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- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
does not do anything to destroy the underlying rigor." —Rosabeth Moss Kanter In his introductory remarks, Marquis cited the ever-changing health-care industry as an example of why institutional analysis is important. "It is a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human, a groundbreaking report that pushed the issue of medical errors into the public spotlight. That we all make mistakes was certainly nothing new: Operational failures occur... View Details
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
Case 518-064 A Note on the Snack Food Industry This note provides an overview of the snacking industry in 2017. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518064 Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Teaching Interest
General Management: Processes and Action
General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Management; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Style; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; China; India; United States
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
Harvard Business School’s exploration of the evolution of business leadership in Africa, Asia, and Latin America has reached an important milestone. This month the Creating Emerging Markets project will publish interviews 100 and 101... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
on practical measures that businesses can implement to create shared value. Originally published in an online forum hosted by Harvard Business Review, it offers valuable advice about how CEOs, other senior executives, and boards of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
articles. Much of Porter's thinking originally appeared in the pages of the Harvard Business Review. Eleven of those seminal articles are collected in On Competition, a book published by the Harvard Business School Press. In addition,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’
innovation, like absolute leadership and power, is overvalued. In industry as in education, China—like the United States before it—can enjoy for some time what Joseph Schumpeter, the great twentieth-century economist, called the... View Details
- August 2010 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Rupert Murdoch: The Last Tycoon
By: Geoffrey Jones and Hari Balkrishna
The case examines the entrepreneurial career of Rupert Murdoch and the growth of News Corporation from a small Australian newspaper to a global media giant. It shows how he expanded geographically to Europe, the United States, and Asia and from newspapers to the film... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Media; Globalized Firms and Management; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Europe; United States; Australia
Jones, Geoffrey, and Hari Balkrishna. "Rupert Murdoch: The Last Tycoon." Harvard Business School Case 811-017, August 2010. (Revised January 2020.)
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
the vendor of outsourced services can improve the efficiency and perhaps the quality of services delivered—particularly in health care, where outsourcing is on the rise. In research recently published in the journal Organization Science,... View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
examining several options for expansion and growth. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/115023-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-053 Curriculum Associates: Turning the Page from Tradition to Innovation Set in fall 2014, the traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
and where the host does not punish symbiont misbehavior. Coordinating Marketing and Sales in B2B Organizations Authors:Frank V. Cespedes Publication:In Business to Business Marketing Handbook. Edward Elgar Publishing Company, forthcoming... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
delivery services should not be discounted too soon, according to HBS professor and marketing specialist John A. Deighton. As Deighton explained in the article "Who Wanted Webvan to Survive?" published last summer in The Boston... View Details
- 2009
- Case
What People Want (and How to Predict It)
By: Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris
Historically, neither the creators nor the distributors of cultural products such as books or movies have used analytics -- data, statistics, predictive modeling -- to determine the likely success of their offerings. Instead, companies relied on the brilliance of... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Creativity; Customer Satisfaction; Forecasting and Prediction; Markets; Business Model; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry
Davenport, Thomas H., and Jeanne G. Harris. "What People Want (and How to Predict It)." 2009.
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
people to buy forecasts? Does the act of forecasting set in motion unforeseen events that can counteract the forecast made? Publisher's link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10057.html August 2013 Edward Elgar Publishing Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
managed to alter the competitive environment within their industries and even across industry lines.1 The need for a formal approach to corporate strategy was first articulated by top executives of M-form... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
theories and developing new ones. Q: Professor Josh Lerner recently published an article ["Boom and Bust in the Venture Capital Industry and the Impact on Innovation," Josh Lerner, Economic Review,... View Details
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Organizational Behavior, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. His multidisciplinary research, published in twenty five books and numerous articles, has dealt with the human aspects of management,... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
clean." In research conducted with HBS Jakurski Family Associate Professor George Serafeim, Healy found evidence supporting this trend more broadly. In a working paper published this year, the researchers reported that firms' reported... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding