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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Kaplan’s research, Executive Education teaching, and consulting focus on linking cost and performance management systems to strategy... View Details

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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

where he teaches courses on business strategy and cluster development, is also a Senior Institute Associate at the Institute for Strategy and... View Details

December 2010
Compilation

VCPE Strategy Vignettes I

By: Josh Lerner, G. Felda Hardymon, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, Ann Leamon and Lisa Strope

These three vignettes present various issues around the strategy and management of venture capital and private equity firms. In one, the general partners must decide whether to invest in an intriguing opportunity that lies outside the firm's carefully developed... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Private Equity; Financial Strategy; Projects; Decision Choices and Conditions; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Investment Portfolio; Business or Company Management; China

Blog

Up Close: A Return to In-Person Executive Education Programs

welcome addition of a new agenda item: return to in-person programs. In June, Executive Education welcomed its first in-person program in 15 months, a team from Newton Wellesley Hospital (NWH) composed of physicians, nurses, View Details

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The Essential Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

recognized in governments, corporations, non-profits, and academic circles across the globe. A sought after teacher and the author of 19 books and over 125 articles, Professor... View Details

April 1993 (Revised February 1996)
Supplement

ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (B1): Rights Offering Strategy

By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano

Supplements the (A) case. Describes the CEO's decision. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Intellectual Property

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CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

but for Cisco customers, increasing industry growth. The program has also strengthened Cisco’s relationships with suppliers, customers and government. Integrating Strategy Across Levels - Novartis in Rural... View Details

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Geography of Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

dramatically improves outcomes and controls health care costs. By expanding strategically and integrating with community providers, those already renowned for innovation and... View Details

April 2020 (Revised July 2022)
Teaching Plan

Gilead: Hepatitis C Access Strategy (A) and (B)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Teaching Plan for HBS Nos. 515-025 and 515-044. View Details

April 2000 (Revised October 2002)
Background Note

Career Strategies and Tactics in Professional Service Firms

By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry

Presents suggestions for ensuring a good start in a professional services career. View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Performance Expectations; Performance Effectiveness; Customization and Personalization; Practice; Valuation; Performance Evaluation; Business Startups; Competency and Skills; Learning; Talent and Talent Management; Management Skills; Consulting Industry

Educators

October 2022 (Revised September 2024)
Case

To SFO or Not To SFO: The Tolman Family Selects a Family Office Strategy

By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Victoria Alvarez-Arango, Grace Headinger, Mili Sanwalka and Anna Yuan

Peter Tolman, a first-generation investment professional, debated which family office strategy to adopt for managing his family’s assets. As the sole steward of his family’s wealth, he sought to conserve and grow his family’s wealth for him, his wife, and his two very... View Details

Keywords: Family Office; Investment Strategy; Family Business; Financial Strategy; Investment; Strategy; Diversification; Management; Asset Management; Wealth; Financial Services Industry; United States; Canada

Educators

January 1981 (Revised February 1982)
Case

People's Republic of China: Development Strategies and Performance

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Development Economics; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; China

July 2012
Case

Johannes Linden: Managing the Global Executive Committee

By: Linda A. Hill and Mark Rennella

Johannes Linden is the Director of the Washer and Dryer division of Fluss, a large Swiss appliance manufacturer. Soon after the company completes its revenue projections and bonus targets for the upcoming year, Linden shares some good news with his leadership team, the... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Management Style; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Multinational Firms and Management; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland

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Emerging Topics - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

strategies with tangible social benefits, is gaining widespread acceptance within the business and nonprofit communities. These are some tools and emerging research topics.... View Details

05 Aug 2015
News

Helping Women Executives Return to Work

Katerina Gould (MBA 1990), cofounder of Women Returners and founder of Thinking Potential, is helping executive women in the United Kingdom re-enter the workforce after extended career breaks. “They are... View Details

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Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

sustainable water supply, decent affordable housing, personal health, and food supply. By late summer 2014, two products had been designated as BWCs and two others were set to be announced in the fall. Dow... View Details

September–October 2024
Article

Why Multibusiness Strategies Fail and How to Make Them Succeed

By: Bharat Anand and David J. Collis

Enterprises that own multiple businesses often have a flawed approach to strategy: They focus too much on the makeup of their portfolios and too little on enhancing the businesses in them.
Strategies for adding value to a corporation’s businesses fall on a... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Structure; Management Systems

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April 1992 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Biotechnology Strategies in 1992

Describes the strategies of biotechnology companies which face similar uncertainties and illustrates different types of strategic responses to uncertainty. Each firm faces the strategic issues of which end-use industries to choose, how broad their product line should... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Biotechnology Industry