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Strategy Execution - Course Catalog

competitors trying to steal your customers, attract your best people, and leapfrog you in technology—the more valuable this course will be to you. Using fundamental building blocks based on accountability systems and structures, we will... View Details

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Group Therapy

undertake coordinated action despite the fact that they are often composed of very diverse units; and the role families play in these organizations. Court systems, contract law, stock markets, accounting standards, and other elements that... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

28 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing

leaders often fail to notice when their decisions indirectly hurt people—and how people often fail to hold organizations accountable for indirectly causing harm. book excerpt Failing To Notice Indirect Actions From The Power of Noticing:... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Retail

27 Sep 2016
First Look

September 27, 2016

strategies. This module sets the stage for the series, preparing the reader to build on the basic concepts and definitions introduced in this module. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

Working PapersMental Accounting and Small Windfalls: Evidence from an Online Grocer Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, John Beshears, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman (revised March 2008) Abstract We study the effect of small windfalls on... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Jun 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome

Sandberg’s [MBA 1995] chapter in Lean In about her husband, Dave Goldberg, then his obituary and Sheryl’s reflections on his unexpected death. That comes close to Marcus Aurelius thinking about his own mortality in Meditations; Augustine’s View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Polaroid Films - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

photographs A Basic Demonstration A demonstration of polarizing discs Annual Christmas Message to Employees of Polaroid Corporation, 1946 At the annual staff Christmas party in 1946, Edwin Land laid out his vision for the Polaroid... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope

Image by John Ritter Image by John Ritter In the wake of the Snowden leaks in 2015, the New York Times dropped the bombshell news that one company had played a unique role in enabling the National Security Agency’s domestic spy program. The report, “AT&T Helped US Spy... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

of enthusiasm for the Internet was just cresting. Rhyne's old-economy idea was the only nontechnology concept to make the semifinals. Her teammates moved on to other things, but she decided to try to build a business. And then began her... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

02 Mar 2017
What Do You Think?

Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?

cannot be a credible champion for world trade. “Xi Jinping’s words are more of a PR stunt,” he wrote. Wildebeest added, “[A]ttempting to do meaningful work in China is basically a hassle from day one, top to bottom. Large companies often... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2002
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Mary Callahan Erdoes

assumptions built into my portfolio to weather the storms? These are basic questions, but questions that have been mostly ignored over the past several years. What do you recommend as an appropriate mix for the portfolios of the high... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2022
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The State of Play

up. This is the category in which you’ll find a growing list of concepts like escape rooms, high-tech art animations, virtual-reality pop-ups, and interactive, Instagram-ready dreamscapes. On the more traditional side, it also includes... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

03 Dec 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

organize to address problems of the commons. He points to his research on the political economy of accounting standards, where he finds that firms and industries worldwide systematically organize to redefine even the most View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

28 Apr 2008
HBS Case

Negotiating with Wal-Mart

perspective. There are numerous media accounts of the corporate monolith riding its suppliers into the ground. But what about those who manage to survive, and thrive, while dealing with the classic hardball negotiator? In "Sarah... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

19 May 2016
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5 Lessons from Business School

presentation or attending an academic review session, I chose the company presentation knowing that this choice aligned with my priorities. It helps to make those tough trade-off decisions a little easier. 4. You will not be the only person who did not take finance or... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

untested, financial system,’ one that has proven to be unexpectedly fragile in a way that nobody really understood.” This is the Harvard Business School? If the basics of the financial system are not understood here, then perhaps the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

industries, but on providing support for basic process-oriented innovation that can be utilized by competing companies in several industries. Managers who understand the importance of competing through innovation will fare best in the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

05 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?

Summing Up Should CEO succession processes be certified? Respondents to this month's column agree that CEO succession is badly managed, perhaps accounting in large part for the fact that few "inside outsiders" ever make it into... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

25 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 25

Rivalry: Greatness in Early Modern Political Economy By: Reinert, Sophus A. Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://global.oup.com/academic/product/mercantilism-reimagined-9780199988532;jsessionid=E3E521312198AD3D948C42CEACF0AC86?cc=us&lang=en&... View Details