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  • 2015
  • Working Paper

A Normative Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategy, Know-How, and Competition

By: Gary P. Pisano
The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971), attempts to... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Organizations
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    Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation

    Every company wants to grow, and the most proven way is through innovation. The conventional wisdom is that only disruptive, nimble startups can innovate; once a business gets bigger and more complex corporate arteriosclerosis sets in. Gary Pisano's remarkable research... View Details
    • 08 Apr 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: April 8

      Publications August 2013 Journal of Consumer Research Brand Tourists: How Non-Core Users Enhance the Brand Image by Eliciting Pride By: Bellezza, Silvia, and Anat Keinan Abstract—This research examines how core consumers of selective... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2010
    • Article

    Zwischen Familienerbe und globalem Markt. Eigentum und Management von großen westdeutschen Familienunternehmen im Wandel (1960-2008)

    "Between Family Heritage and Global Market. Changes in Ownership and Management of Large West-German Family Firms (1960-2008)" Large family firms fall between two theoretical accounts. They neither follow the development path described by Alfred D. Chandler nor do they... View Details
    Keywords: Business or Company Management; Family Ownership; Germany
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    • October 2017
    • Article

    Toward a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition

    By: Gary P. Pisano
    The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971, The Concept... View Details
    Keywords: Business Admnistration; Market Structure; Firm Structure; Market Efficiency; Competency and Skills; Organizational Structure; Strategy
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    • 02 Apr 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: April 2

      Publications 2006 Nature Reviews Beyond Magic Bullets: True Innovation in Health Care By: Narayan, Vaibhav A., Marco Mohwinckel, Gary Pisano, Michael Yang, and Husseini Manji Abstract—The molecular medicine revolution-based on advances... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral

    Li Alan D. MacCormack Edward McFowland III Antonio Moreno Kyle R. Myers Frank Nagle Seth Neel Elisabeth C. Paulson Gary P. Pisano Ananth Raman Maria P. Roche Willy C. Shih Stefan H. Thomke Michael W. Toffel... View Details
    • February 2006 (Revised March 2006)
    • Case

    Negotiating on Thin Ice: The 2004-2005 NHL Dispute (A)

    By: Deepak Malhotra and Maly Hout
    On September 15, 2004, the existing collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) expired. Because the two sides had failed to negotiate a new CBA by that date, NHL... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Participants; Trust; Sports; Compensation and Benefits; Sports Industry; United States
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    • January–February 2019
    • Article

    The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures

    By: Gary P. Pisano
    Innovative cultures are generally depicted as pretty fun. They’re characterized by a tolerance for failure and a willingness to experiment. They’re seen as being psychologically safe, highly collaborative, and nonhierarchical. And research suggests that these behaviors... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Culture; Innovation and Invention; Performance Expectations; Leadership
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    • July – August 2009
    • Article

    Restoring American Competitiveness

    By: Gary P. Pisano and Willy C. Shih
    For decades, U.S. companies have been outsourcing manufacturing in the belief that it held no competitive advantage. That's been a disaster, maintain Harvard professors Pisano and Shih, because today's low-value manufacturing operations hold the seeds of tomorrow's... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Value; Production; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Government and Politics; Social Issues; Management Practices and Processes; Investment; Research and Development; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Competency and Skills; Service Industry; United States
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    • March 1996 (Revised February 1999)
    • Case

    Vistakon: 1 Day Acuvue Disposable Contact Lenses

    By: Alvin J. Silk, Bruce Issacson and Marie Bell
    Vistakon, an independent and entrepreneurial subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, pioneered the production and marketing of disposable contact lenses with the 1987 launch of Acuvue, the first disposable extended-wear lens--a soft contact lens that patients wear for a... View Details
    Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Business Subsidiaries; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Price; Risk Management; Marketing; Product Positioning; Production; Performance Effectiveness; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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    • August 2006
    • Case

    Dreyer's Slow Churned(TM) Ice Cream

    By: Noel H. Watson, Steven C. Wheelwright and Brian DeLacey
    Examines capacity forecasting and planning in a complex new product introduction scenario. The introduction at Dreyer's, a large dairy snack manufacturer, involves not only a new product but a new manufacturing process and product package, thus implying a significant... View Details
    Keywords: Advertising; Forecasting and Prediction; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Product Development; Planning; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    • January 2016
    • Case

    SAP SE: Autism at Work

    By: Gary P. Pisano and Robert D. Austin
    This case describes SAP's "Autism at Work" program, which integrates people with autism into the company's workforce. The company has a stated objective of making 1% of its workforce people with autism by 2020. SAP's rationale for the program is based on the belief... View Details
    Keywords: Software; Human Resource Management; Diversity Management; Germany; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Management; Applications and Software; Recruitment; Diversity; Information Technology Industry; Germany
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    • 05 Jan 2024
    • Blog Post

    Meet The HBS African American Student Union

    Founded in 1968 by 5 Black students at Harvard Business School, the African American Student Union (AASU) is a community for all Black students at HBS inclusive of all backgrounds, familial situations, and social preferences. Our goal is... View Details
    • 16 Apr 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: April 16

    profitable investment decisions. During the last ten years, Wall Street research has been battered by a series of shocks. As concerns over conflicts of interest mounted, the integrity of research output was questioned, leading to... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 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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    • Web

    Technology & Operations Management Faculty - Faculty & Research

    Administration Elisabeth C. Paulson Assistant Professor of Business Administration Gary P. Pisano Harry E. Figgie, Jr. Professor of Business Administration (Leave of Absence) Ananth Raman UPS Foundation... View Details
    • 2019
    • Book

    Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation

    By: Gary P. Pisano
    Creative Construction tackles the myth that larger enterprises are inherently incapable of transformative innovation and are doomed to be disrupted by nimble start-ups. If larger enterprises seem incapable of transformative innovation, it is due to how we design... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Business Growth and Maturation; Innovation Strategy; Organizational Culture; Management Systems; Creativity; Leading Change
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    Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage

    By: Robert D. Austin and Gary P. Pisano
    Many people with neurological conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia have extraordinary skills, including those in pattern recognition, memory, and mathematics. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers. A growing number of... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Diversity; Competency and Skills
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    • 20 Dec 2016
    • First Look

    December 20, 2016

    cash held overseas. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52017 Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patents By: Autor, David, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Pian Shu, and Gary... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel