by Gary P. Pisano - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

also show that the internal control provisions of section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley make royalty arrangements based on self-reporting more attractive. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-100.pdf Toward a Theory of Behavioral Operations Authors:Francesca... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

Companies compete on the decisions they make. For years—even decades—in response to intensifying global competition, companies decided to outsource their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those... View Details

12 Jul 2015
News

How Genzyme became a source of biotech executives

01 Mar 2019
News

Fostering an Innovation Culture: Talent, Discipline and Leadership

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

regenerate the "industrial commons"? What do you think? Original Article A new book, Producing Prosperity , by profs. Gary Pisano and Willy Shih, argues that a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

28 Mar 2012
What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

which the directors toured a newly-created "beauty park" in the US, where companies cooperating to create and manufacture new fashion beauty products are located together in one light industrial park. It is a reflection of colleagues Gary... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

John Macomber (@cleantechcities) is a senior lecturer of business administration in the Finance Unit Gary P. Pisano: In-person meetings will be less important All organizations will learn that they can... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 8

conditions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-098.pdf Creating an R&D Strategy Author:Gary P. Pisano Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

operating room, have been studied by HBS faculty. Amy Edmondson has looked at organizational learning in hospital intensive care units; Gary Pisano and Robert Huckman studied... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

06 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness

continue making long-term investments in R&D, and at the same time, management needs to stop "exaggerating the payoff and discounting the danger" of outsourcing production and cutting R&D, Shih says. Shih and HBS Professor View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

03 Sep 2014
What Do You Think?

Who Should Choose Your Boss?

factored in." Walter P. Blass noted that in academia the search is usually run by a search committee, but the nomination needs the approval of the next level to that position. "That way, you get... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Food & Beverage

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

for shareholders. However, there is a sense, expressed by John Ippolito, that there is a lack of perception in boards of directors of "what constitutes 'creating value' in the enterprise many boards are too ready to turn over the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

16 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 16

profitable investment decisions. During the last ten years, Wall Street research has been battered by a series of shocks. As concerns over conflicts of interest mounted, the integrity of research output was questioned, leading to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

manage investors' expectations, and how you manage partners. The competitive advantage of the U.S. economy lies in our great science institutions and university infrastructure. —Gary Pisano "I see a lot of great research going on... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

04 Feb 2015
What Do You Think?

Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?

the company cited in 2007 as one of three prime example firms demonstrating "the future of management" by thought leader Gary Hamel. Schmidt and Rosenberg describe a philosophy that is centered... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

30 May 2019
What Do You Think?

Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?

of the OR” vs. the “genius of the AND” Only four of the 18 companies in their sample were based on the West Coast. But their point of view would be adopted by many startups in Silicon Valley and the venture capitalists funding them. The... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

31 May 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Harvard Business School Research Stories That Will Make Your Mouth Water

quality with affordable prices. Gary Pisano and Oldani explain how. A Bank That Takes Parmesan Cheese as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan Nikolaos Trichakis discusses the Italian regional bank Credito... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Food & Beverage

2016
Working Paper

Towards a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition

By: Gary P. Pisano

The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971), attempts to... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage

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Steve Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.

Following his retirement from HBS in 2006, he served with former Dean Kim B. Clark at BYU-Idaho and then from 2007-2015 he served as... View Details

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