Capabilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2017
What Do You Think?

Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?

self-driving vehicle combined with information technology designed to make driving more productive, drivers less essential, and the utilization of vehicles more and more efficient. Let’s agree that it is important that a minimum base of manufacturing View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

06 Nov 2012
Op-Ed

Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities

The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

04 Oct 2007
What Do You Think?

Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?

capable of countering the power of the executive and exercising better governance in companies even as large as Chrysler. Another phenomenon may provide a different kind of response to the challenge. Flush with more cash than good ideas,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

What’s an Internet Business Model? Ask a Health Care Professional

business: customers, products, value propositions, the capabilities and advantages any player brings that will allow the plans to meet success. And while businesses have always used a "platform" of technology of one kind or another to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

15 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience

or so-called “tabletop” exercises. Technology: Equip your organization with capabilities to trace and provide necessary information during investigations, facilitating quick and accurate error correction. Who is accountable, and what... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch

12 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get

begins by adjusting her own mindset to one of two possibilities: the search for an individual contributor with certain kinds of expertise, or the quest for managers capable of exercising leadership.For the individual experts, Fitzpatrick... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Dec 2020
News

Two Truths and a Lie About 5G

Netflix-like model that can take advantage of the capabilities and deliver a spectacular amount of value.” Yoffie says he wishes he knew. “I wouldn’t be teaching anymore if I had all of the answers.” The dawn of 5G will create a haven of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2008
News

Reimagining China and India

transparently of value, so nobody’s going to oppose it. Are China and India capable of creating domestic firms that can compete successfully on an international scale? There already are at least 20 companies in the two countries that I... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management; Retail Trade

01 Oct 1999
News

Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

Corporation, a company he founded in 1995. Asked to share his perspective on the Internet, Bricklin says, "Most people don't understand it. They fail to grasp the capabilities of its underpinnings." He likens the Net to a primitive road... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

25 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 25

their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those choices: in many cases, once manufacturing capabilities go away, so does much of the ability to innovate and compete.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 16

pricing mechanism, capitalism must have the administrative capability to regulate the behavior of economic actors within those markets and the political capability to redesign their institutions; regulation... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 22

Finance and Mathematics Courses By: Cole, Shawn, Anna Paulson, and Gauri Kartini Shastry Abstract—Financial literacy and cognitive capabilities are convincingly linked to the quality of financial decision-making. Yet, there is little... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2024
News

Forward Thinking

You can ask the internet anything, but getting an answer via generative artificial intelligence consumes about 10 times more electricity than a traditional Google search. Consequently, the data centers where AI tools are trained and run are guzzling more and more... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Illustrations by Richard Borge; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

04 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: CVS Health

organization.Jeff Lackey, VP Talent Acquisition, CVS Health Describe your organization in three to five sentences.CVS Health is at the forefront of a changing health care landscape, with an unmatched suite of capabilities and the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

11 Aug 2015
Blog Post

From Britain to Boston: Two Years at HBS

ever received? It is not really advice, but my mum and dad always told me that they loved me for being me, which gave me the strength to push my boundaries and see what I was capable of. View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider

authentically adapt it to the local market,” says Prakash. “Building up our team, dealers, and manufacturing capabilities from a clean sheet of paper was really rewarding.” After India, Prakash served in the same role in Canada and is now... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2016
News

New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview

broaden your perspective on what is possible and mold you into a more capable leader to realize those possibilities. And the benefits extend beyond the two years as you join a vibrant community of alumni. View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2003
News

Books

world. Lorsch and Carter found that even when best practices are followed, implementing them is difficult or often carries deleterious side effects. The authors therefore propose that boards must be designed individually to be attuned to — and more View Details

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

06 Feb 2025
News

How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

New Releases

in the highly competitive pharmaceutical industry, challenging the widely held view that firms tend to emphasize either product or process innovation, depending upon their stage of development. Rather, Pisano argues, product and process development View Details

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