Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Start with Michael Porter. Microsoft is in the supposedly volatile technology sector. They’ve missed almost every technological breakthrough of the past decade — and yet they earned $237 billion in operating income from 2001 to 2013 working off a strategy that was in place in the mid-1990s.

Sull 8

Sull Competitive Advantage Porter Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Gurus Michael Porter and Mark Kramer have tried to reframe the role of CSR by putting forth the concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) as an alternate model, with "innovation and growth" as one of three primary value propositions. Can you drive both new opportunities and new behavior within your organization while achieving social impact?

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Seeking to extend its technological edge (particularly in miniaturization), it acquired more than 100 startup companies while pursuing a vast portfolio of research and product development projects. In 2006 alone, Nokia introduced 39 new mobile-device models. ” Aim for the golden mean.

Strategy 10

Strategy Company How To Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2012

The evidence indicates that the United States is losing its ability to attract and expand the operations of multinationals and their significant contributions to productivity growth, innovation, and high-wage employment. Today, 710,000 fewer Americans work for multinationals than a decade ago, and their position in the U.S.

Globalization 9

Globalization Rivkin Supply Chain Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2015

A 2010 poll by The Pew Research Center found that the public had a more positive view of them than any other institution in the country – they beat out both churches and universities, for instance, as well as tech companies. America loves small businesses. They provide income to their owners, but by definition are not job creators.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Rivkin Venture Capitalist Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. Embedded sustainability efforts clearly result in a positive impact on business performance. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2015

Leading technology companies are increasingly soliciting their users to take political action on their behalf to defend controversial business models from regulation, support new programs, and promote their moral values in active political battles. We’re being introduced to a new lever of corporate influence on democracy.

Politics 8

Politics Real Estate Morale Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2014

The main alternative is the Positioning School , whose ideas were most clearly expounded by Michael Porter. This theory states that success is dependent on positioning your business in a profitable market, where it will have or can gain a competitive advantage. So maybe there is a better theory of strategy?

RBV 8

RBV Competitive Advantage Resources Media 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

It has become an axiom that “strategy is about making hard choices,” as we have been advised for over 20 years by leading thinkers including Michael Porter and Roger Martin. There is concern these days about how technology is replacing our jobs and estranging our connections. Click on a product and you can make a purchase.

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer Apparel Marketing Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Many companies have good economic reasons to get creative—and you should never underestimate the actions that individual companies take in their own interests, but which also have positive social effects. Here’s just one example. How will you manage the risks that environmental change create?

Price 8

Price Constraint Resources Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

In an economy where traditional manufacturing jobs have gone offshore, and globalization and technology have put pressure on U.S. First, there is someone else in the picture, most often a bank, which also has a stake in having a positive outcome. This research shows that the market for middle skills operates very poorly.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Policies Banking Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

division of the Korean conglomerate Hanguk Industries, where Mark, a vice president of technology, reported to him. The division had just won a big contract with a major mobile operator in Qatar and needed to customize a smartphone system for the client’s Middle East–wide network in the next six months. “Good news?”

Case Study 8

Case Study Career Biotechnology Course 8