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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Ann Dewitt (MBA 2009), The Engine Unpacking the Supply Chain Mess with Some First Principles and Common Sense Willy C. Shih, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration Growth Challenges... View Details

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

sustainable outcomes to the benefit of shareholders." However, Gary Johnson cautions that "Because excitement is so critical to success, pay for performance value can be diminished the longer the time delay for receiving... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Article

Learning by Thinking: The Role of Reflection in Individual Learning

By: Giada Di Stefano, Francesca Gino, Gary P. Pisano and Bradley R. Staats

It is common wisdom that practice makes perfect. And, in fact, we find evidence that when given a choice between practicing a task and reflecting on their previously accumulated practice, most people opt for the former. We argue in this paper that this preference is... View Details

Keywords: Learning; Cognition and Thinking; Practice; Experience and Expertise

01 Dec 1996
News

New Releases

management. The Development Factory by Gary P. Pisano (Harvard Business School Press) Product development has long been a source of advantage for firms. In The Development... View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

Ideas

with Gary P. Pisano Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate for... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Manufacturing

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

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

for failure? Can we bring back the "industrial commons" critical to manufacturing? What do you think? To Read More: Gary P. Pisano and Willy C. Shih, Producing... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

August 2022
Case

Boston Beer Company: Sustaining a Culture for Innovation and Growth

March 1990
Article

The R&D Boundaries of the Firm: An Empirical Analysis

Keywords: Research and Development; Business Ventures

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May 1996
Teaching Note

Operations Strategy Course Overview Note TN

March 1996 (Revised January 2002)
Case

CIBA Vision: The Daily Disposable Lens Project (A)

Examines CIBA Vision's decision on whether to launch a major new R&D initiative to develop a low-cost, daily disposable contact lens, and how to organize such a project should it proceed. One group of executives favors setting up a small, autonomous project team... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Operations; Research and Development; Decision Making; Production; Strategy; Management; Organizational Design; Globalization; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

August 1994 (Revised November 1994)
Teaching Note

American Connector Company (A) TN

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Keywords: Japan; Sunnyvale

May 1992
Teaching Note

Perkin-Elmer: Physical Electronics Division, Teaching Note

January 1990 (Revised October 1993)
Case

Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (A)

Very early in the history of biotechnology (about 1979), Monsanto made a major commitment to move into this field. This case recounts the history from the point of view of the eminent scientist hired to head up corporate R&D. He took Monsanto from a very traditional... View Details

Keywords: History; Transition; Biotechnology Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

Article

Commitment, Capabilities, and Strategy: A Personal Essay in Honor of Pankaj Ghemawat

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May 6, 2020
Article

We Shouldn't Wait for a Breakthrough in the COVID-19 Pandemic

The ultimate solutions to the COVID-19 crisis may be big breakthroughs in building massive test and trace capacity and developing vaccines and drug remedies. But in the meantime, we should not ignore the potential cumulative impact of the many small things we already... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Strategy; Leadership

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September 2013
Teaching Note

VF Brands: Global Supply Chain Strategy

February 2001 (Revised July 2006)
Case

Discovering the Future: R&D Strategy at Merck

Given explosive growth in technologies for drug discovery, how does Merck remain competitive in an industry that is fragmented and continues to consolidate? View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Research and Development; Pharmaceutical Industry