." Too often, however, companies fail to distinguish among the... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Governance Controls; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Social and Collaborative Networks

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

rationalizations for the failures. Specifically, managers attributed large failures to uncontrollable events outside the organization (e.g., the economy) and to the intervention of outsiders. Small failures were interpreted as flukes, the... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

little or no control over which companies the fund manager or plan fiduciary selects for the portfolio. Indeed, View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

27 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Leadership Lessons From Outer Space

graduate of the General Management Program, an intensive seven-week Executive Education curriculum at Harvard Business School. On April 22, beaming in from space via satellite feed, he spent half an hour... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Aerospace

04 Oct 2016
First Look

October 4, 2016

Egypt or across Africa, or invest in the hospital. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816066-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 417-021 Tom Kalil,... View Details

April 1999
Case

Steve Perlman and WebTV (B)

By: James K. Sebenius and Ron Fortgang

The dynamics of a linked series of internal and external negotiations involved in launching, growing, and selling a high-tech, Internet start-up are explored. Steve Perlman unfurled an impressive new technology, recruited a top technical and management team, secured... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Agreements and Arrangements; Negotiation Process; Value Creation; Alliances; Technological Innovation; Business Exit or Shutdown; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry

22 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate

the data. Companies that succeed with AI tend to: Consider the company’s broader goal. It’s important that the company first determine its overarching goal, Chung says. “It could be that we need to increase... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

Survival usually required some degree of “restructuring the organization.” A real estate CEO provided an example: “We had the option to shut down our hotel business but decided to keep it open and offer it as housing to international... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

30 Oct 2015
Blog Post

4 Takeaways from HBS

By the time I joined HBS, I had all kinds of assumptions of what my experience would look like, shaped by casual conversation over the years or based on what I had read in the media. By the time I finished, I came away with some... View Details

March 2005 (Revised July 2007)
Case

Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)

By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

In 1991, Chile adopted a framework of capital controls focused on reducing the massive flows of foreign investment coming into the country as international interest rates remained low. Capital inflows threatened the Central Bank's ability to manage the exchange rate... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Capital; Governance Controls; Business and Government Relations; Chile

04 Apr 2011
HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

and management style had changed or stayed the same. Slow To Change When Garvin and Knoop flew to NGS headquarters in Washington D.C., in the summer of 2009, Fahey was heading what appeared to be a steady... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

January 2004 (Revised July 2006)
Case

Executive Remuneration at Reckitt Benckiser plc

By: Jay W. Lorsch, V.G. Narayanan, Krishna G. Palepu, Lisa Brem and Ashley Robertson

Reckitt Benckiser plc has developed an executive compensation system. This case outlines the structure of the system, its emphasis on performance-based pay and a global outlook, and explains the role of the human resources department, the board of directors, and... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Employee Relationship Management; System; Executive Compensation; Retention; Performance; Human Resources; Recruitment; Business and Shareholder Relations

07 Jun 2004
What Do You Think?

How Important are Big Ideas?

Quality, benchmarking, core competence, and matrix management. The map includes a variety of players such as business gurus (the source of many of these concepts), top management sponsors (typically CEOs... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture

service awards, employee of the month awards, and recognition of workers as "Champions" or "Legends" for extraordinary achievements or service. Managers at... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser & Joe Wheeler

June 2005
Case

Furqan Nazeeri and the IMTrader Spin-Out

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Brian DeLacey

Furqan Nazeeri is looking to spin out a promising set of products and technologies from an established financial services firm. Designed as an exercise in negotiation. Includes material from the original business plan, and it is possible to simulate a negotiation... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Business or Company Management; Negotiation Process; Product Development; Technology Adoption

30 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

idea of a flat tax to gain ground in the U.S. or Western Europe? Dessain: Economists and business leaders alike are talking about flat taxes in many countries. As Western European countries lose ground... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Web

Events - Health Care

Technologies). Download to Calendar Nov 21 21 Nov 2024 Harvard Business School Open to the public Special Podcast Event: Cold Call Live Virtual Join us (remotely) in the Live Online Classroom for a taping of the HBS Cold Call podcast!... View Details

May 2000 (Revised January 2003)
Case

Health Development Corporation

By: Richard S. Ruback

Health Development Corp. (HDC) owns and operates health clubs in the Greater Boston area. HDC engaged a local investment banker to explore a sale of the company. The most likely buyer views HDC's prior purchase of real estate as a negative. HDC's management is... View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Property; Business Exit or Shutdown; Valuation; Value; Decisions; Health Industry; Boston