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- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
Publications 2013 pub The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents By: Battilana, Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro Abstract—Change is hard, especially in a large organization. Yet some leaders succeed-often spectacularly-at transforming their workplaces. What makes them... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Oct 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Systemic Risk and the Refinancing Ratchet Effect
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
The damage can go well beyond the walls of individual companies. Think about what happens, for example, during a boom. As financial analysts and investors raise expectations for growth beyond the capability of companies, many managers... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
establishing or revising their safety protocols or preemptively stacking inventory. Adaptation sometimes meant being able to strike a fine balance between leveraging existing capabilities and finding innovative ways to integrate old... View Details
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
managers with more information to guide decision-making toward increasing social welfare in areas where it makes sense for the firm and in the context of the new tech-driven business ecosystem. “More and more, firms are having to interact with products or people or... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Edward D. Bullard: The Personal Touch
state-of-the-art plant; and diversified its product line to include thermal imaging devices, firefighter and rescue helmets, and air quality equipment. At the same time, it has streamlined production capabilities so that the hard hat that... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets
feel most comfortable. For example, most of our Latin American interviews are in Spanish, and many of our Brazilian interviews are in Portuguese. We currently lack sufficient Chinese language capabilities on our faculty to conduct a full... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker
capabilities to your customers' needs and to match your customers to your capabilities. You must focus your capabilities where they will mean the most to the customer. The real secret to being a price maker... View Details
Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro
- Web
Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
yourself it was not really important 49% Talked to a friend or family member 44% Felt isolated or disconnected from coworkers 37% Felt stressed, anxious, or burned out 34% Tried to let the person know I didn’t like it 33% Performed below your View Details
- March 2015
- Case
BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm
By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White
BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.
In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details
In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy
Sahlman, William A., and Robert F. White. "BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 815-702, March 2015.
- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
running a business today. Q: Grove's notebooks, which you had access to, are fascinating. Why did he keep such detailed journals and what did you learn from them? A: I mentioned previously that Grove is an autodidact—a man capable of... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Roberto Verganti
Roberto’s research focuses on how to create innovations that are meaningful for people, for society, and for their creators. He explores how leaders and organizations generate radically new visions, and make those visions come real. His studies lie at the intersection... View Details
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
as customer acquisition, on-time delivery, developing new services and products, and running efficiently. But operating performance is also a result; it is derivative of human performance. Human performance involves many things but is primarily dependent on three: the... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
engineers were capable of calibrating the recommendation algorithm to do this. Decisions were based on the knowledge that “outrage equals attention” and that “clickbait” (misleading headlines for content of dubious value) had to be... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Groysberg studied was whether or not star knowledge workers can move from firm to firm and remain high performers. "It was like being in search of Bigfoot - the professional knowledge worker whose performance does not depend on the firm's View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
licensed or sold the core ingredients, the MS-DOS operating system (followed by Windows) and the x86 microprocessor. Similarly, in the late 2000s, Google offered the Android operating system as a solution for handset makers that wanted to build smart-phones with View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Research Summary
Institutions and Corporate Lobbying
“Institutions and Make-or-Buy Decision of Lobbying: The Role of Sociopolitical Legitimacy on Foreign MNEs’ Lobbying Internalization”
In this study, I examine how legitimacy comes into play in foreign MNEs’ make-or-buy decisions... View Details
Keywords: Institutions; Make V. Buy; Lobbying; Legitimacy; Corruption; Culture; Multinational Enterprise; United States
Warren H. Phillips
Phillips presided over Dow Jones & Company’s most successful financial performance – generating a sevenfold increase in revenue and a fivefold increase in profitability. He greatly expanded the Wall Street Journal’s Asia-Pacific coverage and invested in technology... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
Century. Inventing the infrastructure for the Electronic Century became an epic story because some national industries died while others conquered. By the end of the twentieth century, no European-owned and -operated enterprise had the View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971), attempts to formalize a “capabilities based” approach to strategy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne