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- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Collective Genius: Leading Innovation and Digital Transformation
person can make to the organization, no matter what level that person is at. In fact, she says, many of the best ideas percolate from the bottom up. According to Hill, there are three interconnected capabilities necessary for innovation:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Faculty Books
developing innovative products and services. He discusses the full range of activities required: learning about customer needs; managing experimentation and problem-solving; product-development process design and improvement; and development strategy and project... View Details
- 13 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Ask A Coach: How Do I Find a Mentor?
not assume that person has to be older than you. "It is dangerous to assume capability and insights are always calibrated to age," Bua said. "You may find a fabulous mentor - or someone who can play certain of the roles of... View Details
- 20 Jun 2014
- News
Innovation is not a side business to running a company—innovation is the business
differentiating among them. The effect of this approach can be profound. IBM, for example, adopted a life-cycle approach to innovation, developing the leadership and organizational capabilities needed at different business stages:... View Details
- Portrait Project
Dami Adesanya
I will love. And my voice will be heard on my own terms – strong and powerful, yet sincere and heartfelt. "You are capable but maybe too quiet," a teacher once told me while at high school. "You may be too nice to be... View Details
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
Consumers are looking for the ability to bundle the products they want in a fashion unique to each individual, and the Web will provide this capability .... We believe that vertical portals will do the best job of providing the consumer... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 06 Nov 2000
- What Do You Think?
Succession at GE: What’s Next?
important qualities and capabilities to be sought in a successor to Welch is moot. But as in any good Harvard Business School case discussion, hindsight provides neither a guide to the future nor necessarily the best response. With that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
standards of the Internet and willing to transfer databases to a "rival supplier" in the event of an unsatisfactory relationship (Joshua Doherty), and those maintaining a highly focused in-house R&D capability while... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Quick Studies
and entrepreneurship at HBS. Their stories–which suggest a diversity of interests and ambitions within their class–convey a sense of the impressive capabilities and intellect the newest Harvard MBAs will bring to bear on the companies,... View Details
- Profile
Blake Landro
horizons. “I didn’t have the skills to launch a startup,” he says. “I needed capabilities outside of sales and marketing – like finance, strategy, and accounting. I wanted to acquire abilities that would make me more valuable, more... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: Brand New
listening to customers by means of ongoing two-way communication; and building organizational capabilities that delivered on the promise of their brands. From Wedgwood’s making of a large market for his china in 18th-century Britain, to... View Details
- Portrait Project
Alicia Yoon
They pointed me to other possibilities in life, and helped me see my other capabilities when I had given up. With their strength bolstering mine, I fully regained use of my legs. Most importantly, I gained the courage to look up even when... View Details
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Chile
searching capabilities ABI/ProQuest Click on Browse at the top of the screen On the next screen click on Business Monitor International (BMI) Industry Reports Click on Browse by Location and navigate to the... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril
relationship with them is important." Hayley Blunden That’s a problem, since rubbing powerful colleagues the wrong way could impact “every aspect of one’s career, from opportunities for promotion to abilities to develop one’s network to View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
drug business. They relied, however, on licensing rather than building their own in-house capabilities for drug discovery and commercialization. In the low-tech OTC [over-the-counter] sector, they consistently maintained a strong profit... View Details
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
incompetent entrepreneur that wants to steal from the better firm and distort the market is accountable only to his bank account and ethics. So we need someone capable enough to make sure markets remain free and fair an AI czar would work... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World
technical, regulatory, and economic. Advances in technology, which enhance existing advertising capabilities and create new ones, reach well beyond the Internet and include things such as innovative new software, sophisticated data... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production
acre) greenhouse. Currently in its fourth generation, the company is run by three Van den Ende brothers: Sam, Tim and Bob. They gave us a quick overview of the greenhouse and the processing hall with an automated production line capable... View Details
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
Can we use our capabilities in the electronic sensor business to deal with these problems and issues? For example, one of the things they are working on is biosensors that can be attached to the food chain, so that the freshness of food... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2016
- News
Applying Business Principles to Military Problems
the other special operations forces and, believe it or not, these forces have a five-year business plan where they have to organize, train, and equip our folks and allocate resources. Given the fiscal environment, it’s [about] making tradeoffs. So [that’s] the ability... View Details