Strategy

Strategies for leaders to align all three.

Too many companies communicate strategy as a set of aspirations, leaving employees in the dark about the intended direction.

Your guide to (what could be) the future of the internet.

Your guide to (what could be) the future of the internet.

According to an analysis led by Ranjay Gulati, during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000, 17% of the 4,700 public companies studied fared very badly:...

When terrorists attacked the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, employees of the Taj Mumbai hotel displayed uncommon valor. They placed the safety of guests...

Focus less on what your company can do and reimagine what it could do.

If you keep changing it, did you even have one to begin with?

Six strategies to ensure you’re crafting a strategy that your company can actually execute.

What you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […]

Awareness of these forces can help a company stake out a position in its industry that is less vulnerable to attack.

Executives are often confounded by culture, because much of it is anchored in unspoken behaviors, mindsets, and social patterns. But when properly managed,...

Competitive advantages don’t last as long as they used to.

Diversify your product line. Stick to your knitting. Hire a professional manager. Watch fixed costs. Those are some of the suggestions that entrepreneurs...

Three ways perfectionists self-sabotage.

For the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which...

Categorizing the problems and growth patterns of small businesses in a systematic way that is useful to entrepreneurs seems at first glance a hopeless task. Small businesses vary widely in size and capacity for growth. They are characterized by independence of action, differing organizational structures, and varied management styles. Yet on closer scrutiny, it becomes […]

Three factors all deciders should consider.

To meet the challenges of a complex world, strategic planners need to understand the differences between the four elements of VUCA--volatility, uncertainty,...

Firms have never known more about their customers, but their innovation processes remain hit-or-miss. Why? According to Christensen and his coauthors,...

Dr. Edson Bueno created Amil, Brazil's largest health insurer. Unlike many others, it is vertically integrated. Dr. Bueno has two opportunities for growth....

Analysis of an interview with Red Auerbach, HBR No. 87201. Alan M. Webber, who conducted the interview, probed for the lessons that Auerbach has learned...

More than 250,000 public sector managers in the United States take on new positions each year and many more aspire to leadership. Each will confront special...

Outlines the growth of an innovative diabetes disease management organization from 1994-99. Having demonstrated the success of their model in managing...

After two hours of further intense, heated debate, Belton's COO has acquiesced and agreed with the manager of a large management consulting firm on every...

The hospital is reviewing its obstetrical services and trying to decide on future strategy relative to communications, pricing and service characteristics....

Supplements the (A) case.

This case is designed as the second part of a two-part case study on Cathay Pacific's cargo operations, but it can be used separately on a stand-alone...

The Best of Peter F. Drucker on Non-Profits and the Public Sector. Peter F. Drucker's classic and timeless insights on improving effectiveness in the...

Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook based on the idea that connecting people was a fundamentally good thing-and a way to turn a handsome profit. But from...

Cochin International Airport opened in 1999 to widespread acclaim as the first and only airport to be constructed and operated by a private company in...

Jonas Spangenberg, CEO of BoKlok, an entrepreneurial industrialized construction venture focused on providing low-cost housing to a sharply defined, relatively...

Supplement for W13550

The case is set in early 2010, a few weeks after Agrium, a large fertilizer manufacturer and distributor, put an end to its attempt to acquire CF Industries...

This case describes a decision confronting the founder of Nantero, a company developing a new semiconductor technology. The company needs to raise additional...

Today's leaders don't use command-and-control. Instead, they leverage their communication, collaboration, and conflict-resolution skills to inspire employees...

Sahaj e-Village Limited, an initiative of SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd, hoped to answer the need of the Indian government's National e-Governance Plan...

Certain key principles govern the landlord-tenant relationship in both commercial and residential settings. Because most property law is state specific,...

In early 2019, transportation was set to undergo a major transformation with the advent of autonomous vehicles (AVs), also referred to as driverless cars,...

Synthetic biology start-up C16 Biosciences wants to solve a big problem: replace palm oil, a major contributor to deforestation and climate change, with...

Strategies for leaders to align all three.

Too many companies communicate strategy as a set of aspirations, leaving employees in the dark about the intended direction.

Your guide to (what could be) the future of the internet.

Your guide to (what could be) the future of the internet.

According to an analysis led by Ranjay Gulati, during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000, 17% of the 4,700 public companies studied fared very badly:...

When terrorists attacked the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, employees of the Taj Mumbai hotel displayed uncommon valor. They placed the safety of guests...

Focus less on what your company can do and reimagine what it could do.

If you keep changing it, did you even have one to begin with?

Six strategies to ensure you’re crafting a strategy that your company can actually execute.

What you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […]