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- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/14-040_96933ceb-3097-4432-97d1-0b32625889f9.pdf January 2014 Harvard Business Review Building a Game-Changing Talent Strategy By: Ready, Douglas A., Linda A. Hill, and Robert J. Thomas... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Skilled Immigration and the Employment Structures of US Firms
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
will often consider the giant risk but ignore the smaller risks that create friction in the supply chain," says M. Eric Johnson, director of the Center for Digital Strategies at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business in Hanover,... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
their own weaknesses. Please elaborate; you write in your book that "learning how to express your vulnerabilities on appropriate occasions is an emerging leadership skill." A: One of the great myths of leadership in recent years... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
subsidiary in an international market. These sorts of assignments, almost by definition, require individuals to establish direction, communicate that direction (vision and strategies) to diverse stakeholders, and figure out how to motivate the stakeholders to implement... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 01 Oct 2014
- What Do You Think?
Is Too Much Focus a Problem?
challenge as one of employing focus appropriately or in proper proportion to more broadly "noticing." Cedric Roossel said: "To put it simply, you don't want to be focused during a strategy... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
Publications April 2015 HarperBusiness Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs By: Yoffie, David B., and Michael A. Cusumano Abstract—The authors of the bestselling Competing on Internet Time (a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation
accommodating an appropriate level of economic activity. Businesses have historically overcome this type of challenge through the introduction of risk-mitigating technologies, which in this pandemic include technologies, business... View Details
Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
requirements and other rules, and boards and managers comply. Economies with good governance structures perform better than those lacking such systems. · A board's key functions are overseeing a company's strategy and leadership,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0910.html#wp10-070 When the Name Is the Game Authors:Marco Bertini, John Gourville, and Elie Ofek Publication:Business Strategy Review 22, no. 3 (2011) Abstract In Romeo and Juliet,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
personalized selling (cosmetics, for example), online shops have a hard time creating a satisfying experience. Hence stores have much to offer in these product categories. What strategies can retailers implement given the increasing lack... View Details
- 18 Dec 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Grooming Next-Generation Leaders
as foundational skills, critical business functions, strategy formulation and implementation, and personal leadership. For the organization, according to Sasser and Narayandas, talent is key to competitive advantage. And for the talented... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jun 2008
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?
behaviors. As a result, for example, four in five product introductions perform below expectations. The Zaltmans expand on ideas they have been studying for some years, namely that strategies of all kinds can be based on insights gained... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
geography still matter enormously in global business. Strategy and Society: The Link between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility Authors:M. E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer Periodical:Harvard Business Review 84, no. 12... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jun 2021
- Book
9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'
His 2011 book Joining a Nonprofit Board explored high-level governance strategy issues. His new book offers pragmatic advice about the critical endeavor of fundraising. This book “is devoted to helping improve raising of financial... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
appropriate systemic connections to effectively distribute solutions. Thus, these challenges cannot be dealt with by one profession or institution acting alone; indeed, effective action most often occurs at the intersections of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
senses road conditions and applies the appropriate wheel traction and suspension system pressures. CEO and senior management must understand that historical constraints of every kind continue to be knocked off IT because it is a... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
and staff appropriately all while maintaining credibility with his investors in the furniture hardware company he has owned for less than a year. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/813046-PDF-ENG EnerNOC: DemandSMART Michael W.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, February 28
success factors for managing business experiments at the “incubation moment,” which appear to improve the prospects of success. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52307 forthcoming Strategy Science... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
creating psychological safety, and overcoming defensive interpersonal dynamics that inhibit the sharing of ideas. Further, they can use practical management strategies to help organizations realize the benefits inherent in both success... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel