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- 24 Nov 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
From Strategy to Business Models and to Tactics
- March 2017 (Revised May 2017)
- Teaching Note
The Strategy Execution Series
By: Robert Simons and Jennifer Packard
This is the teaching note for the 15-module Strategy Execution series. New management tools and techniques are needed to implement strategy in the 21st century. Rapid innovation, entrepreneurial competitors, and increasingly demanding customers have radically altered... View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Strategy Execution; Performance Measurement; Profit Planning; Organization Design; Profitable Growth; Management Attention; Organizational Conflict; Job Design; Business Strategy; Management Systems; Entrepreneurship; Competition; Organizational Design; Performance Evaluation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
- January–February 2018
- Article
Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality
By: Robert S. Kaplan, George Serafeim and Eduardo Tugendhat
More than a billion people in the developing world remain in extreme poverty and outside the formal economy. Traditional CSR programs have done little to alleviate the situation and rarely produce transformative change.
Instead of trying to fix local problems,... View Details
Instead of trying to fix local problems,... View Details
Keywords: Inclusive Growth; Sustainability; Social Impact; Business Strategy; Shared Value; Impact Investing; Inequality; Corporate Governance; Balanced Scorecard; Strategy Execution; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategy; Investment
Kaplan, Robert S., George Serafeim, and Eduardo Tugendhat. "Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 1 (January–February 2018): 127–133.
- 2014
- Book
Business History
By: Walter A. Friedman and Geoffrey Jones
This volume contains a selection of 42 foundational articles on the discipline of business history written between 1934 and the present day by scholars based in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. A wide-ranging editorial introduction describes the... View Details
Friedman, Walter A. and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Business History. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014.
- 30 Nov 2020
- News
What an Anti-Racist Business Strategy Looks Like
- 16 Oct 2009
- Other Presentation
Turkey’s Competitiveness: National Economic Strategy and the Role of Business
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter’s articles and books, including, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development," in The Global Competitiveness Report, (World Economic Forum),... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Turkey’s Competitiveness: National Economic Strategy and the Role of Business." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, October 16, 2009.
- October 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 6: Evaluating Strategic Profit Performance
By: Robert Simons
This module reading demonstrates how to calculate and analyze the profit generated by different business strategies. Formulas and examples are provided to calculate profit generated by changes in market share, revenue growth, efficiency improvements, and support costs.... View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Execution; Evaluating Business Performance; Profitability Analysis; Variance Analysis; Measuring Effectiveness; Measuring Efficiency; Activity-Based Costing; Flexible Budget; Accounting; Strategy
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 6: Evaluating Strategic Profit Performance." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-106, October 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
- April 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Background Note
Winning the Influence Game: Corporate Diplomacy and Business Strategy
Provides a framework for influencing key outside players--businesses, governments, and NGOs--in support of business strategy. This could mean negotiating contracts with major customers and suppliers, concluding acquisitions and alliances, and securing financing from... View Details
Watkins, Michael D. "Winning the Influence Game: Corporate Diplomacy and Business Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-096, April 2003. (Revised December 2003.)
- September–October 1994
- Article
Devising a Balanced Scorecard Matched to Business Strategy
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Devising a Balanced Scorecard Matched to Business Strategy." Planning Review (September–October 1994): 15–17, 19, 48.
- 01 May 2005
- News
Business Responses to Climate Change: Identifying Emergent Strategies
Keywords: Ans Kolk, Jonatan Pinkse
- 2010
- Journal Article
Competitiveness: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation and Internationalization
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on competitiveness by using the business model concept and to understand the need to adapt business models to changes in the environment. View Details
Keywords: Modeling Innovation; Business Improvement; Spain; Competitive Strategy; Business Model; Change; Globalization; Innovation and Invention; Situation or Environment; Competition
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Joan E. Ricart. "Competitiveness: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation and Internationalization." Management Research 8, no. 2 (2010): 123–149.
- 30 Jul 2012 - 1 Aug 2012
- Talk
The Angel's Bargain: Complementary Strategies in Business Ecosystems
- 1997
- Working Paper
Corporate Strategies for Emerging Markets in Business Groups
By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu
- 01 May 2015
- HBS Conference
15th Annual Strategy & the Business Environment Conference
- 14 Jul 2023
- News
Build a Winning AI Strategy for Your Business
Ten questions for a winning climate-transition business strategy
The move to a low-carbon economy will create opportunities for innovation and growth. To make the most of them, leaders must understand the challenges they could face along the way. View Details
- March 1992
- Article
The Strategy of Control: How Accounting Information Helps to Formulate and Implement Business Strategy
By: Robert L. Simons
Simons, Robert L. "The Strategy of Control: How Accounting Information Helps to Formulate and Implement Business Strategy." CA Magazine (March 1992), 44–50.
- Article
Strategy Frameworks and Teaching Antitrust to Business Students
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dennis Yao
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis Yao. "Strategy Frameworks and Teaching Antitrust to Business Students." Antitrust (American Bar Association) 21, no. 1 (Fall 2006): 13–15. (Harvard users click here for full text.)