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  • June 2010
  • Article

The China Rules: A Practical Guide for CEOs Managing Multinational Corporations in the People's Republic

By: Lynn S. Paine
To achieve growth and profitability in the world's third-largest economy, multinationals need strong leadership--but China is tough on top executives. Pulsating with opportunity, China attracts foreigners, yet HR professionals continue to rank it as one of the most... View Details
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership; Management Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; China
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  • 07 Dec 2021
  • Op-Ed

Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge

Middle management used to be the place where careers stalled, but the COVID-19 pandemic has turned that notion on its head. In fact, mid-level leaders possess more agency now than at any other time in recent history. The tight job market is opening up new opportunities... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle
  • Web

Events & Presentations - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

this Executive Education program examines new strategies, organizational models, and measurement approaches to drive value improvement in health care delivery. Participants gain insights and capabilities to... View Details
  • 10 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

value, though they all understand profit as an essential outcome. HCHP firms are able to show sustained performance because they achieve the following three paradoxical goals: Performance alignment: Managing with their head, leaders develop an View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 28 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

part of an effort to change the culture. This sounds like a lot, but the culture cycle provides a foundation for the creation of an organization capable of setting high goals and meeting them. Q: Your research produces an eye-opening... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

corporate governance structure tailored to the firm. Q: What should CEOs be thinking about in terms of better leveraging their legal resources? Are new organizational structures needed to support this? Better training for both managers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
  • Web

Business History - Faculty & Research

capable of handling extreme ultraviolet radiation held the business unit and their partners back. Aware of how dangerous hesitant business decisions could be, ZEISS SMT was, once again, at a crossroads. Should SMT focus on investing in... View Details
  • 09 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

as nearby supporting industries; the company's ability to seek and retrieve knowledge in this setting; and its capability to do something better than competitors. An example of a firm playing tactical checkers instead of strategic chess... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Becoming a Board Member - Alumni

type of board opportunity that interests you Seek out CEOs, board members, organizational leaders, and investors who could be helpful. Then, develop a strategy to connect with them (through industry meetings, informal networks, LinkedIn,... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 8

Abstract This paper explicates the challenge of risky trust, which we define as trust that exists between parties vulnerable to high economic, legal, or reputational risks at individual or organizational levels. Drawing from analyses of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Apr 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

fact is that while we like to think of ourselves as fair, moral, and lawful, recent science shows us that we are quite capable of committing unethical acts, or approving of the dishonest acts of others, even as we believe we are doing the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Language Wars Divide Global Companies

effect was rated in the middle, neither high nor low. None of the Indian team members spoke German but overall were positive about working with Germans. The Germans, however, expressed some frustration that Indian team members were not as View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 13 Jun 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up and Listen

uncovered this dynamic in a series of studies conducted with coauthors Francis Flynn, professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Hanne Collins, an HBS doctoral student in organizational behavior. Their report, Are You... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 29 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 29, 2016

principles act as an organizational guidance system that integrates and strengthens the micromechanisms that enable leaders to build dynamic capabilities and, therefore, change-adept organizations. From... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

the Arab Gulf. The Special Committee of each generation sought to minimize the gap between capabilities and performance. However, no Special Committee began with a clean sheet of paper. Indeed, they inherited such a formidable package of... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products
  • 28 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 28

  Publications 2006 Journal of Organization Design The Strategic Fitness Process: A Collaborative Action Research Method for Developing Organizational Prototypes and Dynamic Capabilities By: Beer, Michael... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

organizations that want to change, it’s completely accessible. You see both the capability and the motivation, whereas before maybe you had the motivation but not the capability. And now the business case for DEI is overwhelmingly clear.... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint
  • 15 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 15

examine the organizational transformation of risk experts in two large U.K. banks, where we study the dynamics of the risk management function over a period of five years. Our findings indicate that the rising influence of a staff... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2009 (Revised August 2010)
  • Case

Buro Happold

By: Robert G. Eccles and Kerry Herman
Padraic Kelly became Managing Director (MD) of the engineering services firm Buro Happold in 1996. One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current size where it was constrained by a structure of having each... View Details
Keywords: Training; Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Organizational Culture; Programs
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  • 30 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Future of IT Consulting

outsourcing is still an established practice, companies have gained experience and can now do much more for themselves that they have looked to outsiders to do in the past. Managers know more about IT, more about the business and View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting