Alignment - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality

school systems typically devote up to 85 percent of their budgets to personnel. This creates heavy managerial burdens and difficulties in aligning staffing to meet the needs of students and parents. AltSchool's microschool strategy... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Jong-Hyun Kim; Education

25 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Developing the Global Leader

Krishna Palepu that will extend ALD's objectives to include cultivating a greater capacity for cultural intelligence. "It's not so much about understanding geopolitics," George says. "The characteristics that I've cited above are far more... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

05 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 5

Scorecard to accomplish a turnaround and cultural change after eight consecutive years of financial losses and market share declines. The team uses the strategy map to align financial and project resources to the strategy and to motivate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2018
Op-Ed

4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World

different ends of the career spectrum with a shared belief in their powerlessness" These companies have created new business opportunities by identifying societal problems that align with—or become part of—the firm’s operating... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’

threat of such legal action. Forecasters' reliance on science and statistics as methods for accessing the future aligns their story with conventional narratives of modernity. The German sociologist Max Weber, for instance, argued that a... View Details

Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman

06 Oct 2003
What Do You Think?

Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?

forms of innovation: process innovations ... innovations in the way we think ... innovations in organization structure ... and so on." These comments pose the question of whether too many elements, many of them counter to human nature or the training we receive,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?

the last possible moment, just the information from the required books you need to pass the course. With Cram.com you would have no need to even buy the book. That may not be a desired outcome from society's perspective, but it is a product View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

need to do their part and devote time and attention to aligning their interests and cultivating collaborations across the organization. Only when everyone understands the big picture and feels a part of it can they prioritize and focus... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Feb 2016
Op-Ed

The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills

skilled workers. Developing the right skills The irony is that jobs like these are exactly what we need to revive our middle class— but they will continue to prove elusive where we fail to align skills training to employer needs or... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Fuller and Matt Sigelman; Manufacturing; Electronics

29 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

an entrepreneur wants to become Rich, then VCs see that entrepreneur's interests as being aligned with theirs, for they both want to maximize financial returns. However, if an entrepreneur wants to become King, that entrepreneur is more... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services

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

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

Keywords: by Bill George; Banking

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

Keywords: by Mihir Desai; Pharmaceutical

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

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

entrepreneurs and business experts can predict their subsequent commercialization. How Should We Pay for Health Care? (536) Michael E. Porter and Robert S. Kaplan argue that reimbursement for medical services through bundled payments is the only approach that View Details

24 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

another aligned with the core set of principles. This kind of human control system does not work perfectly by itself, but it certainly reduces the need for rules and thus helps people feel autonomous. Rather than feeling forced into... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

19 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work

employees seem least suited to aligning their schedules with other time zones, raising questions about potential inequities: Women caregivers. Both men and women tend to increase their after-hours work as schedule differences increase,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

increasing profits and growth at the country's largest telecommunications firm; "a boutique asset-management firm that invests in companies whose business models are aligned with the needs of a sustainable global economy." But Capitalism... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

07 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

agents for social change in the emerging markets grappling with institutional voids. How should they work with the government in this endeavor? How do they ensure an alignment of these efforts to the group and foundation's long-term focus... View Details