International - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

you don't model the importance of sweating the details. Downturns expose the weaknesses in your internal systems, observes Chuang. Technical expertise—the ability to solve cash flow problems, interpret what customers are really saying, or... View Details

Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni

25 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

frequently of paramount importance in the creation and development of cross-sector alliances. Strategic unions "need champions, or internal entrepreneurs (intrapreneurs), at high levels on both sides [who] largely determine the acceptance... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

11 Jan 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

strategy and internal organizational capability are both critical sources of sustainable competitive advantage. Q: To what extent does the diversity of PGL's participants add to the experience? A: The diversity factor is a major... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

16 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

ability to exert leverage on suppliers is growing. Consider one firm we've worked with, an international consortium of independent gas companies. Recently, one of their valued global customers told them that dealing separately with their... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

say, can be helpful — an approach that did wonders for a group at Nissan Design International when it was in the final throes of plans for the automaker's Pathfinder sport utility vehicle. No matter what form the incubation period takes,... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

resolve internal conflicts. In the Negotiations course, students not only analyze a number of case studies, but also participate in a series of negotiation exercises that give them hands-on practice with a variety of deal-making... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable

high impact. Filtering A Leader There are three factors that social scientists agree minimize the impact of leaders: An external environment in which responses of competitors limits the leader's discretion to act. Internal organizational... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

24 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 24

Canadian regulators' decision to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The Canadian decision in 2005 to adopt IFRS is particularly interesting because Canada had well-developed domestic accounting standards and because... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Managing Alignment as a Process

The corporate customer measure, percentage of revenue from common customers, monitors this objective directly, and annual growth in sales per customer emphasizes the importance of cross-selling across product lines. SMI expected three sources of View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Retail

05 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

rethinking the way the work of the whole organization is organized. It requires challenging assumptions about customers, internal and external communication, decision making, operating style, managerial behavior, employee motivation and... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

05 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: January 5

Happold developed its first formal internal training programs under the name of "Archimedes Academy." The first two programs were (1) the Job Leader Program, targeted for senior engineers and designed to help them be more... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

exporting to 32 countries and had manufacturing plants in Brazil and Uruguay. As it continued its international expansion, should it follow the same vertical integration strategy in other countries, or should it develop its retail... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 30

Firm in a Nascent Industry By: Zuzul, Tiona, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—This paper explores how entrepreneurs' efforts to legitimate a firm and a nascent industry affect the internal development of the firm. Through a three-year case... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

20 Apr 2020
Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

airports. As people begin to internalize the collective nature of public health, sharing of personal health and air quality metrics—using wearables and smartphones—could lead to new applications that provide real-time information about... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health

16 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities

safety in images over time, the researchers realized, they could see how and why parts of the city changed. “It was the perfect test lab for a number of theories about urban transformation,” says Kominers, who was an intern at Google... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Real Estate

07 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

competitive with someone who is personally advising you, and at a fraction of the cost,” says Luis Viceira, George E. Bates Professor and Senior Associate Dean for International Development at Harvard Business School. Viceira explores... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Feb 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?

their founding, they netted out destroying jobs in years two through five as most of them failed, suggesting less job security than in larger organizations. At the international level, economists Rafael La Porta and Andrei Schleifer... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?

an intensive examination of a number of case studies, is the "inside outsider." This executive avoids, in his view, some of the shortcomings of both insiders and outsiders. He or she has successfully led portions of the business, such as View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

29 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

context of a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant, it examines the operational changes associated with transitioning ownership from the founder to his son, including formalizing equity stakes and internal processes, establishing a clear... View Details