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  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Towards 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), attempts to... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage
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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Foreign Influence in U.S. Politics

By: Marco Grotteria, Max Miller and S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan
This paper investigates the informational role of lobbyists in the context of foreign lobbying in the United States. Using Department of Justice data on contacts between foreign governments and US legislators, we show that exogenous shocks to these connections... View Details
Keywords: Political Economy; Public Finance; Political Connections; Foreign Lobbying
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    World Reimagined: The Power of Connection with Dr. Vivek Murthy and Tsedal Neeley

    In this episode, host Gautam Mukunda is joined by President Biden's nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, and Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and award-winning author, Tsedal Neeley to discuss how humans will thrive in... View Details
    • 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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    • 11 May 2020
    • News

    Why Leader’s Communications Don’t Connect And What To Do About It

    • 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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    • June 2014
    • Article

    Acquirer-Target Social Ties and Merger Outcomes

    By: Joy Ishii and Yuhai Xuan
    This paper investigates the effect of social ties between acquirers and targets on merger performance. Using data on educational background and past employment, we construct a measure of the extent of cross-firm social connection between directors and senior executives... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers; Acquisitions; Social Ties; Social Connections; Mergers and Acquisitions; Relationships; Outcome or Result
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    • 14 Mar 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions

    There’s something curious about the labor force in the United States. Identical jobs and industries have become unionized in some states while remaining nonunionized in others. Unionization levels vary greatly from state to state. As of 2013, 20 to 25 percent of... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • August 2008 (Revised August 2009)
    • Case

    Lan Airlines in 2008: Connecting the World to Latin America

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Jorge Tarzijan and Mitchel Jordan
    Lan Airlines operates three distinct models: low-cost for domestic short-haul flights, full-service for international routes; and an international cargo business, the latter of which makes up 33% of Lan's overall revenues (markedly different from many U.S. legacy... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation Industry; Latin America
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    • 2003
    • Book

    Connecting the Dots: Aligning Projects with Objectives in Unpredictable Times

    By: Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan
    Keywords: Projects; Goals and Objectives
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    • 1999
    • Working Paper

    Henry Heinz, 1844-1919: Connecting with Customers during Great Economic Change

    By: Nancy F. Koehn
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    • 6 PM – 8 PM EDT, 11 Mar 2015

    Boston Alumni: Determine Your Career Elements & Connect with HBS

    Kristen Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of HBS Career and Professional Development, and other members of the CPD team will share resources available to you and guide you through a quick exercise to see what elements are most essential in your career. View Details
    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews

    By: Loretti I. Dobrescu, Michael Luca and Alberto Motta
    This paper investigates the determinants of expert reviews in the book industry. Reviews are determined not only by the quality of the product, but also by the incentives of the media outlet providing the review. For example, a media outlet may have the incentive to... View Details
    Keywords: Books; Quality; Experience and Expertise; Relationships; Publishing Industry
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    • Spring 2018
    • Article

    Henry Kissinger and Robert Mugabe: The Forgotten Connection via Remarkably Creative Negotiation

    By: James K. Sebenius
    When Robert Mugabe was forced out of office in late 2017 after 37 years of increasingly brutal rule in Zimbabwe, he had been in the job so long that few recall how he got there. Fewer still remember that it was Henry Kissinger, whose complex, if unlikely, negotiations... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation; History; Negotiation Style; Outcome or Result; Zimbabwe
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    • Web

    Connections & Relationships | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    Connections & Relationships Background People always tell you that business school isn't just about the available resources and what you learn in class—it's about the other students. My first experience with the social enterprise... View Details
    • 24 Feb 2015
    • News

    Florida Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

    Alumni young and old gathered in Miami on February 24 to celebrate and socialize. Alumni and friends of Harvard Business School from across Florida gathered on February 23 and 24, 2015 to celebrate and connect with each other as the... View Details
    • 10 Oct 2014
    • News

    Chicago Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

    Paul Finnegan (MBA 1982), Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997), and Professor Robert S. Kaplan (MBA 1983) at the Chicago regional event of the HBS Campaign. Chicago-area alumni and friends of Harvard Business School gathered on September 23, 2014 to celebrate and View Details
    Keywords: HBS Campaign
    • April 2017
    • Article

    Introduction to Special Issue: The Consumer in a Connected World

    By: John A. Deighton, Jacob Goldenberg and Andrew T. Stephen
    Keywords: Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Consumer Research; Smartphones; Data; Technology
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    • 28 Sep 2020
    • News

    Are You Ready for Tech That Connects to Your Brain?

    • 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM CEST, 08 Jun 2015

    Paris Alumni: Determine Your Career Elements & Connect with HBS

    Join members of HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) and fellow HBS alumni to network and gain insight on key HBS innovations and initiatives. Kristen Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of CPD will share resources available to you and guide you through a quick... View Details