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- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
designing and managing an operations organization. The best way to do something depends critically on the characteristics and capabilities of your organization and the competitive context in which it finds itself. That is, lean... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Portrait Project
Paul Sternhell
I did not imagine that I could be a successful student until a fourth grade teacher showed me a better way to study. My leadership capabilities went unused before friends encouraged me to run for club officer positions in college. If you... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- News
Alex Popa, MBA 2007
prime minister’s cabinet before coming to HBS. “Giving shouldn’t be about age,” Popa insists. “It should be about capability and what really matters.” His fellowship gift—to support MBA students with a strong interest in genomic research,... View Details
- 20 Aug 2015
- Blog Post
AVICII: REFLECTIONS ON MANAGING THE BRAND OF A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR
does? Fortunately for everyone involved, our CEO Ash Pournouri is very capable of making this happen. In fact, he was one of the speakers at last year’s SPARK Conference, hosted by the Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Club. It is... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
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India - Industry specific research
companies (an online directory with advanced search capabilities can be purchased) and includes presentations on initiatives (e.g.: green IT, diversity) and tables of contents and executive summaries of research reports. View Details
- 28 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home
pledge to take one additional step beyond their current activities to strengthen the capabilities and business prospects of domestic enterprises. For example, they could promise to: Add a mentorship program in which executives advise... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
what products or services to offer by first looking inside. Contrary to most companies that begin by looking at markets and competition, these CEOs looked inside to define "who" the company was—where was the most powerful intersection between their company's View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road
toughest in the world, both because of its size and because of the highly aggressive behavior of competitors. An inward investor must have the strong capability to survive in such an environment. This View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
- 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
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IT Strategy: IT Modernization Drives Academic Library Innovation | Information Technology
while dramatically enhancing capabilities and offering a more coherent user experience. The project will have a positive impact on all end users of Baker Library public-facing assets, including faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Aditya Dhanrajani
to inspire them to build. I will build, for I am capable and have been given the opportunity to do so. And I want to build that cardboard car again...but this time in green. View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Terrorism, Insurance, and Uncle Sam
risks that would draw on "the government's unique strengths as a risk manager without short-circuiting either the essential capabilities or the relentless discipline of the private market." View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
process innovation. Prior research has focused on the alignment between new technologies and the internal capabilities of firms to pursue them. I extend the investigation to include external capabilities as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
employees to deliver results to important constituencies—customers, suppliers, investors, lenders, etc. Finally, they recognize and reward these people for results. Consequently, fewer higher-paid people with bigger jobs are capable of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience
the process of trying to bridge the taste gap. “That quote has taught me to be bolder with experimenting, and that ideas do not come from isolation--the best ideas are not hidden insights,” she said. “I’m able to increase my creative View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
funding last March and is ready to scale. “We’ve gone from having a couple of robots in the field to showcase their autonomy to having a fleet of them running miles every day,” Andersen says. And it’s just the beginning of Burro’s potential: As AI View Details
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
like push email with its BlackBerry Enterprise Server. This gave them a first-mover advantage, but as technology improved and data capabilities on wireless voice networks evolved rapidly and took off, the advantage turned to a burden with... View Details
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
Bottlenecks, Modules and Dynamic Architectural Capabilities By: Baldwin, Carliss Y Abstract—How do firms create and capture value in large technical systems? In this paper, I argue that the points of both value creation and value capture... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
Business School Case 611-069 InterfaceRAISE is a sustainability management consulting firm created to leverage the capabilities of its parent company Interface, Inc., a carpet manufacturer recognized as a global leader in corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
investment. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/ships_qje_2014.pdf Working Papers Bottlenecks, Modules and Dynamic Architectural Capabilities By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract— Architectural View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel