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  • 2012
  • Chapter

Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States

By: David Vogel, Michael W. Toffel, Diahanna Post and Nazli Z. Uludere Aragon
The United States (US) and the European Union (EU) are federal systems in which the responsibility for environmental policy-making is divided or shared between the central government and the (member) states. The attribution of decision-making power has important policy... View Details
Keywords: Natural Environment; Policy; Government and Politics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; European Union; United States
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  • 09 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

external factors play a surprising role in strategy formulation and execution. As Gilbert explains, "A lot of our book is about understanding (a) that realized strategy is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Article

Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

By: Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan
This article examines the emergence and development of what became the largest business group in Turkey, the Koç Group. This venture was an important factor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governance; History; Strategy; Auto Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Service Industry; Turkey
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  • 23 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits

the audience, comparing the recent focus on nonprofit strategy to the rise of interest in for-profit strategy in the 1970s. In Bradach's view, the sector is on the front end of a curve, with nonprofits less... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • Article

The Profits of Power: Commerce and Realpolitik in Eurasia

By: Rawi Abdelal
Although the energy trade is the single most important element of nearly all European countries' relations with Russia, Europe has been divided by both worldview and practice. Why, in the face of the common challenge of dependence on imported Russian gas, have national... View Details
Keywords: Performance; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Profit; Framework; Corporate Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Policy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Crisis Management; Government and Politics; Energy Industry; Europe; Russia; France; Germany; Italy
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  • 2005
  • Chapter

Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States

By: David Vogel, Michael W. Toffel and Diahanna Post
The United States (US) and the European Union (EU) are federal systems in which the responsibility for environmental policy-making is divided or shared between the central government and the (member) states. The attribution of decision-making power has important policy... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Legislation; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Climate Change; European Union; United States
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  • July 2005
  • Case

Harvard Business School and the Making of a New Profession

By: Rakesh Khurana, Tarun Khanna and Daniel Penrice
Since its founding in 1908, Harvard Business School's mission has been to perform a much-needed service for American society by turning business management into a profession. One of the most important factors in the founding of HBS and the nation's other new business... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Mission and Purpose; Alignment; Social Issues; Practice
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  • October 2002 (Revised December 2003)
  • Case

eShip-4U

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Timothy M. Laseter
eShip is a small Israeli start-up with a potentially exciting new concept for the residential package-delivery value chain--the Automatic Delivery Machine (ADM). Much like today's ubiquitous ATMs, ADMs would allow consumers to have parcels delivered to a nearby ADM... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Model; Service Operations; Logistics; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Saving; Innovation and Invention; Transportation Industry; Service Industry; Shipping Industry; Israel; United States
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  • Teaching Interest

Data Science for Managers

  • Served as a teaching fellow; assisted MBA students with classroom coding exercises. 
  • Developed course materials, including new case studies, technical notes, and code notebooks students used to analzye case data. 
  • Developed interactive web... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Competition in Modular Clusters

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & C. Jason Woodard; Consulting; Communications; Telecommunications; Pharmaceutical
  • 11 Sep 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change

budget, and then scoop up the excess talent. But if the other owners move cautiously in this new terrain, it would be in your interest to aggressively sign stars before the market heats up. Either strategy carries risks. You wouldn't want... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler; Sports
  • 12 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 12

attributes of a decision problem. The hierarchy of new conditions varies in the degree to which it specifies the functional form, ranging from more general solutions with weaker constraints, to more specific solutions with stronger constraints. This View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2024
  • In Practice

Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes

consumers can more flexibly adjust habits. More sophisticated firms take this into account when formulating their strategies and making long-run forecasts. Attention of regulators. The Federal Trade... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 04 Sep 2013
  • What Do You Think?

How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?

the pace of change it can also be cleverly leveraged to facilitate an iterative, evergreen process of strategy formulation and implementation." David Wittenberg added, "Strategic planning,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

of strategy as “the smallest set of choices to optimally guide (or force) other choices.” The paper shows that this definition coincides with the equilibrium outcome of a “strategy formulation game,” in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

case describes the strategies, tactics, and results of these negotiations. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=909014 Your Strategy—A Strategy Formulation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 May 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

formulating strategies and allocating resources, and the interests of future shareholders and other stakeholders would have to be given more deference. The authors point out that they are “capitalists to the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 27 Oct 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits

and executive management team is alike; every unhappy board and executive management team is unhappy in its own special way. In high-performing SMDOs, the board and executive management team have worked out an agreed and clear set of goals to achieve, have View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jun 2010
  • What Do You Think?

How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?

sustainable without a framework of cultural values and rules." Drew Williamson pictured the relationship as "a virtuous circle that can break at any of the three points. It starts with a happy, innovative culture that generates a View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 13 Feb 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

action. Instead, strategy formulation and execution develop from setting a direction and posing a set of questions to be defined, refined, and iteratively answered. Strategy-making is thus about developing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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