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  • 11 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

P. Norton aims to make strategy a continual process. The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage shows managers how to weave organizational principles into a more effective management system that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 2019
  • White Paper

Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy

By: George Serafeim, T. Robert Zochowski and Jennifer Downing
Reimagining capitalism is an imperative. We need to create a more inclusive and sustainable form of capitalism that works for every person and the planet. Massive environmental damage, growing income and wealth disparity, stress, and depression within developed... View Details
Keywords: Impact-Weighted Accounts; IWAI; Background; Economic Systems; Economy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Statements
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    Roy D. Shapiro

    Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

    • January 2022 (Revised March 2022)
    • Technical Note

    Deglobalization and Alternative Futures

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Valeria Giacomin
    This note reviews the evidence that the world is undergoing an era of de-globalization. It shows that available metrics show some support for this theory. However there is also evidence that what is happening might be better described as regionalization. The nature of... View Details
    Keywords: Global Business; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, And Changes; Populism; Geopolitics; Business History; Globalization; Change; Financial Crisis; China
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    • December 2006 (Revised February 2007)
    • Case

    Opportunity International: Measurement and Mission

    By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Melissa Tritter
    After a "first career" in business, HBS graduate Christopher Crane becomes CEO of a worldwide microfinance network. The organization's twin challenges are: 1) developing metrics to give it an accurate picture of its situation and impacts, and 2) generating rapid... View Details
    Keywords: Microfinance; Measurement and Metrics; Problems and Challenges; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Model; Nonprofit Organizations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Financial Services Industry
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    • 23 May 2011
    • Op-Ed

    Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society

    integrated reporting by companies and a high level of investor interest in the respective nonfinancial performance metric. Companies and investors in these countries are on the vanguard of integrated... View Details
    Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
    • 11 Mar 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability

    Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
    • November 2018 (Revised April 2019)
    • Case

    Zespri Grows

    By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
    Controlling about a third of global kiwifruit exports by volume and nearly half by value in 2018, Zespri was a grower-owned “corporatized cooperative” with the exclusive right to export New Zealand-grown kiwifruit (except to Australia). Zespri did not grow fruit but... View Details
    Keywords: Agribusiness; Kiwi; Kiwifruit; Agriculture; Global Supply Chain; Branding; Produce; Coordinated Industry Structure; Industry Coordination; Countercyclical Supply; New Product Development; Product Strategy; Differentiation; Food; Quality; Trade; Brands and Branding; Marketing; Strategy; Global Strategy; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Globalization; Globalized Firms and Management; Competitive Strategy; Resource Allocation; Product Development; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; New Zealand
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    • May 2025
    • Teaching Note

    The VideaHealth AI Factory: CEO Florian Hillen on Speed, Scale, and Innovation

    By: Tsedal Neeley
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 425-720. Florian Hillen, co-founder and CEO of VideaHealth, a startup using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect dental conditions on x-rays, spent the early years of his company laying the groundwork for an AI factory. This AI factory,... View Details
    Keywords: Diagnostics; Organization Design; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Health Care and Treatment; AI and Machine Learning; Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Success; Technology Industry; Health Industry; United States
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    • 02 Aug 2004
    • What Do You Think?

    For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?

    Summing Up Responses to this month's column raise questions about whether Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, requiring that senior managers certify the integrity of the processes by which their companies' financial reports are... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • June 2025
    • Case

    (Family) Size Matters: Nico Oprée and the Decreasing Power of Family Unity over Time

    By: Lauren Cohen, Octavian Graf Pilati, Dominik V. Eynern and Sophia Pan
    Nico Oprée, a fourth-generation (G4) member of his family’s heavy manufacturing business, found himself reflecting on how the firm would navigate a deepening shareholder conflict. While the second generation (G2) had managed the business in harmony, dynamics shifted... View Details
    Keywords: Ownership; Family Businesses; Family; Family Functioning And Support; Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Family Ownership; Acquisition; Governance; Resignation and Termination; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Size; Negotiation Offer; Private Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Trust; Conflict of Interests; Conflict Management; Manufacturing Industry; Germany
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    • 2008
    • Book

    Revisiting Rental Housing: Policies, Programs, and Priorities

    By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky
    Rental housing is increasingly recognized as a vital housing option in the United States. Yet government policies and programs continue to grapple with widespread problems, including affordability, distressed urban neighborhoods, poor-quality housing stock,... View Details
    Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government and Politics; Housing; Renting or Rental; Problems and Challenges; United States
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    • January 2004 (Revised February 2005)
    • Case

    Timberland and Community Involvement (Abridged Version)

    By: James E. Austin and James Quinn
    When Jeffrey Swartz became the third generation in his family to lead the Timberland Co., he made community involvement an integral part of the company's strategy. Under Swartz's leadership, Timberland formed a close partnership with City Year, the national corps of... View Details
    Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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    • January 2025
    • Supplement

    The VideaHealth AI Factory: CEO Florian Hillen on Speed, Scale, and Innovation (B)

    By: Tsedal Neeley, Levi Stroud, Ruth Page and Dave Habeeb
    Pre-abstract: This multimedia case should be assigned to students in advance of class. Instructors should consider the timing of making the (B) Case videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

    Abstract: Florian Hillen, co-founder... View Details
    Keywords: Diagnostics; Organization Design; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Health Care and Treatment; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Success; Technology Industry; Health Industry; United States
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    • January 2025
    • Case

    The VideaHealth AI Factory: CEO Florian Hillen on Speed, Scale, and Innovation (A)

    By: Tsedal Neeley, Levi Stroud, Ruth Page and Dave Habeeb
    Pre-abstract: This multimedia case should be assigned to students in advance of class. Instructors should consider the timing of making the (B) Case videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.

    Abstract: Florian Hillen, co-founder... View Details
    Keywords: Diagnostics; Organization Design; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Health Care and Treatment; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Success; Technology Industry; Health Industry; United States
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    • 18 Jun 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

    continued to be tested and to evolve based on frequent reviews of work in progress. Leaders Support And Encourage Integrative Decision Making Leaders and their groups can resolve problems, disagreements, and... View Details
    Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation
    • 06 May 2015
    • What Do You Think?

    Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?

    Summing Up Personal Predictive Analytics: Should We Be Careful What We Wish For? The world of continuous monitoring of numerous sensors for machines and humans, limitless information storage capacity, and big data combined with rapid... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • February 2013 (Revised February 2013)
    • Case

    Wayne Ferrari: iAutomation at a Crossroads

    By: Jim Sharpe and Michael Norris
    Wayne Ferrari has bridged the gap between being an independent entrepreneur and a "professional manager." After selling his business to a Private Equity (PE) firm, Ferrari takes on the role of CEO and with their support implements a roll-up strategy to attain growth... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Leveraged Buyouts; Roll-up; Career Planning; Acquisitions; Pricing; Pricing Policies; Pricing Strategy; Pricing Structure; Acquisition; Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Distribution; Integration; System; Electronics Industry; Distribution Industry; United States
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    • 08 Jul 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

    says. “Generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT and the motion gestures control in the Apple Vision Pro continue to expand who can use a computer and what you can use it for.” Wu shares how his father, who studied computer science in college... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology
    • 16 May 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Confronting the Reality of Web Services

    communication exchanges, are not going to happen unless managers better integrate common standards. McAfee studied IBM's B2B midrange ordering system and interviewed key players to find out what worked and what didn't. Using his case... View Details
    Keywords: by Sara Grant