executives use analogies to make strategic choices. The best strategists know both the power and peril of such comparisons. How Strategists Really Think Tapping the Power of Analogy by Giovanni Gavetti and Jan W. Rivkin COPYRIGHT © 2005 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Strategy is about choice. The heart of a company’s strategy is what it chooses to do and not do. The quality of the thinking that goes into such choices is a key driver of the quality
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computer technology (Haigh‚ 2011). In fact‚ the great majority of references to information technology have always been concerned with computer‚ although the exact meaning has shifted over time. The phrase received its first prominent usage in a Harvard Business Review article intended to promote a technocratic vision for the future of business management (Haigh‚ Leavitt & Whisler‚ 1958). Humans have been storing‚ retrieving‚ manipulating and communicating information since the Sumerians in Mesopotamia
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advertising‚ and branding plan for the next Fire Force Five film; her presentation to the company’s CEO‚ its head of distribution‚ and other unit leaders was planned for Friday. Two more days—many more hours‚ many No Do COPYRIGHT © 2009 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. by Tamara J. Erickson more stats to go over before I sleep‚ the 23-yearold marketing associate estimated. He plunked himself back down in his chair. A recent graduate of the University
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Reprint R0605X A larger-than-life CEO left Innostat with larger-than-life problems. The new boss knows the company needs fundamental change‚ but the image of her predecessor hovers. HBR CASE STUDY Big Shoes to Fill COPYRIGHT © 2006 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. by Michael Beer The memorial service was a sellout. Jack Donally had been a colossal figure who commanded a lot of respect‚ if not affection. He’ll be a hard act to follow‚ Stephanie
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Organization. London: Thomson Learning. John P. Kotter‚ J. L. H.‚ 1992. Corporate Culture and Performance. New York: The Free Press. Kotter‚ J. P.‚ 1999. What Leaders Really Do. Harvard: John P. Kotter. Kotter‚ J. P.‚ 2006. Our Iceberg Is Melting. London: Pan Macmillan Ltd. Kotter‚ J. P.‚ 2008. A sense of urgency. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing. Kotter‚ J. P.‚ 2012. Leading Change. United States: John P. Kotter. McCalman‚ R. A. P. &. J.‚ 2010. Change Management‚ A guide to effective implementation
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Ethics: How to Design and Manage Ethical Organizations‚ John Wiley and Sons Other assigned readings are noted on the attached course outline. Most of the articles will be posted on Sakai. Cases for the course can be purchased directly from the Harvard Business School. To purchase the cases‚ go to the coursepack link at: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/access/20490843 and follow the instructions Recommended Reading: The Wall Street Journal‚ Fortune magazine‚ The Economist‚ etc.
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themselves as global citizens rather than as citizens of any given nation. We have operations in more than 60 countries. Our top 400 managers represent 53 di erent nationalities. We’ve spent the past 10 years building this culture of global April 2010 Harvard Business Review 103 This article is provided compliments of Reckitt Benckiser Group. HOW I DID IT mobility because we think it’s one of the best ways to generate new ideas and create global entrepreneurs. And it has paid o . Products launched
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Firstly‚ volunteer model is main character which BrainGame was been known about. By absorbing ideals and feedbacks from volunteer‚ company can adjust the products to meet customer’s need. Just as concept of the user contribution system mentioned by Harvard Business Review in The Contribution Revolution‚ “creating methods for aggregating and leveraging people’s contribution or behavior in ways that are useful to other people”. It helps company do customer service‚ marketing by social-networking‚ employee
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References: Austin‚ Robert D. (1999). Ford Motor Company: Supply Chain Strategy. Harvard Business School. Magretta‚ Joan (1998). The power of Virtual Integration: An Interview with Dell Computer ’s Michael Dell. Harvard Business Review. Vol. 76 Issue 2 p 72-84
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foreign markets‚ and that can lead to expensive mistakes. Here’s a more rational approach to evaluating global opportunities. Distance Still Matters The Hard Reality of Global Expansion by Pankaj Ghemawat • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Distance Still Matters: The Hard Reality of Global Expansion 12 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations
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