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  • 01 Jun 2007
  • News

Profiles from the class of 2007

factors like wind and water. “There are strategic and tactical elements to sailing,” says Dillon, a native of Ireland. “You need to decide where you want to go and what your competitors are doing. It’s kind of an interactive game that’s... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
  • 13 May 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader

run the Cyber Espionage Center at the Pentagon. I had built great teams and run large organizations. I hired other former members of the military and won a major contract from AT&T within 30 days. The company grew to 5,200 employees.... View Details
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment

enormous pressure, making it critical that farmers find ways to save money. To survive this long, they’ve had to change constantly." Donnie Benjamin MBA 2015 | Mapping the Future of Sustainability "My experiences in the military showed me... View Details
  • 22 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 22

industries, organizations operate in increasingly complex and uncertain environments. To succeed in such environments, organizations require their members to think creatively and integrate conflicting demands. We propose that the adoption... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

Jim, a well-regarded residential developer operating outside Philadelphia, has been scouting around for a site for his next project. Two properties seem promising. The Abbott estate consists of seventy-five acres of woodlands and some... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
  • 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016

on preventing them. She outlines five tactics that research has shown to be effective: encourage reciprocity. You can build trust and prompt other parties to disclose strategic information by sharing information yourself. Ask the right... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 23

incumbent that faces a low-quality ad-sponsored competitor. In addition to competing through adjustments of tactical variables such as price or the number of ads a product carries, we allow the incumbent to consider changes in its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

to offline media, which made attribution modeling more difficult. Decisions pertaining to product extensions, channel expansion beyond DTC e-commerce, and geographic expansion were also on the table to prove that Hubble's customer value proposition and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

and to Tactics Published: November 24, 2009 Drivers such as globalization, deregulation, or technological change, just to mention a few, are profoundly changing the competitive game. Scholars and practitioners agree that the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

Argentina and Chile over recent decades. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50182 forthcoming Management Science Creating Reciprocal Value Through Operational Transparency By: Buell, Ryan W., Tami Kim, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

this way, maintain John Kotter and Lorne Whitehead. In Buy-In, they reveal how to win the support your idea needs to deliver valuable results. The key? Understand the generic attack strategies that naysayers and obfuscators deploy time and time again. Then engage these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 29, 2008

business in China, Sealed Air was now betting on the country to help propel its growth as a global company. The company identified China as one of the initial investments in the company's Global Manufacturing Strategy that aimed to create efficiencies in its View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

and understanding. To begin with, the structure of the task forces—how they operate and who is on them—immerses executive sponsors in the specific challenges faced by the employee constituency groups. The groups are a formal mechanism for... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
  • 18 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 18

anticorruption ratings are domiciled in countries with low corruption risk ratings and strong anticorruption enforcement, operate in high corruption risk industries, have recently faced a corruption enforcement action, employ a Big Four... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

safe but sacrificing the tax partners involved in the shelter sales. Further, the case describes the government's prosecution of former KPMG tax partners and asks students to determine whether prosecutorial tactics during the government's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

must disrupt the way we think about social change. The author suggests how this can be done by sharing stories and case studies focused on innovative approaches to large-scale social change. Operating Model Canvas: Aligning View Details
  • 30 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 30

operational measures of social enterprise success. Finally, we identify present trends along both dimensions that contribute to changing the research infrastructure for empirical social enterprise research. Originality/value: Our analysis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

leadership to the often-messy reality of rolling up one's sleeves and getting things done. It takes the point of view of a leader who: (1) is new to a situation, (2) must take action, and (3) is asked to operate within a system that she... View Details
  • 23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007

agribusiness companies. Headquartered in White Plains, NY, the company has traditionally possessed a strong presence in Brazil. Describes Bunge's tradeoff between efficiency of global operations and local responsiveness in an uncertain... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Blog

Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School

development and policy review, Andy's expertise in operations and event planning, Brook’s expertise in strategic planning and recruitment, and Alicia's expertise in student affairs and change management. We currently have a director of... View Details