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Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
The Five Stages of Small-Business Growth
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleNo researcher has explored the earliest period of a business’s development in detail—until now. -
What Is Disruptive Innovation?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which... -
How to Create a Stakeholder Strategy
Global Business Magazine ArticleLately companies have come to recognize the limitations of the view that they must create value only for shareholders. Recognizing that every stakeholder... -
The Office of Strategy Management
Balanced scorecard Magazine ArticleStrategy at many companies is almost completely disconnected from execution. Establishing a dedicated unit to orchestrate both will help to bridge the divide. -
One Number You Need to Grow
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleCompanies spend lots of time and money on complex tools to assess customer satisfaction. But they're measuring the wrong thing. The best predictor of... -
Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleExecutives have developed tunnel vision in their pursuit of shareholder value, focusing on short-term performance at the expense of investing in long-term... -
Managing Your Innovation Portfolio
Innovation Magazine ArticlePeople throughout your organization are energetically pursuing the new. But does all that activity add up to a strategy? -
Off-Sites That Work
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleThe top team’s annual strategic off-site differs from all other meetings in its potential impact on the company. That’s why it should be designed and managed differently. -
Unlocking the Wealth in Rural Markets
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleHow the most successful companies are finding and serving India’s hard-to-reach customers -
Does Hardware Even Matter Anymore?
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIt all comes down to programming. -
The Case of the Expensive Expansion
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleVisits to the toy store were a lot different for Jim Clayton since he took the job as president of Playto Industries. Long lines at the checkout counter used to infuriate him. Now they delighted him because they signaled a boom in sales for Playto. Trips up and down the aisles used to be part […] -
Did We Expand Too Quickly? (HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe CEO of a climbing-gym chain whose UK locations are faltering must decide whether to press on or pull back from his international growth plans. This... -
Today’s Options for Tomorrow’s Growth
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleSince the rise in the use of discounted cash flow techniques, most managers face an increasingly difficult choice in evaluating complex investment decisions. Should they pursue risky projects that offer a below-target rate of return but could create valuable strategic opportunities later? Or should they stick with a less risky and more immediately profitable bet? […] -
The Power of Unwitting Workers
Customer experience Magazine ArticleCompanies have gotten very good at getting customers to do free work—pumping their own gas, conducting their own checkouts, filling out online forms. In each case, the mutual benefit is clear, and customers tacitly agree to an exchange of value: “I’ll pump my gas if you give me a price break.” But some organizations are […] -
5 Questions to Build Your Company's Capacity for Innovation
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleIt's a discipline that must be learned and repeated, like any other core business competency. -
Mapping Your Innovation Strategy (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the complex sport of American football, teams rely on playbooks as thick as the Manhattan phone directory. But when it comes to creating innovative... -
Strategy in the Age of Superabundant Capital
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor much of the past five decades, financial capital was considered a scarce resource. Today, however, capital is abundant and cheap, and the authors... -
Five Ways to Innovate Faster
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleTo accelerate your search for a viable new growth model, start with the two-pizza rule. -
CEOs Should Think Like Founders, Not Just Managers
Growth strategy Digital ArticleIt’s critical for generating new growth.
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CSX and Climate Change
Strategy & Execution Case Study14.00View Details CSX, America's largest eastern railroad, is heavily dependent on coal shipments, for revenues and profits. Environmental pressures, relating to coal-fired... -
Portillo's: How to Deliver?
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Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study6.95View Details KaBOOM!, a successful playground-building social enterprise funded through corporate partnerships, wants to develop a performance measurement system that... -
Sustainability at IKEA Group, Japanese Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details By 2014, IKEA Group was the largest home furnishing company, with EUR28.5 billion of sales, and planned to reach EUR50 billion by 2020, mainly from emerging... -
OpenNotes
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In 2017, executives at OpenNotes, a national movement to improve the relationship between doctors and patients by sharing doctors' visit notes about patients... -
August Berg: Promoting an Accessible Luxury Watch via Social Media
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Set in September 2020, the case talks about marketing an accessible (affordable) luxury watch brand, 'August Berg', by a luxury-product distribution company,... -
Brazil Under Lula: Off the Yellow BRIC Road
Global Business Case Study6.95View Details Covers President Lula's challenges to reduce "Brazil cost" and grow like other BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). Experts agreed that... -
Analytical Space: The Next Frontier?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details With one satellite aloft and in the midst of beta testing in late 2018, Analytical Space founders Justin Oliveira and Dan Nevius turned to critical questions... -
The Walt Disney Company: Theme Parks
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details As he seeks to place the division he leads on a firm footing for the future, Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, is considering a range... -
Virgin Group: Finding New Avenues for Growth, Chinese Version
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The head of the branded private investment company owner of the Virgin brand reflected on the group's new pillars of growth. Since the 1970s when Richard... -
GE's Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative, Spanish Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Follows the actions of GE CEO, Jeff Immelt, as he implements a growth strategy for the $150 billion company in a tough business environment. In four years,... -
Stone Finch, Inc.: Young Division, Old Division
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details CEO Jim Billings wants to attract energetic, entrepreneurial talent to Stone Finch, Inc., which comprises an older division that fabricates products like... -
Growth Challenges Facing The Insurtech Startup Lemonade
Management Case Study8.95View Details The case describes how Lemonade, a leading Insurtech startup, expanded its business with a unique AI-powered digital insurance model and a "giveback"... -
Livongo: Scaling a Purpose-Driven Organization in Healthcare
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details When seasoned entrepreneur Glen Tullman founded the chronic health care startup Livongo in 2014, it was personal. His son lived with diabetes, and Tullman... -
Pinduoduo
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Founded in 2015 by serial entrepreneur, Colin Huang, Pinduoduo Inc. (PDD) had become China's fastest-growing e-commerce platform in history. PDD pioneered... -
TaKaDu, Russian Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In December 2012, Amir Peleg, founder and CEO of TaKaDu, reflected on how to position his young firm for the next fiscal year and beyond. The small Israeli... -
Thinx, Inc. - Breaking Barriers in Feminine Care
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Fragilities and Growth Prospects in the Global Economy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This note discusses identifying the potential future fragile and high-growth economies. -
Mandalay Homes: Building Sustainable Innovation in Residential Construction
Management Case Study8.95View Details Mandalay Homes, a home builder based in northern Arizona, is a market leader in energy efficiency based construction. The company is now at a crossroads... -
The Indian Express: Reinvention through Digital Business
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details At the turn of mid-2000, the news industry saw a tectonic shift in the reading habits of people, driven by developments in digital technology. News industry's...
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Innovation Doesn’t Have to Be Disruptive
Innovation Magazine ArticleCreate new markets for growth without destroying existing companies or jobs. -
The Five Stages of Small-Business Growth
Entrepreneurial management Magazine ArticleNo researcher has explored the earliest period of a business’s development in detail—until now. -
What Is Disruptive Innovation?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which... -
How to Create a Stakeholder Strategy
Global Business Magazine ArticleLately companies have come to recognize the limitations of the view that they must create value only for shareholders. Recognizing that every stakeholder... -
The Office of Strategy Management
Balanced scorecard Magazine ArticleStrategy at many companies is almost completely disconnected from execution. Establishing a dedicated unit to orchestrate both will help to bridge the divide. -
One Number You Need to Grow
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleCompanies spend lots of time and money on complex tools to assess customer satisfaction. But they're measuring the wrong thing. The best predictor of... -
Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleExecutives have developed tunnel vision in their pursuit of shareholder value, focusing on short-term performance at the expense of investing in long-term... -
Managing Your Innovation Portfolio
Innovation Magazine ArticlePeople throughout your organization are energetically pursuing the new. But does all that activity add up to a strategy? -
Off-Sites That Work
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleThe top team’s annual strategic off-site differs from all other meetings in its potential impact on the company. That’s why it should be designed and managed differently. -
Organizing to Innovate: Building Your Innovation Capability
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Book Chapter8.95View Details Success requires going beyond winning once to developing deep capabilities that allow a company repeatedly to disarm disruptive threats and seize new...