Project Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

targets, but a tactical tool that’s rarely part of strategy formulation. Develop the best product, and let the sales department figure out the best way to get it to the customer, they think. And many sales leaders like it that way.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Feb 2015
News

The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)

When did you realize that you wanted to make a career change? (Diogo left a career in management consulting in October 2014 to become founder/executive producer of Adaptation Now, a documentary film project that will tell the stories of... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Dec 2010
News

The Transformers

social impact. And the way to magnify that impact is to give away valuable knowledge to anyone who can use it. Bridgespan is unique in another equally important way. It is a pioneer in the application of data-driven strategy and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Oct 2001
News

Q&A: Orin Smith

people-watching, and the general ambience, it was extremely attractive to customers. Also, a key aspect of our strategy is to be preemptive; we get there ahead of the competition, and if we're a little late, we accelerate our development.... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Hospitality; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

September 2006 (Revised April 2007)
Supplement

Tim Keller at Katzenbach Partners LLC (C)

By: Boris Groysberg, Christopher Marquis and Ayesha Kanji

Supplements the (A) case. The (C) case includes Keller's actual 2006 mid-year and self evaluations. View Details

Keywords: Projects; Management; Leadership; Organizations; Situation or Environment; Competition; Rank and Position; Attitudes; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Evaluation; Consulting Industry

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13 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology

Henry’s 2017 Fellowship year drew him into “ambitious tech projects solving big challenges in the city. This is not tech for tech’s sake, but to address issues like housing, transportation, and access to city hall.” Among Henry’s first... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Nonprofit / Government

01 Dec 2000
News

Bottom-Line Beauty

cheap. If a product doesn't affect the customer, we don't care about it." Meanwhile, Bluemercury is reaping the benefits of Malcolm's thrift and savvy, with projected revenues of $8 million for 2000 and five new stores slated to open in... View Details

Keywords: Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

14 Jul 2023
Blog Post

A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations

mission to help children grow smarter, stronger, and kinder – especially the kinder part in this current age.” Although she hasn’t discussed specific projects yet, Mizuho will serve as Director of Strategy... View Details

10 Sep 2014
Blog Post

A Summer Reflection

Q&A with the CEO, watched a golf tournament from the CFO’s house, and had a training on strategic thinking led by the SVP of corporate strategy (an HBS alumna). Beyond this, I had the chance to meet several SVPs to discuss my View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

25 Feb 2020
News

Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller

William Kerr and Joseph Fuller at podcast studio in Klarman Hall on HBS campus (photo by Susan Young) HBS launched the Managing the Future of Work project in 2017 to advance research that business and policy leaders can put into action as... View Details

Fast Answer

Managing Service Operations: Research resources for new service design

Where can I begin begin my research for the new service design exercise? The following are highly selected resources for MSO New Service Design exercise. Please contact Baker Library Service Desk for your project specific research... View Details

05 Dec 2018
Blog Post

Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working With City Leadership To Leverage Technology

innovation policy advisor in the Mayor’s office, Henry’s 2017 Fellowship year drew him into “ambitious tech projects solving big challenges in the city. This is not tech for tech’s sake, but to address issues like housing, transportation,... View Details

Profile

Yi-An Huang

Where are you now and what are you doing? I’m a director of strategy at Boston Medical Center. We have a small team, directly under the COO, that explores strategies in every area from operational View Details

Keywords: Health Care

12 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Case provides an opportunity to discuss the challenges of non-profit management, medical research and to debate appropriate strategy for the Miami View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2022 (Revised April 2022)
Case

BUA Group

By: John D. Macomber, Pippa Tubman Armerding and Wale Lawal

BUA Group must decide between investments in cement, road building, power generation, or sugar. Private businesses are important to economic development in Africa. Students must assess the competitive nature of each of these industries, the magnitude of capital... View Details

Keywords: Investing; Transportation; Strategy; Project Finance; Agribusiness; Construction; Infrastructure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria; Africa

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08 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries

into their negotiating approach. It's a lesson many companies have learned the hard way. And influence on negotiations need not be driven by an informal, underlying power structure, as U.S. Stone Container Corporation learned. While negotiating the terms of a major... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

09 Apr 2024
Research & Ideas

When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge

Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS) at Harvard Business School. When the team’s research was published in Nature Sustainability in March, one organization watching closely was Esri, a geographic information system (GIS) software company. The firm helped... View Details

Keywords: by Glen Justice

30 Jan 2018
News

Four Alumni Named as Presidential Leadership Scholars

Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson. The HBS cohort includes: Tynesia Boyea-Robinson (MBA 2005), president and CEO of Reliance Methods, a consulting firm that provides human capital strategy and placement solutions for Fortune 500 clients, and... View Details

20 May 2025
Blog Post

How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value

passionate I was personally about the space and the brand, and that I was very eager to learn.” Over the summer, Jessica worked on three strategy projects: one focused on international expansion, one on retail strategy, and one on... View Details

20 Apr 2017
Blog Post

Why I Love My Job: Ching Ching Chen On Her Passion For the Music Industry

incredible learning experience. From projects in the technology / venture capital space, to looking into growth opportunities in emerging markets and film & TV, to working on UMG’s 5-year strategy plan,... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

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