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  • July – August 2009
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Organizational Ambidexterity: Balancing Exploitation and Exploration for Sustained Performance

By: Sebastian Raisch, Julian Birkinshaw, Gilbert Probst and Michael Tushman
Organizational ambidexterity has emerged as a new research paradigm in organization theory, yet several issues that are fundamental to this debate remain controversial. We explore four central tensions here: Should organizations achieve ambidexterity through... View Details
Keywords: Change; Innovation and Invention; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Research; Integration
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Raisch, Sebastian, Julian Birkinshaw, Gilbert Probst, and Michael Tushman. "Organizational Ambidexterity: Balancing Exploitation and Exploration for Sustained Performance." Organization Science 20, no. 4 (July–August 2009): 685–695.
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Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the outcomes that matter to patients, and measure the cost to achieve them. Payment should reflect value and not volume. Networks of care that View Details
  • 2014
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The Governance of Social Enterprises: Mission Drift and Accountability Challenges in Hybrid Organizations

By: Alnoor Ebrahim, Julie Battilana and Johanna Mair
We examine the challenges of governance facing organizations that pursue a social mission through the use of market mechanisms. These hybrid organizations, often referred to as social enterprises, combine aspects of both charity and business at their core. In this... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Hybrid Organizations; Nonprofit; Performance Measurement; Legal Form; Agency Theory; Stakeholder Management; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Corporate Accountability
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Ebrahim, Alnoor, Julie Battilana, and Johanna Mair. "The Governance of Social Enterprises: Mission Drift and Accountability Challenges in Hybrid Organizations." Research in Organizational Behavior 34 (2014): 81–100.
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Competitive Strategy

By: Michael E. Porter

Porter is engaged in a major new body of work on the theoretical foundations of competitive positioning and the underpinnings of sustainable competitive advantage. This research highlights the distinction between positioning and operational effectiveness; the... View Details

  • October 2019 (Revised February 2023)
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Gupta Media: Performance Marketing in the Digital Age

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Courtney Han
Gupta Media is a Digital Marketing firm started in 2005 that places advertisements and marketing promotions for its clients in digital media, mainly social media such as Facebook and Google. Over the years it had built its expertise in promoting music labels, artists... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Digital Marketing; Performance; Measurement and Metrics; Social Media; Advertising Industry
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Courtney Han. "Gupta Media: Performance Marketing in the Digital Age." Harvard Business School Case 520-031, October 2019. (Revised February 2023.)
  • Fall 2023
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Identify Critical Roles to Improve Performance

By: Boris Groysberg, Eric Lin, Abhijit Naik and Sascha L Schmidt
Putting strategy into play requires knowing your organization’s crucial roles and making sure your best talent occupies them. View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Employees; Organizational Structure
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Groysberg, Boris, Eric Lin, Abhijit Naik, and Sascha L Schmidt. "Identify Critical Roles to Improve Performance." MIT Sloan Management Review 65, no. 1 (Fall 2023): 58–61.
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Team - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

by Professor Michael E. Porter and is based in the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School. Faculty and staff... View Details
  • September 2009 (Revised May 2011)
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Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (A)

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan
Acumen Fund is a global venture capital firm with a dual purpose: it looks for a return on its investments, and it also seeks entrepreneurial solutions to global poverty. This case examines Acumen's new projects in Kenya. The organization's investment committee and its... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Social Enterprise; Financial Services Industry; Kenya
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Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (A)." Harvard Business School Case 310-011, September 2009. (Revised May 2011.)
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Organizational Performance: Recent Developments in Measurement

By: R. M. Kanter and D. Brinkerhoff
Keywords: Organizations; Performance; Measurement and Metrics
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Kanter, R. M., and D. Brinkerhoff. "Organizational Performance: Recent Developments in Measurement." Annual Review of Sociology 7 (1981): 321–49.
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Providers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

are part of, and function as teams rather than free agents. Focus on the full cycle of care. Integrate care with both upstream and downstream entities to ensure good patient results. Demonstrate good... View Details
  • 09 Apr 2018
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The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

where they stand relative to their coworkers. Does telling an employee that her job performance falls in the bottom of her group better her performance? CEO Bonus Plans: And How to Fix Them While... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 2007
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Multi-Sided Platforms: From Microfoundations to Design and Expansion Strategies

By: Andrei Hagiu
Multi-sided platforms (MSPs), which bring together two or more interdependent groups of customers, have recently risen to economic and business prominence in many industries. This paper first lays out a simple micro-founded framework which aims to organize academic and... View Details
Keywords: Multi-Sided Platforms
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Hagiu, Andrei. "Multi-Sided Platforms: From Microfoundations to Design and Expansion Strategies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-094, May 2007.
  • March 2019 (Revised March 2023)
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Accion's Fintech Strategy

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Michael Chu and Tricia Gregg
Accion, an NGO, had been a pioneer in microfinance since its entry into that sector in the early 1970s. Its investments in Banco Compartamos paid off, when the microfinance bank went IPO in 2007, leaving an influx of $138 million for Accion. Under a new CEO, Michael... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Impact Investing; Financial Inclusion; Technological Innovation; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Performance Effectiveness; Non-Governmental Organizations; Microfinance; Financial Institutions; Business Growth and Maturation; Customer Focus and Relationships; Industry Growth
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, Michael Chu, and Tricia Gregg. "Accion's Fintech Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 319-091, March 2019. (Revised March 2023.)
  • 29 Jul 2022
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Closing the Gap Between Digital Marketing Spending and Performance

  • 05 Jul 2017
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Designing an Agile Software Portfolio Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Performance

Keywords: by Alan MacCormack, Robert Lagerström, Martin Mocker, and Carliss Y. Baldwin; Tourism
  • February 2021
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The Department of Justice as a Gatekeeper in Whistleblower-Initiated Corporate Fraud Enforcement: Drivers and Consequences

By: Jonas Heese, Ranjani Krishnan and Hari Ramasubramanian
We examine drivers and consequences of U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) oversight of whistleblower cases of corporate fraud against the government. We find that the DOJ is more likely to intervene in and conduct longer investigations of cases that have a higher chance... View Details
Keywords: Whistleblowing; Department Of Justice; DOJ Enforcement; Performance Measures; False Claims Act; Crime and Corruption; Governance Compliance; Law Enforcement
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Heese, Jonas, Ranjani Krishnan, and Hari Ramasubramanian. "The Department of Justice as a Gatekeeper in Whistleblower-Initiated Corporate Fraud Enforcement: Drivers and Consequences." Journal of Accounting & Economics 71, no. 1 (February 2021).
  • July 2019
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'Forward Flow': A New Measure to Quantify Free Thought and Predict Creativity

By: Kurt Gray, Stephen Anderson, Eric Evan Chen, John Michael Kelly, Michael S. Christian, John Patrick, Laura Huang, Yoed N. Kenett and Kevin Lewis
When the human mind is free to roam, its subjective experience is characterized by a continuously evolving stream of thought. Although there is a technique that captures people’s streams of free thought—free association—its utility for scientific research is undermined... View Details
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking; Creativity; Forecasting and Prediction
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Gray, Kurt, Stephen Anderson, Eric Evan Chen, John Michael Kelly, Michael S. Christian, John Patrick, Laura Huang, Yoed N. Kenett, and Kevin Lewis. "'Forward Flow': A New Measure to Quantify Free Thought and Predict Creativity." American Psychologist 74, no. 5 (July 2019): 539–554.
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Information Technology - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

help providers and other players in the health care system leverage information technology to help them achieve two key aims: restructuring care delivery and measuring results... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2014
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Align Your Social Media and Recruiting Strategies

associations to create word of mouth marketing about your Q&A platform or a live chat you’re hosting. You may even invite students who have previously interned at your organization to be a key participant in the chat. Set Goals and... View Details
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Systems Integration - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

a component of the whole organization. For instance, high-cost and highly resourced downtown medical campuses may be better suited for complex medical conditions, while regional care centers may be better suited for lower acuity, more... View Details
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