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  • 01 Sep 2014
  • News

Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes

Every company needs a strategy—a forward-looking plan for the future—and every company needs to keep that bottom line growing through sales. But all too often, the folks devising the grand plan and the folks sealing the deals are not on the same page. In his new book,... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon; faculty research; faculty books
  • 10 Feb 2016
  • News

Investing in Sustainability

produced in the United States is never eaten; 3.8 million gallons of fuel are wasted everyday from unnecessary idling. The nonprofit’s investment strategy is far less typical. Sustainable America makes direct investments with the goal of... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction

School’s US Competitiveness Project from business leader Katherine Gehl and University Professor Michael Porter. Gehl and Porter use the lens of industry competition to analyze the US political system and propose a strategy for reform and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Government
  • 2009
  • Article

Synthesis by Microbes or Chemists? Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing in the Antibiotic Era

By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
This article presents a case study of the rise of Pfizer as a leading pharmaceutical company, with a focus on changing relationships between manufacturing technology and R&D between the mid-1940s and the mid-1960s. Pfizer first moved into pharmaceuticals through... View Details
Keywords: Research and Development; Production; Technology; Transformation; Relationships; Success; Organizations; Programs; Chemicals; Alignment; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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  • April 2002 (Revised September 2003)
  • Case

Stephen Brown at John Hancock Financial Services

By: Robin J. Ely
Describes a major organizational transformation process at John Hancock Financial Services in which CEO Stephen Brown takes a series of measured steps to turn the old-line mutual insurance company into a competitive, performance-oriented financial services firm. At the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Leadership; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Alignment; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry
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  • 10 Dec 2018
  • Blog Post

Interning in the Technology Sector

up for success to deliver their go-to-market strategy on a new website product and how she was able to align this opportunity with her own career passions. View Video View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Takeaways

single interaction you have with a person, no matter how small, is an opportunity to be a leader.” —Linda El Awar (MBA 2007), Graduating from Google: Leadership Lessons “A fable can get colleagues to have discussions that are less defensive, more productive, more View Details
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

Faculty Books

corporate headquarters’ role in setting, coordinating, and overseeing organizational strategy. The book’s case studies, frameworks, and sample scorecards show how to align business and support units, boards of directors, and external... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 26 Sep 2007
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Negotiation

strategy is an aligned combination of set-up moves that occur away from the table, deal design moves, and tactics at the table, all designed to overcome the barriers you've identified. The best response to a... View Details
  • September 2009 (Revised December 2010)
  • Case

Western Union: Our World, Our Family®

By: Christopher Marquis
In 2006, Western Union spun-off from its former parent, First Data Corporation, and began the process of defining itself as a stand-alone organization. Part of that effort was the creation of a strategic corporate social responsibility program called Our World, Our... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Programs; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Alignment; Value
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  • July 2002 (Revised October 2002)
  • Case

Taj Hotel Group

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
R.K. Krishna Kumar, managing director and head of Taj Hotel Group, has to decide whether to reexamine a promotion decision. In an attempt to deliver a level of service quality that met global standards at the Indian hotel chain, Kumar had introduced new personnel... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Human Resources; Leadership Development; Management Teams; Organizational Culture; Alignment; India
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  • 08 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?

company. CSOs should have their finger on the pulse of the company culture, understanding what motivates employees and devising a strategy for implementing change that aligns with the workforce. Sometimes... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing
  • Web

Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Special Assistant to the CEO Sometimes the right role comes as a consequence of long hours dedicated to research, networking, and soul-searching. At other times, the stars simply align – and the wise person’s job is to recognize it. After... View Details
  • 23 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

employees. Leaders need new measurement and management systems to align their tangible and intangible assets to deliver a coherent and integrated strategy. Strategy maps and Balanced Scorecards help leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • Web

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

Hide Details Concepts Defining Organizational Strategy Diagnosing Root Causes of a Gap with the Congruence Model Personal Case Project Featured Exercises Analyze the alignment or misalignment of a business’s... View Details
  • August 2000
  • Case

AMVESCAP in 1999

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kathleen E. E Danoher
Deals with the problems faced by a major mutual fund company as it attempts to respond to the threats and opportunities posed by the explosion of the Internet and the changing landscape of retail financial services. View Details
Keywords: Trends; Investment Funds; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Problems and Challenges; Alignment; Internet; Financial Services Industry
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  • Web

Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog

of incentives, and new roles for individuals and organizations throughout the health care sector. This course will equip students with strategies and tools to help navigate the ever-changing landscape of the health care industry. Career... View Details
  • March 2021
  • Supplement

Toyota and Its Labor Union in Argentina (C)

By: Jorge Tamayo, Erik Snowberg and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
Toyota Argentina (TASA) and the union representing automotive industry workers in the country had been working together since 2011 to address the challenges faced by Toyota’s manufacturing plant in Zárate (Argentina). In 2019, after achieving all the goals set forward... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Alignment; Cooperation; Negotiation; Agreements and Arrangements; Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Goals and Objectives; Auto Industry; Latin America; South America; Argentina
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  • 16 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy

“chicken-and-egg” problem: Every energy producer needs off-takers (buyers) and the cooperative strategy between HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy reduces the first-mover risk in order to spur investment from both parties. Additionally, our... View Details
  • 21 Nov 2019
  • Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

can play critical roles in the energy transformation. Keynotes from business leaders such as Michael Skelly (MBA 1991), Advisor at Lazard, and Patricia DiOrio, VP of National Grid US Strategy outlined the continued development needed for... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech