CORe - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

So even though most companies spent the last decade reinventing their core business processes — such as how they do purchasing or manage inventory and order processing — they did so with the aim of greater efficiency. Most of them have... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

angle, you get a full understanding of the problem,” Iansiti says. Iansiti and colleagues Michael Toffel, Ariel Stern, Joel Goh, Kris Ferreira, Shane Greenstein, Robert S. Huckman, and Willy Shih taught the case study, Deflategate and the National Football League, last... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

25 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 25

core-periphery architecture under our classification scheme. This architecture is characterized by having a single dominant cyclic group (the Core) that is large relative to other cyclic groups and above a threshold with respect to system size. We find that the size of... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

second-class citizens exploiting traditional opportunities, not an easy task. John Kotter recently suggested that large successful organizations in the future will have to support both traditional hierarchies to exploit core businesses... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: November 22

ownership of local businesses in related industries (e.g., those sharing similar labor needs, industries related via input-output markets) predict greater relative female entry rates even after controlling for the focal district-industry's conditions. The View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 24, 2006

K. Kazanjian, 192-210. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006 Abstract To remain successful, companies must respond to the challenge of achieving continual internal or core growth. In this book chapter, we suggest that vendors... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark

management; in global research and scholarship; and in its commitment to values and leadership as core elements of its curriculum and mission. Clark also oversaw a significant expansion of the faculty, an extensive refurbishing of the... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

internal processes. Consistent alignment of capabilities and internal processes with the customer value proposition is the core of any strategy execution. Keeping The Board Strategically Involved Take the experience of First Commonwealth... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits

nonprofits more by educating them on building business frameworks and developing organizational strategy. "There are core questions that help teach organizations how to perform," he said. Working to strengthen the underlying strategies of... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

research also need some sort of core organization inside the firm to coordinate and leverage their outreach." Can you capture enough value to reinvest? Xerox missed a slew of golden opportunities. Intel and the new IBM, on the other... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

28 Sep 2021
News

Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students

talked to everyone on the team. The financial model he created was precisely accurate for nine months—until business growth skyrocketed in February 2020—and proved the business could work,” Dzodan explained. “This was core to getting the... View Details

Keywords: Becca Carnahan

14 May 2013
Blog Post

MBAxAmerica Update: Week 6, New Orleans

sustainable in New Orleans. Moreover, this supplemental programming creates a potential revenue opportunity for Idea Village that can reinforce their core programming. The programs and events we developed will be piloted at this year’s... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

01 Dec 2008
News

The CEO and the Functions of Leadership

a number of categories that will prove important when considering the CEO’s role: Direction: A core function of leadership is setting the strategy for the organization, and setting specific financial goals that the organization will seek... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

Porter Directs New Institute at HBS

and the relationship between competition and society. In addition to Porter, the core ISC team will consist of eight research and administrative staff members; the ISC will also host visiting scholars and researchers. Nonresident scholars... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?

the Apple Watch, read Ryan Raffaelli's blog: Why the Apple Watch Is a Gift to the Swiss Watch Industry. Christian Camerota: Do you think the Apple Watch will fundamentally change our lives in a similar way the iPhone and iPad did? Betting on the Apple Watch as View Details

Keywords: Re: Ryan L. Raffaelli; Electronics; Retail; Health

29 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

is factoring into their life situation? Butler: At the core of my work with individuals, and my writing on this topic, is my model of implicit and symbolic intelligence. Each of us, at any given moment, has the capacity to experience the... View Details

06 Aug 2018
Blog Post

Parks Management is People Management

not of a typical business. Moreover, my experience working in new contexts (i.e. resource management and government) has only deepened my business acumen, utilizing my core skillset while flexing it in new directions. With the goal of... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

Web

From the Dean - Annual Report 2016

and integration. At the same time, we are investing in the core programs and activities that have distinguished the School since its founding. In the MBA Program, for instance, you’ll see examples of efforts to broaden the pipeline of... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Environmental Impact

University in Mauritius to participate in the School’s online business fundamentals course HBX CORe (Credential of Readiness). They are also helping to fund a Global Opportunity Fellowship that provides support for recent HBS graduates... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

Sahlman Heads External Relations

better serve our alumni once they’ve left?” The upcoming centennial celebration in 2008 also presents an opportunity to reflect upon the past and to begin to consider the future, Sahlman notes. “Our alumni will be at the core of that... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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