Required Reading * Collis‚ D.J.‚ & Montgomery‚ C.A. (1995‚ July/August). Competing on resources: Strategy in the 1990s. Harvard Business Review‚ 73 (4). (Custom Textbook (2012)‚ Managing Strategy in the Global Marketplace. Chapter 21.) * Porter‚ M.E. (1996). What is Strategy? Harvard Business Review‚ 74 (6). In HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy. (Custom Textbook (2012)‚ Managing Strategy in the Global Marketplace. Chapter 21.) * Stegmann‚ J (2009) Critical Thinking in Strategic
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McGrath is a professor at Columbia Business School. She researches strategy and innovation in volatile environments. 68 Harvard Business Review September 2011 1271 Sep11 Sargut Layout;24.indd 68 HBR.ORG ARTWORK Jen Stark‚ How to Become a Millionaire in 100 Days 2007‚ 1 million pieces of hand-cut paper‚ size varies (average: 3’ x 3’) Learning To Live with Complexity How to make sense of the unpredictable and the undefinable in today’s hyperconnected business world by Gökçe Sargut and Rita
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poliCy PhotogrAPh Topical Press Agency/Stringer/ Getty Images: orville Wright lands a glider‚ 1911 reviving entrepreneursHip poliCy deCisions in areas Could nurture—or Cripple—ameriCa’s greatest asset. by JosH lerner and William saHlman 116 Harvard Business Review March 2012 merica’s economic culture has traditionally been distinguished by a willingness to pursue opportunities; a parallel willingness to adopt new products and services; social‚ legal‚ and economic tolerance for failure; and the
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him there taking part in a one-act play in 1968. * He wrote his essays to apply to Harvard Business School in a local coffee shop. * "It seemed like such a dream‚" Anita Gupta wrote in a letter last month to the judge who sentenced him Wednesday for giving a hedge-fund manager inside information about Goldman Sachs Group Inc.‚ where he was a director. Mr. Gupta agonized when he was accepted to Harvard about leaving his siblings‚ his wife added‚ but "decided it was an opportunity he could
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Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing? Kim Girard‚ Harvard Business Week‚ March 2012 The over a century old retailer JC Penney (JCP) has been losing business and customers for a long time. Though it once had a great reputation for value and loyal customers the competition of high volume‚ low value stores such as Wal-Mart or the higher end stores such as Macy’s have completely over taken it and threatens to force them out of the market. What can be done to revive the 110 year old retailer
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Citations: 1. Dyer‚ J.‚ Gregersen‚ H. & Christensen‚ C. (2009). Innovator ’s DNA. Harvard Business Review‚ 87(12)‚ 60-67. 2. Sternberg‚ R. J. (2010). Teaching creativity‚ not memorization. The Chronicle of Higher Education‚ Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/Teach-Creativity-Not/124879/ 3 4. (2003). Toward a creativity-friendly workplace: practical steps. Harvard Business School Press‚ Retrieved from http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?E=47173&R=7263BC-PDF-ENG&conversationId=265794
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Correct” View Many companies espouse a “people-first” strategy. For instance‚ W.L. Gore and Associates‚ SAS Institute‚ Southwest Airlines‚ Goldman Sachs‚ Starbucks‚ and Lincoln Electric all claim to put their employees concerns ahead of all other business concerns. There is some empirical evidence that organizations that put their employees first are successful.[1] The basis of this practice is the belief that an organization’s employees are its key to competitive advantage. Given the
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Course Prerequisites: Admission into a graduate program at the university. Required Materials: Denis Collins (2012)‚ Business 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
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Harper Business‚ 2006. (Not in reading packet. Please purchase book.) Rosenberg‚ Nathan‚ “Innovation’s Uncertain Terrain.” McKinsey Quarterly‚ pp. 170-185‚ Issue 3‚ 1995. In class video: Interview with Dan Bricklin‚ founder of Visicalc‚ from Triumph of the Nerds‚ An Irreverent History of the PC Industry‚ By Bob Cringely. Ambrose Video‚ RM Associates. 1996 Related reading: Geoffrey Moore‚ To Succeed in the Long Term‚ Focus on the Middle Term‚ Harvard Business
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manager is complicated and confusing. Making sense of it requires not a knack for simplification but the ability to synthesize insights from different mind-sets into a comprehensible whole. The Five Minds of a Manager COPYRIGHT © 2003 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. by Jonathan Gosling and Henry Mintzberg The chief executive of a major Canadian company complained recently that he can’t get his engineers to think like managers. It’s a common complaint
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