Strategic Initiatives - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals

Campus roads are strategically curved so that no extended stretch of asphalt is visible from any point on campus. Such visual shielding of the bystander's perspective helps provide "as much domestic feeling as [is] reasonable"... View Details

Keywords: Education

27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

Science Complex—four multistory buildings, due for completion in 2011—the centerpiece of the initial phase of Harvard's 300-acre development on the Boston side of the Charles River. New Management Skills Needed Both in the scale and scope... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

03 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

Working PapersRacial Diversity Initiatives in Professional Service Firms: What Factors Differentiate Successful from Unsuccessful Initiatives? Authors:Modupe Akinola and David A. Thomas Abstract Diversity continues to be a key focus for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1996
News

Technology for Learning's Sake

amazed that we've come so far so fast," says Associate Professor David M. Upton, who has spearheaded the latest initiative with the strategic input of Clark and many others on the faculty, the services of a... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

12 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

Joshua Weiss Abstract In the face of daunting barriers, the Abraham Path Initiative envisions uncovering and revitalizing a route of cultural tourism that follows the path of Abraham and his family some 4,000 years ago across the Middle... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies (revised) Authors:Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their decision... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

those multiple facets, Mbanusi took a position at MDC, a non-profit in Durham, focusing broadly on poverty alleviation across the South. Over the next five years, he gained exposure to efforts with employment, economic security, and View Details

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Three Steps for Crisis Prevention

counterpart at Honeywell, Michael Bonsignore, were rushing to close the deal (United Technologies was also eager to acquire Honeywell), they "reportedly never held initial consultations with their Brussels lawyers who specialize in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

Chuang, CEO of Aquent, an employment services company headquartered in Boston. In roughly half of the new initiatives Aquent has invested in over the last few years, Chuang estimates, "we have gotten too excited about a new product... View Details

Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

service their entire IT operation in a proprietary environment in a single remote location. Freed from the burdens of day-to-day IT management," he said, "companies can devote more of their time to the strategic thinking that... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

16 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

workshop, senior leadership teams explore innovation and change issues specific to their organizations, and focus on a strategic issue or change initiative of their own choosing. The program combines... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community

for YouTube creators and advertisers. I really, really loved that job but I eventually hit a place where I wanted to be more involved in some of the higher level strategic decision-making (i.e. the kind that determined the existence of... View Details

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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2019

increased, as well as ongoing growth-focused investments, each group contributed more earned income to the School’s fiscal 2019 operations than initially anticipated. MBA Tuition & Fees Student tuition and fee revenue from the MBA program... View Details

18 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

De Beers Group: Exploring the Diamond Reselling Opportunity In September 2014, Tom Montgomery (SVP of strategic initiatives at the De Beers Group) and his team launched a pilot program in the United States... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 13

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138794313/ January 2015 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Strategic Disclosure: The Case of Business School Rankings By: Luca, Michael, and Jonathan Smith Abstract—We empirically... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

ever really ask or address well, which is, 'How does customer value work over time?' How is cultural value created; how is it maintained; how is it destroyed?'" With the strategic importance of brands climbing, understanding how... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: CVS Health

specific strategic initiative for their business area with set goals and anticipated outcomes for their work. We also offer many opportunities to connect across our business both on an individual and group... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

01 Feb 2001
News

Drilling Down

long-term proposition that often requires years of complicated research, negotiation, construction, and drilling before a drop of oil or a penny of profit is produced. The capital required to initiate and to sustain this far-flung... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

01 Dec 2012
News

From Where We Stand

everywhere I could to help craft an action plan, identify job openings that were occurring, create new ideas to make this initiative known, and outwit or overcome opposition to the appointment of more women. Those alliances were crucial... View Details

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

signed may sour. Risk Factors The most common causes of social contract problems are lack of awareness and benign neglect. The parties involved inevitably form expectations about how the deal will be carried out, whether they discuss them or not. Even if View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

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