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Continuity of Strategic Direction - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
assets related to the strategy Establishing a clear identity with customers, channels, and vendors Does this mean a company should never change? The answer is no. Innovation and growth ensure success. However, the value proposition stays... View Details
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Research Design - Impact Investments
of incorporation for such companies. The work of this project seeks to expand upon this by linking the impact investment companies to Census data, which will provide the means to better understand the impact investing market. In addition,... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
4+2 = Sustained Business Success
the fundamentals of business. But what does it mean to excel in these areas? There are myriad tools and techniques available to help executives master these practices. To improve execution, for example, leaders can employ TQM, Kaizen, or... View Details
- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
Someone is out to shoot down your best ideas. Do you know how to defend yourself? In their new book, Buy-IN: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down, HBS professor emeritus John P. Kotter and University of British Columbia professor Lorne A. Whitehead teach how to... View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
are at a point in their careers where they’re wondering how to step up, how to have more of an impact and navigate across organizational cultures they might not be used to,” says Weiss. “They love their cities, and they’re keen to make a difference.” YALP, in essence,... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction
Credits “A river of red ink runs through American history.” — Lendol Calder, Financing the American Dream (2000) There is a myth of a lost golden age of economic virtue. Once upon a time, the story goes, people lived within their means... View Details
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
it's a core platform. Digital delivery of content to the cell phone didn't exist a few years ago, and now it's everywhere. You go six months, and it's two generations. That's something I would love to exploit in the future. Just what do these speed changes View Details
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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
generally refers to spiritual dryness, or profound loneliness and doubt. The best social science indicates that across the globe, our communities are becoming lonelier and less fulfilled. John of the Cross teaches how to find deep meaning... View Details
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
PublicationsTalk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations Authors:Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2012 Abstract How can leaders make their big or growing companies feel small again? How can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2025
- Case
Netflix: Takedown Troubles
By: Clayton S. Rose, Tom Quinn and Maxim Pike Harrell
In October 2021, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos sent an all-staff email addressing backlash to comedian Dave Chappelle’s new stand-up special, The Closer. Released on October 5, the comedian’s depiction of the transgender community and other LGBTQ+ groups prompted... View Details
Keywords: Change; Disruption; Competency and Skills; Talent and Talent Management; Customers; Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Demographics; Ethics; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Leadership; Management; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Society; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Strategic Planning; Adaptation; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
- 2010
- Book
Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution
By: Robert L. Simons
To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive strategy into day-to-day actions that will enable your company to win in the marketplace. This means channeling resources into the right efforts, striking a balance between innovation and... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Innovation and Management; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Competitive Strategy
Simons, Robert L. Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution. Harvard Business Review Press, 2010.
- February 2008
- Supplement
Avaya (C): Implementing Demand Generation in Brazil
Avaya's top management wants to improve demand generation. This requires an improvement in the relationship between Sales and Marketing. This case series (Avaya (A)-(D)) walks the student through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the... View Details
Godes, David B. "Avaya (C): Implementing Demand Generation in Brazil." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-050, February 2008.
- February 2008
- Supplement
Avaya (B)
Avaya's top management wants to improve demand generation. This requires an improvement in the relationship between Sales and Marketing. This case series (Avaya (A)-(D)) walks the student through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the... View Details
Godes, David B. "Avaya (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-049, February 2008.
- 31 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’
looking for meaning in their work—and are eager for roles offering a higher purpose even if they pay less than traditional positions. When graduates are willing to work for less in jobs they feel are “useful to society,” the labor market... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives
are important to discuss. If there's a big, gnarly problem on the agenda, you may need to do some pre-meeting legwork—or pursue some post-meeting conversations to ensure you understand the issue. Delivering value means more than just... View Details
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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
twentieth century, securities in the form of stock became the preferred way of raising capital, and Lehman Brothers issued its first public stock offering for the International Steam Pump Company in 1899. “Underwriting was a potential View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- News
The HBS Tunnels
startled by coming across homeless people sleeping in the Weeks footbridge tunnel. If you remember some facet of tunnel life not mentioned here, by all means tell us about it. Many thanks from an innocuous tunnel interloper. View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson
- 13 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?
change the identity meanings associated with their brands in general, especially for a brand that has a long history of narrative and storytelling and suddenly wants to shift that narrative in a way that may not be comfortable to current... View Details
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
software and IT services industry as players seek to develop their capabilities for their growing domestic market. We describe the implications of our findings for CIOs in developed countries. Our main prediction is that the challenges of serving the domestic market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne