Publications

12 Jul 2016
First Look

July 12, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50693 Towards a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract—The field of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2008 (Revised August 2009)
Case

Columbus Tubing: Steel is Real

By: Daniel C. Snow, Gary P. Pisano, Elena Corsi and Gudrun Urfalino Kristinsdottir

Columbus Tubing must choose to improve an old technology (steel) or to develop a new material (carbon fiber). The decision must take into account a complicated context: increased demand for the "old" steel products made in Italy, increasing power of carbon fiber... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Resource Allocation; Production; Research and Development; Information Technology; Bicycle Transportation; Asia; Italy

01 Oct 2000
News

Books

chemicals and pharmaceuticals; and computers, Silicon Valley, and the Internet. From the past eighty years of "relentless change," McCraw offers colorful illustrations of how business transformed the country's economic and cultural landscape. Alfred View Details

15 Nov 2020
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Administration; Gary Pisano, the Harry E. Figgie Jr. Professor of Business Administration; and researcher Bonnie Yining Cao. The case explores how CEO James Wang (MBA 1996) handled the telecom equipment maker’s production in Suzhou amid... View Details

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Operations and the Competitive Edge

as outsourcing and information technology, that were moving so rapidly that we no longer felt we were the best informed people to write about them. So we enticed two of our colleagues, Gary Pisano and Dave... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

February 2022 (Revised August 2022)
Case

Defense Logistics Agency: Dynamic Vaccine Distribution at Scale

By: Hise Gibson, Gary P. Pisano, Pettis Kent and Michael Norris

2004
Book

Operations, Strategy, and Technology: Pursuing the Competitive Edge

By: Robert H. Hayes, Gary P. Pisano, David M. Upton and S. C. Wheelwright

Keywords: Operations; Strategy; Competitive Advantage

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May 1999 (Revised September 1999)
Case

HydroCision, Inc.

By: Gary P. Pisano, Joshua D. Hamermesh, Richard Atsuhiko Kondo, Karen J. Nowiszewski and Erik James Wordelman

Examines the market-entry strategy of a medical device company. View Details

Keywords: Markets; Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

Web

Art Nature Business

Artifacts Collection. Virtual Tour HENRY P. HUNT Cutting Ice at Spy Pond, Arlington, Massachusetts , 1859 Oil on canvas Gift of Frederic Tudor to the Business Historical Society, 1934 HBS Art and Artifacts Collection, 1934.2 This painting... View Details

29 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

situation facing Gary Gottlieb, president of Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), prior to the opening of BWH's integrated cardiovascular center. This case allows students to develop an appreciation of the strategic, financial,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 13

constructive suggestions for how to teach about the BSC in MBA and executive programs. Accelerate! Author:John P. Kotter Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 11 (November 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 3, 2020
Article

How Hospitals Can Manage Supply Chain Shortages as Demand Surges

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Gary P. Pisano, Raffaella Sadun and Thomas C. Tsai

The best practices in supply chain and operations management can help health care providers cope with the surge in patients and the supply shortages. They will help them create a comprehensive strategy aimed at both the demand- and supply-side roots of the problem. The... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Management; Strategy

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28 Jun 2016
First Look

June 28, 2016

Count: The Role of Reflection in Individual Learning By: Di Stefano, Giada, Francesca Gino, Gary P. Pisano, and Bradley Staats Abstract—How do organizations learn? In this paper, we build on research on the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 3

Business Model Gary P. Pisano, Ryan Johnson, and Carin-Isabel KnoopHarvard Business School Case 611-046 In the biotech world, the 18-year-old Munich-based company MorphoSys was a rarity: it was profitable.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

Working PapersCollaborative Architectures for Innovation Authors:Gary P. Pisano and Roberto Verganti Abstract Collaborative innovation has become a hot topic in innovation today. Scholars, consultants, and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

results appear to be driven by UNICEF, an organization over which the United States has historically exerted great control. Can Science Be a Business? Authors:Gary P. Pisano Periodical:Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Article

Activity-based Costing of Health-Care Delivery, Haiti

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Ryan K. McBain, Gregory Jerome, Fernet Leandre, Micaela Browning, Jonathan Warsh, Mahek Shah, Peterson Abnis-Faure, Claire Pierre, Anna P. Fang, Jean Claude Mugunga, Gary Gottlieb, Joseph Rhatigan and Bipin Mistry