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25 Jul 2012
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Answers to Your Questions on Skilled Immigration

July 2021
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Playing the Field: Competing Bids for Anadarko Petroleum Corp

By: E. Scott Mayfield, Daniel Green and Benjamin C. Esty

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February 2024
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Collaborate on the Core, Compete on the Edges

By: Frank Nagle

In the rapidly evolving environment of modern business, the digitization of economic activity and the ubiquitous integration of technology across industries are fundamentally altering how companies develop and implement strategy. The rise of digital technologies has... View Details

Keywords: Technology Adoption; Competition; Cooperation; Collaborative Innovation and Invention

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17 Dec 2015
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Are the 'Best and Brightest' Going into Finance? Skill Development and Career Choice of MIT Graduates

Keywords: by Pian Shu; Education; Financial Services

January 2006
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The Innovator's Dilemma as a Problem of Organizational Competence

By: Rebecca M. Henderson

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Problems and Challenges; Organizations; Competency and Skills

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Explaining the Loss of Community: Competing Logics and Institutional Change in the U.S. Banking Industry

By: Christopher Marquis, Zhi Huang and Juan Almandoz

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Conflict and Resolution; Banking Industry; United States

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March 2010 (Revised February 2013)
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Baltic Beverages Holding: Competing in a Globalizing World (A)

By: Juan Alcacer, Rasmus Karl Gustaf Molander and Rakeen Mabud

The Finnish brewer Hartwall and the Swedish brewer Pripps had to decide how to react to the rapidly changing European political, economic, and business environment in 1989–1990. View Details

Keywords: Economics; Globalized Economies and Regions; Government and Politics; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Finland; Sweden

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Competing through Development Capability in a Manufacturing-based Organization

By: S. C. Wheelwright and K. B. Clark

Keywords: Competition; Growth and Development; Organizations; Manufacturing Industry

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01 Apr 2007
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Leadership Team - Complementary Strengths or Competing Agendas

Keywords: Stephen A. Miles, Michael D. Watkins

What about the race between education and technology in the Global South? Comparing skill premiums in colonial Africa and Asia

Historical research on the race between education and technology has focused on the West but barely touched upon ‘the rest’. A new occupational wage database for 50 African and... View Details

01 Aug 2012
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Ten Reasons Winners Keep Winning, Aside from Skill

23 Apr 2024
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Developing Skills and Finding a Sense of Purpose Through Volunteering in Your Community

July 2019 (Revised May 2020)
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AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow

By: William R. Kerr, Joseph B. Fuller and Carl Kreitzberg

By the late 2000s, rapid changes in the telecommunications industry forced AT&T’s management team to take on a task that CEO Randall Stephenson called the “biggest logistical challenge” they had ever seen: retraining 100,000 workers by 2020. In 2012, internal company... View Details

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24 Oct 2018
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America’s Need for Skilled Immigrants Isn’t Going Away

July 2006 (Revised March 2010)
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Symantec vs. McAfee: Competing in the Consumer Anti-virus Industry

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell

Symantec and McAfee hold 53.6% and 18.8% respectively, of the anti-virus software market as of 2006. While the market is concentrated with five firms controlling over 90%, Microsoft is on the eve of releasing a consumer security subscription packed called OneCare Live.... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Software; Information Technology Industry

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17 Dec 2015
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Acquiring Business Skills To Advance A Career Trajectory

As a boy in Asheboro, North Carolina, George Sondecker (MBA 2016) developed a fondness for launching rockets that evolved into a passion for working in the aerospace industry. A fellowship provided by gifts to the HBS Fund is helping him pursue an MBA to acquire the... View Details

Keywords: Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

24 Oct 2017
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How the mom-and-pop can compete in a changed marketplace

May 2019 (Revised February 2022)
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The Gig Economy: Leasing Skills to Pay the Bills

By: Joseph Fuller, William R. Kerr and Carl Kreitzberg

This primer provides a comprehensive exploration into the gig economy and how it is reshaping global business. It shows how the Uber driver, the freelancing programmer in India, and the independent corporate consultant are all different variants of the modern-day gig... View Details

Keywords: Gig Economy; COVID-19 Pandemic; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Labor; Strategy; Management; Globalization; North America; Europe; United States; United Kingdom

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22 Sep 2015
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Putting Entrepreneurial Skills to Work in City Hall

hard to help people, to make a difference in their lives, to make Boston a better place for jobs, a better place for families, and to give chances to kids to reach their full potential. We set, I hope, a bit of a standard for cities... View Details