Publications

31 Jan 2017
Blog Post

My Misperceptions about HBS

I have to admit that before I applied to HBS I was slightly intimidated by the brand, and I wasn’t sure I would get accepted. Once I got in, I began to worry that I wouldn't fit into the traditional "Harvard-student mold." I... View Details

20 Jul 2020
Working Paper Summaries

The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege

Keywords: by Josephine Tan and Jon M. Jachimowicz

December 2005 (Revised February 2006)
Background Note

How can a strategist analyze the parts of a firm's strategy?: Advanced Competitive Strategy, Module note for students

By: Jan W. Rivkin

The first of four module notes for students who are taking an advanced course on competitive strategy. Presents concepts and techniques to help students analyze the parts of a firm's strategy and understand how the parts fit together to form a coherent whole. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy

March–April 2024
Article

How Fast Should Your Company Really Grow?

By: Gary P. Pisano

Growth—in revenues and profits—is the yardstick by which the competitive fitness and health of organizations is measured. Consistent profitable growth is thus a near universal goal for leaders—and an elusive one.

To achieve that goal, companies need a growth... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Strategy; Organizational Culture

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Martin Sinozich is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in both MBA and Executive Education programs. For first-year MBAs, Martin teaches in Field Global Immersion, a required course that... View Details

September 1992 (Revised September 1995)
Case

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc.

On May 1, 1992, Doug Friesen, manager of assembly for Toyota's Georgetown, Kentucky, plant, faces a problem with the seats installed in the plant's sole product--Camrys. A growing number of cars are sitting off-line with defective seats or are missing them entirely.... View Details

Keywords: Quality; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Kentucky

11 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

Companies often manage strategy in fits and starts. Though executives may formulate an excellent strategy, it easily fades from memory as the organization tackles day-to-day operations issues, doing what HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 May 2016
News

Can’t Stand Your Commute? It’s All in Your Head.

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

Companies are increasingly looking to emerging markets like China as a vital source of growth. The problem is these companies often lack an effective strategy for identifying which countries to do business with. In a June Harvard Business Review article, excerpted... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

14 Mar 2023
Blog Post

How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Dyllan Muller

both my interests and stumbled across HBS’s MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences program, which seemed like a perfect fit for me. As I researched HBS some more, I discovered the 2+2 program and was determined to apply to guarantee myself... View Details

July 2020
Case

Karen Bruck: Growing Managers at MercadoLibre

By: Joshua D. Margolis, Fernanda Miguel and Mariana Cal

Karen Bruck, Corporate Sales Director at MercadoLibre, Latin America's largest e-commerce platform, needs to make a decision about one of her managers, who, while analytically savvy, has an approach that does not fit in with the company's culture. View Details

Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Employee Relationship Management; Decision Making; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Culture; Retail Industry; Latin America; Argentina

July 1999 (Revised February 2001)
Background Note

Organization Design of Owner-Managed Companies, The

By: John A. Davis

Provides a concise overview of the key considerations and components of an organization's design. Examines how an organization's design must fit with both owners' goals and the organization's key success factors. Identifies several key aspects of an organization's... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design

Career Coach

Aspen Wang

Aspen wants to empower students to pursue a career that truly fits their needs. From exploring what matters to the individual for those who are undecided, to looking more tactically at what it means to conduct a structured or a networked... View Details

Career Coach

Jon Puz

Jon (HBS ’08) draws on his healthcare, technology and entrepreneurship experiences to help students and alumni. As an entrepreneur and executive, Jon has served in leadership roles with companies ranging from early stage to those with $500M+ in annual revenue and from... View Details

22 Feb 2011
News

Why Innovation Is So Hard in Health Care - and How to Do It Anyway

May 2000
Case

CMGI: Organizational and Market Innovation

By: Josh Lerner

CMGI is considering acquiring yesmail, an e-mail marketing firm. In assessing the potential acquisition, it must assess the fit with its own organization, which consists of a unique blend of venture capital investments and publicly traded subsidiaries. View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Structure; Venture Capital; Business Subsidiaries