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- 2021
- Article
How Top Managers Use the Entrepreneurial Gap to Drive Strategic Change
By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila
Prior research provides strong evidence for the association between business strategy and the design and use of management control systems. We complement this research by examining the role of management control systems in situations of strategic change. We report the... View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Accountability; Strategic Change; Organization Change And Adaptation; Organizational Performance; Management Systems; Organizational Structure; Corporate Accountability; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance
Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "How Top Managers Use the Entrepreneurial Gap to Drive Strategic Change." European Accounting Review 30, no. 4 (2021): 583–609.
- August 1982
- Background Note
ERISA and Pension Plan Management
By: Jay O. Light
Light, Jay O. "ERISA and Pension Plan Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 283-020, August 1982.
- 2002
- Chapter
Management Turnover and Financial Distress
By: S. C. Gilson
Gilson, S. C. "Management Turnover and Financial Distress." In Bankruptcy Anthology, edited by Charles Tabb. Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing Company, 2002.
- TeachingInterests
Innovation in Business, Energy and the Environment
By: John D. Macomber
This MBA Elective is offered as a half credit classroom course and as a full credit classroom plus project course. Students investigate industries and interventions in a wide range of topics ranging from hydraulic fracturing to nutrition in urban school districts;... View Details
- May 2014 (Revised November 2014)
- Supplement
Houston We Have A Solution: NASA and Open Innovation (B)
By: Michael Tushman, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf and Kerry Herman
Jeff Davis, director of Space Life Sciences Directorate at NASA, has been working for several years to raise awareness amongst scientists and researchers in his organizations of the benefits of open innovation as a successful and efficient way to collaborate on... View Details
Tushman, Michael, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, and Kerry Herman. "Houston We Have A Solution: NASA and Open Innovation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 414-057, May 2014. (Revised November 2014.)
- 01 Jul 2000
- News
Moral Person and Moral Manager
- January 2009 (Revised February 2011)
- Case
Solvay Group: International Mobility and Managing Expatriates
By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria and Kerry Herman
Marcel Lorent, head of International Mobility at Brussels-based Solvay Group, faces decisions on the expatriation status of four of his firm's talented executives. Each decision will impact the candidate's professional and personal life and will have implications for... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Globalized Firms and Management; Work-Life Balance; Talent and Talent Management; Residency; Employees; Brussels
Groysberg, Boris, Nitin Nohria, and Kerry Herman. "Solvay Group: International Mobility and Managing Expatriates." Harvard Business School Case 409-079, January 2009. (Revised February 2011.)
- 2005
- Class Lecture
Managing Markets, Segments, and Customers
By: Das Narayandas
Narayandas, Das. "Managing Markets, Segments, and Customers." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9-826-6C.)
- Article
Corporate Misconduct and Manager Visits
By: Jonas Heese and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos
Heese, Jonas, and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos. "Corporate Misconduct and Manager Visits." Strategic Finance 102, no. 12 (June 2021): 19–20.
- September 2018
- Supplement
Prudential Financial and Asset-Liability Management
- Research Summary
Entrepreneurial Finance and International R&D Management
Walter Kuemmerle's research and teaching interests fall within the domain of knowledge and capital management in a global economy. His research focuses on international entrepreneurship and venture capital. He studies venture capital systems and entrepreneurship in... View Details
- August 1997
- Article
Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management
By: Gary P. Pisano, David Teece and Amy Shuen
Pisano, Gary P., David Teece, and Amy Shuen. "Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management." Strategic Management Journal 18, no. 7 (August 1997): 509–533. (Winner of Strategic Management Journal Best Paper Prize presented by Strategic Management Society.)
- 1972
- Book
Managers and Their Careers: Cases and Readings
By: J. W. Lorsch and Louis B. Barnes
Keywords: Personal Development and Career
Lorsch, J. W. and Louis B. Barnes, eds. Managers and Their Careers: Cases and Readings. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1972.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Anticommons and Optimal Patent Policy in a Model of Sequential Innovation
By: Gaston Llanes and Stefano Trento
We present a model of sequential innovation in which an innovator uses several research inputs to invent a new good. These inputs, in turn, must be invented before they can be used by the final innovator. As a consequence, the degree of patent protection affects the... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Revenue; Policy; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Research; Motivation and Incentives
Llanes, Gaston, and Stefano Trento. "Anticommons and Optimal Patent Policy in a Model of Sequential Innovation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-148, June 2009.
- Jan 2011
- Other Presentation
Innovation and Competitiveness: Implications for Policy and Saudi Arabia
Porter, Michael E. "Innovation and Competitiveness: Implications for Policy and Saudi Arabia." Global Competitiveness Forum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 2011.
- November 2018
- Case
Swissgrid: Enterprise Risk Management in a Digital Age
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes
Kurt Meyer, chief risk officer of Swissgrid, the Swiss national electricity transmission system operator, reflects on the risk management system he installed after the deregulation and liberalization of the European energy market. With 41 connections to other European... View Details
Keywords: Enterprise Risk Management; Energy Transmission; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Energy; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Switzerland
Kaplan, Robert S., and Anette Mikes. "Swissgrid: Enterprise Risk Management in a Digital Age." Harvard Business School Case 119-045, November 2018.
- December 1997 (Revised January 1998)
- Exercise
COO and Country Manager Job Selection Exercise
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
From seven candidates, students must choose two who are most qualified for the COO position at an entrepreneurial Danish multinational organization, and two who are the best choices for country manager in Vietnam for the company. View Details
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "COO and Country Manager Job Selection Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 398-079, December 1997. (Revised January 1998.)
- August 2019 (Revised August 2024)
- Module Note
Why Aspiring Executives Should Care About Management Theory
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Rory McDonald and Shaye Roseman
Managers often make significant business decisions based on little more than convincing book jacket blurbs. They should hold themselves—and the experts—to a higher standard. View Details
Christensen, Clayton M., Rory McDonald, and Shaye Roseman. "Why Aspiring Executives Should Care About Management Theory." Harvard Business School Module Note 620-011, August 2019. (Revised August 2024.)
- January 2010
- Article
Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation
By: William R. Kerr
We investigate the speed at which clusters of invention for a technology migrate spatially following breakthrough inventions. We identify breakthrough inventions as the top one percent of U.S. inventions for a technology during 1975-1984 in terms of subsequent... View Details
Kerr, William R. "Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation." Journal of Urban Economics 67, no. 1 (January 2010): 46–60.