Inside-out Approach To Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jul 2024
In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

cases escalate, tariffs placed on Chinese exports by former President Trump. This move is emblematic of a global turn toward protectionism and trade restrictions in the last decade. Businesses have taken diverse approaches in adapting... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

and physical assets, not creating social value." Higher-ambition leaders, as the authors call them, also make decisions about long-term relationships with all their stakeholders in mind. "Consider United Stationers' strategy of 'enabling... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

and growth. That triumph can be attributed to the Valley's distinctive geography, history, and culture. Why The Triumph Viewing the valley from the flight approach to San... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

they been able to do that without hurting the prestige? Khaire: That portfolio approach is much harder for René, but it's not impossible. One of the ways Noma is experimenting with this is through pop-up... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

about life-and-death due to a raging pandemic. Still, identity issues cut so deep that it can feel that way. Data suggests that this is not just in people’s heads. Real harm is being done, even if it is unintentional. Come together as a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

Microsoft, Intel, and Apple in the new book, Strategy Rules. Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do (32,083) While women and men believe they are equally able to attain high-level leadership positions,... View Details

02 Sep 2010
What Do You Think?

How Transparent Should Boards Be?

King said: "When culture and strategy collide, culture always wins. End of story." A second group supported some kind of discipline without dismissal, as well as a more discrete approach View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

George C. Lodge

authors concluded that a doctrinaire "free market" approach was not necessarily the best route for a nation to follow. And in the mid-1980s he joined HBS professor Bruce R. Scott in contributing... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World

are taking very different approaches to investment in an infrastructure that will allow the broadband explosion to come into being. The United States, for example, is leaving... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

efforts have been launched in the past decade to "transplant" the venture model: to adapt the key features of the venture capital approach within large corporations,... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

16 Apr 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

corporate strategy and business planning. Jeffrey Cruikshank, former editor of the HBS Alumni Bulletin and author of historical works about HBS, describes Christensen and his colleagues as "transitional figures" in the School's... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

one season in which I can show my wife that I'm actually reading books at a rate that approaches that with which I buy them. Therefore, I tackle long books only after considerable consideration. This summer, I am hoping View Details

Keywords: by Staff

30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

Vanguard’s index funds have obvious appeal to investors, especially smaller ones. Their passive approach makes these funds less expensive to maintain than active mutual funds,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

predictor of events, but the power and sometimes outrageous language used by Levitt changed the nature of debate on the issue, and created new perspectives for managers to consider as they approach world... View Details

Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors

02 Jul 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

world characterized by increasing complexity reconsidering profit as being the sole and superior criterion for business success, is the only rational approach to take." On the other hand, Dan Wallace... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

03 Feb 2020
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

danger of reaching that threshold But you can’t successfully leverage this kind of talent with the old style of management Compliance-oriented approaches just won’t cut it. Leaders need to invoke shared... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

Bayer (later part of IG Farben); and steel producer Krupp. Managing the internment risk World War I brought the first wave of civilian internment, creating a turning point for companies and triggering them to develop View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

linkages with the local economy. Another approach to cluster development is to attract multinationals that will become demanding customers of local suppliers. After that, it's... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

Detroit and concerned that there is not an unlimited bailout on the horizon, they have to make choices about what land uses to protect and amplify and what to let languish.... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

shareholder value. The GE board had deferred to Welch in a highly public selection process, which had favored the sales-focused Immelt over someone who could transform GE to prepare the company for the... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

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