Strategic Alliances (Business) - Publications - Faculty & Research

2008
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Managing Up

Managing up is not political game playing. Rather, it's a conscious approach to working with your supervisor toward goals that are important to both of you. Through managing up, you build a productive working relationship with your boss and create a way to use the... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Employees; Managerial Roles; Alliances; Value Creation

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The Value of Family Ownership, Control, and Management

In collaboration with Professor Raphael Amit of Wharton, Belén Villalonga is investigating how family ownership, control, and management affect firm value. Their forthcoming Journal of Financial... View Details

03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007

Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsCommon Agricultural Policy and the Future of French Farming Harvard Business School Case 707-027 Presents the history and evolution of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

or Management Science from Carnegie Mellon University. 2018 Jill J. Avery : Recipient of the Robert F. Greenhill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Harvard Business School, 2017–2018. Julian De Freitas : Received a Certificate of... View Details

25 Apr 2024
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Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

24 Nov 2003
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Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

Strategic Business Unit (SBU) level, with emphasis on creation of a differentiated value proposition; 2) at the corporate level, through synergies and linkages based on corporate strategies; and 3) at the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

29 Aug 2024
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Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

rapidly changing. Harvard Business School Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl’s new research explores the business opportunities hidden among the stars, particularly in data from and through space, but... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

Featured Exercises Generating Your Strategic Question 5-6 hrs Module 1 Aligning with Innovation and Disruption Identify the three types of innovation, predict when they'll occur, and harness disruption to position your View Details

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Certificates, Credentials, & Credits | HBS Online

Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Business in Society, Finance and Accounting and Marketing. To determine which courses qualify, visit our Leadership and Management , Strategy , Entrepreneurship and Innovation , Finance and... View Details

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Managing Human Capital: Keeping Hope Alive in Organizations (Not offered 2013-2014)

Managing Human Capital has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the general manager who seeks to manage both other people and his or her own career with optimal effectiveness. Any and all students who believe they will need to effectively manage... View Details

11 Mar 2019
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Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?

overcome decades of TV footage of soldiers and tanks that linger in the mind. To Harvard Business School marketing professor Elie Ofek, it’s more proof that influencing long-held perceptions about a region requires more View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Tourism

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

design thinking principles and creative problem-solving tools to develop innovative solutions to your most challenging business problems. 7 weeks 6-8 hours per week 7 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a... View Details

2010
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Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival Amid Political and Civil Violence

By: Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine

Prior strategy research is divided on the utility of new-venture planning. Some scholars argue that planning enhances new-firm performance and others make the opposite argument. This paper attempts to reconcile these contradictory views by exploring the extent of... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Success; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Colombia

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01 Oct 2008
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How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?

Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing KnowHow, for Harvard Business. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Customers are the source of all cash flow. Organic growth depends on... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

04 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

Mbanusi (MBA 2021) and Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021), who came to business school from nonprofit and chemical engineering backgrounds respectively, prove that experience outside of investing can also be highly transferable and valuable to the... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital

09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

April 4, 2019 Palgrave Macmillan Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream: How Technology Is Transforming Lending and Shaping a New Era of Small Business Opportunity By: Mills, Karen G.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Sep 2016
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How HBS Changed My Life

I made the decision to apply to Harvard Business School because I wanted to learn how to use business as a tool to create prosperity for the millions of people striving to eke out a living on my beloved... View Details

01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

Abstract As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on... View Details

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Connell House | About

leadership. The Connell family’s philanthropy has also had a significant impact on innovations in the MBA Program. About the Name William F. Connell (1938-2001) was a visionary business leader, known for his View Details

02 Oct 2006
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Negotiating in Three Dimensions

is an essential skill, and where the science of negotiation is headed. Negotiation is a core competence for life, "not merely an important skill to be wheeled out for special occasions," they argue. James K. Sebenius is the Gordon Donaldson Professor of View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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