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- 2009
- Manual
Instructor's Manual to Accompany Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Robert D. Austin and Deborah Soule
This new edition examines how information technology enables organizations to conduct business in radically different and more effective ways. The authors objective is to provide readers with a better understanding of the influence of twenty-first century technologies... View Details
- 14 Jun 2023
- News
Investing in Growth Through Uncertainty
- July–August 2012
- Article
The Growth Opportunity That Lies Next Door
By: G. Jones
This article uses the case of Natura, the largest Brazilian beauty company and one of the world's top twenty beauty companies, to explore how the logic of globalization is changing for corporations from emerging countries as growth opportunities in those countries... View Details
Keywords: Brazil; Marketing; Green Marketing; Environment; Globalization; Developing Countries and Economies; Geographic Location; Growth and Development Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Latin America; Europe
Jones, G. "The Growth Opportunity That Lies Next Door." Harvard Business Review 90, nos. 7-8 (July–August 2012): 141–145.
- June 2015
- Article
You Need an Innovation Strategy
By: Gary P. Pisano
Why is it so hard to build and maintain the capacity to innovate? The reason is not simply a failure to execute but a failure to articulate an innovation strategy that aligns innovation efforts with the overall business strategy. Without such a strategy, companies will... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Strategy
Pisano, Gary P. "You Need an Innovation Strategy." Harvard Business Review 93, no. 6 (June 2015): 44–54.
- February 2010
- Case
Corporate Strategy at Berkshire Partners
By: Julie M. Wulf and Scott Waggoner
The managing directors of Berkshire Partners, a mid-sized private equity firm, address strategic and organizational challenges in response to turbulent market conditions, rapid firm growth, and the transition of leadership from its founding partners to the next... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Boston
Wulf, Julie M., and Scott Waggoner. "Corporate Strategy at Berkshire Partners." Harvard Business School Case 710-414, February 2010.
- 03 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
Align Your Social Media and Recruiting Strategies
critical to the success of your efforts. Create an editorial calendar and content strategy based on your goals and enable those managing your social media accounts to follow it... View Details
- Web
Course Overview - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
distinctive challenges facing first-time chief executives in large, complex enterprises. The focus of the workshop is on defining an agenda as CEO, and preparing for the most challenging issues that a new... View Details
- May 2010
- Case
Flare Fragrances Company, Inc: Analyzing Growth Opportunities
By: John A. Quelch and Lisa D. Donovan
Flare Fragrances, a manufacturer of perfumes for women, faces a growth challenge in a difficult economic environment. CEO Joely Patterson outlines two growth opportunities for her marketing staff to evaluate. One involves launching a new scent -- and possibly... View Details
Keywords: Quantitative Analysis; Market Segmentation; Product Introduction; New Product Marketing; Product Lines; Product Positioning; Distribution; Product Launch; Segmentation; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry
Quelch, John A., and Lisa D. Donovan. "Flare Fragrances Company, Inc: Analyzing Growth Opportunities." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-550, May 2010.
- 21 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Common Strategy Mistakes
"Michael Porter didn't get to be a giant in the field of competition and strategy by hunting small game." Joan Magretta begins her new book on Harvard Business School's Michael Porter's work by... View Details
Keywords: by Joan Magretta
- Web
Cluster Studies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
foundational work on cluster mapping that Prof. Michael E. Porter has led at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC), Harvard Business School over the last two decades. He launched the U.S.... View Details
- March 1999 (Revised April 2017)
- Teaching Note
Citibank: Performance Evaluation
By: Robert Simons and Antonio Dávila
Teaching Note for (9-198-048). View Details
- June 2000
- Case
Egon Zehnder International: Managing Professionals in an Executive Search Firm
Compares the management of professionals at Egon Zehnder International, a leading executive search firm, and its competitors. Highlights recruitment, rewards, and retention as key dimensions of strategy in professional service firms. View Details
Ghemawat, Pankaj. "Egon Zehnder International: Managing Professionals in an Executive Search Firm." Harvard Business School Case 700-133, June 2000.
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About Michael Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative About Michael Porter “He has influenced more executives... View Details
- 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 View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 20 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
that no one had ever seen and that no one understood what it did was brilliant” Those are the questions David B. Yoffie and Michael A. Cusumano address in their new book, View Details
- January 2013 (Revised January 2013)
- Course Overview Note
Running Small and Medium Size Enterprises (RSME) Winter Term 2013: Course Overview and Syllabus
Course Overview and Syllabus for RSME View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Entrepreneurs; Small ＆ Medium-sized Enterprises; Small And Medium-sized Enterprises; Small Business; Small And Medium Enterprises; Small Company Management; Small Companies; Operations Management; Growth Management; Growth Strategy; Growth Planning And Management; Pricing; Hiring; Firm Growth; Firm Organization; Leadership And Managing People; Entrepreneurship; Operations; Management; Leadership
Sharpe, Jim. "Running Small and Medium Size Enterprises (RSME) Winter Term 2013: Course Overview and Syllabus." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 813-128, January 2013. (Revised January 2013.)
- Research Summary
Making Markets Work: An Executive Education Program for Africa
By: Debora L. Spar
In the last decades of the 20th century economic growth was distributed unevenly across the world. While some countries experienced sustained and unprecedented prosperity, others fell further and further behind. This widening gap was particularly evident in Africa,... View Details
- 20 Apr 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Why Every Company Needs a CSR Strategy and How to Build It
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Course History - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
distinctive challenges facing first-time chief executives in large, complex enterprises. The focus of the workshop is on defining an agenda as CEO, and preparing for the most challenging issues that a new... View Details
- Article
Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey
By: Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan
This article examines the emergence and development of what became the largest business group in Turkey, the Koç Group. This venture was an important factor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governance; History; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey
Jones, Geoffrey, and Asli M. Colpan. "Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey." Special Issue on Business Groups around the World. Business History 58, no. 1 (2016): 69–88.