defense - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 9

strategy that will put LEGO back on track. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/713478-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 613-025 Austal, Ltd. (A) Austal, Ltd. was an Australian builder of high-speed passenger ferries. It had translated that expertise into a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care

claims. This practice, known as "re-underwriting," negates the purpose of health insurance and must be eliminated. Fewer Lawsuits. Malpractice litigation and the associated defensive medical practices inflict huge costs on... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

17 Nov 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?

as good or bad outlooks you're born with but as mindsets to adopt as situations demand." When testing strategic plans, deploy defensive pessimism, imagining all the things that can go wrong in the future. But when the task requires... View Details

30 Aug 2006
Op-Ed

The Compensation Game

rise of executive pay over time as a product of efficient markets and argued that the increase merely reflects the growing marginal productivity of chief executives. Unfortunately, this standard defense reflects a broad misconception of... View Details

Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

tutoring to financial support of Pediatric AIDS, The Children's Defense Fund, and Action for Children. It is likely that the Columbus corporations' interest in benefiting children stems from the influence of Dave Thomas, the founder of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

Harbour Group invested in Babcock & Wilcox, an energy and construction company. Blue Harbour developed an investment thesis around Babcock & Wilcox spinning off its non-nuclear, coal-based energy segments and focused on being a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

accretion or dilution to expect based on the terms of a deal. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208059 Evaluating M&A Deals—How Poison Pills Work Harvard Business School Note 208-061 The poison pill View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

countries—including, for instance, the defense of intellectual property rights in some countries and the neglect of counterfeiting and piracy in others—is opening up new debates and controversies on this subject. 3. Globalization. For... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

software), these strategies have endured for many years and enabled the growth of large and successful firms (such as Intuit and Siebel Systems). A well-executed niche strategy, because of its focus, will exhibit strong defenses against a... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

02 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

moral of this story is not how to do crisis management faster and better in a lightning-fast digital world. It’s that even the nimblest and deftest crisis management response cannot contain the damage of going straight to “call security” and crossing the last line of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

Democratic caucuses in red states; the organizations he built for the primaries in these states set him up to win several of them in the general. In the closing weeks, he put McCain on defense in multiple red states, making it tough for... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

05 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

Resources Defense Council, 350.org, Protect Our Winters, and Citizen's Climate Lobby to support their work, become educated on climate science and policy solutions, and understand effective lobbying. Fifth, managers should demand that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

31 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

renegotiations, and the personal interests of highly placed individuals. The resulting power purchase agreements had led to high prices for electricity, imbalances of risks and rewards, and an unwillingness of officials to use the most effective View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

course, starting a company at an opportune time and place also displays a certain kind of skill as well.Q: What are some of the more actively pursued industries by entrepreneurs? A: Venture capitalists typically invest in industries that have substantial growth... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

05 Feb 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?

implemented by a new breed of educator, one that has had little to do with the traditional halls of ivy or institutions such as academic tenure. The Christensen defense to this educational competitive threat might be for traditional... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

and timetable for expected results. It would have to rely heavily on private industry with the assistance and support of a government agency. It would require high-profile leadership. Inevitably, this person would be labeled a “czar.” Former US Secretary of View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

19 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature

Despite its name, the Great Wall of China began as a series of smaller, isolated defensive fortifications. Those structures grew and were later unified into the imposing structure that exists today. The Great Wall is a great metaphor for the Chinese economy. By... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Manufacturing

29 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?

accommodating in finding a compromise that does not look like punishment but may encourage others to seek their own deal. This is a big wake-up call for Europe. It is clear that it must reboot. There are many places to find closer integration, including a closer View Details

Keywords: by Dante Roscini

07 Feb 2005
What Do You Think?

If You Blink, Will You Miss?

blink." One argument put forth against blink was that its use makes poor decisions more difficult to defend. As Harlyn Sianturi put it, “Blink happens and it may be practiced by business leaders all over the world. However, it will remain less View Details