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- 27 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences
A: In two of the companies, there were no expats among top management and a great deal of sophistication about the best and latest in everything. In one of those, its development lab competes effectively on a world basis with similar... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Portrait Project
Parker Woltz
situations, whether I was playing in a pee-wee basketball game, competing in a spelling bee, or attempting to master a stick shift. My Dad’s guidance, strange as it may sound, gave me permission to be bold. He helped me find courage... View Details
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
Abstract In many service industries, companies compete with each other on the basis of the waiting time their customers experience, along with other strategic instruments such as the price they charge for their service. The objective of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
significant added competition for GM. The company will no longer just compete with car companies; it will also have to battle cellular phone and other online communication companies. Similarly, there is the question of whether there is a... View Details
- 07 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Innovation in Asia
organizational structures that will help them compete globally. We have moved from 'manufactured in China' to 'designed in China.'— John Deng, Vimicro Pramathesh Rath, India's consul general in New York, emphasized that India is quickly... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World
to expand their market power through vertical and horizontal integration," Silk explains. Within the media industry, a central fact is that its many actors, from venerable big-city dailies to the hottest Internet sites, are competing for... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Right Connections
From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. When trying to secure backing for a high-risk start-up, whom you know can be just as... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 2012
- Working Paper
Expertise Dissensus: A Multi-level Model of Teams' Differing Perceptions about Member Expertise
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Lisa Kwan
Why are some teams more effective than others at using their members' expertise to achieve short-term performance and longer term developmental benefits? We propose that a critical factor is expertise dissensus-members' differing perceptions of each other's level of... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Failure; Experience and Expertise; Research; Performance Effectiveness; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Perception; Personal Development and Career
Gardner, Heidi K., and Lisa Kwan. "Expertise Dissensus: A Multi-level Model of Teams' Differing Perceptions about Member Expertise." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-070, February 2012. (Revised March 2012.)
- May 2010 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
From Imitation to Innovation: Zongshen Industrial Group
By: Willy Shih and Nancy Hua Dai
As Zuo Zongshen drove the transformation of the Zongshen Industrial Group from an early imitator in the motorcycle business to a company that increasingly focused on innovation as a way to get out of the hyper-competitive commodity business, he continually faced new... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Learning; Investment; Disruptive Innovation; Knowledge Acquisition; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Motorcycle Industry; China
Shih, Willy, and Nancy Hua Dai. "From Imitation to Innovation: Zongshen Industrial Group." Harvard Business School Case 610-057, May 2010. (Revised June 2012.)
- Article
Lone Inventors as Sources of Technological Breakthroughs: Myth or Reality?
Are lone inventors more or less likely to invent breakthroughs? Recent research has attempted to resolve this question by considering the variance of creative outcome distributions. It has implicitly assumed a symmetric thickening or thinning of both tails, i.e., that... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Independent Innovation and Invention; Patents; Groups and Teams; Creativity
Singh, Jasjit, and Lee Fleming. "Lone Inventors as Sources of Technological Breakthroughs: Myth or Reality?" Management Science 56, no. 1 (January 2010).
- December 2010
- Article
Acquisitions as Exaptation: The Legacy of Founding Institutions in the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry
By: Christopher Marquis and Zhi Huang
This study focuses on the imprinting of institutional environments, particularly how founding institutions impact intra-organizational capabilities and how such imprints may have different external manifestations in subsequent historical eras. We introduce the concept... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Banking; Organizations; Theory; Policy; Government and Politics; Management Practices and Processes; Strategy; Competency and Skills; United States
Marquis, Christopher, and Zhi Huang. "Acquisitions as Exaptation: The Legacy of Founding Institutions in the U.S. Commercial Banking Industry." Academy of Management Journal 53, no. 6 (December 2010): 1441–1473.
- September 2008
- Teaching Note
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (TN)
By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for [608-123]. View Details
- November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Supplement
GE's Talent Machine: The Making of a CEO
CEO Jeff Immelt, ex-CEO Jack Welch, and HR Chief Bill Conaty discuss how GE has made talent development a source of sustainable competitive advantage. Immelt describes GE's deeply embedded philosophy around its people and how it has allowed the company to add value... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Business or Company Management; Performance Capacity; Performance Effectiveness; Competitive Advantage; System; Value
Bartlett, Christopher A. "GE's Talent Machine: The Making of a CEO." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 304-804, November 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
these large businesses to succeed. (We're targeting Fortune 1000 companies.) That was the key decision we made—not to compete against them. No way do we want to compete against Dell. What we want to do is... View Details
- February 2017
- Case
Valerie Daniels-Carter: High Growth Entrepreneurship via Franchising
By: Steven Rogers and Alyssa Haywoode
This case looks at entrepreneurship via franchising through the leadership of an African-American entrepreneur who owns almost 150 stores including Burger King, Pizza Huts, and Auntie Anne’s Pretzels. Her company is the largest female-owned franchise business in the... View Details
Keywords: Giving And Philanthropy; Weather And Climate Change; Franchise Ownership; Family Business; Experience and Expertise; Decisions; Borrowing and Debt; Food; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business History; Climate Change; Motivation and Incentives; Food and Beverage Industry
Rogers, Steven, and Alyssa Haywoode. "Valerie Daniels-Carter: High Growth Entrepreneurship via Franchising." Harvard Business School Case 317-030, February 2017.
- 07 Feb 2019
- News
A Course Correction at Chris-Craft
president and CEO—notes that plans include expanding the plant and the payroll as well as the customer base. “There are parts of the market we don’t participate in and we're going to be able to migrate into those. Right now, we compete... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Books
Advantage outlines a framework that goes beyond maximizing internal competencies to leveraging the collective competencies of one’s entire network for competitive advantage. Confidence by Rosabeth Moss... View Details
- 22 Jun 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Motivation
Questions To Be Answered What's the best bonus program to boost sales productivity? Can companies inspire heroism in employees? Can employers promote moral behavior? Does money lead to creativity? What's The Best Bonus Program To Boost Sales Productivity? Do Bonuses... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- February 2020 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Catalant's Operating System for the Future of Work
By: Christopher Stanton, William R. Kerr, James Palano and Kendall Smith
This case touches on the topics of project-based work, agile methodology, and skill and talent management through Catalant's evolution as a company. Catalant’s journey to becoming a software platform and talent marketplace provides context for students to explore new... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Talent and Talent Management; Business Model; Transformation
Stanton, Christopher, William R. Kerr, James Palano, and Kendall Smith. "Catalant's Operating System for the Future of Work." Harvard Business School Case 820-093, February 2020. (Revised August 2020.)