Project Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2015
News

Fast Forward

Illustration by Chris Gash The School’s US Competitiveness Project launched four years ago with a simple but ambitious goal: figure out how companies in the United States can better compete in the global economy while raising living... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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

08 Aug 2016
Blog Post

CS50 for MBAs: Coding at HBS

I was an English major at Yale and worked at JPMorgan Chase in investment banking and corporate strategy in the years before HBS. So I knew enough about words and numbers to be dangerous, but certainly didn't know very much about bits... View Details

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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog

opportunity to reflect on how their own personal values should interface with their approach when designing incentive systems to shape others' behavior and when developing strategies to motivate themselves. Group View Details

01 Jun 2003
News

South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs

for alumni to use their business skills,” says Sanchez, noting that the group will assess and refine its strategies before entering the next project cycle. Richard Gehrman (MBA ’76) and Tony Levy (MBA ’88)... View Details

Keywords: Alumni groups; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 16

of 145 globally distributed members of nine project teams of an organization, we found that uneven proficiency in English, the lingua franca, disrupted collaboration for both native and non-native speakers. Although all team members spoke... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

Teradyne and HP forced their organizations to focus on these new technologies. The CEOs of both companies got involved, creating separate, financially autonomous divisions for the projects to ensure that the technological breakthroughs... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

Doing Things Upton concluded his presentation with a look at two contrasting approaches to information technology development. One approach, what he referred to as the periodic project, involves a lot of time and a lot of planning, with value delivery going... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

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Alumni Clubs Supporting & Connecting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

spectrum of mission areas. These volunteers have assisted with projects critical to strengthening the nonprofits that work to make the Boston community a better place.” In addition to engaging with nonprofits in their communities, more... View Details

01 Mar 2003
News

Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

Forest L. Reinhardt, John D. Black Professor of Business Administration Forest Reinhardt, an authority on the use of natural resources, serves as course head for the required Strategy course and also teaches the MBA elective Business and... View Details

Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Print View - Course Catalog

a multi-year project to systematically distill the strategies and tactics of this distinguished group (along with several other remarkable negotiators). The emerging findings of this ongoing View Details

15 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive

The American economy is a mess, and our broken political system is largely to blame, according to a Harvard Business School US Competitiveness Project report released today. Harvard’s Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, and Mihir A. Desai... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Site Credits - The Art of American Advertising

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

10 Aug 2015
News

A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges

research and strategy nonprofit founded by HBS professor Michael E. Porter, that strengthens inner-city economies. “It was my first introduction into the idea that business can propel social impact,” Kapila says. Her time at ICIC... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

30 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World

Camp and Marol Park—to gather data on cost-effective adaptation strategies and drive future investments. Indeed, in most developing economies, there is limited local data available on climate solutions and, as highlighted above, climate... View Details

12 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Break the Rules of How Business is Done

an employer? What truly matters in the end is whether that transformational effort adds value. In 2012, the gaming company Valve published their novel Employee Handbook which outlined their organization structure (or lack thereof). Valve challenged the notion of having... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Competition of Countries

Countries, like companies, need development strategies to succeed in a world of growing globalization. Professor Richard H. K. Vietor is an expert on business regulation and the international political economy. Vietor has taught at... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Mar 2011
News

Faculty IXP Taps into Cooperation, Innovation

included visits to projects in areas such as nanotechnology, health care, energy, the environment, and culture. “Breakthrough research demands interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaborations,” said Professor Linda Hill, faculty chair of... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 1998
News

Research Grows from Asian Financial Crisis

Almost two years ago, HBS professor Michael Y. Yoshino embarked on a study in Southeast Asia. Little did he know the twists and turns the region - and his research - would take. With Southeast Asia's economy booming, Yoshino, an expert in global View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

23 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

potential to partner with local communities for the good of all, they often lack the connections, expertise, and financing to get those enterprises off the ground. For that reason, they need a “catalyst” to make such strategies possible.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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