strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Oct 2018
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Preaching with a Choir

Scott Barrick (MBA 1982) is general manager of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the interview, he talks about his role in leveraging the reputation and range of the choir as an ambassador of the church. “I came from a... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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3-Minute Briefing: Rehito “Ray” Hatoyama (MBA 2008)

For Hello Kitty, we like to say, “Small gift, big smile.” We have a 10-cent lollipop at some mass retailers. But we also have $500,000 jewelry. Sanrio has more than 3,000 licensing partners in over 130 countries. The happiness of bringing a smile to someone is very... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hello Kitty; Arts, Entertainment; Special Design Services; Professional Services

20 Jun 2014
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Innovation is not a side business to running a company—innovation is the business

Leading innovation is the foundation of a company's success—in bad times as well as good. This is the lesson Lynda M. Applegate, Baker Foundation Professor, has drawn from her research. Applegate has identified an approach to managing growth and innovation while also... View Details

17 Jun 2014
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Amazon Is Not Invincible

Keywords: Amazon; negotiation; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 1996
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Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business

complements better, more plentiful, and less expensive. Traditionally, business strategy has largely focused on competition - Coke versus Pepsi - and in the process underplayed complements. There hasn't even been a word to describe... View Details

01 Dec 1996
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Entrepreneurship at HBS

however, is the strategy behind this creation of intellectual capital. In the fall of 1996 Entrepreneurial Management (EM) became an operating unit of the School with a mandate to build and grow. Like the eleven other major faculty units,... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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A Roaring Success in the Windy City

that want to get ahead should focus on strategy. "Sound strategy involves tradeoffs," said Porter. "You must pick a different endpoint than your rivals." Dean Kim B. Clark introduced conference participants to the HBS intranet,... View Details

01 Jan 2004
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A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977

historians—not just modern business gurus—if you're interested in mastering the power of strategy and the power of execution in your job." CURRENT READING Bush at War, by Bob Woodward A.G. Lafley has been credited with turning around... View Details

01 Mar 2007
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Letters to the Editor

very substantial product differentiation from their competition or, in the case of the “Truth” anti-tobacco campaign, no competition — just a villain that was an easy target. I don’t know if the agency pursued such clients as a conscious View Details

20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

about it because it resulted in a number of layoffs. Even so, I remember someone pointing at me in a bar, and we hustled out of there. It certainly left a taste in my mouth of the power of strategy and thought, but I felt really bad about... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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Honorable Mention

Association's task force on admissions, were recognized for their efforts to help develop a long-term strategy to boost admission of women to the MBA Program. David Hughes, section president, student senator, and HBS Show production... View Details

01 Mar 2003
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Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

Forest L. Reinhardt, John D. Black Professor of Business Administration Forest Reinhardt, an authority on the use of natural resources, serves as course head for the required Strategy course and also teaches the MBA elective Business and... View Details

Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2010
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Start-Ups Make Their Pitch

for desired specimens in real time. Chicago: Cinekin (Constance Freedman, MBA ’06, chief strategy officer) uses people’s movie preferences to predict the compatibility of couples. London: Qtara (Steve Berry, MBA ’79, chairman) is... View Details

Keywords: awards; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2006
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Fast Lane to Country Lane

TOGETHERNESS: Mark and Kim Lackley based their furniture business in Vermont. Learn on someone else’s dime. That’s a lesson from HBS that served Kim Alley Lackley (MBA ’94) well as she made the leap from software and Internet start-ups to launching her husband’s... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2019
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Case Study: Farming It Out

photo courtesy of Charlie Andersen Charlie Andersen (MBA 2014) grew up on a 200-acre organic family farm west of Philadelphia that produced everything from apples and blueberries to sweet corn. Andersen absolutely loved it—for the most part: “What I disliked were all... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture

28 Apr 2016
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New Venture Competition Winners Announced

Video Embed At the 2016 New Venture Competition finale 12 teams competed from 3 tracks for more $225,000 in cash prizes. The opening video portrays inspiring companies founded by HBS graduates and students to show that one simple idea can change the future. Peter Park... View Details