Strategic Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1997
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Carla Small

corporate clients wishing to develop such programs. After various positions in the firm's sales and strategic planning areas, she eventually became director of new product development. "I loved creating new... View Details

Keywords: Linda Goodspeed

December 2023 (Revised July 2024)
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Boortmalt: The Master Maltster

By: Forest Reinhardt, Jose B Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin, Lena Duchene and Emer Moloney

By May 2023, Boortmalt was the world’s leading producer of malt, with a production capacity of 3 million tonnes, 15% of global market share, and 27 malting plants across five continents. It had recently acquired a major competitor and had sustained an EBITDA growth of... View Details

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June 2023 (Revised March 2024)
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Creating World-Class Board Governance at SECO

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Emer Moloney

In Spring 2023, SECO CEO Massimo Mauri had the ambition to grow the €200 million revenue technology company to a €1 billion company by 2030. Founded in Italy in the 1970s, the family-owned company had gone through a period of growth and internationalization,... View Details

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08 Aug 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road

globalized business world, and technologies that are constantly changing. Within that dynamic environment, a curveball can come from anywhere: a portion of their businesses may suddenly dry up, belt-tightening layoffs may loom, or View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?

issues, dynamic pricing; and automated vehicles. Improving mass transit systems that connect to other forms of transportation. Making the US easier for foreign visitors to enter. An infrastructure bank to make targeted strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation; Air Transportation; Auto

20 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details

03 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

weeks later Surette was connected with TB12, a brand new company at the time, through a fellow HBS alum. He joined the company as a freelance consultant to help establish the business plan and grow the impact of TB12 over time, including... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

responsible for the School's strategic planning and new initiatives (1998-2005). Light became Acting Dean on August 1, 2005, upon the departure of Kim B. Clark, and Dean on April 24, 2006. While in graduate... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

focus of most panelists is the importance of a capital structure and risk management approach that complement the strategy and operations of the business. Instructive examples are provided by Judy Lewent, former CFO and head of strategic... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2015
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Giving Advice

establishing your intent as a donor, setting strategic priorities, hiring staff, and managing compliance, administration, and governance. It typically makes more sense for families looking to invest millions of dollars over many years to... View Details

16 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

What Should Employers Do about Health Care?

and value. But health care has been treated as a commodity and cost reduction has been the dominant approach. Employers have gone to their vendors, health plans, or third-party administrators in the case of self insured plans, and tried to bargain the maximum... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth O. Teisberg & Scott Wallace; Health

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Ameel Somani

career in business." After graduating from college, Ameel pursued investment banking. "It was a good fit, because it allowed me to think about many different businesses," he says. As an analyst at CIBC, "I learned to think View Details

09 Jun 2016
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Pursuing an Interest in Nonprofits at HBS

leadership team and staff across the organization on a strategic project to review their extensive teaching and training programming and developed an analytical framework and recommendations. The IP was a wonderful learning opportunity... View Details

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits

of The Bridgespan Group, a not-for-profit strategic consulting firm dedicated to nonprofits. Bradach spoke to an audience at Harvard Business School on January 21, 2004 as part of the Social Enterprise Faculty Seminar Series. Today's... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

resources, compensation, capital budgeting, and strategic planning — that tend to lock them into the past. In the case of resource allocation, organizations will have to move from an "allocation"... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

22 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?

from a Field Experiment, authored by Harvard Business School marketing professors Doug J. Chung and Das Narayandas. “With so many people and resources at stake, the design of the sales force compensation plan becomes of great View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

16 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

brothers had in total seven children. What should the three brothers do strategically with the company and how should they address the generational transfer? Did it make sense for the brothers to plan on... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807019 Governance of the Family Business Harvard Business School Note 807-022 Reviews the ways to achieve governance of the family business. Points out the importance of plans... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Minal Mehta

solid budget at Amazon to work with agencies to execute marketing campaigns, with BollyX, I find myself doing everything from social media posts, website copywriting, event planning, and cold calling, to strategic View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Services

06 Nov 2000
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The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

them—potentially, at least—a strategic edge that private funds lack. These differences—good and bad—are illustrated by the case of Xerox Technology Ventures (XTV). The case, write Gompers and Lerner, "highlights the fact... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

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