succession planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

used. Separation seemed to help companies untangle the contradictory imperatives of threat and opportunity. Released from obligations to the parent organizations, freestanding ventures were more likely to view the new business as an independent opportunity and frame... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower

02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2

has to decide where to locate the company's new manufacturing line for high horsepower engines. He has three choices to decide from: Seymour, Indiana; Daventry, England; and Pune, India. The Community Education Coalition (CEC) in Columbus has had View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

19 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 19, 2006

conservatism. Competitive Advantage and the Value Network Configuration: Making Decisions at a Swedish Life Insurance Company Authors:Øystein D. Fjeldstad and Christian H.M. Ketels Periodical:Long Range Planning Journal 39, no. 2 (April... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Mar 2014
What Do You Think?

When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?

leadership, alumni from Procter & Gamble's online operation, carefully laid out plans in which they estimated they would need a next round financing of $30 million. The representative from Flatiron indicated his partners would like to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Publishing; Retail

02 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

quarterly and generally with less scrutiny from higher-ups. The researchers wanted to test their hypothesis that casino hosts in loosely monitored, more hands-off management structures were more successful in their jobs because they felt... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

thinking that all our plans can look the same everywhere, that all our brands can feel the same everywhere, and we have made huge mistakes in that regard," he said. Changes Brewing AmBev, one of the world's largest beer producers,... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational

U.S.-based companies' enormous international success was due to "something quite new and considerably more serious [than financial or technological strength]—the extension to Europe of an organization that is still a mystery to us.... View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

membership. Some of these businesses have tried an advertising-based model with very limited success. However, these businesses have not fully explored the power of their members to influence each other's behavior. This potential viral or social effect can have... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

California, and the Rothman Institute (RI), a private-practice physician group in metropolitan Philadelphia, illustrate three keys for successful bundling: excellent data on outcomes and costs, proactive management of the patient, and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

for anyone hoping to master the new-world skills required of successful business leaders today. As the narrative unfolds, Jim grapples with an array of business crises, some he inherited and some of his own making. As events push this new... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17

full-service international passenger model with a premium air-cargo business model while separately operating a no-frills passenger model for domestic flights. LAN's multi-model success comes from recognizing the complementarity of its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2020
What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

within a set of constraints, both direct and indirect (For example) (A) recent Labor Department proposed rule just reiterated that the duty of (ERISA retirement) plan fiduciaries is to maximize investment returns.” Rather than hold CEOs... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete

prevent you from actually being good at anything. Dafny: Right, success in either strategy or implementation requires making trade-offs. In the absence of those trade-offs, you have a lot of mediocrity. Sadun: I would also tell the CEO... View Details

Keywords: by Alumni Bulletin Staff; Health

12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Harvard Business School Case 409-107 Bob Beall is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). CFF is an extremely successful organization, but Beall has to determine how to manage... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business

Science.) The researchers used morphing software to create a visual continuum of animacy, with images of doll faces at one end of the spectrum and images of similar human faces at the other. The images in between were morphed combinations of real and fake, which each... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

notably higher entry rates and increases in plant productivity. These results are not present for districts located on another major highway system, the North-South East-West corridor (NS-EW). Improvements for portions of the NS-EW system were View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 31

possessed competitive advantages and management skills residing in contacts, knowledge, information, and relationships that sustained long-lasting and successful international businesses and that gave them genuine efficiency-enhancing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Oct 2007
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First Look: First Look: October 10

Case 407-050 Gianna Angelopoulous-Daskalaki led the bidding organization that secured the 2004 Olympics for Athens and then later the preparations for those Games. Tracks her leadership style and how she and her team won the bid. After substantial View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

large. Of particular interest to business leaders are a number of case studies of successful BOP business models. The co-editors are all associated with HBS: V. Kasturi (Kash) Rangan and John Quelch are faculty, Gustavo Herrero is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne