Growth Strategy And Execution - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2009
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Make the Most of HBS Alumni Resources

wisely to meet those needs. The board, a diverse group of almost fifty MBA, Doctoral, and Executive Education graduates, works with the School’s leadership to develop programs View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

25 Feb 2020
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The Past Informs the Future of Work

related to growth and efficiency. In a variety of case studies, students in the MBA elective Managing the Future of Work consider technological trends reshaping today’s workplace View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Telecommunications; Information

01 Apr 2002
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Pamela Thomas Graham

After ten years of working at McKinsey & Co., where she had become the first female African-American partner, Pamela Thomas-Graham (MBA '88/JD '89) was ready for a change. "Consulting is an excellent way to learn management and View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

01 Feb 1997
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Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar

processing), while a few continue to offer diversified products and services. Many, he noted, are becoming global retail or wholesale businesses. "Time will tell which strategy will succeed," Mendoza... View Details

Keywords: Elizabeth McNair

04 Nov 2016
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The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

existing strengths and capitalize on those,” advises Duch, who is currently applying that strategy to the challenge of helping rural farmers in Haiti sell their produce directly on world markets. Since... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

23 Oct 2019
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Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence

Lakhani, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration. He co-wrote the forthcoming book, Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Ambition; Pathbreaking Research; Artificial Intelligence

29 Aug 2018
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The Value of Valleys

American woman and she said, "I wanted this job to be yours so badly, and you're obviously smart. You're well spoken, but you lacked executive presence." View Details

01 Sep 2017
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Case Study: Confidence Builder

enrolled in US colleges and universities. The Question: Confi’s online health resource is marketed directly to students, but the go-to-market strategy for its sexual assault prevention program is less clear.... View Details

Keywords: April White; Confi; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Jun 2016
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Prima Datarina

and more experimental pieces, Boston Ballet has to sell tickets, which is easier to do for a Saturday showing of Cinderella, for example, than a Wednesday evening performance of contemporary works. To address that challenge—and engage a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2007
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Faculty Research Online

make performance reviews more productive and less distasteful. Should they be disengaged from the determination of compensation and, if so, how? Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5563.html. Grooming Next-Generation Leaders Professors Earl... View Details

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

01 Apr 2001
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Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary

At first glance, not many would figure the bookish president and CEO of telecommunications carrier China Netcom Corporation for a revolutionary. But Edward Tian Suning is certainly making waves as head of one of the country’s new brand of... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Telecommunications; Information

27 May 2014
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Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma

discussion of "The Capitalist's Dilemma"—the challenges of innovating for long-term growth and job creation—in the Harvard Business Review. The team of more than 150 people (see below) collaborated using the... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Apr 2001
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Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

relevant’ to our list of qualities, so that if you aren’t reading HBR, you are missing out.” Tell us about the recent changes at HBR and what inspired them. The house wasn’t on fire, that’s for sure — our numbers were excellent, View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

17 Apr 2014
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York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition

(MBA 2005), Nayana Mawilmada (MBA 2005) and Jayamin Pelpola (MBA 2010). The firm hopes to capitalize on the current development drive and rapid economic growth taking place in... View Details

Keywords: New Venture Competition; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Sep 2010
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Alumni Books

rivals and executing their strategies with single-minded determination. Money Makers: Inside the New World of Finance and Business by David... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

it’s all about empowerment. Says Johnson, now a senior executive at PepsiCo in New York, “Coming to work and doing no harm is very different from coming to work and changing... View Details

15 Sep 2016
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US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’

and members of the American public. According to the authors, America retains and enjoys many strengths. However, various economic indicators show that the US economy has failed to deliver strong View Details

01 Jun 2020
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Meal Plan

restaurant investor Lena Goldberg; visiting lecturer and restaurant veteran Michael Kaufman; Christian Charnaux (MBA 2006), chief growth officer at Inspire Brands, with more than 11,100 Arby’s, Buffalo Wild... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; restaurants; COVID-19; pandemic; recovery; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places; Food Services and Drinking Places

25 Jan 2018
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A Whole New Game

According to research compiled by the Federal Reserve, cities, not suburbs, are now the leading generators of US economic growth. From 2010 to 2016, urban populations grew faster than those in the suburbs, reversing a nearly 70-year-old trend. View Details

01 Dec 2001
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

the business community. It's an indication that the HBS Alumni Association, which boasts over 65,000 graduates of the MBA and Executive Education Programs, is stronger than ever. As president, I want to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Luick Good; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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