Capabilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2002
News

Replicating Toyota's Success

likely a company is not going to get a design perfect on the first try," notes Spear. "It needs to have the people within its system capable of making improvements." Spear has now helped apply Toyota's principles to much of Alcoa's... View Details

Keywords: Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2002
News

In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data

packaged-goods companies indicating that VMI is more prevalent where retailers deliver detailed demand data via highly reliable transfer methods. In short, manufacturers should think twice about implementing VMI if retailers are supplying only limited information or if... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)

25 Nov 2021
News

An Aria for the Ambidextrous Organization

organization—one that, as Tushman says, has “the dynamic capability to exploit existing strategies better than anyone and simultaneously explore new terrain.” Doing this can present a contradiction for organizations, Tushman admits, but... View Details

Keywords: opera; strategy; innovation; leadership; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

30 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Rob Self (MBA 2021) – Integrating Climate into Consulting

say it in the job title. Don't get frustrated if you're not able to find things that are explicitly called “climate” or “sustainability.” Look at your skill set and your capabilities and find ways that you can apply that knowledge in... View Details

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

The new capabilities and vast quantities of data that smart, connected products offer are redefining the activities of the core functions of companies—sometimes radically. As software and cloud-based operating systems become integral to... View Details

17 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)

in their effort to strengthen the managerial capabilities of the national malaria control programs. Successfully comprehending the different cultural perspectives and particular country settings and behaving accordingly is a valuable... View Details

Profile

Laura Mackay

Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? I had gotten to a point in my professional career where I was in leadership positions, yet did not have the capabilities I needed to be an effective leader. Having... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology

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Olivia Wenzel | MBA

and it was the joint effort of user-focused product development, dedicated customer success managers, and the right sales approach. Working at that health tech startup taught me that the power of technology lies not just in its View Details

06 Sep 2016
News

Horse-Powered Healing

injuries, paraplegics, Down syndrome, autism, depression, and eating disorders. Riders range in age from preschoolers to military veterans to seniors. “Nothing in my previous jobs compares with helping people to get stronger and extend their View Details

06 Oct 2003
What Do You Think?

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

two books, they present evidence that successful, dominant firms are particularly vulnerable to competitors introducing disruptive technologies, those that offer customers less product capability for much less money. Among the reasons... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Making the Most of Government Upheaval

preliminary findings suggest that the profound economic metamorphoses taking place in Latin America's emerging economies have imposed dramatic changes on the competitive environment, compelling firms to develop new strategies and View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

01 Mar 2012
News

Capitalism’s New Agenda

these problems. When we stepped back from our discussions and considered what was being said, it was clear that the golden goose—global market capitalism—was at risk from the impact of an interrelated set of forces more powerful than the economic and political View Details

Keywords: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine; social activism; Occupy Wallstreet; Corporate Services; Finance

06 Dec 2021
News

Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS

“In the century ahead, our capabilities in digital are going to be critical for all aspects of what the School does.” —Professor Karim Lakhani Digital Task Force Chair “In the century ahead, our capabilities... View Details

Keywords: April White

22 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution

and align capabilities to drive its execution. Planning is central to the One Strategy approach. But the planning process we describe is going to surprise many executives. It's not the usual top-down, rigid, budget-style race for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

01 Mar 2004
News

The New Global Business Manager

Companies are finally recognizing that being global is about accessing scarce resources — and that the scarcest of all is the human resource, particularly management. The assumption that “all the smart, capable people were born within a... View Details

Keywords: Management

19 Nov 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

E-Santa: Is Retail Ready for Digital Christmas?

Is Amazon's growing retail power capable of breaking the "wheel of retailing" theory? Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive? E-commerce is about to deal severe blows to many familiar store-based brands. How to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

01 Dec 2005
News

Andrews, Raymond Remembered

his interests and capabilities is evident in the range of his teaching, from a program at HBS for big-city police chiefs to a Harvard College course, Business in American Life, in which students set up small businesses as research... View Details

01 Mar 2025
News

Agenda: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963)

In the early 1970s, Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) was CEO of Texas International Airlines, a struggling regional operation. There were whispers of change coming for the airline industry as Washington considered the pros and cons of ending regulation. “If there was a list of... View Details