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

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

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

11 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

did. Most teaching around being a successful negotiator focuses on preparations before discussions start, and on strategies during the talks. The problem: We don't spend nearly enough time after the negotiations View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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

04 Sep 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

not currently in the full-time workforce. Many of the women who chose to leave their professional careers had approached Clark during his recent visits with alumni groups. They told him they felt... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

illustrates the importance of embedding a scale-up strategy in the initial design of a program that aims to solve a widespread problem. In the following discussion, Kanter and Litow talk about the process... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

05 Mar 2001
What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

Summing Up Fine Coupling of People: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? Manufacturers and distributors are succeeding in various approaches — including postponement, computer-aided manufacture, robotics, rapid response, positive tracking, and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories 2007

built-in advantages. Sharpening Your Skills: Negotiation A collection of Working Knowledge stories offering tips and insights for improving your negotiation skills. Understanding the 'Want' vs. 'Should' Decision Pizza or salad? Consumers use different View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

Porter, Director of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School: I'd like to focus though, just to be brief here, on really some of the main... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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

29 May 2006
Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

strategic focus if it was to improve margins and top-line growth. They wanted someone who could continue to build the 4,000 employee, $1 billion company and who could execute. In addition View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment

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

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders

possibilities for an effective resolution. Instead, she urges managers to look beyond differences in practice to underlying principles. In many instances, this approach can... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

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

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

range of adaptation, however. As markets and technologies undergo historic change, so too must the current model of capitalism. Each new episode of capitalism emerges from the complex interplay of three forces: (1) New human yearnings that create a new View Details