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- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?
"happens all too often," says Michael Jensen, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and managing director of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Monitor Group's organizational strategy practice. "Allocating decision... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
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Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)
Professor Bernstein taught Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) from 2013-2016 (7 sections). This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise.
The course is divided into five modules:
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
Business Review You Need an Innovation Strategy By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract—Why is it so hard to build and maintain the capacity to innovate? The reason is not simply a failure to execute but a failure to articulate an innovation View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
voracious consumers of theory. Every plan a manager makes, every action a manager takes, is based on some implicit understanding of what causes what and why. The problem is, managers all too frequently use a one-size-fits-all theory. But the ground beneath them... View Details
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
objectives. Highlights Making Tough Choices Performing the X-Test Using Control Systems Interactively Show Hide Details Modules Managing the Tensions of Strategy Execution Aligning Job Design to View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
an honest, collective, and public conversation about their organization's alignment with espoused strategy and values. The research has identified a syndrome of six silent barriers to effectiveness and a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online
your free e-book Free Business Essentials Flowchart Which HBS Online Business Essentials Program Is Right for You? This flowchart will help you determine which HBS Online business essentials program best aligns with your career level and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
prioritize scale for short-term losses. When I look at the top 10 proptech IPOs from the last five years, many touted big data as a unique advantage but have share prices today 90 percent down from their IPO. Venture investors and public markets no longer favor the... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles
world and the business problems they were solving.” After the Chamber, she accepted a consulting position with Deloitte in Washington DC where she “worked in the strategy and analytics practice for public sector clients. I focused my work... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Case Study: Staking a Claim
greater overall lifetime value for Surround, aligned with Terry’s other objective. Partnerships can also shine a light on adjacent areas that might have product market fit with a few additional tweaks to the product, thereby driving... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Rubinstein Business Track Runner-Up Qweek is a fully automatic cloud solution to workforce optimization and management. Qweek helps business achieve significant savings by breaking traditional rigid shift scheduling and using dynamic shifts to View Details
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
scope Gain confidence articulating complex viewpoints Who Will Benefit Innovative Leaders Forward-Thinking Strategists Aspiring Entrepreneurs Align your resources, processes, and financial strategy to... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Pivoting Isn't Enough: Principled Pragmatism and Strategic Reorientation in New Ventures
By: Rory McDonald and Cheng Gao
New technology ventures often experience deviations from their original plans that oblige them to reorient in pursuit of better fit between their evolving products and target customers. Yet research is largely silent on how entrepreneurs explain and justify their... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Reorientation; Technology Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Product Development Processes; Organizational Adaptation; Qualitative Methods (General); Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Communication; Entrepreneurship; Alignment; Innovation and Invention; Product Development
- Blog
Leading Successful Digital Transformation
For more than ten years, I have studied digital strategy and worked with scores of companies around the world on their digital transformation. I have seen first-hand what works and what doesn't. Here are a few highlights. Why digital... View Details
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
are looking for alternatives that reduce time and better align spending with strategy. Look at your own company's budget process: Has it really helped you do a better job of belt tightening during the current slowdown? Many companies have... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
investment solutions ranging from green bonds and renewable infrastructure to thematic strategies that allow clients to align their capital with specific ESG outcomes. The Sustainable Investing team is... View Details
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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online
financing new ventures, and make your entrepreneurial dreams a reality. 4 weeks, 6-8 hrs/week Pay by August 21 $1,850 Certificate Disruptive Strategy Professors Rory McDonald & Clayton Christensen Strengthen your capacity to create... View Details
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Conversational Leadership
of which applies to a particular attribute of an organization. "Intimacy is about leadership," Groysberg explains. "Interactivity is about channels. Inclusion is about content. And intentionality is about goals, vision, and the strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
A Balanced Scorecard Approach To Measure Customer Profitability
marketing, technical, and sales resources; extra post-sales support for installation, training, warranty, and field service; and liberal payment terms. While all of these services create value and loyalty among customers, none of them come for free. For a... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Case Study: Testing the Waters
Illustration by Christina Spano Endurance training was nothing new to Lauren Picasso (MBA 2014), who’d raced through her younger years as a cross-country runner and swimmer. In 2017, when she was director of marketing at Jet.com and looking for a physical challenge,... View Details