Publications

Educators

2010
Working Paper

Multinational Strategies and Developing Countries in Historical Perspective

By: Geoffrey Jones

This working paper offers a longitudinal and descriptive analysis of the strategies of multinationals from developed countries in developing countries. The central argument is that strategies were shaped by the trade-off between opportunity and risk. Three broad... View Details

Keywords: History; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Developing Countries and Economies; Business and Government Relations

2014
Other Teaching and Training Material

Strategy Reading: Setting Aspirations—Mission, Vision, and Values

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell

"Setting Aspirations-Mission, Vision, and Values" introduces students to the concepts of organizational aspirations and the link to strategy. The Reading presents a framework for analyzing aspirations, discusses the differences between mission and vision, and uses... View Details

5 Dec 2012
Other Presentation

Recent Developments in Competitiveness and Strategy

By: Michael E. Porter

Creating Shared Value and U.S. Competitiveness Presentation at Porter Prize Japan View Details

Keywords: U.S. Competitiveness; Society; Japan

2013
Report

Developmental Readiness and Mindful Engagement in the Singapore Public Service

By: D. Scott DeRue and Christopher G. Myers

Keywords: Leadership; Leadership Development And Career Planning; Leadership Development; Public Administration Industry; Singapore; Asia

01 Sep 2013
News

Authentic Leadership

Scott Snook "ALD helped me grow both roots and wings. I grew roots that firmly planted me in a worldview and a leadership view, but I also grew wings—the confidence to go out... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

March 2014
Course Overview Note

Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

By: Eric Van den Steen

This note gives an overview (for instructors) of the MBA elective course "Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage" (CSCA). The course gives students a deep dive on competitive advantage, on its relation to overall strategic performance (defined as performance... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Strategic Theory; Economic Analysis; Sustainable Competitive Advantage; Value Capture; Performance And Value Analysis; Strategy And Leadership; Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Values and Beliefs; Leadership

Sep 02 2014
Testimonial

Rethinking Leadership

2016
Book

Strategy Beyond Markets

By: John de Figueiredo, Michael Lenox, Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Rick Vanden Bergh

Strategy beyond markets has been an active area of research inquiry since the early 1990s. Since its inception, the scholarship emanating from this research stream has grown substantially in quantity, quality, and breadth. Likewise, firms across the world have... View Details

Keywords: Strategy

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March 2015
Teaching Note

Leadership at Echoing Green (A) and (B)

By: Julie Battilana and Felicia Khan

Keywords: Leadership

October 2013
Blog Post

Negotiation Strategies for Doctors and Hospitals

By: Deepak Malhotra and Manu Malhotra MD

2003
Book

Corporate Information Strategy and Management: Text and Cases

By: L. M. Applegate, F. W. McFarlan and R. D. Austin

Keywords: Information; Strategy; Management; Information; Cases

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Research Summary

Energy Strategy

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

Forest L. Reinhardt is writing cases and other materials on the strategic problems and opportunitites faced by firms in the energy industry. Significant economies of scale and scope, combined with rapid technological change, present firms in the industry with a... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation

A Resource for the Next Big Idea, and More The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation is instrumental in bringing innovative projects to life at the School. Recent successful... View Details

Web

News - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

shorter amount of time... 18 July 2019 Media Mention American College of Surgeons and Harvard Business School’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness Partner to Develop... View Details

May 2021
Case

Megan Ming Francis: Leadership and Racial Injustice

By: Francesca Gino and Frances X. Frei

In this multimedia case, Megan Ming Francis, a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington (UW) and a visiting professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the roots of racial injustice and the need for change. Through... View Details

Keywords: Racial Injustice; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership

Educators

2005
Chapter

Leadership and the Social Construction of Charisma

By: Rakesh Khurana

Keywords: Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics

2015
Other Teaching and Training Material

Strategy Reading: Competitive and Cooperative Dynamics

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell