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- 29 Apr 2021
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Equal Partner
in the ranks of investors. She also knew that some firms were seeking to diversify their partnerships without addressing underlying structural problems. “Partner” did not always mean check-writing abilities or a voice on the investment... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
Weinberg this was an opportunity to go the other way and reach out to be helpful to the president, and he took it. In 1933 the president had him organizing the Business Advisory and Planning Council, through which corporate executives... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth
different structures appear to have different strategic implications, and nonprofits must consider how these implications align with their particular organization and expansion goals. In addition to branch... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Designing Change
know.” The goal of presenting Muzak as a hip, unified entity is complicated by the firm’s structure as an organization composed of company-owned and independent affiliates, many of which use different,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter organized a two-day conference titled "America on the Move: Transportation and Infrastructure for the 21st Century," held at HBS in February. To help spur action on this critical component of US business and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
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Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
General Manage-ment unit. With the growing importance of the Internet and the fact that the daily operations of most organizations now rely heavily on computer technology, IT "has moved to the top of the agenda of most CEOs," notes Nolan.... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
leadership and mentoring and on achieving organization alignment, both vertically and horizontally, across the entire structure of the organization. He also gives readers a method for tracking progress—plant... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
organization is involved, we charge. Advertising also brings in revenue." ALISON enables potential employers to immediately test the skill of certificate-holding ALISON graduates through 20-question "flash tests" that assess their... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
Jerry R. Green, using game-theory insights, studies the negotiation process within agencies as he looks for ways that business or government can make the right decision for an organization as a whole while still benefiting individual... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
boost sales. —Lisa Putukian (MBA 1988) This is essentially a critical safety product in its present form: Every runner should have it. Dehydration leads to overheating, which easily leads to organ damage. Focus on the mass hydration... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
problem-solving challenges. “I became a professor to understand why communities, like those that create open-source software, were innovating. It did not correlate with my intuition about the best ways to incentivize innovation and View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
style-driven business, but go with it. —Ted Hibben (MBA 1986) Start the delivery operation but structure it for spin-off, because there’s clearly an opportunity for e-commerce logistics in Mexico. As part of the startup, look for other... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
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Lords of Strategy
original Hendersonianism: “In this new environment, the essence of strategy is not the structure of a company’s position in products and markets, but the dynamics of its behaviors. The goal is to identify and develop the hard-to-imitate... View Details
- 21 May 2018
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Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
volunteers “have helped the city capitalize on the innovation sprouting from Silicon Valley, through specific initiatives such as designing the structure of the city’s startup incubator, developing innovative ways to incorporate... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
deputy minister and as the country’s chief World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiator. After three decades of communist central planning, “China’s economy was on the brink of bankruptcy,” he told a first-day plenary session. Hardship and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
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Lesson from the Fall
organized support. Skilling and Lay failed to provide that support. Whatever the espoused intentions of Enron’s leaders, the organization’s commitment to the qualitative aspects of individual and group performance began to break down... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
inspiration from Margaret J. Wheatley’s Leadership and the New Science, a challenging scientific examination of change, leadership, and the structure of groups. Ross’ penchant for eclectic reading fortuitously led her to a new way of... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
resources, or finance. By exploring the emergence and evolution of these positions, the authors examine the ways in which power at the apex of complex organizations is structured through roles and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
is structured for ease of learning and referencing, and full of examples. To inspire learning, each chapter is preceded by a personal anecdote. Leading Diversity for Competitive Advantage: The Twelve Strategic Competencies By Peter Linkow... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
an excellent public-private partnership model that provided the right incentives for investment and the flexibility to attack the problems in service delivery. This was key. How did you structure Manila Water’s concession with the... View Details