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- 07 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 7
industry, had begun to operate in an increasingly privatized environment.) At the center of the new model was a series of "vision workshops"-structured conversations in which employees at all levels of the company took part in developing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
also help your work get noticed. "Keeping your head down under the burden of responsibilities will mean that your personal and strategic vision will be stymied within your own organization," Segil... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
grapples with a number of strategic tensions: between innovations and the traditional business, between global and local, and about increased partnering or proprietary advantages. He must continue to lead and develop the team to support a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
by nearly 1,000 female sales agents across the country. How did Walker journey from the cotton fields to the status of an enterprising businesswoman, perhaps even the first self-made African American millionaire in the United States? Her obstacles, shrewd View Details
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
1990s to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem that could harness its business-minded immigrant population. Strategic investment had given rise to creative events and spaces, like the international Art Basel fair in Miami, new performing... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 14 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World
forecasting, strategic planning, and statistical decision making have not prepared them for this amount of flux in the environment. In short, these rapid-fire changes are putting extreme pressure on business leaders to lead in ways not... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
however. The thousands of deals that academics, consultants, and businesspeople lump together as mergers and acquisitions actually represent very different strategic activities. Acquisitions occur for five reasons: to deal with... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
company. Additionally, top management introduced a new product profitability criterion to be used in support of strategic decisions related to the composition of the product mix offering. The application of the new criterion lead to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
presents a process for asking the big questions that will enable you to diagnose problems, change course if necessary, and advance your career. He lays out areas of inquiry, including questions such as (1) Do I clearly articulate my View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
the parties. Thus, even after controlling for various attributes of the exchange relationship and the dispute, the choice of contracting structure has important strategic implications. The Globe: The China Rules: A Practical Guide for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
begin with, the top team must first agree on a "statement of strategic and organizational direction" — an outline of what the company must do as a whole in order to gain competitive advantage. They then appoint an employee task... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
CEO of the world's largest food and beverage company. His predecessor, Peter Brabeck, had delivered 12 years of outstanding results while moving the company toward a new vision of health, nutrition, and wellness. Bulcke's challenge was to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
Publications Managed Globalization: Doctrine, Practice, and Promise Authors: Rawi Abdelal and Sophie Meunier Publication: Journal of European Public Policy 17, no. 3 (April 2010): 349-366 Abstract Two alternate visions for shaping and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
Strategic Value Advisors—predict environmental performance. We find that firms that have more KLD Environmental Concerns have slightly, but statistically significantly, more pollution and regulatory violations in later years than firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
defensiveness in colleagues and subordinates. Second-guessing a senior manager can demoralize and demotivate not only that person but others around him, while eroding his authority and confidence. What's more, the need to overrule a proposal indicates that the View Details
- 03 May 2021
- What Do You Think?
Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?
“Ensuring social cohesion in democracy is part of a CEO’s job of managing the strategic environment.” "When they identify with their corporations, do CEOs assume that they are representing them?" One question these events raise for us is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Oct 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits
toward other interests. Staying on mission and building an effective organization to carry out the mission requires a clear strategic focus and a well-developed strategy backed by well-aligned operations. This is the focus of our research... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
group The first two points are not as clear-cut as they might appear. While the leader's standard charge is to set direction, a leader also has to communicate a moral and strategic vision that actually... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
Review article, “What’s the Optimal Workplace for Your Organization?” The article itself, with its two-by-two matrix of strategic space configurations, is an illustration of the value of face time. “This project would very much not exist... View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
Brand New also developed the ability to identify ability in others: organizational and strategic talent, as well as commercial imagination. Lauder, Schultz, and Dell—like the three entrepreneurs in the past—shared a willingness to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace