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- 20 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability
financial and accounting professionals, regulators, corporate executives, educators, fund managers and environmental sustainability advocates around the topic, according to the organizer, HBS professor Robert G. Eccles. Eccles, a pioneer...
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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Q4 - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Q4 Course Number 1507 Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice Willy Shih Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits13 sessionsPaperThis short version of BSSE will focus on core...
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Social Progress Index - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential. Our research supports...
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- June 2009 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Cirque du Soleil -- The High-Wire Act of Building Sustainable Partnerships
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Maxime Aucoin
The case describes the history and business model of Cirque du Soleil (CdS). The case allows for a rich discussion and analysis of Cirque du Soleil's business model with an emphasis on how it interacts with that of MGM Mirage. Le Cirque and MGM's business models...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Investment;
Profit;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Partners and Partnerships;
Trust;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Maxime Aucoin. "Cirque du Soleil -- The High-Wire Act of Building Sustainable Partnerships." Harvard Business School Case 709-411, June 2009. (Revised February 2010.)
- 2009
- Book
High Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage
By: Michael Beer
Integrating knowledge from strategic management, performance management, and organization design, strategic human resource expert and Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer outlines what the high-commitment, high-performance organization looks like and provides...
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Keywords:
Human Resources;
Leadership;
Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Performance;
Practice;
Business Strategy;
System
Beer, Michael. High Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage. Jossey-Bass, 2009.
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Suppliers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
they will benefit from healthy and sustainable competition. Several leading suppliers are refocusing their efforts to achieve value when they introduce new products and drugs. The move to paying for value will mean that the pricing...
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Drivers of Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Strategy Drivers of Competitiveness Drivers of Competitiveness Achieving real and sustainable competitive advantage requires a clear understanding of what “competitiveness” means and how to analyze it...
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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
their espoused strategy and management principles. Beer and Eisenstat began implementing the process ten years ago at Becton Dickinson and Company, a medical products and diagnostic systems supplier. "Ray Gilmartin, who was CEO at...
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by Judith A. Ross
- March 2015 (Revised March 2016)
- Background Note
Note: Industry Self-Regulation: Sustaining the Commons in the 21st Century?
By: Rebecca Henderson, Amram Migdal and Tony He
Industry self-regulation has, in general, a lousy track record. Many studies have shown that it is often ineffective unless backed by the power of the state, and that in some cases it serves rather to forestall government intervention or to reduce competition than as...
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Henderson, Rebecca, Amram Migdal, and Tony He. "Note: Industry Self-Regulation: Sustaining the Commons in the 21st Century?" Harvard Business School Background Note 315-074, March 2015. (Revised March 2016.)
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Environmental Quality - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
impact profitability and its relationship to sustainable practices. Publications & Resources Jun 2010 Chair’s Paper The Porter Hypothesis at 20: Can Environmental Regulation Enhance Innovation & Competitiveness? by Stefan Ambec, Mark A....
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- December 2010
- Article
Building Sustainable Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Commercial Microfinance Organizations
By: Julie Battilana and Silvia Dorado
We explore how new types of hybrid organizations (organizations that combine institutional logics in unprecedented ways) can develop and maintain their hybrid nature in the absence of a "ready-to-wear" model for handling the tensions between the logics they combine....
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Keywords:
Organizational Structure;
Microfinance;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Identity;
Commercialization;
Balance and Stability;
Policy;
Recruitment;
Business Model
Battilana, Julie, and Silvia Dorado. "Building Sustainable Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Commercial Microfinance Organizations." Academy of Management Journal 53, no. 6 (December 2010): 1419–1440.
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Course Overview - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
international competition, the roles of key stakeholders, including companies, government, and NGOs, have shifted and expanded, and the traditional separation between them works against successful economic development. Moreover, the process of creating and View Details
- October 2005 (Revised September 2008)
- Case
Kevin Sharer at Amgen: Sustaining the High-Growth Company (A)
By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
Keywords:
Leadership Development;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Style;
Management Succession;
Personal Development and Career
George, William W., and Andrew N. McLean. "Kevin Sharer at Amgen: Sustaining the High-Growth Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-020, October 2005. (Revised September 2008.)
- 14 Sep 2022
- Podcast
Packaging skills: FedEx Services’ flexible work strategy
The pandemic and supply chain crisis are reshaping the package delivery business. What are the staffing implications and what does it mean for the logistics of work? Mike Lauderdale, VP of Human Resources at FedEx Services, on hybrid work, emerging skills, and ESG...
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- July 1993 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Block 16: Conoco's "Green" Oil Strategy (A)
By: Malcolm S. Salter and Susan E.A. Hall
Conoco's attempted to win an oil development contract in Ecuador's tropical rain forest. The case discusses government perspectives, environmental perspectives, and indigenous people's perspectives. Allows role playing in a "negotiating forum" set up by Conoco to get...
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Keywords:
Governance;
Contracts;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Negotiation;
Practice;
Business and Community Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Perspective;
Culture;
Corporate Strategy;
Latin America
Salter, Malcolm S., and Susan E.A. Hall. Block 16: Conoco's "Green" Oil Strategy (A). Harvard Business School Case 394-001, July 1993. (Revised September 1995.)
- March 2013
- Teaching Note
Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) (TN)
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew Preble
In December 2012, Hans Jöhr, Nestlé's head of corporate agriculture, was preparing to meet with the company's board of directors to discuss its vision for the future related to sustainable agriculture. Nestlé's continued success depended on its ability to access the...
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Key Stakeholders - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
and Elizabeth Teisberg. Since the book was published in 2006, Porter and many others-fellow academics, health care experts, practitioners and policymakers-have further explored how a health care system that strives to improve outcomes and lower costs aligns all the...
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High Commitment High Performance: How to Build A Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage
How to create the high-performance, high-commitment organization.
Integrating knowledge from strategic management, performance management, and organization design, strategic human resource expert and Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer outlines... View Details
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
as a Senior Institute Associate at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. Dr. Bozic has extensive research and policy experience in the growing field of value-based health care, focused on implementation and evaluation of...
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