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- May–June 2021
- Article
Eliminate Strategic Overload
As companies respond to intensifying competitive pressures and challenges, they ask more and more of their employees. But organizations often have very little to show for the efforts of their talented and engaged workers. By selecting fewer initiatives with greater...
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Keywords:
Strategic Initiatives;
Value-based Strategy;
Organizational Effectiveness;
Strategy;
Value Creation
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Eliminate Strategic Overload." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 3 (May–June 2021): 88–97.
- Teaching Interest
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Effective Strategic Philanthropy
Non-profit organizations and social enterprises play an important role in every country in the world: as laboratories for social innovation, as the delivery system for critical goods and services at scale, as the stewards of our cultural heritage, and as advocates for...
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- 2009
- Working Paper
Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies
By: Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu
Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their decision variables are strategic complements or substitutes as for one-sided firms, but also -and crucially so- on whether or not the platforms subsidize one side of the market in...
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Keywords:
Two-Sided Markets;
Strategic Complements;
Strategic Substitutes;
Cost;
Investment;
Profit;
One-Sided Platforms;
Two-Sided Platforms;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Competitive Advantage
Farhi, Emmanuel, and Andrei Hagiu. "Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-011, August 2007. (Revised February 2009.)
- Research Summary
Following the Rival? The Effect of Competitors' Strategic Orientation on the Firm's Strategic Orientation and its Effectiveness
with Rohit Deshpande and Elie Ofek.
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- Article
Network Effects in the Governance of Strategic Alliances
We argue that the stock of prior alliances between participants in the biotechnology sector forms a network that serves as a governance mechanism in interfirm transactions. To test how this network substitutes for other governance mechanisms, we examine how equity...
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Keywords:
Network Effects;
Governance;
Strategy;
Alliances;
Stocks;
Market Transactions;
Equity;
Mortgages;
Biotechnology Industry
Robinson, David, and Toby E. Stuart. "Network Effects in the Governance of Strategic Alliances." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 23, no. 1 (April 2007): 242–273.
- 2019
- Chapter
Network Effects
By: Andrei Hagiu and David B. Yoffie
Network effects are a key economic and strategic phenomenon in 'new economy' industries. They can, but do not necessarily, lead to market tipping, unless they outweigh customers' benefits from differentiation and are accompanied by high switching and multi-homing...
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Keywords:
Network Effects
Hagiu, Andrei, and David B. Yoffie. "Network Effects." In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Continuously updated edition, edited by Mie Augier and David J. Teece. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Electronic. (Pre-published, October 2013.)
- August 2011 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point
By: Anat Keinan
The case examines an iconic institution's decision on whether or not to undertake a branding initiative. Founded in 1802, West Point has played a key role in America's history. It is one of the nation's oldest institutions of higher learning and is well known for...
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Keywords:
Surveys;
Resource Allocation;
Brands and Branding;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Competitive Strategy;
Education Industry;
United States
Keinan, Anat. "The U.S. Military Academy at West Point." Harvard Business School Case 512-012, August 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
- July 2022
- Article
A Strategic View of Team Learning in Organizations
By: Jean-François Harvey, Henrik Bresman, Amy C. Edmondson and Gary P. Pisano
Research in strategic management and organizational behavior has increasingly focused on understanding how organizations achieve and sustain performance in fast-changing environments. Strategy research suggests that senior managers, through their decisions, influence...
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Keywords:
Strategic Management;
Organization Behavior;
Teams;
Organizational Capabilities;
Groups and Teams;
Learning;
Management;
Decision Making;
Performance;
Organizational Design
Harvey, Jean-François, Henrik Bresman, Amy C. Edmondson, and Gary P. Pisano. "A Strategic View of Team Learning in Organizations." Academy of Management Annals 16, no. 2 (July 2022): 476–507.
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
States has often turned to cutting-edge technology solutions to solve strategic and operational challenges. “Costs tend to rise in all organizations unless managers and their staffs are skilled in industrial management and strongly...
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- 2010 - 2010
- Conference Presentation
Teams at the Top: Revisiting the Structure and Effects of Strategic Work in Top Management
By: James R. Dillon
This paper examines the usage and effects of small work groups by top management in the course of guiding an organization's strategy process. Reviewing evidence from research literatures on strategy process, strategic leadership, and small groups, I propose that a...
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- Program
Strategic Negotiations
Summary The planning and strategizing process behind complex, high-stakes deals and major disputes can be even more important than your performance at the bargaining table. In this business negotiation strategy program, you will learn how...
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- 09 Feb 2016
- News
Applying Business Principles to Military Problems
Donald Reidy (MBA 1990) is director of strategic planning and resource allocation for the Naval Special Warfare Command, in California. In this video, he talks about applying business management principles learned at HBS to his role in...
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Strategic Decision-Making Processes
Michael Roberto is studying the processes that managers employ to make critical strategic decisions. Through extensive field research, he has examined how groups of senior managers make these decisions efficiently, and simultaneously build the consensus required to...
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- October 2007
- Journal Article
Psychosocial Development and Leader Performance of Military Officer Cadets
By: Scott Snook and Paul T. Bartone
Efforts to educate and develop future military officers aim to produce highly competent, ethical and effective leaders to serve the nation. But while there is general agreement about desired outcomes, the underlying developmental processes associated with these...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Leadership Development;
Performance Evaluation;
Personal Development and Career;
Social Psychology
Snook, Scott, and Paul T. Bartone. "Psychosocial Development and Leader Performance of Military Officer Cadets." Leadership Quarterly 18, no. 5 (October 2007): 490–504.
- 31 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Transitioning From the Military to Business School
in with David to see what it’s been like to make the transition to civilian life, learn more about his HBS experience, and find out how business school fits into his plans for the future. How did the military prepare you for HBS? The...
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- 2011
- Other Unpublished Work
Military Ties, New Ventures, and Political Risk Management in Emerging Economies
By: Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine
New ventures in emerging economies face a number of challenges such as political instability, corruption, and uncertain property rights that can severely hinder their ability to grow and survive, yet little is known about how startups can mitigate such risk. Using data...
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- 2016
- Article
Recursive Mentalizing and Common Knowledge in the Bystander Effect
By: Kyle A. Thomas, Julian De Freitas, Peter DiScioli and Steven Pinker
The more potential helpers there are, the less likely any individual is to help. A traditional explanation
for this bystander effect is that responsibility diffuses across the multiple bystanders, diluting the responsibility of each. We investigate an...
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Keywords:
Bystander Effect;
Diffusion Of Responsibility;
Volunteer's Dilemma;
Common Knowledge;
Theory Of Mind;
Behavior;
Theory
Thomas, Kyle A., Julian De Freitas, Peter DiScioli, and Steven Pinker. "Recursive Mentalizing and Common Knowledge in the Bystander Effect." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 145, no. 5 (2016): 621–629.
- Research Summary
The Effectiveness of Strategic Alliances: The Role of Similarity in Partners' Market-Oriented Culture
with Nukhet Harmancioglu and Tamer Cavusgil
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- Research Summary
Strategic Human Capital
My research focuses on the links between managerial background, job attributes, organizational/firm characteristics, and firm performance. Broadly speaking, I am interested in how a manager's skills, knowledge, connections, experiences, and other attributes... View Details
- October 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 6: Evaluating Strategic Profit Performance
By: Robert Simons
This module reading demonstrates how to calculate and analyze the profit generated by different business strategies. Formulas and examples are provided to calculate profit generated by changes in market share, revenue growth, efficiency improvements, and support costs....
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Keywords:
Management Control Systems;
Implementing Strategy;
Execution;
Evaluating Business Performance;
Profitability Analysis;
Variance Analysis;
Measuring Effectiveness;
Measuring Efficiency;
Activity-Based Costing;
Flexible Budget;
Accounting;
Strategy
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 6: Evaluating Strategic Profit Performance." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-106, October 2016. (Revised December 2016.)