Growth Planning And Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy

authors explain why access is the key and why networked incubators are emerging only now.If networked incubators offer such compelling advantages, why are they emerging only now? The answer reflects a subtle aspect of the new economy:... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull

March 1992 (Revised April 1995)
Teaching Note

BMW: The 7-Series Project (A), Teaching Note

By: Gary P. Pisano

Teaching Note for (9-692-083). View Details

Keywords: Projects; Competency and Skills; Production; Quality; Product Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Management Practices and Processes; Luxury; Auto Industry

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19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

meant that change was in the air. Add to that the economic meltdown that decimated millions of 401(k) retirement plans and undercut any Republican claim to be the better steward of the economy. But, even so,... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

26 Mar 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!

understand at which points you will receive feedback on progress. Can Leaders Anticipate Disaster? Planning for Surprises A company doesn't need a crystal ball to see impending disasters. Leaders can foresee View Details

31 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

leaders were trained, sophisticated strategic-planning systems were supposed to help senior managers decide which businesses to grow and which to harvest. 1 Unfortunately, all the View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

In a 2012 Harvard Business School case on corruption at German conglomerate Siemens AG, Peter Solmssen —brought in to clean house —reflects on how people approach a business bribe. "The stupid ones say, very simply, what are you going to do for me?" says Solmssen,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

potential to allow multinationals to dedicate more resources to innovation and management activities in advanced countries and to expand operations in emerging markets, thereby... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

04 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

number of new ventures have proposed truly novel nuclear designs and have persuaded private investors to fund their path to market. These ventures have drawn up detailed plans to get their designs off the... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

initial caution, growth when it came was both fast and steady. When he sold the company in 1999 to the Spanish food conglomerate Campofrio, TelePizza spanned six countries with more than 600 outlets selling... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

April 2025
Teaching Note

ZEISS: Commercializing Science

By: Maria P. Roche

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 725-359. View Details

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05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories

generated, and forty of them had been launched as formal experiments. Once an idea was given a green light, the actual experiment had to be designed. The I&D Team wanted to perform as many tests as possible, so it strove to View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke; Banking; Financial Services

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs

research shows that the relationship between CEO fortunes and the fortunes of the companies they manage is quite strong," says Hall, who has been working on this topic for nearly four years. Along with... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

09 Mar 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade

simulations, but Strategic Brew stands alone in scope. All 940 first-year students play the game simultaneously as part of the required Strategy course. Roughly 40 faculty and project members manage View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education; Food & Beverage

16 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’

tightly linked, have grown apart. Now specialists help managers analyze their industries and position their businesses for competitive advantage, and strategy has become... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

presentation and application activity. "The levels at which computers communicate have been formalized," said Upton. "This is important as we begin to understand what's happening on the 'Net as we go forward." As this... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

Our most popular stories are those that help readers become better managers and outstanding leaders. Here are our most-read stories and faculty research papers in 2019. Tell us... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations

running operations across the Internet as well as having a heavier IT component that examines subjects such as Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) and Internet Commerce EE: What are the main objectives of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

has chosen to examine make them difficult to manage and generate conflicts between actual and optimal investment behavior. Indeed, he points out that View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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