Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (3,229) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (3,229) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 67 of 3,229 Results →
  • March 2006
  • Module Note

Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 4: Sensing Opportunity

By: Alan D. MacCormack
Describes the fourth module of the 30-session Harvard Business School elective course Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome them. The course emphasizes... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Problems and Challenges; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Projects; Opportunities; Risk and Uncertainty; Perspective; Value Creation; Networks; Alignment
Related

    Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed--and What to Do About It

    Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tel Aviv—the global hubs of entrepreneurial activity—all bear the marks of government investment. Yet, for every public intervention that spurs entrepreneurial activity, there are many failed efforts that waste untold billions in taxpayer... View Details

    • 2023
    • Book

    Your True Moral Compass: Defining Reality, Responsibility, and Practicality in Your Leadership Moments

    By: Joseph L. Badaracco
    This book presents a new, powerful, and practical way of making final decisions on the hard, complex, uncertain problems of life and work. What if you have looked at the data, talked with trusted colleagues, and applied all the relevant managerial and ethical... View Details
    Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Decisions; Work-Life Balance; Values and Beliefs
    Related
    • 24 Feb 2021
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace

    balancing perseverance and flexibility when implementing a strategy. He says this war also demonstrates the potential impact of leadership transition on strategy, and the pitfalls of negotiated agreements that do not properly account for... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert
    • 03 Oct 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

    states adopted a new series of weight restrictions and levying fees. Truck trailers passing through multiple states could be fined for excessively heavy loads. It became a balancing act for truckers to haul as much weight as possible... View Details
    Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace
    • Research Summary

    Corporate Restructuring and Business Insolvency: Economic Impact and Best Practices

    By: Stuart C. Gilson
    Stuart C. Gilson is studying how severe financial distress impacts corporate policies and economic resource allocation. He is also studying how managers can best respond to financial distress in order to preserve and grow value. He is undertaking this research... View Details
    • November 2019 (Revised February 2020)
    • Case

    Hormel Foods

    By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
    In 2019, CEO Jim Snee is weighing how to shape the image of Hormel Foods, one of the largest U.S. meat and food companies, at a time when the industry faces unprecedented scrutiny. Based in the small town of Austin, Minnesota, the nearly 130-year-old firm is best known... View Details
    Keywords: Brand Portfolio Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product; Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Risk Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; China
    Related
    • February 2012
    • Case

    Henkel: Building a Winning Culture

    By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
    This case illustrates a CEO-led organizational transformation driven by stretch goals, performance measurement, and accountability. When Kasper Rorsted became CEO of Henkel, a Germany-based producer of personal care, laundry, and adhesives products, in 2008, he was... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Measurement; Performance Appraisals; Human Resource Management; Values; Organizational Transformations; Pay For Performance; Strategy Execution; Values and Beliefs; Work-Life Balance; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Performance Evaluation; Compensation and Benefits
    Related
    • Web

    Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

    balance between past, present, and future right? Keywords: Arts ; Change ; Diversity ; Gender ; Race ; Entertainment ; Theater Entertainment ; Leadership ; Management ; Nonprofit Organizations ; Entertainment and Recreation Industry ;... View Details
    • 24 Jun 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win

    satisfying when the individuals were grappling with all four satisfactions almost constantly. Stevenson said it wasn't a balancing act, because the four satisfactions provide contradictory emotions and achieving one often hinders you in... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

    globalization , migration, remote work, strategy Interviews Runa Khan Mahbubur Rahman Laila Tyabji Srikant M. Datar George F. Baker Professor of Administration Dean of the Faculty Research Interests : balanced scorecard , corporate... View Details
    • 23 Dec 2019
    • Blog Post

    Taking the Risk to Start a Company at Business School

    large venues, universities, and corporations. Today, Armored Things has over 30 employees. Her second year of business school, especially the second semester, was tough since she was balancing starting a company and finishing up her... View Details
    • Web

    Events - Business History

    with their own insights and opened up a discussion with the audience. Nov 6 06 Nov 2017 Business History Seminar Politics, Institutions, and Diversified Business Groups: Comparisons across Developed Countries Ben Schneider, MIT Oct 30 30 Oct 2017 Business History... View Details
    • Program

    Public Education Leadership Project

    Review To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of students served, and district challenges. Upon admission... View Details
    • 12 Aug 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

    reaching a point where you or anyone have more than eight direct reports, it’s time to scale out a management team. Ideally, bring in some managers who know how to manage versus just promoting from within. I like to build teams with a View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Austin
    • 20 Oct 2020
    • News

    Steps to Get Out of Your Own Way

    • 24 Jun 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    “An Unfair Advantage”? Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing

    Keywords: by Lily Fang, Victoria Ivashina & Josh Lerner; Banking

      The Founder's Dilemmas


      Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: should they go it alone, or bring in... View Details

      • Web

      Our Values | About

      opportunities to discuss and deepen understanding of the conflict. A second group will examine demonstration guidelines, ensuring we protect and balance our community values, rights of expression, restrictions on hateful speech, and the... View Details
      • 21 Sep 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

      time to get all of their people together, so the meetings kept getting delayed and delayed,” he says. “The intent of these processes is often good, but the results are not. You have to walk a fine line and strike a careful balance between... View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman