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- 23 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Strategy-Focused Organization
breakthrough performance from those that tried it but never delivered the results? When Bob McCool became head of Mobil NAM&R in 1992, he made it clear that the performance of the past was not acceptable; things had to change. Working with his leadership team, he... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
they tend to remain silent, fearful that speaking up could put their careers at risk. “A CEO might be trying to execute this corporate strategy and everybody in the organization knows it’s off the rails, but no one wants to be the bearer... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
fund and community. Her career includes work in both the corporate and startup worlds in Learning & Development at Cisco Systems, and leading an innovation and design fellowship in South Africa at Harvard University. Jessica is also a... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research
for our second module: Resourcing the Business Model . Leading the firm by: 1) making tough tradeoffs when setting strategy, resolving cross-functional conflict, and making hiring/firing decisions; and 2) communicating a vision that... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
licenses to operate in the country. In the face of these changes, the company has to figure out what its strategy should be to realize its vision of becoming a leading integrated financial services player offering customers a menu of... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
association as well as the food and beverage brands that supply them. We’ve invested in the industry and served as corporate board members and leaders of industry coalitions, and we now, as educators, prepare future founders and leaders... View Details
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Health Care - Faculty & Research
evolve its offerings so that they appeal to radiologists and cardiologists, the largest purchasers of ultrasound systems. March 2014 (Revised December 2014) Case Vision 2020: Takeda and the Vaccine Business By: John A. Quelch and Margaret... View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
was purchased for approximately $1.1B by Ariba, where Mr. Burgstone served as Vice President and co-head of corporate development. He has also worked as a high-tech strategy consultant (semiconductor, telecom, online financial services),... View Details
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
collaboration can be used for competitive advantage. The firm "orchestrates and integrates" the work of its partners. And critically, these skills are difficult to replicate; harder, we would argue, than any specific piece of technical know-how the firm possesses.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details
- 28 Nov 2018
- HBS Case
On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website
team with data scientists and others trained in computer science, math, statistics, and physics, including many who held doctorates. To attract the best people, Target knew it had to keep at least part of its data operation in Silicon Valley, even though the company’s... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
delivery. We're changing the lives of Brazilian moms one click at a time! MyTeksi Anthony Tan Hooi Ling Tan Adeline Chan Business Track Runner-Up MyTeksi has the vision of revamping the Malaysian taxi market by introducing simple yet... View Details
- 30 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?
management." Ginny Wiedower commented, "Without a corporate strategy to reach defined corporate goals, innovation will be misdirected and unguided." But D. R. Elliott pointed out that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 18 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers
good corporate citizen at the end of the day, not only do they make it a nicer place to work, but they also help the profitability of the firm compared to those who are at the other extreme,” says Minor, who’s visiting from Northwestern... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 20 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs
behave. Second, he must recognize that his position does not confer the right to lead, nor does it guarantee the organization's loyalty. He must perpetually earn and maintain the moral mandate to lead. CEOs can easily lose their legitimacy if their View Details
- 16 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advice on Advice
In business, good advice is priceless. Managers who are anxious and confused when confronted with corporate challenges can find that a piece of sound advice from a colleague can instill a sense of calm and clarity that leads to more... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem
Wal-Mart's and Microsoft's dominance in modern business has been attributed to any number of factors, ranging from the vision and drive of their founders to the companies' aggressive competitive practices. But the performance of these two... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 03 Jul 2013
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Limits of Transparency?
cautioned us not to expect too much from a policy of transparency, saying "If the company culture operates better within the founder's vision of transparency, all well and good, be transparent. But to trust transparency alone to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Digital Archival Resources Archival Collections Bibliography SITE CREDITS 4. Edwin H. Land, "Annual Christmas Message to Employees of Polaroid Corporation," University Theatre, Cambridge, MA, December 23, 1942, 6, Edwin H. Land speech files, Polaroid View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Does Spirituality Drive Success?
in America, and Work in Progress (co-authored with Michael Eisner, chairman of the Walt Disney Company). Schwartz is now president of LGE Performance Systems and co-created its Corporate Athlete training program, which aims to apply the... View Details