Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2016

The induced innovation literature has taught us that drug companies focus their efforts on researching and marketing new drugs for which there is expected to be great demand (think of aging baby boomers’ aching knees). Companies such as Coastal Risk Consulting are developing flood risk statistical models at the parcel level.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Parcell Incentives Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

The chart may appear to show merely that Cisco’s patent filings lagged its R&D spending by three years, but in fact the decline in spending and the rise in patents were part and parcel of a deliberate strategic shift by the company in 2001. So what was going on?

Innovation 8

Innovation Parcell Wireless Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

If your company had just announced a 27% increase in revenues in this market, you'd probably be quite happy. And you'd think the market would be, too. Like many other companies that have a core product line, Google is struggling to find its next market. Giddy even. But, for Google, analysts seem decidedly unhappy. And so on.).

Micromanagement 15

Micromanagement Open-book Parcell Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

He's a man of strong opinions, generally backed up by lots and lots of research. And I couldn't resist following up with an email Q&A: Justin Fox: A lot of smart people have been saying for a while now that public-company executives should put less time and effort into dealing with Wall Street. Why's that?

Short-term 11

Short-term Long-term Parcell Incentives 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Average earnings among the top 10 were up 6% this year, while the average earnings of the bottom 10 dropped 9%. They’re also among the most profitable (the top five companies make up for 15% of the index’s total market capitalization), and the fastest growing (their market capitalization has grown this year by 23.3%

Tourism 8

Tourism Telecommunications Automotive Company 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Accordingly, it consists of a collection of broadly defined markets (“where to play”) and strategies (“how to win”), rather than a group of more fully defined businesses. But to build toward its future state vision, and scale up its insurance business, the organization sought and won licenses in D.C.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Health Care Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

A Network Audit Think of up to ten people with whom you have discussed important work matters over the past few months (you are not required to come up with ten). When it comes to stepping up to leadership, your network is a tool for identifying new strategic opportunities and attracting the best people to them.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2016

Growing up, he’d constantly tailed Grant around the fields, watching him experiment with crops and technologies that would help the farm survive dry spells. A 25-year lease to put solar panels on a parcel of land would generate the same returns as growing tomatoes—without any irrigation headaches. The Meeting. “Zero?

Case Study 8

Case Study Parcell Price Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The US has long had higher inequality than other advanced democracies, although many Americans see this as part and parcel of the “American Dream” of rising living standards and social mobility. But recent research by Harvard University’s Equality of Opportunity Project has opened up a new front in this debate.

Bottom-up 8

Bottom-up Parcell Maturity Comparison 8