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- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
place, while the results of that innovation leads to learning that reshapes the strategy. Lean Strategy enables company builders to pursue viable opportunities, stay focused, and align the entire organisation while supporting front-line... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
norms and how teams will communicate, how they will work together, and how they will ensure psychological safety is established and maintained. It’s not as scary as it sounds; it’s usually a 90-minute or two-hour meeting where you are trying to get View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
innovation qualities, and firm size affects innovation incentives. This framework allows us to analyze how different types of innovation contribute to economic growth and how the firm size distribution can have important consequences for the types of innovations... View Details
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
however, half the initial financing had been spent, and UPromise was "burning" the rest at a rate that could exhaust it before year-end. But even as the number of employees exceeded 100 and the launch date for UPromise services slipped from autumn into 2001,... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
Based on dialogue with all stakeholders, create an information gap analysis, develop and implement necessary methodologies for creating missing content, and consult with the board to determine an "optimal level of transparency." The foregoing two steps will identify... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President
her stance on immigration and border controls, aligning with what polls say many Americans want. “Candidates and parties clearly pay attention to polls to understand which issues are important to voters,” says Pons. “Trump is realizing... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
workers do not find meaning in their work. A shockingly low 25 percent of employees feel connection to their company's mission. (Contrast that to the 84 percent of Medtronic employees who feel aligned with the company's mission.) In my... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 03 Jan 2008
- What Do You Think?
Does Judgment Trump Experience?
judgment calls, framing and naming the judgment call, and mobilizing and aligning the right people to carry it out), making the judgment call, making execution happen, and learning and continuously adjusting after the call is made. Good... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 09 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools
to career," says Rivkin. In Cincinnati, the Strive Partnership serves as a central clearing house for aligning goals with the metrics and decisions to meet those goals. "This fosters a sense of collective responsibility but... View Details
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/514061-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 917-402 Banking on Change: Aligning Culture and Compensation at Morgan Stanley This case study was prepared as part of a research project on Culture,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
strategy was broadly aligned with the requirements of the Nazi regime. The outcomes of these strategies show the strengths and limitations of political risk management. The company survived the Nazi regime and the destruction of World War... View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
in complementary R&D. We ask whether profit maximizing complementors will fully cooperate to make the final product as valuable as possible. Contrary to the popular view that two tight complements will generally have well aligned... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
success. Alina Sandell, for example, said, “Key to all of this I think is assessing the characteristics of your culture, looking at whether your culture is aligned to your strategic requirements and then targeting effort to turn the dial... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
difference through their work. If they can align their personal purpose with the company’s purpose, there is a congruence that inspires them to do superior work, create great products and innovations, achieve the highest quality, and... View Details
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
reported to capital markets and to tax authorities. A useful blueprint for reform would include a) moving to a territorial regime unencumbered by excessive complexity, b) a considerably lower tax rate in the range of 18-20 percent, c) better View Details
- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
Austin's research underscores the importance of ensuring a good fit between partners' missions, strategies, and values, this alignment may not always be readily apparent. Consider, for instance, the alliance struck between The Nature... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Connecting With Nonprofits
"versus them" Strategic Alignment Minimal fit required, beyond a shared interest in a particular issue area Overlap in mission and values Relationship as strategic toolHigh "mission mesh" Shared values Collaboration... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 2014
- Book
International Strategy: Context, Concepts and Implications
By: David J. Collis
This book is designed for every student who will be involved in managing and advising companies that compete internationally or face international competitors. Designed around the course at Harvard Business School, Collis' new text takes the firm that operates across... View Details
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Globalized Economies and Regions; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Alignment; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration
Collis, David J. International Strategy: Context, Concepts and Implications. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
strategy comes into question when students take the first standardized test aligned with the more rigorous Common Core State Standards. While the test results show that, on average, Uncommon’s students still perform well compared to their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs
new options; these offer another opportunity to reach the pot of gold and even recoup previous losses. "The upshot of this approach," says Hall, "is that CEOs have a carrot and a stick in front of them on a regular basis -- a situation that motivates... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross