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Competitiveness & Economic Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

key concepts that are a foundation for understanding competitiveness. Strategy for Economic Development Michael Porter’s research and frameworks on competitiveness and economic... View Details

July 2012
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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

October 2019
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Impax Laboratories: Executing Accretive Acquisitions (B)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher

Explores events after Impax announced the acquisition of a portfolio of generic pharmaceutical products from Teva in June 2016. View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Structure; Financial Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

March 2002
Background Note

Incentive Strategy Within Organizations

By: Brian J. Hall

This case serves as a supplement to any course on incentive design and implementation. The analysis first locates incentive strategy within the larger structure of organizations and markets and then helps to define the central components and difficulties of incentive... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Performance Evaluation; Strategy; Situation or Environment; Problems and Challenges

12 Jul 2015
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How Genzyme became a source of biotech executives

March 2004 (Revised September 2005)
Case

Newell Rubbermaid: Strategy in Transition

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery, Rhonda Kaufman and Carole Winkler

Describes the transformation of a company's corporate-level strategy. Begins by laying out the strategy that brought the Newell Co. stunning success for nearly three decades. The highly integrated, internally consistent strategy was tailored for manufacturing and... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Strategy; Transformation; Problems and Challenges; Acquisition; Product Development; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; United States

March 2018
Teaching Note

Controversy over Executive Remuneration at BP

By: V.G. Narayanan and Shawn O'Brien

Teaching Note for HBS No. 116-063. View Details

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The American Chief Executive from 1850 to 2000

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Richard S. Tedlow's research explores changes in the leadership strategies, styles, and backgrounds of corporate chief executive officers in the United States over the past century and a half. This project has both a qualitative and a quantitative component. The... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Baker Library Gets New Executive Director

Mary Lee Kennedy, the new executive director of Baker Library, can hardly wait for the renovated and expanded facility to reopen next summer. “It is going to be a hub of campus intellectual activity,” says... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

2009
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Executive Pay in a Crises Environment

By: Kay Ira and John J. Gabarro

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The Role of Leaders - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Strategy Strategy Strategy Explained Business Strategy Creating a Successful Strategy Corporate View Details

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The Trouble with Executive Stock Options

By: Brian J. Hall and Kevin J. Murphy

Keywords: Stock Options; Management

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Season's Greeting From HBS Executive Education

01 Jun 2004
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Strengthening Ties with Executive Education Graduates

Committee, chaired by Jim Gibbons (MBA 1994), is making progress on recommendations to leverage existing resources and develop new ones to assist alumni with lifetime career development needs. Last fall, the board created an View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Alumni Association Board of Directors; committee; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

1983
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Analyzing Competitors: Predicting Competitor Behavior and Formulating Offensive and Defensive Strategy

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Behavior

October 1994
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Note on the Confrontation Strategy

Because of the emergence of the lean enterprise (a Japanese innovation), the nature of competition has changed. Competitive advantages are virtually impossible to sustain; instead of avoiding competition through creating sustainable competitive advantage, companies... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy

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Health Plans - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Employers Suppliers Policymakers Health Plans Health Plans It is time for health plans to shift to a new mindset focused on value. Today’s forward-looking health plans are beginning to see the rewards of engaging in value-based competition by supporting informed... View Details

October 2021 (Revised February 2022)
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Newsweek: Driving a Digital First Strategy

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Suraj Srinivasan

The case describes the transformation at Newsweek, the storied news magazine that had fallen from its commanding position as a premier print publication unable to find its footing in the fast changing digital media landscape. After buying Newsweek and taking over as... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Analytics and Data Science; Performance Evaluation; Partners and Partnerships