by Gary Pisano - Publications - Faculty & Research

Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

Companies compete on the decisions they make. For years—even decades—in response to intensifying global competition, companies decided to outsource their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those... View Details

12 Jul 2015
News

Australia's Still Too Expensive for Manufacturing, Even After Currency Drop

Research Summary

Workforce Training and Development in Indian Companies

This study with Vivek Wadhwa and Gary Gereffi of Duke University sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation examines how 24 leading Indian companies have innovated in workforce training and development in the face of educational weaknesses and high-skilled... View Details

07 Nov 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

case and how did it come together? Anita Elberse: I am particularly fascinated by companies and people in entertainment, media, and sports that have very strong track records over a long period of time. Sir Alex Ferguson is a manager who... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

habit-forming behavior, whether people recognized it as such, whether it was possible to induce the habit with experimental interventions, and whether the habit would continue after the interventions ceased. The field experiment was based on the theory of “rational... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

News

Innovation Key to Job Growth in America

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

generated rich empirical data that in some cases confirms and in other cases contradicts many of today's fashionable theories and assumptions by other disciplines, says Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones, who edited the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

29 Dec 2014
News

Children’s tablet designed in Mass. hits market in March

30 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 30

theorists differ as to whether exploitation undermines or enhances exploration. The debate reflects a gap—the missing theoretical mechanism by which organizations break free of old routines and discover new ones. We propose that the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Dec 2013
News

POP Cusine: Bringing a Michelin-star Menu to the Masses

12 Jul 2015
News

How Genzyme became a source of biotech executives

01 Mar 2019
News

Fostering an Innovation Culture: Talent, Discipline and Leadership

27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

manage investors' expectations, and how you manage partners. The competitive advantage of the U.S. economy lies in our great science institutions and university infrastructure. —Gary Pisano "I see a lot of great research going on... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

regenerate the "industrial commons"? What do you think? Original Article A new book, Producing Prosperity , by profs. Gary Pisano and Willy Shih, argues that a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

01 Jan 2002
News

12 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager

Business School and Hongyi Li (HBS PhDBE '11) of the MIT Sloan School. (An article in the forthcoming April issue of Harvard Business Review, cowritten by Wulf and Booz & Company Senior Vice President View Details