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- 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
- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
network." Another factor that can reconfigure a network is risk, Stuart adds. "The general reluctance in doing business with strangers revolves around trust," he says. "You don't know how to assess their competence and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
executing the company’s core strategy: using technology to differentiate GE’s products in the marketplace. At an estimated $30 billion globally for high-tech security products, it’s a market with plenty of room for growth. Parker is... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
structures such as codes are associated with improvements in supplier labor practices, especially in organizations in which they compete with productivity-driving incentive structures. We investigate under what internal structural... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
is reinventing how organizations compete in the digital world. The School welcomed the first cohort of fellows at the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS), bringing together researchers and practitioners to address... View Details
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
interactions between an innovative entrant and an incumbent where the incumbent may imitate the entrant's business model innovation once it is revealed. We find that an entrant needs to strategically choose whether to reveal its innovation by View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
Economy. "It requires abandoning past business models and challenging current assumptions and beliefs. It entails breaking many of the rules we've played by for generations." If your corporate culture is stifling your ability to View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 16 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
organization in an ongoing process of change and revitalization is necessarily complex. Pitfalls lie waiting where least expected. To avoid the cyclical trap of success-failure-rebirth, firms need to develop competency in simultaneously... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
the constraints of its and the company's mission and values. Leonard and Swap identify several ways to facilitate this task. Working with a physical prototype of a new product, they suggest, provides a tangible focus. In addition, identifying the organization's View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
2018 Redwood City, Stanford Business Books The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
colossal tumble. A recapitalization of the company led to a fairy-tale rebound as the group returned to selling its core building sets. LEGO earned $1.0 billion as sales approached $3.5 billion in 2011, and in 2012, it overtook Hasbro as... View Details
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
already occupies. Share customer lists and credit cards with the new businesses. Share the company's competency in product purchasing. Share key management skills with the new LOBS. Financially, SMI had dual objectives: Maintain market... View Details
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
conditions and competing forms of entertainment that is displacing legitimate sales." The industry is rethinking its position, although change occurs slowly. Q: Let's talk strategy. What have been the recording companies' strategies... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career
School has done a great job maintaining its core values over the years. What are some of the biggest changes you have seen? Certainly, the mix of our student body is quite different; you can see it when you look at photos from across the... View Details
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Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report
It’s good to bring the core financial skills but boards these days are also looking for expertise on how to navigate economic uncertainty, capital allocation, cybersecurity, digital transformation and AI, and all things talent and human... View Details
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
stay focused on the company's core competence, i.e., developing superior search solutions and monetizing them through targeted advertising. Another option is to branch into new arenas, for example, build Google into a portal like Yahoo or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
technical training for its long-tenured tool-and-die professionals. “We are now a core group, and for anything beyond that we bring in people on a project and per-hour basis,” Chirchirillo explains. “We are doing more just-in-time work;... View Details
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
The track record is well known and sobering for any entrepreneur: 90 percent of all new ventures fail. It's not hard to see why. Start-ups often lack vital resources, must compete against established companies, and have little or no track... View Details
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
are two mechanisms by which this can happen: engaging the periphery may either change the information set of the core or help align incentives of multiple core actors. Engaging the periphery might be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth
from the core business who has demonstrated a record of success? An outsider who has started and grown a successful company? The school-of-experience view suggests that both of these managers might be risky hires. The internal candidate... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Raynor