Strategy Implementation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2017
News

Research Brief: Profit with Purpose—and Middle Management

purpose gets real,” says Serafeim. “Top executives must have a vision, but it’s the implementation by middle management—the space between where strategy gets formed and where it gets executed—that is so... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

01 Dec 2003
News

Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth

conducive to protecting the organization’s brand and reputation and coordinating overall strategy and operations. A high degree of control might be particularly desirable when the program being implemented... View Details

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

more pressing crisis management activities. Local sales organizations, which are often tasked with local-level implementation of community health activities, prioritize product sales, supply, and distribution issues first. Target is... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

20 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

levels, will affect structural conditions." 2 Porter integrated the impact of government into strategy development by focusing on how it affected his "five-forces" analysis of rivals, potential entrants, suppliers,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar

Web

Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog

just be concerned with the value captured by the one-time formulation of a beautifully aligned competitive strategy, which was the focus of the RC Strategy course, but by the value potential of their business model and with its value... View Details

Web

Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog

of incentives, and new roles for individuals and organizations throughout the health care sector. This course will equip students with strategies and tools to help navigate the ever-changing landscape of the health care industry. Career... View Details

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

welfare. Yet, our understanding of this decision is limited. Using an instrumental variables strategy and dataset new to this literature, we provide the first precise, causal estimates of the effects of education on financial market... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

organizations increasingly will have to pursue transient strategic advantage rather than rely on strategies that can be sustained over long periods of time intensifies the challenge for some leaders. Several students of these phenomena... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Sep 2024
Blog Post

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

have led to their trajectory of becoming the largest utility by market cap in the U.S., underscoring their influence and leadership in the energy sector. Ines's role prior to HBS was Corporate Business Strategy at Mercado Libre... View Details

02 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

creation of a system of secure land titles, and a homestead program to encourage cultivation of public lands. During the first phase of American occupation (1898–1918), we find that the progress of implementing these reforms was very... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

the sponsorship of Adams, and armed with funding from XTV, Domit got the opportunity to develop his strategy outside Xerox's internal development units. Domit became the CEO of AWP, which gave him the resources to turn the... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough

Web

Managing Customers for Growth - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Managing Customers for Growth Course Number 1965 Professor Eva Ascarza Fall; Q2; 1.5 credits 14 Sessions Project Overview: Without customers, there is no business! Managing Customers for Growth (MCG) focuses on how firms design and View Details

12 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Break the Rules of How Business is Done

of our team. I imagine neither the window extension or transparency tactics were very time consuming or distracting to implement (well, perhaps the former took some selling to their investors!), but they certainly make this company stand... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

20 Feb 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management

the city grapples with profound challenges—rising temperatures, volatile weather patterns, and a growing strain on its infrastructure. In its effort to address climate related risks, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) launched The Mumbai Climate Action Plan... View Details

12 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Applying to HBS in Round 3?

engineering roles to product and brand marketing ones, I realized that I wanted to learn about skills and perspectives I couldn’t learn on the job: a macro view of finance and economics, how to think and implement View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Lesson Plans

overworked, yet there's a huge gap in quality training for them." —Anthony Priest (MBA 1996) Program Specialist, Office of Career and Technical Education, District of Columbia Public Schools Marc Sternberg (MBA 2000) Senior Deputy Chancellor for View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

17 Aug 2021
Blog Post

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

consultant, I wanted to test whether a strategy role in an implementing organization is a better fit for me. I also knew that I have a passion for social impact, but had questions about the reality of... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

An Excerpt from The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care

changes. As an illustration, when color television was invented, nobody would buy color TVs because no network was broadcasting in color. And networks would not broadcast in color because nobody owned color televisions. It took David Sarnoff, whose company RCA acquired... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

03 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

and wellness company dedicated to helping people do what they love – better and for longer. Now they both are key leaders in the growing company that is making a positive impact on athletes around the world. Building a Winning Strategy... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

07 Sep 2021
News

Embracing Activism for Social Change

Co-Response Partnership, a pilot program implemented with the county’s mental health authority, Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN), designed to create better outcomes in emergencies involving first responders and citizens... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

Publications