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- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
knowledge, and expertise—the key resources required in the development and diffusion of innovation worldwide. So this increasingly important capability really is about using one's global presence to promote worldwide innovation and... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
employers. It is not that no attempts were made, in the meantime, to discover an underlying general theory that would inform the tasks of a manager. But the search for a theoretical model capable of explaining effective business... View Details
- August 2024
- Case
Oculii
By: Andy Wu and Lucas Defilippo
It was a bright June day in 2016. Steven Hong, co-founder and COO of Oculii had just signed a letter of intent agreeing to a 51% stake acquisition by Nexteer Automotive, a global steering and driveline supplier company that developed advanced driver assistance systems... View Details
- 2009
- Chapter
Creating Superior Customer Value in a Connected World
By: Ranjay Gulati
"In the early twenty-first century, customers are more demanding than ever, and difficult economic times make them all the more so. As customers tighten their wallets and increase their demands, firms face greater pressure to provide superior customer value. Reducing... View Details
- 03 Nov 2023
- News
Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum
“Climate change isn’t just a scientific issue—it’s a business, ethical, political, and social one. HBS can bridge these domains, facilitating conversations that lead to holistic solutions,” she says. “I believe HBS faculty and alumni have the knowledge, influence, and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?
outside of our normal set of experiences" (Erich Almasy), learn "by failing in previous endeavors" (Rindge), have an "ability to read people ... and situations ... (pick) up on all relevant cues and (know) what to do" (Max Roberts), are... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Feb 2022
- Op-Ed
Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC
capacity of different hospitals can be readily compared. As measurement and investment experts, FASB’s governors are capable of and motivated to fashion a standard that clearly addresses this issue. Their focus would be to protect the... View Details
- Web
Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
Innovation Determine what your organization can and can't do, and align your resources, processes, and profit formula to develop an innovative culture and position your business for growth. Highlights Nypro's Dilemma Charles Schwab EMC Show Hide Details Concepts... View Details
- 01 May 2020
- What Do You Think?
Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?
home. You also see what your favorite pundit has read since most seem to broadcast in front of their bookshelves.) The experience is different from working side by side as social animals, but thanks to 5G, internet, and cloud capability... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
democratized; accessed by a large percentage of employees, who consider it as ordinary as “running the numbers.” At the final stage, companies become a true experimentation organization, says Thomke. “It’s a little like breathing. People are empowered and View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
values and capabilities of the past while at the same time recognizing the need to adapt to the future. "A lot of companies fail because they cannot do both things simultaneously," he says. "Here we have an example of a... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
- Web
Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Experiences Stick” (Fall 2019). Boris Groysberg : Named a Top 100 HR Tech Influencer by Human Resource Executive and the HR Technology Conference in 2019. Ranjay Gulati : Finalist for the 2019 Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Conference Best Paper Award for... View Details
- 06 Dec 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?
power is a “platform” that can be used to control markets and discourage competition. Apple’s design capability may be remarkable, but its platform—iOS, Mac OS, iPhone, iPad, Macbooks, even Apple TV—is the force behind its control of... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America
business capable of identifying the next big food trend and propagating it across a vast network of cloud kitchens. “We only have 80 kitchens right now,” Azuero says. “We believe we can easily fit 1,000 into the region.” This article was... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World
by focusing Unilever’s True North on sustainability. Understanding – With their vision in hand, leaders need in-depth understanding of their organization’s capabilities and strategies to take advantage of rapidly changing circumstances by... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
and no action." In Diomande Yantoulaye's opinion, "As managers, millennials strongly diffuse responsibility/accountability at individual levels in their organizations their willingness to continuously acquire knowledge makes them View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 13 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet
envisioned “virtual market” machine could become a reality but would still require one missing ingredient: a soul. The “soul” is our human intuition, scientific expertise, awareness of customer preferences, and industry knowledge—all View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
successful strategy of commercializing new technologies by using the learning and income from the previous set of successful innovations. Matsushita's story is different and unique. In 1952, Matsushita arranged to acquire the technical View Details
- 03 Jul 2013
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Limits of Transparency?
practices. For one thing, it may repel capable managers who would prefer not to work in a high-transparency environment. Transparency makes some people uncomfortable, although this appears to be more a generational issue. Surveys have... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett