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- January 1995
- Case
Kherson Canning: Firm-Level Strategic Planning in Ukraine
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Don Daniels and David Neubert
Goldberg, Ray A., Don Daniels, and David Neubert. "Kherson Canning: Firm-Level Strategic Planning in Ukraine." Harvard Business School Case 595-070, January 1995.
- January 1985
- Case
Manion Telecommunication Division: 1981 Strategic Business Plan
Schlesinger, Leonard A. "Manion Telecommunication Division: 1981 Strategic Business Plan." Harvard Business School Case 485-104, January 1985.
- January 2013
- Teaching Note
Brannigan Foods: Strategic Marketing Planning (Brief Case)
By: John A. Quelch and James T. Kindley
- March 1991 (Revised January 1996)
- Case
The General Mills Board and Strategic Planning
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Examines the General Mills Board of Directors' role in the General Mills joint venture with Nestle S.A. to sell cereals outside of North America. It raises the more general question of the appropriate role for the board of directors in strategy formulation. View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Trade; Corporate Governance; Managerial Roles; Expansion; Food and Beverage Industry; North America
Lorsch, Jay W. "The General Mills Board and Strategic Planning." Harvard Business School Case 491-117, March 1991. (Revised January 1996.)
- June 2012 (Revised December 2017)
- Technical Note
Strategy and Strategic Decisions
This note introduces a framework for formulating strategy that helps a manager identify which decisions are strategic—and thus which decisions to focus on (both when developing strategy and when executing it)—and that provides a practical test for whether a particular... View Details
Keywords: Formulating Strategy; Strategic Theory; Strategy Test; Strategic Analysis; Strategy; Theory; Strategic Planning
Van den Steen, Eric. "Strategy and Strategic Decisions." Harvard Business School Technical Note 712-500, June 2012. (Revised December 2017.)
- 06 May 2015
- News
Developing a strategic plan for your own life
At HBS, Brigid Sullivan (MBA 1976) determined that she wanted to a career that was creative, interesting, and socially minded. She found that at WGBH-TV where she oversees children’s programming. (Published May 2015) View Details
- 01 Jan 1983
- Conference Presentation
Frontiers for Strategic Human Resource Planning and Management
By: R. M. Kanter
- November 1976
- Case
Norton Co.: Strategic Planning for Diversified Business Operations (Abridged)
By: Francis Aguilar
Aguilar, Francis. "Norton Co.: Strategic Planning for Diversified Business Operations (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 377-114, November 1976.
- January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
- Technical Note
Strategy and Strategic Thinking
This note gives managers a concrete perspective on what ‘a strategy’ really is, what makes a decision ‘strategic,’ and what ‘strategic thinking’ means. It also gives them practical frameworks to assess whether some set of decisions is really a strategy and how to... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Alignment; Strategy Definition; Strategy And Execution; Strategy Test; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Decision Making
Van den Steen, Eric. "Strategy and Strategic Thinking." Harvard Business School Technical Note 721-431, January 2021. (Revised March 2021.)
- October 2016 (Revised February 2019)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 5: Building a Profit Plan
By: Robert Simons
This module reading describes how to build a profit plan to reflect the strategy of a business in economic terms. After introducing the profit wheel, cash wheel, and ROE wheel, the module illustrates how to use a profit plan to assess the viability of different... View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Execution; Profit Planning; Cash Flow Analysis; Asset Utilization; Return On Equity; Business Planning; Testing Strategy; Analyzing Strategic Alternative; Strategy; Asset Management; Cash Flow; Investment Return; Management Systems; Profit
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 5: Building a Profit Plan." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-105, October 2016. (Revised February 2019.)
- July 1979 (Revised December 1983)
- Case
Norton Co. (A): Strategic Planning for Diversified Business Operations
By: Francis Aguilar
Aguilar, Francis. "Norton Co. (A): Strategic Planning for Diversified Business Operations." Harvard Business School Case 380-003, July 1979. (Revised December 1983.)
- Article
Breaking up Is Never Easy: Planning for Exit in a Strategic Alliance
By: Ranjay Gulati, Parth Mehrotra and Maxim Sytch
This article highlights several important dimensions of planning for exit from strategic alliances and also offers several examples of the disastrous consequences of inadequate exit-planning. While many companies fall into the trap of having no exit plan, other... View Details
Gulati, Ranjay, Parth Mehrotra, and Maxim Sytch. "Breaking up Is Never Easy: Planning for Exit in a Strategic Alliance." California Management Review 50, no. 4 (Summer 2008): 147–163.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Entrepreneurial Learning and Strategic Foresight
By: Aticus Peterson and Andy Wu
We study how learning by experience across projects affects an entrepreneur's strategic foresight. In a quantitative study of 314 entrepreneurs across 722 crowdfunded projects supplemented with a program of qualitative interviews, we counterintuitively find that... View Details
Keywords: Experience; Interdependency; Strategic Foresight; Crowdfunding; Timeline; Delay; Forecasting; Entrepreneurship; Learning; Complexity; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Development; Planning
Peterson, Aticus, and Andy Wu. "Entrepreneurial Learning and Strategic Foresight." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-123, January 2021. (Revised May 2021.)
- 01 Jan 1986
- Conference Presentation
Design of a Management Support System for Hospital Strategic Planning
By: L. M. Applegate, R. O. Mason and D. Thorpe
- 2005
- Other Unpublished Work
South Carolina Competitiveness Initiative: A Strategic Plan for South Carolina
South Carolina Council on Competitiveness. View Details
Porter, Michael E. "South Carolina Competitiveness Initiative: A Strategic Plan for South Carolina." Monitor Group, 2005.
- February 1986
- Article
Design of a Management Support System for Hospital Strategic Planning
By: L. M. Applegate, R. O. Mason and D. Thorpe
Applegate, L. M., R. O. Mason, and D. Thorpe. "Design of a Management Support System for Hospital Strategic Planning." Journal of Medical Systems 10, no. 1 (February 1986): 79–95.
- 1979
- Chapter
Strategic Management: A New View of Business Policy and Planning
By: Joseph L. Bower and Yves L. Doz
- July 1979
- Supplement
Norton Co. (A): Strategic Planning for Diversified Business Operations, Appendixes
By: Francis Aguilar
Keywords: Strategy
Aguilar, Francis. "Norton Co. (A): Strategic Planning for Diversified Business Operations, Appendixes." Harvard Business School Supplement 380-004, July 1979.
- January–February 1998
- Article
Beyond Strategic Planning to Organization Learning: Lifeblood of the Individualized Corporation
By: C. A. Bartlett and S. Ghoshal
Bartlett, C. A., and S. Ghoshal. "Beyond Strategic Planning to Organization Learning: Lifeblood of the Individualized Corporation." Strategy & Leadership (January–February 1998): 34–39.