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  • 22 Nov 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

company is immune. But sustaining ongoing innovation in organizations is notoriously difficult. People fall into comfortable habits, sticking with what they know and rejecting things that cause them to change their ways. To overcome such... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 07 Jul 2011
  • What Do You Think?

So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?

to their book, Built to Last, advised us to "Preserve the core but stimulate progress." Phil Clark argued that commitment, embodied for him in habit, "gives us time to pay attention and think about what is happening around us. It allows us the chance to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 08 Jul 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Are Paywalls Saving Newspapers?

Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “To our knowledge, ours is the first study to do that.” Total upheaval Over the past 25 years, the once-profitable newspaper industry has endured upheaval due to View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Journalism & News; Media & Broadcasting
  • 10 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Technology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?

mean there is change on the horizon? “We basically saw increases in e-commerce penetration among people happen in months that we expected to happen over 10 years. So I think any crisis that disrupts basic... View Details
Keywords: by Anna Lamb, Harvard Gazette
  • 07 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

best-selling business fable, Who Moved My Cheese? offered its answer to the question: accept that change is inevitable and beyond your control, don't waste your time wondering why things are the way they are, keep your head down, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Dec 2022
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2022

Two intense years of pandemic distancing and disruption gave way to another sort of distress in 2022—a year of soul searching, burnout, and quiet quitting. The 10 most-read articles on Harvard Business School Working Knowledge showed a... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost

    Alan D. MacCormack

    Alan MacCormack is the MBA Class of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, a member of The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, and a core faculty member... View Details

    Keywords: automotive; communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronics; high technology; information technology industry; internet; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; venture capital industry
    • Web

    Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

    describes its co-founders' motivations and their strategy for disrupting an industry in the midst of dramatic structural change; and asks whether a16z's success to date has been due to its novel organization structure. a16z's 22... View Details
    • August 2011 (Revised April 2013)
    • Case

    Language and Globalization: 'Englishnization' at Rakuten (A)

    By: Tsedal Neeley
    Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten, (Japan's largest online retailer), is at the helm of an organization that is rapidly expanding into global markets. In a critical stride toward becoming the world's No. 1 Internet services company, Mikitani announces... View Details
    Keywords: Teaching; Human Capital; Change Management; Transformation; Social Enterprise; Communication Strategy; Internet and the Web; Disruptive Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Leadership; Global Strategy; Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Japan
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    • Web

    Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

    Stakeholder Relations (4) Business or Company Management (19) COVID-19 (127) Capital Markets (13) Capital Structure (1) Capital (65) Cash Flow (1) Cash (2) Central Banking (2) Change Management (67) Change... View Details
    • 04 Sep 2013
    • What Do You Think?

    How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?

    Summing Up How Can Strategic Planning be Adapted to Changing Needs? Strategic planning concepts and the notion of long-range planning will continue to be integral parts of responsible management. But they may require a substantial... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 16 Nov 2021
    • HBS Case

    How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

    about the numbers.” A compassionate approach to restructuring France Télécom’s story should be a wakeup call for companies that charge ahead with disruptive reorganizations. Some employees—especially older, longtime workers—can feel left... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
    • Case

    Community Solutions

    By: Brian Trelstad and Tom Quinn
    Community Solutions was an anti-homelessness nonprofit founded in 2011 after protagonist Rosanne Haggerty grew frustrated with the limited impact of traditional housing and outreach strategies. It set an ambitious goal, reached in some partner communities, of ending... View Details
    Keywords: Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Social Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Capital Budgeting; Capital Markets; Country; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Housing; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Opportunities; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Poverty; Welfare; Well-being; System; Equality and Inequality; Consulting Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; New York (city, NY); Florida; Texas
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    • Web

    Community College Report - Managing the Future of Work

    disruptive automation, the nature of middle skills jobs is evolving much faster than educators’ abilities to change curriculum. Surveys of educators and employers reveal the disconnect behind this... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    Having grown up in a developing country, Professor Sikochi’s research focus is driven by a desire to understand how capital flows to firms and entrepreneurs with the ultimate goal to help build capital markets in the developing economies. To this end, he conducts... View Details

    • 07 Oct 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: October 7

    founded eBay Motors and turned it into a multi-billion dollar business and also advised several successful online marketplaces such as Lyft, Wanelo, and TaskRabbit. For his first investment as partner, Rothman was particularly interested in the food delivery space,... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Skydeck - Alumni

    the realities of climate change My Worst Job Alumni share life-altering lessons from the labor force The Making of a Streaming Sensation Author and producer Jeff Norton (MBA 2003) on how his show Geek Girl became a Netflix hit—and what it... View Details
    • June 2023
    • Teaching Note

    Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: Global Leadership in Chipmaking

    By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 321-126. The general purpose of this case is to explore the evolving nature of business relations across the Taiwan strait, focusing on the prominence of Taiwan's high-tech industry. After the legendary founder of Taiwan Semiconductor... View Details
    Keywords: Geopolitical Units; Government and Politics; Competition; Production; Disruption; Semiconductor Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Taiwan; Taiwan Strait; China
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    • 21 Aug 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: August 21

    case:http://hbr.org/search/313001-PDF-ENG MF Global: Changing Stripes Clayton Rose, Yasmin Dahya, and Jenevieve LeeHarvard Business School Case 312-105 Jon Corzine became the CEO of MF Global in March of 2010. Eighteen months later, and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • March 2021
    • Supplement

    Snapp: Scaling Under Sanctions in Iran (B)

    By: Meg Rithmire and Gamze Yucaoglu
    The case opens in November 2020 as Eyad Alkassar and Mahmoud Fouz, co-founders of Iran’s first and leading ride-hailing platform, Snapp, eagerly await the results of the U.S. presidential elections.
    The case takes us through the challenging times between... View Details
    Keywords: Sanctions; Change Management; Disruption; Volatility; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; International Relations; National Security; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Health Pandemics; Transportation Industry; Middle East; Iran
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