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- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
conflict between the old and the new. Successful CEOs first develop a broad, forward-looking strategic aspiration that sets ambitious targets both for innovation and core business growth. They then hold the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
companies have a sense of mission enabling them to deliver what their customers want in a way that is significantly better than the competition. As a formula for the future, it brings together the necessity of financial success... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
science-based research is something the heads of top biotech and pharmas learned long ago: There are few instant payoffs to please investors. Just ask Raymond Gilmartin, former chairman, president, and CEO of Merck & Co., who now... View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
benefit from mimicking the showroom concepts started by online-first retailers and why online-first retailers can benefit from opening more traditional stores. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54316 March 29, 2018 Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
should Calhoun choose? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/218022-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-099 John Rogers, Jr.—Ariel Investments Co. John Rogers Jr., the founder and CEO of Ariel Investments, an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
School Case 207-084 Following a successful model in Europe, JP Morgan has introduced a set of five U.S. retail mutual funds with an investment philosophy and marketing strategy grounded in behavioral finance. The asset management group... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
development of the U.S. railroad industry in the latter half of the 19th century. Al went straight to the sources and expanded upon them in a series of important articles in the Business History Review. That work developed into his pathbreaking book Strategy and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
Donald Trump, the new CEO of ExxonMobil faced many strategic questions. How should ExxonMobil invest going forward? What were the capabilities that ExxonMobil needed to develop in order to be successful in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
Publications March 2015 AFP Exchange Well Said: Why Articulating Your Strategy Can Set You Apart. By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract—Senior finance managers now operate in an altered c-suite landscape. The executives reporting to the CEO... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
Jack." German entrepreneurs were autocratic and paternalist, but it is by no means clear that they had a particular lock on this sort of behavior. How many American CEOs would like to have labor representatives on their boards? We... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
Alfred D. Chandler nor do they resemble small- and medium-sized Mittelstand firms, which Gary Herrigel highlighted as a successful alternative. That is why so far there has been little research about them beyond individual case studies.... View Details
- 16 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.
The strained presidential transition facing President-elect Joe Biden probably rings true for many CEOs and other business leaders stepping into new positions of power. We asked Rosabeth Moss Kanter, an expert on leadership and change, to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
reflexivity can be stimulated. Finally, we discuss the implications of our review and identify avenues for future research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55662 Assessing the Impact of CEO Activism By:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
in-house agency model are analyzed, and the competitive position that in-house agencies presently occupy in relation to external providers is assessed. Two case examples of successful internal/external agency collaboration are presented.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
in a world where patents can be practically replicated through careful innovation. On a third front, however, Thomas Davenport and Laurence Prusak argue in What's the Big Idea? that the successful implementation of management concepts can... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
iPad, the company's third major innovation released over the last decade under its iconic CEO Steve Jobs. Apple's strategy of shifting its business into non-PC products had thrived so far, driven by the smashing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
digital platform, and the increased fiscal pressures created by the worldwide economic crisis. Unfortunately, the educational programs for future health care leaders fail to provide many of the needed skills, according to a survey of CEOs... View Details
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208083 Cyworld: Creating and Capturing Value in a Social Network Harvard Business School Case 509-012 May 2008, the new CEO of Cyworld, a social network... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
agriculture. In the successful industries that we all talk about, it was limited and muted and not the cause of success." Before opening up the discussion to other panelists, Porter pointed out that much of what had been viewed as... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
detailed data on how their CEOs allocate their work time, which we define as their span of activity. Span of activity provides a direct measure of the CEO's management style, including the attention devoted to specific subordinates and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne