Strategy Execution - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Jun 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Multi-Sided Platforms: From Microfoundations to Design and Expansion Strategies

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu; Technology

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

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

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The New CEO Workshop - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

executive officers and CEO designates of major corporations to focus on strategy, setting an agenda, and facing the challenges of leadership. The sessions are extremely interactive, tailored for each new group of participants, and... View Details

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

managed to alter the competitive environment within their industries and even across industry lines.1 The need for a formal approach to corporate strategy was first articulated by top executives of M-form... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

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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

TeachingInterests

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Agile at Scale: From OKR's and Agile to Execution Excellence

What do you want to get out of your remaining time at HBS, your career and life-plan to make an impact, starting from Day 1 post-HBS? By developing tools to drive your personal success and strategy at HBS, in this interactive immersion, we will dive into how the... 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

July 2020 (Revised September 2020)
Case

Property Finder's Strategy for Online Classifieds in the MENA Region

By: Krishna G. Palepu, Gamze Yucaoglu and Fares Khrais

The case opens in 2020 as Michael Lahyani, founder and CEO of Property Finder, Dubai’s leading online real estate classifieds portal, contemplates the company’s five-year growth strategy.
Since its founding in 2005 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Property... View Details

Keywords: General Business; Real Estate; Entrepreneurship; Property; Strategy; Emerging Markets; Growth Management; Online Technology; Real Estate Industry; Technology Industry; United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia; Egypt; Turkey

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2019
Working Paper

From Know-It-Alls to Learn-It-Alls: Executive Development in the Era of Self-Refining Algorithms, Collaborative Filtering and Wearable Computing

By: Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas

We examine the future of executive education on a technological and cultural landscape that is imminent but different to the one we are accustomed to. We show how the contextualization, socialization and personalization of learning—avowed but distal goals of current... View Details

Keywords: Executive Education; Leadership Development; Technological Innovation; Customization and Personalization; Management Skills; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Sharing

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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Kaplan’s research, Executive Education teaching, and consulting focus on linking cost and performance management systems to strategy implementation. His current research focuses on two topics: measuring and... View Details

June 2010 (Revised April 2017)
Teaching Note

Pfizer: Letter from the Chairman (A) and (B)

By: Robert Simons and Kathryn Rosenberg

Teaching Note for 110003 and 110004. View Details

Keywords: Management Control Systems; Strategy And Execution; Performance Measurement; Pharmaceutical Industry

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12 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy

time has come. The spread of integrated reporting will drive better understanding of how companies use resources to create value, improve governance and management, and engage stakeholders. Eccles has developed and is pursuing a plan to create awareness and drive... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Eccles; Accounting

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Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Creating Shared Value CSV Creating Shared Value CSV Explained Emerging Topics CSV in Practice Published CSV Cases Published CSV Cases Published CSV Cases Please find below a selection of the cases taught in our senior executive... View Details

February 2014 (Revised March 2014)
Case

Red Star Furniture Group Co. Ltd.

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Pedro Nueno

Founded in 1986, Red Star had become the leading department store in China for furniture and home equipment products (bathroom, lamps, textiles complements, etc.). The business model of Red Star was to provide adequate space for vendors (that rented the space) in good... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; Growth Strategy And Execution; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; China

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22 Feb 2021
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Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

modern-day sales management. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity: Kristen Senz: What shifts in sales should managers and executives be aware of right now? Frank Cespedes: Prospects are now online and offline throughout... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

April 1991 (Revised May 2017)
Teaching Note

Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision

By: Robert Simons

Teaching Note for (9-190-059). View Details

Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Boundary Systems; Information Technology; Decision Making

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September 1987 (Revised May 2017)
Teaching Note

Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System

By: Robert Simons

Teaching Note for (9-187-081). View Details

Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Control Systems; Planning; System

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December 2006 (Revised October 2016)
Case

eClinicalWorks: The Paths to Growth

By: Robert F. Higgins and Mark Rennella

In January 2006, eClinicalWorks (eCW) had an acquisition opportunity that could fundamentally change the way they had done business since the inception of the company in 1999. eClinicalWorks was a privately run business in the healthcare information technology field... View Details