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The Politics of Innovation: The Article describes what FDA is doing to bridge the gap between the high cost of innovation and patients’ demand for lower prices. It emphasizes that government plays a critical role in improving the pathway between scientific breakthroughs and bringing affordable drugs to patients. It is not surprising that there...; Tags: Harvard Knowledgebase, patient, public health; White papers 2003-11-17
Globalization: The Strategy of Differences: Ten years ago, globalization seemed unstoppable. Today, the picture looks very different. In many if not most cases, companies see globalization as a matter of taking a superior by assumption business model and extending it geographically, with necessary modifications, to maximize the firm's economies of scale. From this perspective, the...; Tags: Harvard Knowledgebase, globalization, business model, strategy; White papers 2003-11-10
The New ROI: Return on Individuals: The article affirms that there are ways to measure ROI on the investments one makes in people. Sure and doing so provides one with insights on how to spend your limited resources more effectively. The ultimate objective is to be able to evaluate a firm's entire portfolio of human capital...; Tags: ROI/TCO, Benefits, Harvard Knowledgebase, ROI, compensation, training, benefit; White papers 2003-09-01
M&A: The Value of a Customer: The M&A valuation process often gives short shrift to the caliber of customers held by the target company. Article explains the analysis tools for assessing customer value. It states that there are reasons to buy a company: to get real estate or other facilities; to get brands, trademarks, patents,...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Harvard Knowledgebase, M&A, analysis tool, valuation, real estate, brand, analysis, tool; White papers 2003-07-14
Loosen Up Your Communication Style: If leaders want to connect with all of their staff, they need to combine three styles of effective communication: emotional, factual, and symbolic. Article describes how to leverage all three. When a leader communicates via only one channel, the receiver is forced to make sense of the information by filling...; Tags: Leadership, Harvard Knowledgebase, receiver, leader; White papers 2003-06-30

Firing Up Organizations in Tough Times: Fear motivates people strongly, but in random directions. Leadership aligns them in the same direction. Article explains that fear motivates immediacy and leadership motivates coordinated action. It suggests to reconnect leadership at the top and connect people to forward motivation and decrease stress. Read article to know the details. ...; Tags: Harvard Knowledgebase, leadership, firing, motivation; White papers 2003-04-28
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform: In the wake of recent corporate failures, numerous suggestions have been made about how to improve governance. In fact, nearly all the suggestions lie well within the existing framework of corporate governance. Few reformers have stopped to examine the adequacy of that framework in practice or its ability to support...; Tags: Corporate law, Harvard Knowledgebase, corporate governance; White papers 2003-04-28
“Black Hawk Down”: Leading in Crisis: The article quotes the U.S. Army Colonel Thomas Matthews. Crisis leadership came the hard way for U.S. Army Colonel who led the Task Force Ranger mission in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993. Matthews shares his hard lessons at the Leadership, Values, and Spirituality Forum at Harvard Business School. The word crisis...; Tags: Harvard Knowledgebase, U.S. Army, leadership, leader, strategy, benefit; Case studies 2003-04-21
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off: The idea of offering more money for hitting specific company targets seems to be perfect. In practice, however, the process of connecting pay to performance may be far trickier that it at first appears. The article explains the case of HP, which set up thirteen separate units of the company—at...; Tags: Benefits, Harvard Knowledgebase, pay-for-performance, performance; White papers 2003-04-14
Top Ten Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs: The life of a startup can be precarious, a single wrong turn can be disastrous. The Article discusses the most frequent flops made by entrepreneurs- everything from hiring the wrong lawyer to puffing up the business plan.; Tags: Entrepreneurship, Harvard Knowledgebase, entrepreneur, hiring; White papers 2003-03-03
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA: The article tells the ways the real-world conditions and shifting personal priorities influence a young MBA's early career path—those first five to ten years that executives remember as being of such critical importance. It tells about the ups, downs, and detours that brought them to where they are today. It...; Tags: Harvard Knowledgebase, career path, MBA, career; White papers 2003-02-17
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard: Effective leaders, know that measurement and management systems play a critical role in communication; in establishing the culture and values of the organization; and in aligning diverse units, employees, and constituencies. This article describes how effective leaders customize their organization's measurement and management system to partner with their employees for...; Tags: Business structures, Leadership, Harvard Knowledgebase, Balanced Scorecard, partnership, leader, strategy, supplier, vision, tool; White papers 2002-12-23
Five Missteps To Avoid When Times Are Turbulent: There is plenty of uncertainty in the current environment that can cloud strategic judgment. However, there is much more clarity by experts on one subject: what companies should not do now. Companies that focus on more than just the next quarter are the ones that will succeed. In uncertain times,...; Tags: Harvard Knowledgebase, health care, leader, environment; White papers 2002-10-21
Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements: Shooter on site, epidemic or major power outage. Is any organization prepared to deal with crisis? Article explains that what is needed to know and offers a checklist to evaluate preparedness. The elements provided in the article summarizes the findings of research and experience about what it takes to respond...; Tags: Manufacturing, Harvard Knowledgebase, tool; White papers 2002-09-30
Zero-Sum Game: The article highlights the fact that not every industry or company can benefit from performance-based pricing. But where there is a fit, PBP can be a powerful tool that merges the interests of buyers and sellers. Because pricing is such a difficult and complex arena, it has confounded sales and...; Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Harvard Knowledgebase, pricing strategy, marketing, performance, benefit, game, sales, industry, tool; White papers 2002-07-22
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense: Business leaders must respond to growing concerns about pollution, but both the environment and corporate coffers can be green. In a recent reunion session for alumni, Harvard Business School professor outlined how environmentally-minded company policies can make good strategic sense for business. The article reviews some strategies for a green...; Tags: Harvard Knowledgebase, pollution, strategy, environment; White papers 2002-07-15
Are You a Platform Leader?: The article asserts that Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco have all used their products as "platforms" for other companies to build upon. At the birth of many industries, a few firms develop all or almost all the components necessary to make the products. Platform leadership refers to the common objective sought...; Tags: Strategy, Harvard Knowledgebase, leadership, industry, leader; White papers 2002-06-24
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs: The article says that a few years ago anyone could become an entrepreneur. All one needed was a half-baked idea and a phone to hear offers from salivating venture capitalists. Now the environment is much more difficult. The article asks the question about the important things what it takes to...; Tags: Harvard Knowledgebase, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, venture capital, patient, payment, environment, phone; White papers 2002-06-17
The Key to Diverting Disaster: Preparation: Everyone involved in the response to a crisis has to be able to become immediately productive in handling it. Good crisis management doesn't end simply with a plan. Many companies that have crisis-response plans in place develop such complacency about their initial diligence that they fail to keep their plans...; Tags: Harvard Knowledgebase, crisis management; White papers 2002-06-03
Does Spirituality Drive Success?: The article tries to prove that spirituality can lead to business success. It quotes some "primary values". The discussion is supported by Levy's guidelines that advises to quiet the mind, reach deep inside, go beyond the ego to hear the inner voice and stay humble in the face of temptation...; Tags: Leadership, Harvard Knowledgebase, leader; White papers 2002-04-22