Executive Ability - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Dec 2013
HBS Case

D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable

operational innovation to manage the tradeoff between cost and quality. It's an issue you find in every business, whether you're a chef or an executive at Mercedes or BMW or Apple." In November, Oldani visited Pisano's second-year... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Joanie Tobin; Food & Beverage

11 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

and, eventually, through its decision to execute a management buyout to exit the public market. Explored at the corporate level is the tension between Edison's effort to generate profits and achieve excellent educational outcomes. Brief... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?

several years ago to connect the back end of its 50,000 stores with company headquarters. But it soon dawned on executives that 90 percent of Starbucks customers use the Web, and many are high-end business travelers. Offering them Web... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

Profile

Georges F. Doriot

was his ability to ask questions that illuminated the critical aspects of an important decision his friends might be facing.” Always quotable, he famously told his students, “Always remember, that someone, somewhere, is making... View Details

30 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World

administrative footprint of Mumbai’s municipal government only covers part of the greater metropolitan area due to the city’s rapid growth, limiting the government’s ability to apply adaptation initiatives throughout the city. Several... View Details

04 Jun 2024
Blog Post

Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)

more importantly, the lessons she learned, which have honed her ability to lead. Alongside her classroom experience, Ramirez sought hands-on learning at MLT partner Danaher through a pre-MBA internship and summer internship between her RC... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

job, in the community, or at home. All it takes is leadership intelligence—a combination of these eight moral, social, and technical imperatives essential to our ability to positively influence others: Aim to be your ideal self; know your... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

intellectual-property lawsuits by practicing entities (e.g., IBM and Intel) nor of any other type of litigation against firms. We find further suggestive evidence of NPE opportunism: targeting of firms that have reduced ability to defend... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

29 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater

consistently delivers a valuable, innovative product under the pressure of a very firm deadline (opening night, eight o'clock curtain). The product, a play, executes again and again with great precision, incorporating significant... View Details

Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin

01 Dec 2012
News

Rival Visions

hardest assignments. He drafted plans to institute new military regulations, to reform the inspector general's office, and—most remarkably—to reorganize the entire army . Despite his emotional insecurities, he had total confidence in his own View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

identify the characteristics of successful enterprises and leaders in this realm. The nearly 100 academics, business practitioners, and nonprofit executives from fifteen countries who gathered for the event examined the operational and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

23 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care

Bohmer teaches an MBA course on health-care operations management, codirects the joint MD/MBA program, and serves as faculty chair for two Executive Education programs in health-care delivery. A native of New Zealand, he teaches and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

01 Jun 2011
News

The Best-Laid Plans

morning known as “Super Saturday,” 63 student teams present these and other ideas in the Aldrich classrooms where other people’s ventures are the usual topic of discussion. Judges — a mix of angel investors, VCs, serial entrepreneurs, and industry View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Web

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perspectives, and values as you, negotiation skill is critical-professionally and personally. This course will enable you to become a more effective negotiator by enhancing your abilities to: Identify (often-overlooked) value-creating... View Details

28 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

bankers, board members, or consultants). Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209137 First National Bank's Golden Opportunity Harvard Business School Case 208-072 Executives at First National Bank... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 14

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-124.pdf First-Party Content, Commitment and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Daniel Spulber Abstract We study the effect of two-sided platforms' ability to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Sep 2016
First Look

September 6, 2016

had nothing to do with the trouble. Because the scandal effect is lasting, a company you left long ago could have an impact on your current and future job mobility, not to mention your compensation. Overall, executives who suffer from the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2006
News

Light Years Ahead

more direct international experiences for our students, and for our faculty. One idea might be short study trips that would combine immersion in key regions around the world with individual preparation beforehand and class work or field studies after. In View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

06 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

Steiner, executive vice-president of commercial acceptance, must decide if the situation in Brazil is stable enough to support a significant increase in breeding and biotech spending to develop products specifically designed for the... View Details