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  • January 2023
  • Case

The END Fund: To Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Courtney Han
Founded in 2012, the END fund focused on eliminating five Neglected Tropical Diseases that accounted for 80% of the tropical diseases affecting nearly 1.5 billion people worldwide. Its roughly $25 million/year annual budget was fully committed when it got news that the... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; Resource Allocation; Global Range; Decisions; Investment Funds
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  • 22 Nov 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

their planning processes and make smart choices. Here's an excerpt outlining the seven questions every manager should ask. 1. Who Is Your Primary Customer? The first imperative—and the heart of every successful strategy implementation—is View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 22 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

take advantage of factor cost differences. Instead, multinationals tend to own the stages of production proximate to their final production, giving rise to a class of high-skill, intra-industry vertical FDI. Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

assets; they aren't hamstrung by substantial resource allocation decisions, giving them remarkable flexibility. Now incumbent firms are seeing their competitive position eroded by technology, alternative staffing models, and other forces.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

Teaching Plan | Faculty Research In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging,... View Details
  • 19 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 19, 2016

politician allocating all of her portfolio to risky investments has double the odds of being involved in a political sandal compared to a politician allocating all of her portfolio to safe investments. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

medical condition or segment of a primary care population. Outcomes for a condition are always multidimensional and include what matters to clinicians and patients – patient reported outcomes form an essential component. The outcomes cover the full cycle of care for... View Details
  • July 2024
  • Case

ZEISS: Commercializing Science

By: Maria P. Roche, Carlota Moniz and Daniela Beyersdorfer
Karl Lamprecht, President and CEO of the ZEISS AG Group, mused on how far ZEISS had come in 175 years of being a pioneer in optics, and how the course he had charted since taking the helm of the company could keep it on track. In his role, he oversaw the four core... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Organization; Decisions; Business Strategy; Competition; Business History; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Independent Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Industry Growth; Monopoly; Organizational Culture; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Relationships; Partners and Partnerships; Risk and Uncertainty; Adaptation; Commercialization; Semiconductor Industry; Technology Industry; Germany; Europe
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  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

and Models, edited by G. Caprio, 47-58. U.K.: Academic Press, 2012 Abstract Despite its developmental justification, aid is deeply political. This paper examines the political economy of aid allocation first from the perspective of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 3, 2015

Child Left Behind Affects the Allocation of School Leaders By: Li, Danielle Abstract—The move toward increased school accountability may substantially affect the career risks that school leaders face without... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 15, 2016

Falato, Antonio, and David Scharfstein Abstract—We present evidence that pressure to maximize short-term stock prices and earnings leads banks to increase risk. We start by showing that banks increase risk when they transition from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    William A. Sahlman

    William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

    Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

    Keywords: airline; beverage; biotechnology; broadcasting; clothing; communications; computer; consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; electronics; energy; entertainment; fiber optics; financial services; food processing; furniture; grocery; health care; high technology; hotels ＆ motels; information; information technology industry; internet; investment banking industry; management consulting; manufacturing; marketing industry; medical supplies; motorcycles; nonprofit industry; pharmaceuticals; professional services; publishing industry; real estate; recreation; restaurant; retailing; semiconductor; service industry; soft drink; software; telecommunications; toy; transportation; travel; venture capital industry; video games
    • 11 Apr 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide

    managers wanted to hedge that risk. Well, how can I hedge my risk against a portfolio that has retail stocks and technology stocks? If you have put Amazon into the retail, you're not putting the right notional View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consumer Products; Real Estate; Financial Services; Retail
    • 03 Mar 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers

    management, and why men tend to be promoted to upper management sooner. About 40 percent of managers are women, and their representation shrinks to just 26 percent of the C-suite, according to McKinsey. The paper’s findings also emerge as remote and hybrid work View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Retail; Consumer Products
    • Research Summary

    Mastering Strategy Execution

    By: Robert Simons

    Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

      Robert Simons

      Robert Simons is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. For over 35 years, Simons has taught accounting, management control, and strategy execution courses in both the Harvard MBA and Executive Education Programs. For 2023/24, he is... View Details

      • 15 Mar 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: March 15

      failed to address important measurement and valuation issues that have arisen in the past 40 years of practice. This gap is illustrated with missed opportunities in risk measurement and management and the estimation of the fair value of... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Web

      Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

      segments and creating a staggering array of business opportunities and threats. The digitization of tasks and processes has become essential to competition. General Electric, for example, was at risk of losing many of its top customers to... View Details
      • 01 Oct 2001
      • Research & Ideas

      How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

      company can divest a subsidiary through a tax-free spin-off, management must first decide how corporate overhead will be allocated between the subsidiary and the parent. The allocation decision can be... View Details
      Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
      • 30 Nov 2021
      • In Practice

      What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

      The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
      Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman