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Frameworks of Business Strategy 02 DEC 2024 | The Parlor Room Harvard Business School Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee joins host Chris Linnane to provide a unique insight into how companies can gain and sustain competitive advantage with... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
these ventures is competitive advantage and profit. For Israeli companies, cooperation can open up new markets, provide cost-effective outsourcing opportunities, and significantly lower the costs of production, which is especially... View Details
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
business as well. “In the context of teams or negotiations, adopting a competitive mindset can lead to undue pessimism about how others feel,” Lees says. “These inaccurate beliefs can lead to missed business... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
Professor Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback write in the new preface to their book Being the Boss: The Three Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader, first published in 2011 and reissued this spring, “Leadership has always been hard, and in a world in which the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
our business. We have built a business that is, despite our small scale, has a very clear track record of profitability, and have had the fundraising challenges And his response was "Well, you're not really a fast-growing business." And he's right. He was applying a... View Details
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Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship
B2C Marketing Compilation of posts on B2C marketing , Tom Eisenmann Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us , Duncan Watts Building Brand Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd , Youngme Moon Building Teams/Culture Compilation... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer
worked at Bain long enough to get that “business is war” mindset — don’t turn your back too long or else.... What’s the most rewarding aspect of your job? Seeing the impact of HBR. I recently gave a speech to a group of CEOs, and one of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
You can’t be that impatient. Another lesson from top-tier venture groups is the importance of a global perspective when it comes to best practices and competitive strategies. The smart venture firms make global connections. Too often,... View Details
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
successful technological innovation—but whose mindsets often clash. The authors dub these two types stewards and creators. An organization's stewards are usually managers; their goal is the careful allocation of the organization's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
Such motives spring from the humanitarian values possessed by the organizations or individuals involved. Utilitarian motives, on the other hand, cater to the partners' organizational needs, focusing on issues like risk management or the creation of View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
that acquisitions can build competitive advantage partially through retention of valuable human capital of the target firm. However, making commitments to retain and motivate successful top managers is a challenge when contracts are not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
"Early on, they may think that they understand the other side, but sometimes asking a question once is not enough," Mohan says. "You often need to explore the other side's interests and true alternatives more deeply, or things can go wrong. We get people... View Details
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
philosophical tone in his 1981 inaugural address when he famously observed: "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." Thereafter, regulatory minimalism and a "market knows best" mindset took hold in... View Details
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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
progress as well as future surveys that will be conducted every 3–4 years. New Venture Competition New Venture Competition Press Release The 27th annual HBS New Venture Competition, held in Klarman Hall in... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
it. My preferred artistic medium is music—I played the piano and violin and sang competitively from age five through high school. I don’t have as much time for it anymore, but, growing up, it helped me to relax, to engage with and develop... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
for aggressively growing our U.S.-based manufacturing operations, while incorporating a global mindset and offering our customers a true international capability.” With technology leveling the playing field, CGM can function as a globally... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
reasons—so why not jump-start that mindset by throwing your body ahead of your inhibitions? Looking goofy doesn’t matter. Your ideas matter. Action matters. Investing in change matters. Plus, swinging from the ceiling with professional... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 11 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
systems and processes. Moreover, the firm had experienced a slight decline in performance and increasing competition from major rivals prior to his arrival. We were intrigued by the changes taking place at Alpha, particularly as we... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
insurance and bank supervision) worked to stabilize the financial system; (2) that the financial catastrophe of 2007-2009 was not an accident, but rather a mistake, driven by a deregulatory mindset that took 50 years of post-New Deal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
paper quantifies anecdotal evidence that Chinese firms are more diversified than similar firms in other countries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-007.pdf Innovation through Global Collaboration: A New Source of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace