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- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
share the stories of others doing the same thing so that you can see different ways to apply each C to your own situation. Each of the 5 Cs plays some role in every leadership journey—even in my season as QB of my peewee football team. View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
How does an entrepreneur make the switch from inspiring a tiny group of followers in a metaphorical garage to leading what eventually becomes a multibillion-dollar business? The ability to translate individual creativity into sustained View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Take Responsibility for Rising Stars
Many executives believe that leadership development is a job for the HR department. This may be the single biggest misconception they can have. As corporations have broken down work into manageable activities and then consolidated View Details
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
capabilities and how such imprints may have different external manifestations in subsequent historical eras. We introduce the concept of exaptation to organizational theory, identifying an important process... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
and Organizational Capabilities Authors:R. Gibbons and R. Henderson Abstract A large literature identifies unique organizational capabilities as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- Profile
Blake Landro
horizons. “I didn’t have the skills to launch a startup,” he says. “I needed capabilities outside of sales and marketing – like finance, strategy, and accounting. I wanted to acquire abilities that would make me more valuable, more... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: Brand New
listening to customers by means of ongoing two-way communication; and building organizational capabilities that delivered on the promise of their brands. From Wedgwood’s making of a large market for his... View Details
- Web
Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
range of organizational challenges. While traditional leadership courses contemplate “what” is leadership, LEAP focuses on “how” leaders must take action at critical moments to shape their organizations and their careers. The course helps... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success
Kong, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. Together with the information acquired earlier from Tokyo-based companies, these findings will be published in a forthcoming paper. The original study looked at the impact on business performance of four "strategic levers" -... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Connecting With Nonprofits
organizational marketing. Understanding Cross-sector Collaboration My field-based research on collaborations between businesses and nonprofits, encompassing a wide range of industries and social sectors, revealed a distinctive pattern in... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategy, Know-How, and Competition By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract—The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
together a team—a very capable team, like you would if you were launching a new product—who will be focused on designing a plan and a strategy around how are you going to make these improvements and how you're going to do it at scale. And... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
organizational aspect that need to be addressed.” But if adoption spreads, blockchain could become what he calls a “foundational technology,” with the potential to undergird the world’s economic and social systems. In a recent article he... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- Profile
Olivia Melendez
organizational behavior would really enhance my ability to lead. I was also ready for a personal change. As much as I loved my West Coast life (especially weekends in Tahoe), I have to admit that I missed the East Coast! Coming to HBS is... View Details
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
marketplace hence our nomenclature refers to "virtuous mice." And there are a lot of large companies attracted to these successful social icons, but not all "wealthy elephants" are capable of entering into a successful... View Details
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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog
enabling coordinated action in pursuit of organizational performance. Our emphasis is on how GMs get things done through making and guiding both larger and smaller decisions. We show how to use decision-making processes to achieve results... View Details
- 14 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Should You Bring Advertising Expertise In-House?
the literature I have seen. Obviously, it will depend on the range of services to be delivered and the nature of capabilities a firm already possesses. Q: Your research covered several different industries. Did your findings vary by... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
competitor's action as both a threat and an opportunity. Here are organizational and process changes that can help meet the challenge.It's one thing to recognize the importance of careful framing when you're faced with a disruptive... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
world’s top corporations. Why do some of these organizations enjoy generations of success while so many others flounder? “The answer,” say Lorsch and Tierney, “lies in the ability to develop and motivate star talent, while explicitly aligning individual needs with the... View Details
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971, The Concept... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne