Strategic Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 17

Pay-for-Performance: Implications for the Strategic Compensation of Employees Authors:Ian Larkin, Lamar Pierce, and F. Gino Abstract Most research linking compensation to strategy relies on agency theory economics and focuses on executive... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (“SALT I”), the limited success of the SALT II negotiations, the mediation after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war of the agreement on Sinai disengagement between Egypt and Israel and of the Israel-Syria... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Profile

Sheila Marcelo

Filipino students and met Ron Marcelo, a student at Yale. The pair married and had a son, Ryan, while both remained in college. When the young family moved to Boston, Marcelo deferred her admission to Harvard Law School in order to gain litigation experience. “That... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology; Services

14 Dec 2016
Blog Post

Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise

consulting. I set my sights on consulting when recruiting for summer internships. I didn't end up finding a consulting internship, but I landed a role at a start-up analyzing opportunities and developing a plan for international... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

Trouble in Mouse Land

pension funds, to former and current Disney employees. Taking a page out of Howard Dean’s book, they used the Internet to reach supporters via a Web site, SaveDisney.com. Thousands of e-mails poured in. Beaulieu plans to teach the case... View Details

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

01 Oct 2002
News

Karen Gordon Mills

Overseer. “It's been great fun,” she notes. “Particularly now with the Allston planning and the new president, the board seems to be engaged in real strategic thought about where the University is going.”... View Details

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts

years, the buyout team sells its stakes in these firms. "This exit can be accomplished through a sale to a strategic buyer, such as a corporation, or to another private equity group. But in many of the most successful investments,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

07 Aug 2019
News

“The Star of the North”

last decade. It was founded by an entrepreneur who, as he was approaching age 65, was starting to do some life and estate planning. After poking around to find the successor and the next board and CEO, he chose Granite Equity over View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

20 Jul 2017
News

Pushing the Next Generation Forward

lunching with a student mentee, strategizing with the director of a pre-K education program, or working on crisis management with city officials in the aftermath of a violent neighborhood incident. “Don’t ask me about my typical day,” he... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

11 Dec 2017
News

Growing from Within

and the competitive landscape. This led us to the comprehensive multi-year growth plan we are rolling out today. Our customers have responded very well to new menu offerings we have launched this year including our Signature Crafted... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

Profile

Marie Kyle

and worked with a firm helping retirement-age clients find opportunities for community involvement. In turn, Bridgespan led Marie to the Clinton Health Access Initiative where she helped open a new office in Zambia. "My original plan... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Case Study: On the Record

well as a strategic one. The tactical question is around the math of making added investments and the short-term impact it would have on more volume and perhaps more margin. Assuming the answer is a good one, the View Details

Keywords: April White

Profile

Carol Lauson

her major in college and worked full-time doing accounting for a small business. But by the time she graduated, "I wanted to do more planning and analysis." Carol's subsequent career took her through a financial rotational... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

FOR GOOD IN SOCIETY READ MORE STORIES These topics are front-of-mind for today’s business leaders. According to a January 2021 CEO survey by Fortune and Deloitte, 94 percent of CEOs said that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

25 Feb 2020
News

Beyond the Plastisphere

profitable into their value chain.” The firm has certified supply chains in Thailand and Indonesia, which are among the worst contributors of plastic ocean debris, and plans to expand into other parts of Asia and Latin America soon.... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

02 Feb 2007
What Do You Think?

Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

"Purpose is just one part of the whole process . We definitely have to concretize the steps we intend to do, break down the core purpose to objectives, and then to relevant action plans ." Shrikant Sortur reminded us of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

30 Apr 2019
News

Leading Schools That Change Lives

country helping low-income kids beat the odds,” he explains. “I didn’t plan a teaching career, but I loved that job.” Often Jesuit-supported, the Nativity model offers low-income middle school students the advantages of small classes and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

November 2024
Teaching Note

Mercado Bitcoin: M&A, IPO, or Series B?

By: Raymond Kluender, Emanuele Colonnelli and Sabrina Howell

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 825-047. In April 2021, Brazilian cryptocurrency platform Mercado Bitcoin, had to decide how to scale: go public, M&A with a bank, or take a VC big check. In a highly volatile market, Roberto Dagnoni, chairman of the board, viewed the... View Details

Citation

Purchase

01 Apr 2002
News

Q&A - Mark Fields

sit at meetings, for example — whereas in other aspects of life, everybody is treated the same. How do you operate in such a different environment? I spent the first year developing a strategic operating View Details

Keywords: auto; Mazda; Ford; Mark Fields; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

09 Mar 2021
News

Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges

energy, to apply what I had learned to develop and implement a strategic plan for our school,” notes Schwartz. He says that what attracted him to the CSML program originally was the opportunity to interact... View Details