Publications

01 Sep 2013
News

The Challengers

All due respect to the Red Sox, but we think some of Boston's best pitching in May occurred on Western Avenue, not Yawkey Way. As part of a trio of entrepreneurial challenges hosted by the i-lab, six HBS students and two soon-to-be... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

2012
Chapter

Boardroom Challenges

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Teaching Interest

Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs

By: Tarun Khanna

Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (GCE) is designed for students who are interested in entrepreneurial approaches to the biggest challenges of our time. Grand Challenges are near-intractable, global problems that offer the tantalizing... View Details

February 1993 (Revised November 2001)
Background Note

Challenge of Growth, The

Presents a conceptual framework for understanding the general management task, and given this framework, explores the challenges growth presents. View Details

Keywords: Framework; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges

Educators

How does an entrepreneur, aspiring manager, or CEO become a master of strategy? In this book, we argue that everyone can learn from three of the greatest strategist of modern time, Bill Gates, Andy Grove and Steve Jobs, who also built three of the most valuable... View Details

Research Summary

Marketing Challenges in India

By: Das Narayandas

Das is writing a series of field cases that explore the challenges faced by firms in the rapidly evolving and growing Indian economy. View Details

30 Jul 2014
Video

Health Acceleration Challenge launch

Article

Six Strategic Challenges

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Strategy; Problems and Challenges

21 Jan 2016
Video

2016 Precision Trials Challenge

2012
Chapter

Board Challenges 2009

By: Jay W. Lorsch

October 2014 (Revised December 2015)
Background Note

China's Environmental Challenge

By: William C. Kirby, Nora Bynum, Erica M. Zendell and Brittany Crow

China faces enormous environmental challenges. This background note looks at the historical, economic and political origins of the environmental crisis that faces the world's fastest-growing economy. View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Globalized Economies and Regions; History; Crisis Management; Environmental Sustainability; China

Educators

2005
Case

ORIX: Future Challenge

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi

Keywords: Problems and Challenges

January 1993 (Revised June 1993)
Background Note

Challenge of Commitment,The

By: Michael Beer and Michael J. Gibbs

Defines commitment, describes the psychological and organizational factors that underly it, and provides a comprehensive discussion of the policies and practices managers can employ to enhance commitment. Identifies control and commitment as two critical strategies... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Governance Controls; Policy; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Strategy

Educators

December 1992 (Revised June 1993)
Background Note

Challenge of Coordination

29 Apr 2013
News

The RaiseForWomen Challenge

Keywords: Nonprofit; social enterprise; Arts, Entertainment; Health, Social Assistance

August 2021 (Revised November 2023)
Supplement

Coats: Supply Chain Challenges

By: Willy C. Shih

Coats, the largest thread maker in the world, transformed its business to digital colour measurement so that it could respond better to customer demand in the garment industry for rapid product cycles and more fragmented colour choices. Its embrace of digital colour... View Details

Keywords: Inventory Management; Supply Chain; Inventory; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Asia