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Course Overview - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

distinctive challenges facing first-time chief executives in large, complex enterprises. The focus of the workshop is on defining an agenda as CEO, and preparing for the most challenging issues that a new CEO is likely to face.... View Details
  • July–August 2018
  • Article

How CEOs Manage Time

By: Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria
In 2006 Harvard Business School’s Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria launched a study tracking how large companies’ CEOs spent their time, 24/7, for 13 weeks: where they were, with whom, what they did, and what they were focusing on. To date, Porter and Nohria have... View Details
Keywords: CEOs; Executives; Time Management; Attitudes; Managerial Roles; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy; Decision Making; Organizational Culture
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  • September 1994 (Revised June 2017)
  • Case

Chemalite, Inc. (B): Cash Flow Analysis

By: Robert Simons and Antonio Davila
Students are asked to use actual and pro forma financial statements to prepare a statement of cash flows under both the direct and indirect method. View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow Analysis; Strategy Execution; Management Control Systems; Analysis; Cash Flow; Financial Statements
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  • 19 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy

Harvard Business School professor Pankaj Ghemawat has long argued that the best international strategy also includes recognition of differences in local markets. In the December 2005 issue of Harvard Business Review, Ghemawat highlights... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 25 Jun 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Powerful Strategic Tool Companies Should Not Try to Control

World Nutella Day, held on February 5, inspired more than 40,000 Instagram posts as fans of the chocolate-hazelnut spread shared recipe videos, memes, and selfies with jars. It was free marketing for Nutella maker Ferrero, which almost squandered this opportunity when... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • Web

Social Progress Index - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

progress. Why Social Progress Matters (2016 Skoll World Forum) Publications & Resources Median Household Income and Social Progress by State The Social Progress Index 2018 Social Progress Index: Executive Summary 2017 Social Progress... View Details
  • March 2015 (Revised February 2017)
  • Case

Shanghai: GDP Apostasy

By: George Serafeim
Balancing economic growth alongside environmental sustainability and social inclusion was becoming increasingly important in China. The case describes Shanghai's decision to abandon growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as its primary metric of measuring success.... View Details
Keywords: China; Gdp; Measurement; Measurement Problems; Accountability; Sustainability; Sustainable Development; Strategy Execution; Strategy; Balanced Scorecard; Strategy Map; Macroeconomics; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Accountability; Accounting; Environmental Sustainability; Development Economics; Corporate Governance; Shanghai
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  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

their espoused strategy and management principles. Beer and Eisenstat began implementing the process ten years ago at Becton Dickinson and Company, a medical products and diagnostic systems supplier. "Ray Gilmartin, who was CEO at... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
  • 14 Dec 2022
  • News

How to Pay Executives in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism

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Course History - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

distinctive challenges facing first-time chief executives in large, complex enterprises. The focus of the workshop is on defining an agenda as CEO, and preparing for the most challenging issues that a new CEO is likely to face. The... View Details
  • 12 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

they explain why company adoption of integrated reporting is essential for sustainable strategies and society. Martha Lagace: How do you define One Report? Robert G. Eccles and Michael P. Krzus: One Report is the integration of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Health Care Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Health Care Courses Health Care Courses Executive Education Courses Health Care Curriculum Residents & Fellows Course View Details
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Events & Presentations - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

2023 January 2023 Strategy for Health Care Delivery Online, Boston, MA Bringing together top management and senior physician leaders from global health care organizations, this Executive Education program... View Details
  • January 2019
  • Supplement

The De Beers Group: Launching GemFair for Artisanal Diamonds

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
In April 2018, the De Beers Group launched a pilot project called GemFair to create a new supply of ethically and environmentally sourced diamonds from artisanal and small-scale mines (ASM) in Sierra Leone. Whether this project would yield a meaningful supply of rough... View Details
Keywords: Diamonds; New Business; Strategy Development; Strategy Execution; Scope; ESG; Supply; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mining Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Sierra Leone; United Kingdom
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  • January 2014 (Revised March 2014)
  • Case

SAP 2014: Reaching for the Cloud

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Marco Iansiti and Noah Fisher
In May 2014, Bill McDermott will become the sole CEO of SAP AG, the world leader in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) field. The case occurs in January 2014 at SAP's investors meeting, at a time when the company's stock is near record high. A 2010 strategy... View Details
Keywords: Cloud Computing; Platform; Strategy And Execution; Strategy And Leadership; Enterprise Resource Planning; Software; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry; Germany
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  • 10 Feb 2020
  • In Practice

6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy

Even though the internet has been publicly available for almost three decades, executives at just about every company are wrestling with how to use digital technology to advance their business strategy. We asked professors from Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

ISC’s Value-Measurement in Health Care executive education courses is a good way for leaders to understand TDABC and how they can contribute to successful completion of these costing analyses. Q: Why are so few in the industry using the... View Details
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Faculty - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Ethics. Profile Jay W. Lorsch, Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations and Chairman of the Executive Education Program “Making Corporate Boards More Effective.” He is a... View Details
  • 21 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

Drawing on lessons from the battlefield is common practice for business leaders seeking tested strategies to succeed against adversity. Today, the battle against COVID-19, an invisible enemy, feels to many observers like a military... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
  • 22 May 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Testing Strategy with Multiple Performance Measures Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard at Store24

Keywords: by Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar, Susan L. Kulp & V.G. Narayanan; Food & Beverage