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Creating a Successful Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Value Chain Continuity of Strategic Direction Creating a Successful Strategy Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value. Consider companies... View Details

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

sustainability disclosure, and alternative ways of measuring IR. Moreover, I show that investor activism on environmental or social issues or a large number of concerns about a firm's environmental or social impact leads a firm to... View Details

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Fit Across the Value Chain - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Value Chain Continuity of Strategic Direction Fit Across the Value Chain Fit Across the Value Chain Strategy involves creating “fit” among a company’s activities. Fit has to do with how the activities in the value chain interact and... View Details

11 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

When Parents Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message?

even better to get the children actively involved in the giving, she says, for example by donating their toys in-person or donating clothes to programs that help other children in need as opposed to simply helping their parents write a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

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Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

showing the three tiers. Tier 1: Health status achieved or retained. Survival Degree of Health or Recovery Tier 2: Process of Recovery Time for recovery and Time to Return to Other Activities Disutility of Care or Treatment Process (e.g.,... View Details

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Research - Global

GitHub By: Annamaria Conti, Christian Peukert and Maria P. Roche We study the engagement of nascent firms with open source communities and its implications for innovation and attracting funding. To do so, we link data on 160,065 U.S. startups from Crunchbase to their... View Details

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Frameworks - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

differently than rivals. The Value Chain A tool for disaggregating a company into its strategically relevant activities in order to focus on the sources of competitive advantage. Creating Shared Value Creating economic value in a way that... View Details

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Leadership Fellows

organization's success Involve managerial and leadership development activities distinct from a permanent full-time position There are two routes to becoming a Leadership Fellow: HBS Sourced: Leadership Fellow positions sourced by HBS are... View Details

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

effect of a unique mediated funding scheme that combines project grants with active facilitation and conflict management on firm performance, comparing the likelihood of bankruptcy and employee count as well as patent count, publication... View Details

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About | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

supports and coordinates the activities of both the core SEI and MBA programs. Before joining the team, Bejeana served as Senior Digital Communications Associate at the Barbara Lee Family Foundation and Political Office, where she helped... View Details

Richard F. Meyer

Richard F. Meyer is Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Professor Meyer received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and spent the first ten years of his career in the Management Services Division of Arthur D. Little, Inc., serving as a... View Details

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The New CEO Workshop - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

executive officers and CEO designates of major corporations to focus on strategy, setting an agenda, and facing the challenges of leadership. The sessions are extremely interactive, tailored for each new group of participants, and designed to invite in-depth sharing of... View Details

26 Sep 2023
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Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target

strategizing and the extant strategy tools appear today as increasingly not exhibiting a great fit to the new environments of the digital age as they are inexorably misaligned with the fast-changing new needs and requirements. By View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology

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Japan - Global

global impact. Located in Tokyo, the JRC's primary purpose is to support HBS faculty research and case-writing activities in Japan. The School strives to deepen faculty's understanding of and exposure to Japanese management issues,... View Details

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Summer Fellowships | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

expertise of the Social Enterprise Initiative attend a kick-off session in the spring followed by a wrap-up session in the fall to offer Fellows the opportunity to be active and engaged during and beyond the Summer Fellow experience... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Game On

It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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performing marketing, promotions and advertising, either directly or through third-parties. These activities may include interest-based advertising, targeted advertising and online behavioral advertising in order to increase the... View Details

03 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers

slicing meat, baking bread—they show that they’re willing to roll up their sleeves, but this behavior could be costly to their businesses’ bottom lines. By looking at the everyday activities of women managers, Feldberg’s research offers... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Retail; Consumer Products

18 Jun 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Elections and Discretionary Accruals: Evidence from 2004

Keywords: by Karthik Ramanna & Sugata Roychowdhury

Teaching Interest

Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs

By: Tarun Khanna

Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (GCE) is designed for students who are interested in entrepreneurial approaches to the biggest challenges of our time. Grand Challenges are near-intractable, global problems that offer the tantalizing... View Details

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