Formalization - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jul 2016
First Look

July 12, 2016

capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971), attempts to formalize a “capabilities based” approach to strategy only began to take shape in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

strived for the formal integration of risk management with performance management (the risk function as 'Strategic Controller'). The achievement of the Strategic Advisor role in some banks and the Strategic Controller role in others,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

firms globalize would only be much later formalized in the economic theory of the multinational enterprise, and it would take a further 20 years before the mainstream economics profession would identify globalization and global firms as a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 1998
News

Running Up the Score

The four professional leagues have varying systems involving collective bargaining agreements, free agency rules, and financial penalties that, to different degrees, set, or act as a "drag" on, upper-level payroll limits and player salaries without necessarily putting... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2011
News

Making Their Way

next generation must be formally groomed to ensure we remain globally competitive.” As a group, the Chirchirillos have attended the weeklong HBS Executive Education offering Families in Business. Daughter Trisha (OPM 36, 2007) and son... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2010
News

The Transformers

share ideas on how to increase the social results of their endeavors. The idea emerged from a philanthropy conference held at HBS in the fall of 2009 where the participants responded most positively to conversations with like-minded philanthropists rather than View Details

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

09 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

took her almost a decade of strategizing, networking, and developing tools. Here's how the chief risk director did it: First, she asked for more power. She demanded—and received—an unprecedented degree of formal authority, becoming a... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking

22 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Hedge Fund as Activist

performance, most investors have found it easier to vote "with their feet" by selling shares, rather than making formal complaints. Large shareholders, however, have stronger incentives to monitor management. The conventional... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood; Financial Services

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Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals - Course Catalog

serves both as a sophisticated follow-on to basic negotiation courses and/or as a self-contained negotiation course taught at an advanced level with a heavy emphasis on handling challenging real-world cases. Unlike past versions of this course, there is no View Details

11 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Crafting a Nontraditional Path to Venture Capital and Private Equity with Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021)

connections in the ESG investing space. With each formal and informal networking conversation, Sheil asked if there was anyone else they recommended she speak with, taking the “spider web approach” to networking. She also made connections... View Details

05 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

now formally elected as head of state, considers an economic strategy to meet Rwanda's current challenges and increase the country's prosperity over the next decade. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

social programs or services, but with limited formal mechanisms for central control and few prescribed interactions between local sites and the center. Tight affiliates are quite similar to business franchises, where the central... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

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Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA - Course Catalog

LIFE Interview Guide and Notebook is where you will capture your preparation and interview notes before formally writing up your learnings as part of the final paper. You will submit your LIFE Interview Guide and Notebook as part of the... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

impoverished Mexican families to build their own housing; or in Brazil, with Kodak’s no-frills camera/film packages, or the department store Magazine Luiza’s (see page 42) merchandise, payment plans, and customer service, all designed to make consumers out of those... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

28 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

leaders' performance, the better. With that in mind, Kaufman encouraged Arrow Electronics, where he was CEO for 14 years, to adopt a formal process that obliged independent directors to talk to executives and observe operations firsthand.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

this requires formal training programs. "Companies hold numerous meetings related to diversity training to make the workplace comfortable for people of different races, genders, or sexual orientations," says Quelch. "Employees should be... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

23 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Break the Expert’s Curse

Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw famously wrote, "He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches." But it's often more accurate to say, "He who can do can't teach." It's natural for novices to seek out experts for guidance. That's why many organizations adopt View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

leaders, different policies and practices, a different form of organization. These are leaders with a congruent vision of critical tasks to be addressed as well as the culture, formal organization, and people with which to do it in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

principles of this sort not only speak to high standards of conduct but also stretch the enterprise beyond its own formal boundaries to include the extended family of customers, suppliers, distributors, business partners, financial... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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5.1 Information Technology | MBA

formally or informally as reporters or correspondents for off-campus publications or news media of any kind. Audio or video recording, still photography, and filming inside HBS buildings — including, but not limited to, classrooms,... View Details

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