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  • 28 Apr 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

wanted to leverage my knowledge & experience in finance to focus on making a difference in my home region of Asia through impact investing. In China, for example, the sector lacks quite a bit with... View Details
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 2

treating both its suppliers and its blue collar workforce as homogeneous, interchangeable entities as well as its view that expertise could be partitioned so that there was minimal overlap of knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2000
  • Case

Intellectual Property Exchange (A), The

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Gavin Clarkson
As the marketplace for intellectual assets explodes, the mechanisms for liquidity and exchange have not kept pace. Bryan Benoit, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), believes that he has a solution. Working initially with a shoestring development budget, he has... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Management; Brands and Branding; Problems and Challenges; Networks; Internet
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  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

financial and strategic decision making. But along the way, I also noted another important aspect of this leadership task, a related line of effort that seemed to go largely... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • 09 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions

Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to hers. Roche asked how his... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin
  • 27 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 27, 2016

neutrality debate had implications for Internet service providers, content providers, and end users. This note aims to inform the reader of the various sides of the debate where open issues remain, as well... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Teaching Interest

General Management: Processes and Action

General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done.  Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Management; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Style; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Auto Industry; Computer Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Health Industry; Information Industry; Legal Services Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Publishing Industry; Retail Industry; Video Game Industry; China; India; United States
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • News

HBS Press Books in Brief

the decision-making process. From Global to Metanational: How Companies Win in the Knowledge Economy, by Yves Doz, José Santos, and Peter Williamson, focuses on a new breed of global company — the... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management; Finance
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

(September-October 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/gyu/TWFR%20Sept-Oct%202011%20The%20Return%20Experience%20of%20Hedge%20Fund%20Investors.pdf Dynamically Integrating Knowledge in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

adding new settings to explore established core debates. The discipline of business history evolved around the corporate strategies and structures of developed economies. The... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Dec 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

Summing Up Can Managers Afford to Ignore Predictions in Planning? There is a healthy skepticism when it comes to the reliability of predictions as a basis for planning. Donald Kortalon, commenting on this month's column, cites a number... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • September 2010 (Revised August 2013)
  • Case

Liza Davis and the Bargain Hunting Customer

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez and Lisa Brem
Liza Davis, an upscale women's fashion retailer, is reeling from worldwide recession and lower demand. Should the company target the fast-growing bargain hunter segment or hold the line on price discounts to preserve their brand image? Customer profitability... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Price; Product Positioning; Customer Value and Value Chain; Business Cycles; Financial Crisis; Profit; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry
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  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

customized web sites for overseas markets? How would she maintain the detail and attention she had put into so many aspects of the company as Nasty Gal grew? As Amoruso's time was limited and management... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Oct 2001
  • Op-Ed

Lessons from the Rubble

Pundits and investors spoke giddily of the end of national borders, of markets that spanned the globe and replaced the hefty weight of machines... View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
  • 23 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

knowledge of a technical system to gain strategic advantage. The strategy involves, first, identifying "bottlenecks" in the existing system, and then creating a new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: January 5

to counterfactuals, multinationals with greater factor-market externalities, knowledge spillovers, and vertical linkages exhibit significant co-agglomeration. The importance of these factors differs across... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

Research Brief: Capitol Gains

oil-rich state, for example, the financial impact (positive or negative) of a bill affecting the state's petroleum producers and related companies could be inferred by following the votes of the state's... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government
  • 15 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 15, 2015

some key aspects of strategy as defined by the so-called “positioning school” and discusses how these ideas can be translated into the context of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

  PublicationsSeven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution Author:Robert L. Simons Publication: Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 25, 2016

about disruption, but you need a salesforce aligned with strategy to do something about it. This article discusses how investments in sales affect core levers of enterprise value creation (and destruction).... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne