Capability - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2001
News

Donella Rapier to Head External Relations

School. Our growing technology capabilities will enable us to broaden our offerings to alumni in ways that have never been possible before. In addition, as we move ahead with initiatives to expand our impact worldwide, our alumni will... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

15 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult

that have the IT capability on paper not have the execution?” "It seems absolutely crazy," McElheran says. "These are the firms that already know they want to be fast. They've already invested in IT to make them faster. Why do firms that... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

03 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 3

Engineering Willy Shih, William Jurist, Brian McIntosh, and Helen WangHarvard Business School Case 612-074 Prabjot Nanua was proud of the growing capabilities of the General Motors Technical Center India Powertrain Engineering group that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 5

firms' geographic expansion across time and markets. Specifically, we build a model in which two firms that differ in their capabilities enter sequentially into two markets with different potentials for profit. The model is solved using... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

Asked which institutions must be in place in order for African countries to grow, experts on a panel at the Africa Business Conference had no shortage of suggestions. One panelist, representing the International Monetary Fund, voted for a View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 May 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Denial Endemic to Management?

looking for new ways to solve it" and suggested that the phenomenon applies to organizations as well as individuals. In Steve Sheinkopf's opinion, "Denial is only part of the problem; not understanding your capabilities and... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Judging | New Venture Competition

relevant skills, contacts, industry knowledge, and experience, including capability to support and engage a diverse team and community of stakeholders. Proximity The team brings personal experience or draws on community members to execute... View Details

17 Sep 2020
News

HBS Goes Back To School

community,” says Andrew Falzone, director of campus and food services. AUGUST 6 This chronicle of the HBS’s Re-entry Pilot Day by Marketing and Communications writer Shona Simkin offers an inside look at how the School has instituted safety measures and remote learning... View Details

05 Oct 2022
News

Inside the Chip Shortage

Chosun. Shibata cites the shortage of minor chips that are used in peripherals, not the lack of key semiconductors, as the main issue. “Until now, computing capabilities were only necessary in computers and smartphones, but from now on,... View Details

Keywords: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

13 Sep 2016
First Look

September 13, 2016

behavior should be considered a critical leadership skill. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50320 Summer 2016 California Management Review Dynamic Capabilities at Samsung: Optimizing Internal Co-opetition... View Details

Profile

Rob Humble

her home state this summer when Rob assumes a corporate-finance internship with Celanese, a Texas petroleum derivatives chemicals company. "I've been tactical in my work so far," Rob reflects. "One way to increase my business acumen is to enhance my... View Details

23 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care

have described above is much of what managers do: design and run organizations that deliver a service effectively and reliably and at the same time that are capable of learning systematically from their own experience. Some of the leading... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

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Supply Chain Management - Course Catalog

SCA emphasizes how to deploy data science (analytics) capabilities in business operations and how employees can best leverage their own expertise and data science tools to improve business outcomes. The course makes clear that suitable... View Details

14 Dec 1999
Research & Ideas

From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation

encouraged, but neither activity engages the unique skills and capabilities of business. Consider the typical corporate volunteer program. It almost invariably draws on the lowest common skills in a company by mobilizing people to do... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

01 Mar 2016
News

Maiden Voyage

Space Missions, Science, and Technology Management. In that role, he will be helping the agency and the UAE to develop and manage its short- and long-term space mission projects and to develop the UAE’s capability in science and... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Space Research and Technology; Government

10 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice

AI’s capabilities to help solve business problems, particularly in parts of the world with fewer resources and less access to technology. “The fact that generative AI was a little over a year old, and we could use it to advise several... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

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Mobility Policy | About

helper motor, or a non-pedal bicycle which has a motor, with a cylinder capacity not exceeding fifty (50) cubic centimeters, an automatic transmission, and which is capable of a maximum speed of no more than thirty (30) miles per hour... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success

"may be the Dragon, a common icon in Asia that combines the disparate and frequently beneficent attributes of lesser beings into one of extraordinary capability and power. In the best companies, the whole is truly the sum of several... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

Mar 2012
Article

Does America Really Need Manufacturing?

exodus of manufacturing from America, which has weakened the capabilities that domestic firms need to keep inventing high-quality, cost-competitive products. One problem is that it's hard to tell when moving production far from R&D... View Details

18 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

Capabilities: A Meso Model of Sustained Innovation and Superior Firm Performance By: Harvey, Jean-François, Henrik Bresman, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—This paper complements the manager-centered analysis of dynamic capabilities with a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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